Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Superstitions, reincarnation and Dalai Lama
I was reminded a few things about “the fear of words” in Hong Kong. A friend told me never asks the taxi drive to drive to the funeral home. Instead of saying, ‘Take me to the Hong Kong Funeral Home”, you should say, “Take me to the Hong Kong BIG Hotel.” Chinese are superstitious about [...]
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
A few days in Hong Kong
Everyone seems to be rushing in Hong Kong. I was entering the subway this afternoon. A middle age man rushed passes me to get in. Actually, the subway was not that busy. There were still a few seats left. People here just got used to hurry up and wait. Hong Kong is in the middle [...]
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Rush to death
I went to the hospital with my mother for physiotherapy. The department just moved to a new wing. The appointment was about 15 minutes late before a Catholic priest came to bless the new building and pray for the workers working in that wing. I think it is a good thing. There is more than [...]
