As I clean the house before 24 relatives descend upon our small kitchen tomorrow, I can't help but think back to celebrating Thanksgiving abroad.Twenty years ago I spent my first overseas Thanksgiving. I was studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (photo on left) and … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Lust, Caution
I usually never advocate watching a film before reading the book it was based on, but like most things, I have exceptions.Lust, Caution (Anchor Books, 2007) by Eileen Chang is one of those cases. (Another, at least in my opinion, is The English Patient by Michael … [Read more...]
Book of the week: The Train to Lo Wu
Several weeks ago I read a book review of Qiu Xiaolong's latest book. The review was written by Jess Row. At the bottom of the review, Row's bio mentioned he's the author of The Train to Lo Wu (Dial Press, 2006). I hadn't heard of the book, but I was quite familiar with the … [Read more...]
A little bit country
My trip to Arizona got me thinking about something. I've always considered myself a city person. Given a choice between New York City or Florida, I'd choose New York. Hong Kong versus Phuket? Hong Kong hands down.But then last week I found myself driving south from Sedona … [Read more...]
Yes, I love tourist traps
So yesterday CNNGo ran an article listing nine Hong Kong tourist traps, good and bad. I carefully combed through the list, paying particular attention to the ones they hated:Avenue of Stars was built way after I left Hong Kong, so I wouldn't know it anyway (it's Hong Kong's … [Read more...]
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