Space Panda

Hong Kong usually does Christmas quite nicely. There are no adverts starting in September or really anything 'in your face' about Christmas preparations over here.

Well I thought that untill I discovered this huge advert/entrace below.


It's Christmas with a 'Space Theme' and also somehow manages to get Pandas into the deal as well.

It is a blinding development, but hopefully not catching.

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Hong Kong by night

I'm working on a little project which if it works out should be quite cool. Part of the project means I need more pictures of Hong Kong at night so I have been doing lots of walking lately!

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Office Life

Me at the office

The "Perfect Roasted Goose Seafood Restaurant" A popular place for lunch with a bizzare name.

Pretending to look very busy on a break in the garden

The local pet cat with three legs. It has a Chinese name, but I call it Tripod.

This is Ronald, he does the accounts stuff. It is his last day tomorrow which is a bit of a shame. I know he will appreciate this picture of rubbish bin and cake consumption.

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Canadian Concern

This blog has a rather neat tool which allows me to track how people come across it. For example, if someone has a link to my blog, I can find that link. All rather big brotherish.

Alarmingly, I can also tell that 5 different computers in Canada have been used to search for my full name and the words 'Hong Kong' using the google search engine. I am often interested to know who the people are who read this little blog, but if you are from Canada, and have been searching for me, identify yourself!! (Please).

I Think it is most likely a keen future interviewee doing their reasearch...still it is a little bit scary.

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White Boy

Amazed to look at the small print of my 'foamy shower body wash' to discover I have been cleansing myself with a product that contains 'skin whitening formula'.

Well done me.

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Batman Part 2

So after I walked through the Batman set by mistake on my way back from the shops earlier I decided that I should venture back with my camera. The film crew was still in the same place but this time they were working on a scene involving a man walking into the Dim Sum place. I recognized the actor but can't place his name at the moment. It is really annoying me.

Also they were stopping the crowd walking past. Asking that when they start shooting the crowd walk past but not look at the shooting taking place. I walked past twice, so who knows I may be in the film! I doubt it though, they shot the same scene so many times.

bx

ps, someone has to know who the actor is, it is annoying me soooo much!

Batman

Film sets on the streets of Hong Kong are pretty normal to see considering the Hong Kong film industry can sometime produce a film a week.

But on my way to buy some lunch up Johnston Road I bumped into a film set of a different sort. The film set of the new Batman movie!!!

Hong Kong is buzzing with the film crew coming to Hong Kong. Problem is that there are no stars here, they are just filming establishing shots and small scenes. Still it was pretty cool to see them filming just round the corner fom where we used to live. They were filming inside and outside an old Dim Sum place that has been around for decades. One woman actress was pretending to be a street seller.

I did not have my camera with me. But I could just make out the set from my window, so here is a rather blurry picture!

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