Notes » January 2008

2007 In Retrospect

2007: a few highlights from the archives:

January

Cantopop stars still have no sense of style.

I photograph the demise of Wedding Card Street.

February

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Lunar New Year starts off with a bang.

I'm definitely in the minority.

March

The ostrich wants her feathers back.

It seems we'll never be free of toilet troubles.

Hong Kongers will queue for anything.

A local toothpaste has a racist name.

Cathay Pacific pisses me off.

We make a short trip to Brisbane.

April

Do you eat smoke?

I photograph Hong Kong's last local Chinese wine merchant.

Another security twerp hassles me.

A young woman makes goo goo eyes at me.

I surprise the heck out of a taxi driver.

May

Grandma lets me go first.

Bad breath abounds.

Not laughing saved my life.

E I E I O.

We visit the Cheung Chau Bun Festival.

June

I hate this phrase.

An eight-legged freak about gives me a heart attack.

You too can have creepy manga eyes.

July

We visit the Big Island.

I perform an emergency lintectomy.

Learn more about the Blue House.

The King of Kowloon dies.

How to spot a mainlander.

Where typhoon comes from.

August

Learn about the last walled village in Kowloon.

A history and photos of the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market.

Have a kumquat.

Have some hairy crab.

I have a beautiful treasure.

I deal with yet another idiot.

September

I get the dishrag stink blues.

Hong Kong has its share of street art.

Ching Po Leung, explained.

Who knew pantyhose tea.

I photograph the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Festival.

Discrimination is alive and well.

October

BWG turns nine.

Transliteration is interesting.

The Tao of dim sum carts.

Sammi is the Borg Queen.

I photograph the Chung Yeung Festival.

More Cantopop costume insanity.

Doing bidness.

BWG gets tarred and feathered.

November

In Hong Kong, street photography is difficult.

I hate trucker hats.

Try a chicken-ass bun.

I photograph the Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree.

December

The Kowloon-Canton Railway is no more.

I observe human cockroaches in their natural habitat.

Learning to read Chinese takes time.

How Japan got its name.

Foghorn Leghorn lives.

Let's talk about face, baby.

BWG reaches 15 million visitors.

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What wonders will 2008 bring?

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