Three years in a row, they should hand out special persistence awards. During the first few weeks of March Hong Kong held its annual flower exhibition at Victoria Park. I was there in 2009, then again in 2010, and now

Power Plant – HK 39th Arts Festival 2011
One of the nice things about living in Hong Kong is that there’s always something going on – sports, concerts, exhibitions, festivals. The last few months Hong Kong has been hosting the 39th arts festival with various art performances around

Hong Kong Israeli Film Festival 2011
Beginning of 2011 Hong Kong hosted the Israeli Film Festival with a few Israeli movies showing around cinemas in Hong Kong . It was very surprising to me that Hong Kong locals would be interested in movies from Israel, it’s

HK Science Museum: Marvelous Inventions of Leonardo da Vinci
My first visit ever to the Hong Kong science museum included a very pleasant surprise, a special exhibition dedicated to the “marvelous inventions of Leonardo da Vinchi”. It’s especially interesting because I just recently finished reading an historical

Hong Kong’s Flower Market : Kowloon
Hong Kong’s Kowloon area has got a few theme street markets. One of the famous ones is the flower market which includes a circle of streets near Prince Edwards MTR station all devoted to selling plants and flowers of all

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall
I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that it took me a year and a half in Hong Kong to attend a concert in the grand Hong Kong Culture Centre Concert Hall and even that was for free tickets I got

HK Arts in the Park 2010 : CWB
There’s always something going on in Hong Kong during the weekends, if you just feel like doing something. Now there’s the “Art Live @Park” event going on (you should go), but this one is about an event held during November

Lung Ha Wan Country Trail : Clear Water Bay
Heading out from the Clearwater Bay Country Park after doing the circular Clearwater Bay Tree Walk, we proceeded to the Lung Ha Wan Country Trail with scenic views of Clearwater Bay in all directions from a 290m peak – Tai

Clearwater Bay Tree Walk & Country Park
One gorgeous weekend a few of us from HKUST set out for a short hike not too far away from the university at Clear Water Bay. First stop – Clear Water Bay Country Park which offers a really nice family

Beautiful HKUST Campus : Scenic Morning Stroll
There are a few special advantages to studying with HKUST that have nothing to do with academics and research. There’s little doubt in my mind that the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has a campus with the most