Coming Home

After 5 days here, I am coming home.

Definitely missing this city and the company here.

And what amazes me on this trip is that this city never seems to sleep. And I can find something new at the same spot that I frequent.

Of course, I feel sad for some joints that are closed due to something or another.

What will Hong Kong be like when I come the next time round?

Hm.........

Travelling/ 去旅行

Will be travelling for the next few days.

Blogging resumes next Wednesday.

Cathay Pacific Airbus 330-300

去旅行。下个星期三，和你们谈香港。

国泰航空波音777-200/300/300ER型客机

Lan Fong Yuen/兰芳园

这是我每一次到香港，必定必定要去喝“丝袜奶茶”的老店。

不知道，这一趟香港之行，林太公是否还在。

满期待。

This is the back of the "Lan Fong Yuen" name card. A visit to this eatery has become a must for me whenever I am in Hong Kong.

I do hope the Old Grandmaster Lam is still around when I pay a visit later this week,

Full of anticipation.

Lan Fong Yuen's Milk Tea and Pork Chop Bun.

Interior of Lam Fung Yuen

Hong Kong Mourns/港•殇

24 hours later, Hong Kong mourns. 

This is the second major incident in more than 48 months involving Hong Kongers (the first being the Aug 2010 Manila Hostage Crisis). As I am typing this, the death toll stands at 38 and it will not stop there. 

There are cries from the victims families at the scene. There are cries from online for abolishing the National Day on 01st Oct and replace it with Remembrance Day. As a city still healing from the social split, it is okay for people to vent their frustration and disappointment online and offline. 

What can we learn from this episode? People need not to rely on accident to unite themselves. It is the goodness of humanity that spur people in times of need. 

This is the goodness of  Hong Kongers community that was rarely round in Chinese sphere. 

To the people of Hong Kong, the world wish you the best in facing the adversity. 

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/01/us-hongkong-ferry-collision-idUSBRE8901H520121001

南丫岛惨剧发生超过二十四小时之后，香港殇。

这是自两年多前，“马尼拉人质事件”之后，香港再度面对哀伤。

我们看到罹难者家属的哀号。我们也读到网民要求废除“十• 一国庆”，设立“南丫岛纪念日”。对于一个正从修补社会裂痕的“东方之珠”来所，这样的诉求是看似合理的。身为一个海外华侨来说，这要看国情，不能立即做判断。

在西方世界所看到人性的美好，在香港人自动自发为罹难者和其家属，尽点力的行为，就展现出来。

人的真善美，在这起惨剧发生之后，展露无遗。

世界为香港祈福。

Source: http://guardianlv.com/2012/10/death-toll-reaches-36-in-ferry-collision-near-lamma-island-southwest-of-hong-kong-video/

R.I.P

"Disappearing Hong Kong" wishes peace for the victims and their families of the "Lanma Island Ferry Accident".

“消失中的香港”为昨晚的“南丫岛乘船意外”中的36名罹难者家属，献上祝福。

望死者安息。

Hong Kong Fireworks/ 港．烟花

Just in.

Am sharing the below photo with all of you.

Hong Kong celebrates People's Republic of China 63rd National Day. It seems fireworks is a must for this "Pearl of the Orient" on big occassions.

Enjoy.

在香港，举凡大日子，港府都会燃放烟花。

今天是庆祝中华人民共和国63周年国庆。

燃放烟花之后，犹如激情过后，“东方之珠”还是要面对事实。

不知道，明年的64周年，会否是这样的景象。

毕竟，这个数字是强国不想去面对的。

Photo taken from Harbourcity Facebook page. Camera is facing the direction of Hong Kong Island.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151111542238640&set=a.101322733639.91086.99339583639&type=1&theater

照片取自海港城官方脸书页面。

照片连接：https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151111542238640&set=a.101322733639.91086.99339583639&type=1&theater

First Words

Hi everyone,

Welcome to my humble blog. 

You may wonder why, as a person not living in Hong Kong, I will like to blog something that is not my native city. 

As a Singaporean, I should write something about the island city. 

But I feel that at this time, if I write more, I will be "Uncle Agony". By the way, I am 32 years old. 

Okay, back to main topic.The title "Disappearing Hong Kong", was derived from the Facebook status of a Hong Kong actor, Chapman To. He wrote that years later, his generation will be the last of the "Hong Kongers". It sounds disheartening but this is the truth. Hong Kong, will be just an ordinary Chinese city like Shanghai. It will happen sooner or later. The timeline that the late Deng Xiaopeng gave  (2047 A.D), for Hong Kong to adopt a "One Country, Two Systems" will lapse. Some estimate 8 years later.

And that becomes my source of motivation to start this blog.

Here I am, writing something to leave a digital footprint. To a city whose people treasure good Chinese  social values, as the cause for them to fight for what they believe for. I will not write anything political here, but just plain cultural, historical food and many humanity aspects of this "Pearl of the Orient". 

Come with me on this journey.  

Snapshot of Hong Kong Actor, Chapman Toh's Facebook status, regarding "Last of the Hong Kongers".