First I must add a disclaimer to this review. I'm a contributing author of this stunning new anthology, How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit? True Stories of Expat Women in Asia (Signal 8 Press), edited by Shannon Young. But I was sold on it long before I came to my story. In … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
This photo says a thousand things to me. The neon signs, the markets, the dilapidated buildings, and the crowds are just several. Everything I love about Hong Kong is in this photo.For someone who moved to Hong Kong--twice--alone, it felt soothing to walk in crowds and feel a … [Read more...]
Hong Kong 20 years ago
It's hard to believe that 20 years ago today I landed in Hong Kong to start a new life.My flight took me from Chicago to Seoul to Hong Kong. By the time I arrived at the YMCA (where I'd booked three nights) around midnight on 11 June 1994, I was jet-lagged and disoriented … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Gasp. It's been a whole 20 years since I moved back to Hong Kong to start a new chapter, one that I expected to last a long time. Like forever.It was the second weekend in June 1994 that I boarded a KAL flight to Seoul, transferring to Hong Kong and taking a taxi to the … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Singapore Noir
There's something about Asia and noir that I can't resist. Maybe it's gory front pages of tabloid papers in normally safe cities like Hong Kong or the dichotomy between sin and sainthood in Bangkok. But whatever it is, it works in Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan's Singapore Noir (Akashic, … [Read more...]
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