The Chinese sure know how to through a good party for their Gods and the 130th Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance Parade as part of the HK celebrations of mid-autumn festival is a great opportunity to see that. Gives something
Hong Kong Heritage Museum – Couture
HKUST organized a tour this last Saturday to see a terrific exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum called "The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947–1957". It’s a brilliant exhibition. Photography is not allowed inside, but here’s
Upmarket HK Shopping Malls – Festival Walk Kowloon Tong
Hong Kong has one of the most impressive selection of shopping malls I’ve seen anywhere. It’s somehow well embedded in the local culture and the local way of life and so almost every MTR subway station has one if not
HK Arts Center Wan-Chai : Street Music Concert #5
HK Arts Center in Wan Chai has a neat series of street concerts just outside the culture center building that’s been running for a while now. The Hong Kong Arts Centre (香港藝術中心), mind you, runs an English Facebook group with
A Hong Kong girl’s tale of an online betrayal
Being a foreigner in HK (& previously in Taiwan) sometimes gets me into some amusing conversations. One day, as I was working on some data in the research room I got a Facebook chat request (through Digsby) from a girl
Figurines – AniCom HK 2009
Figurines collectables were the center of attraction, some of the fans queuing up a few days in advance to Anicom HK 2009 to be the first in line to buy some of those. Following are some of the figurines at
AniCom HK 2009 – Cosplay
The 11th Hong Kong AniCom for 2009 was held at the HKCEC during the beginning of August hosting the best of animation and comics in the region. Among the obvious attractions were the Cosplayers, arriving at the exhibition to pose
11th Animation Comics Exhibition Hong Kong 2009
The 11th Hong Kong AniCom for 2009 was held at the HKCEC during the beginning of August hosting the best of animation and comics in the region. Breaking all previous records, this was – by far – the most
Dim Sum Madness : Hong Kong Food
You can argue all you want about Chinese food, but I’ve yet to hear about someone who doesn’t like Dim Dum, and there’s no place for Dim Sum like Hong Kong (and Taiwan, and China, but I’m in HK now,
Hong Kong’s Jade Market @ Yau Ma Tei
Hong Kong’s Jade Market and Jade Street is located at the area of Tau Ma Tei MTR area, selling all sorts of overpriced polished stones to the keen tourists. It not all about Jade, you see, but Jade
