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The Trend Of “Travel Light” These Days: What Is The Minimal Way Out Of The 9 That You Prefer?
29-10-24 Travel is a big gift that keeps us on receiving. We are exposed to great scenery, cultures and people. It rewards us with beautiful photographs and memories. Crazy shopping while travelling can be a kind of “retail therapy”. But, if this is how you fill most of your time and then carry many heavy…
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Can Hong Kong Become An International Education Hub As Our Chief Executive Suggested, & Develop Her “Education Economy”?
01-10-24 Education is considered important. Parents invariably think unless their children have a college degree, they will not get a good job. For that, the degree from a good overseas university is even better. Often, their children are simply to fulfill the parents’ dreams. There are roughly more than one million international students studying in…
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Typhoons In Hong Kong: My Happy & Dreadful Stories
11-09-24 Typhoons coming from the Philippines often devastate Hong Kong in the months from June to September, and even up to October in recent years. The storms can be deadly disasters. I am somehow grateful for that kind of disaster. Even since I was a boy, I have been taught by typhoons that we cannot…
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Comparison Of Movie-Watching Experience In Hong Kong & The Chinese Mainland—Fun Or No Fun
03-09-24 The great filmmaker Steven Spielberg said, “Every time I go to a movie, it’s magic, no matter what the movie’s about.” It is sad that people do not go to movie theatres anymore. Watching movies from home becomes an easier and a cheaper alternative. With a TV and sound system, you can quickly set…
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5 Kinds Of Curiosity That May Benefit You: Which Group Do You Belong To?
06-08-24 When I was a school boy, my teacher told me there were 5 words which could watch over and benefit me for the rest of my life, namely, “why”, “what”, “how”, “when” and “who”. They are all words for framing a question. “A prudent question is one-half of wisdom” and perhaps 2 questions can…
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The Population Of Hong Kong Is Now Made Up Of A New Community : The Famous Slashie Writer FENG Tong (馮唐) Is A Good Example Of How Incoming Talents Are Making Unique Contributions To Hong Kong
30-07-24 When people leave their home city, they join a mass movement, namely, change and change for a new beginning. With the likely insolence that they may face in a foreign place, they will work harder, chase dreams and realize their work. When I was young and visited the Chinatowns of different alien lands, people…
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A Content Farm Animal Is Born: My New 13th Book In 2024 依依得捨(Departure Time)
5.8.2024 The joy of writing is the opportunity of sharing what I believe. The pain of writing is me seeing deadlines looming larger and larger. A writer does not simply write. He has to sell books so that the publisher’s fingers will not get burned. Ultimately, he has one moral duty: to write well to…
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Looking Down From Garden Hill, Sham Shui Po Spreads Out From Us To Include Old Streets, Quiet Shophouses And Romantic “Tong Lau”s Which Mesmerize You With Its Old-world Charm
03-07-24 “Sunset is the opening music of the night”. In Hong Kong, the most photogenic moment of our Victoria Harbour is at sunset. One of the best angles to take such photos is from Garden Hill (嘉頓山) of a very old district Sham Shui Po (深水埗) which some call it “District of Sunset” as the…
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When You Do Not Have The Looks That You Deserve: The Basics Which Will Make You At Least Look Clean, Tidy And Decent
03-06-24 All cats are not grey in the dark. In recent decades, male body hair removal, apart from face grooming activities, has been a rising trend leading to the coining of the term “manscaping”. Hairy guys today do not have role models. Too many would rather endure the pain of waxing than the attention that…
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Let Us Sing Together And Along: The Young Choral Festival Leader Kelvin Lau (劉灝顯) Explains Why Choral Singing Is Great And How His Reverse Thinking Works
19-06-24 What is “Reverse Thinking”? To put it in a simple way, turning the problem upside-down and finding a solution upside-down is reverse thinking. To put it in layman’s terms, it is about how you solve an old problem from a new angle. Music contests are a good example. They are supposed to be a…