A bird in Hong Kong's famous bird market has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 avian flu virus. So yesterday the government yesterday closed the market for three weeks. All of the birds housed in the stall with the contaminated bird will be put to death.It seems like only … [Read more...]
Hong Kong stories
It can be daunting to deal with all the excuses two little kids can come up with to avoid bedtime. When I was young, my father used to tell my brother and me bedtime stories featuring a turtle named Frank who came to the rescue during all sorts of emergencies. So to get my kids … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The World of Suzie Wong
I clearly remember what I was doing 15 years ago tonight. Hong Kong had never seemed so dark and deserted as it had that night--June 30, 1997. The streets of Tsim Sha Tsui were out of a 1950s noir film, misty and empty.I also remember the book I was reading around that … [Read more...]
In my grandma’s loo
When my brother and I were just kids, we locked ourselves in our grandparents' small powder room. The lock was just beneath the knob, and one of us had secured it without knowing how. We were trapped. From the other side of the door, my grandfather screamed at us for ten minutes … [Read more...]
Restored photos of Hong Kong, 1962
A dear reader of my blog recently restored some of the photos I've posted of 1962 Hong Kong. My mom originally took these photos as slides, which sat around in shoeboxes for 50 years before I scanned them last year. These restored images look very nice, so I thought I'd post some … [Read more...]
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