Looking at her, it’s hard to believe she’s 90. Living all by herself in the hottest, youngest section of Tel-Aviv, my 90 years old grandma is still doing well. Last week, my family back home celebrated her 90th birthday with 4 generations gathered and an evening arranged in her honor at my parents’ house in [...]
Hong Kong’s a fascinating place to live. While I do my best to relay the feeling of what it’s like to live here, there are those who do it much better than I do, capturing cultures and history in a way I could never hope to do on a blog.
Discovery Channel, one of my [...]
I’ve been to Chinese University of Hong Kong, I study in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, but up till two weeks ago, I haven’t really seen Hong Kong University. A friend studying at the Hong Kong University Medical College invited me for a tour of the area.
So, you tell me, how would you [...]
Macau’s a great one day trip getaway from Hong Kong. To summarize the quick trip to Macau, here is a suggested itinerary for a Macau…
To start the tour, take bus number 3 from the main ferry terminal…
Walk around Senado Square and go inside St. Dominic’s church
Tour the Ruins of St. Paul’s Cathedral and [...]
Not quite up to the Taiwan night market standards, Temple Street is probably as close as you’ll get to a bustling night market in Hong Kong.
The location – between Jordan and Yau Ma Tei MTR stations – isn’t my favorite part of Hong Kong, but it so happens that some of my friends like [...]
When pollution rates are down and there’s no acid thrown down at the busy streets, Mongkok could be great fun.
Busy, bustling, crowded, shops, brands, restaurants, street food, “Ladies” street market, computer market (旺角電腦中心), goldfish market, flower market (花墟道), bird street market (雀仔街), huge malls (like Langham Place (朗豪坊))… Mongkok’s got it all. Taipei’s Ximending [...]
No one told me about this side of Hong Kong before I came here to study. Realizing that Hong Kong is not all skyscrapers, crowded streets and pollution was the best surprise I could have hoped for. The university where I study, HKUST, is located in Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung, on the eastern side [...]
If you’re looking for some affordable, fresh and delicious seafood, one of your best bets in Hong Kong is Po Toi O Village (布袋澳) a small fishing village at the southern edge of the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Sai Kung.
Wikipedia kindly points out that this where Angelina Julie and Gerard Butler visited [...]
