Discovery of Hong Kong
Few weeks ago, one of my Hong Kong colleagues got married and I was invited to the celebration. I wanted to share with you some details about some Chinese weddings customs and traditions with the help of another colleague (thanks for your help Phillip!!!). Date...
There is always something to surprise me when I am doing the grocery shopping. Yesterday, it was the huge amount of instant noodles available or a new type of vegetable never seen before; tomorrow it will be something else…. However some stuff never change...
Why do HK people wear surgical masks when sick? This is a question I have been asking myself since I came to Hong Kong. A month ago, I received my Time Out magazine at home and the topic discussed inside was the SARS. (Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome)....
It is soon the end of the dry season in Hong Kong. When you say rain, you also think raincoats, rain shoes and umbrellas… The rain season is a real challenge on its own in this city; and it is not because of the potential heavy rainstorm or the floods...
These photos were taken by the Society for Community Organization (soCO) in Sham Shui Po, Yau Tsim Mong and Kowloon City, to show the living conditions of poor people in Hong Kong, which is consider as one of Asia’s richest cities. According to this organization,...
Below is an article found in the "Hong Kong Where" magazine in February 2013. "Seven things you need to know 1. Lai See These decorated gold and red envelopes are everywhere during the Lunar New Year. Married people or elders put crisp new bank notes...
Asians are spending $18 billion a year to reach their beauty goal: a white skin. Everywhere around you in HK you will find advertising for a whitening cream, a new whitening lotion or serum, a new whitening treatment, a miracle pill… If you are not careful...
In Hong Kong, home sellers are required by law to disclose the information whether a previous resident died in the home from an unnatural death. It includes suicide, murder, accident and all type of violent deaths…These estates are called the “Haunted...
When you first live in an Asian country, your first challenge is to eat with chopsticks… It was not difficult for me as I ate a lot of sushi and Chinese food in France and SA but it can be a real pain for others. Going back to forks and knives on your...