http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/ Fresh off the boat since 1998 en-us Copyright 2012 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:41:09 +0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.36 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss We went to Guangzhou to usher in the Year of the Dragon, but returned to Hong Kong to learn it's... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2012/01/year_of_the_dragon_dog/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2012/01/year_of_the_dragon_dog/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:41:09 +0800 I try not to complain much about the bad breath I so often encounter while out and about, but for... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2012/01/here_try_this/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2012/01/here_try_this/ Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:59:33 +0800 An open letter to Hong Kong citizens: Dear Fellow Residents, When I observe someone approaching the opposite side of a... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2012/01/i_should_raise_my_palm_for_a_tip/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2012/01/i_should_raise_my_palm_for_a_tip/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:57:19 +0800 Nearly five years after I wrote of Dolce & Gabbana's idiotic policy against people taking photos of its Tsim Sha... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2012/01/shoot_the_stores/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2012/01/shoot_the_stores/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:08:45 +0800 The Star Ferry is planning to recoup lost income by converting one of its retired vessels into a floating restaurant.... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/the_heaving_star/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/the_heaving_star/ Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:30:29 +0800 Hong Kong's triads tend to fly under the radar, and unless you frequent the seedy underbelly of the Big Lychee... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/live_by_the_sword_/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/live_by_the_sword_/ Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:44:17 +0800 So I'm walking past an electrical service box in Yau Ma Tei when I noticed someone had scrawled on the... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/alba_gu_brth/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/alba_gu_brth/ Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:43:32 +0800 See, now, I just don't get the appeal of this: It's well known that Hong Kong singers are fond of... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/de_showy_masquerade/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/de_showy_masquerade/ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:38:01 +0800 If there were any doubt that Hong Kong's inflation is getting out of hand, it has now been erased. Proof... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/inflation_is_hell/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/12/inflation_is_hell/ Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:33:59 +0800 My wife has the uncanny ability to call me when I'm most indisposed. I often work from home, which means... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/badtiming_gene/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/badtiming_gene/ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:38:04 +0800 So after a fun date day with my wife, which included dim sum in the morning, followed by the famous... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/duck_out/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/duck_out/ Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:33:39 +0800 If you wish to preserve your mental health in Hong Kong, don't watch television. It is possibly the biggest contributor... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/tv_hurts_my_brain/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/tv_hurts_my_brain/ Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:53:50 +0800 In Hong Kong there are queue jumpers, and then there are professional queue jumpers. Queue jumpers are those with poor... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/queue_feud/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/queue_feud/ Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:29:12 +0800 If you're a Filipino coming to Hong Kong to attend the funeral of your sister-in-law, you'd better bring proof that... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/someone_has_issues/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/11/someone_has_issues/ Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:17:11 +0800 The older I get, the more I realise that strenuous hiking may not be my thing. A recent trip saw... http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/10/big_knife_sharp/ http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/archive/2011/10/big_knife_sharp/ Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:17:36 +0800