FACEMASK CITY

i kinda feel out of the cool group on this one. There have been a dozen or so confirmed cases of swine flue in my office and now even my boss keeps a mask at her desk. I just cant do it though, and I cant talk to people in a mask without wanting to laugh. The family nurse assures me that they dont even protect against disease after 20 minutes or so, however the majority of HK doesnt seem to know this or care. Masks are as common as shirts now.(which actually isnt saying much for parts of kowloon and wanchai).

umbrellas

Hong Kongers carry umbrellas rain or shine.

sunshine even. on the beach.

Its a great way to avoid turning into a lobster, but i think the pants are a bit much. no?

The Golden Arches

DRAGONBOAT FESTIVAL SPIRIT

Thousands of people at Stanley Thursday to see the DragonBoat races. It was a little gloomy and rainy but everyone was pumped anyway. My camera only survived the first half of the day walking along the beach to see our UofM friends compete. It ws packed madness insanity. I was drenched. One fatal wave crash to the head was all it took to end my Nikon. The teams were all in spirit overdrive, so much fun. It felt like all of HK was there and paparazzi too. The second half of the day we retired to our Junk Boat out on the harbor for drinks and food and a little good time chinese kareoke. Then the monsoon really started to hit and our little boat had to rock its way back to central. 2 hours later after nearly getting sick I stumbled off the junk to end my first experience on the South Asian Seas.

a real china doll

How CUTE?????

a little geisha in the making.

ART HK

One of the best exhibitions i've been to in awhile. Hundreds of International galleries presented at the HKCEC a week or so ago and it was amazing. My favorites were the sculptures and freestanding pieces. Some of the NY galleries were quite good and Tokyo as well but I was really feeling the Chinese galleries the most. See below for my favorites. I dont know if I could put one of the fat men in my apt...but on second thought somewhere near the refrigerator wouldnt be a bad idea....I also dont know how attractive it would be to have spilled bean soup all over the floor in the living room. But definitely something to talk about.

and so it is.

This picture makes me wanna start

ROCKIN OUT to the doobie bros.

"The people of the town are strange

and they're proud of where they came...

well you're talking bout -

talkin bout the the china grove

woah ho ho china grove"

and so it is...