Over the weekend, one of the most colorful leaders during the Vietnam War passed away in Kuala Lumpur. Nguyen Cao Ky was the Prime Minister of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967.The politics of the Vietnam War is still a touchy subject for many, so I won't go into that. But … [Read more...]
Top 8 things to see and do in Kowloon
I noticed yesterday how the Discover Hong Kong ad campaign has really minimized Kowloon in its US magazine advertisements.Quelle horreur!There's so much to do in Kowloon. Here I've come up with 8 (because it's a lucky number in Hong Kong).1. A rice/noodle/congee … [Read more...]
On power outages and water shortages
While yesterday was supposed to be the longest day of the year, we in the Chicago suburbs were cheated out of a couple of hours as the wake of a tornado swept through my town. I've never seen such huge trees bent over and peeled like bananas. And from 8:30 pm last night until … [Read more...]
Hong Kong’s Central district through the years
My first impression of Hong Kong was Central. Only I didn't know that's what its glitzy financial district was called until I landed in Hong Kong in 1990.This is what Central looked like back then:But on my mom's first trip to Central almost 30 years earlier, here's … [Read more...]
China postcards over the years
Last week my friend Karen sent me a postcard from Shanghai. It was her first trip to China, and while she saw a Shanghai and Beijing quite different from what I visited 15-20 years ago, she encountered one thing that hasn't changed.It's damn difficult to find a postcard … [Read more...]
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