All this week I've been reading Round is a Mooncake (Chronicle, 2000) by Roseanne Thong and Grace Lin to my two young kids. Sometimes my twelve year old takes over if I have to straighten out the bathroom or find a clean set of pajamas before bedtime.Although this book is now … [Read more...]
Arrivals and departures
How cool is this? I just found this slide my mom took of the arrivals and departures board at the Phnom Penh airport on 25 June 1965. Brilliant.There's so much going on here. I just love it.(My eight years of French finally paid off, as I can read two-thirds of the … [Read more...]
Fragrant Harbor, 1962
Where have all the sampans gone?This 1962 slide of Hong Kong brings warmth to my heart on a cold Chicago day.Every time my mom visited me in Hong Kong, she'd reminisce about the sampans that used to line the harbor. But the only sampans I ever saw were tourist ones: burnt … [Read more...]
View from Tiger Balm Gardens, 1962
I found this slide in a box marked damaged. So I apologize for the poor quality. But the photo tells so much about Hong Kong in 1962 that I felt like I couldn't not post it.My mom took this slide from Tiger Balm Gardens, a popular destination for tourists in Hong Kong back … [Read more...]
Junks, sampans, and floating restaurants
Among the slides my mom took in 1962, I found several from Aberdeen, the area on the southern end of Hong Kong Island. Known for its floating restaurants, Aberdeen was a must-see on the tourist circuit back then. And even now.It was such a popular tourist destination in 1962 … [Read more...]
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