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One rule to rule them all

October 19, 2015by expatlingo 29 Comments

Hong Kong carefully and constantly educates all of us seven million residents on how to live in a bunched up area without annoying each other to death. As a result there […]

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Six Amusing Things Spotted in Hong Kong Yesterday

March 10, 2013by expatlingo 28 Comments

In the Sichuan restaurant 1. Europeans craving bread and butter before mapo doufu. Three smartly dressed young German men asked the waitress at the Sichuan restaurant for bread to nibble on […]

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“Horse Urine”: Hong Kong place-name back stories

January 8, 2013by expatlingo 24 Comments

There is a corner of the New Territories that Chinese speakers with a love for puns call “Ma Niu Shui” (馬尿水/马尿水) meaning horse urine. Its proper is name is “Ma Liu […]

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The bad-ass pedestrians of Hong Kong

August 26, 2012by expatlingo 14 Comments

Solo American-Indians walking on the shoulder of the road with shopping bags in both hands: a sad sight in the land of the car (rural/suburban America) where pedestrians and non-spandex […]

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Trying (desperately) to get around Hong Kong on a very rainy Saturday

June 18, 2012by expatlingo 8 Comments

Now that I’ve recovered, I’d like to give a big “thank you!” to Expatially Mexico, Global Anni, and Fly Away Home for nominating me for several blogging awards last week! […]

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