Saturday, March 21, 2009

"Tsing Tao" and "mh goi"...

Two beers, a shiraz, a pinot and whiskey and I am in Hong Kong; straight away I have learnt the two most important phrases:

"one beer please" and "thankyou"...

While Cathay Pacific can more than accomodate the normal man, it does not accomodate a Van Maanen. Firstly the flight attendant had the nerve to ask if I had an upset tummy as "I had been in the toilet for so long", and it that wasn't enough they offered me French wine...
Merde!
"I'll have 2" I said

As you can see the weight is piling on, but my apratment also provides a room to see the weight coming off too.

Cyberport is a bit like silicon valley, except there are great views of the harbour, Lantau Island, and less fat people. While it is dark all the time it is apparantly the only place you can really see the sky - and the place with the cleanest air.


China... yes I will look out for your Xbox 360 Street Fighter Edition Joystick, I feel like I am your Dad - here is a glimpse of Wan Chai Computer World. They have some awesome lap tops and you can barter pretty hard so I may wander in this weekend and look at the eee pc's.


Wan Chai is pretty cool too, except for Sunny Wong. His damn billboards are everywhere - I know I can't dance but must you lord it in my face?!?!?!?

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

crouching tiger... learn "the confuser"!

So I head off on Saturday, furiously checking all tourist sites for where to stay and what to do. 6 weeks in Hong Kong and 5 nights in Osaka... I hope they have AFL on tv there.

Did you say "Osaka", the city that Godzilla destroyed in both Godzilla and Godzilla raids again!! Yes I did.

Our work team is staying in the middle of the island at Domus U, between cyberport and the city proper. Even better, they ditched me over Easter so I am loitering over to Osaka / Kyoto solo just in time for the Cherry Blossom! Thank the lords I bought an outdated Nukia camera - perfect for this trip.

China (the person) and my wife have challenged me to film: robots serving me food, me showing the monks of Mount Koya my master kung fu move "the confuser"; and, not having one single girl ask me to "lip my stocking!"...

Grueling physcial challenges await me, the use of toilets not the least. While this device does not come with a "bit" to deal with the pain of squatting, it does have handle bars.

So while my AFL Dream Team is in tatters I guess I better get some culture into me...