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Hong Kong in Pictures

Here are some of the pho­tos I took in Hong Kong, in Feb­ru­ary 2009. I was plan­ning on writ­ing more about it, describ­ing the pho­tos, but some­how life got in the way. So here they are, without much in the way of embel­lish­ment. The things that caught my eye: mostly con­trasts. I was fas­cin­ated by […]

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2009 11 19 Travel Comments (0)

Buying Dictionaries in Hong Kong

My son is learn­ing Man­darin, so when I went to Hong Kong recently, I asked what I should bring back. His teacher sug­ges­ted a Man­darin dic­tion­ary; it soun­ded like a good idea to me. Find­ing one to buy ended up being more of an odys­sey than I expec­ted though. The hotel had an English-language Yellow […]

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2009 02 24 Travel Comments (1)

Hong Kong Impressions

Tim had a busi­ness trip to Hong Kong, and since I’m cur­rently under­em­ployed, I thought I’d tag along. It was only for a couple of days, which is a shame given how much there is to and see in Hong Kong. It was also my first trip. First impres­sions are that Hong Kong is clean and […]

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2009 02 17 Travel Comments (2)