Category Archives: Hong Kong
Global local
You don’t know what it’s like to be a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes. Or in other words, done his commute. Working in an office in Hong Kong for a month gave me an insight into … Continue reading
Filed under Competition, Hong Kong, travel
Download your grief
(Written for Kiss and Tell dating column, Horizon magazine, Hong Kong) So, it didn’t work out. I’m sorry. We’ve all been there and it sucks: break-ups sting worse than paper cuts and take longer to heal than broken legs. Feeling … Continue reading
Goodbye HK, Hello KL
And so I was back in Malaysia, after the worse flight of my life turbulence-wise. It was like King Kong was trying to shake us out of the sky. Maybe it was a space lizard? The leaving of Hong Kong … Continue reading
Is that a Twix in your pocket?
In newsagents in Hong Kong condoms are sold in front of the counter in bright Durex packets of every colour, flavour and variety – a cornucopia of contraception, if you will. This baffles me as I come from the UK, … Continue reading
Go with the flow
So it was the end of my second week in Hong Kong and time was starting to fly past. My job was taking me to new and wonderful places: out for slap up feeds, my first fashion show and now … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, Hong Kong, travel
On the south side: an afternoon in Stanley
“Eeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrkkkk!” The bus gives an alarming lurch as we swing round another corner, the driver seemingly with one foot hard onto the accelerator, the other just a forcefully applied to the brake. My hand, trying in vain to scribble in … Continue reading
Fashionista
My life in Hong Kong has turned out so far to be more glamorous than one might expect of a homeless magazine intern with a pocket full of moths and exactly two contacts. The free flat, free lunches, the free … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, Hong Kong, travel
Budd(a)ing commercialism
If there was an award for the most cynical place of worship ever then Po Lin monastery would win hands down. Situated on the Ngong Ping Plateau of Lantau island, Hong Kong, it is home to one of the … Continue reading
Health and safety inspector
Hong Kong officials are obsessed with public health and safety. Every conceivable risk has been identified and then warned against. Every activity seems fraught with danger, if you take the time to read all the millions of signs dotting every … Continue reading
Filed under Health and beauty, Hong Kong, Thailand, travel
Light not so fantastic
Hongkongers call this time of year Bitter Moon as the city is at its coldest in the few weeks before Chinese New Year. So why was I perched on a wall by a very cold harbour in the path of … Continue reading
