Notes » August 2008

We're Off To Plant Rice!

Hong Kong has plenty of places where visitors can buy conical "paddy field" hats as souvenirs, despite that most rural inhabitants prefer the Hakka- or Tanka-style hats.

It's one thing to bring such an item home to wear at a party and be silly, but it's quite another to pick your way through a crowded Hong Kong train station, luggage in tow, with said pointy hat on your head: especially when you're as white as the driven snow.

Then again, maybe the folks I spotted embarrassing themselves wanted people to stare at them.

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