Bittersky.org » Hong Kong http://bittersky.org the sky will soon clear Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:57:21 +0000 en hourly 1 Walking With Bulls http://bittersky.org/2010/08/08/walking-with-bulls/ http://bittersky.org/2010/08/08/walking-with-bulls/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:39:38 +0000 Melody http://bittersky.org/2010/08/08/walking-with-bulls/

City folk walking on country roads, within lethal distance from bulls. Luckily for us, they were too busy eating and chilling.

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Last weekend, I went “camping”1 with a group of friends from university. We had such a blast hanging out near the beach, walking around in the countryside (sort of), having a barbecue and staying up for Pictionary. There are more pictures, of course. I will post a couple as “Through the Lens” entries. There will be… bulls. ;)

Mid-summer is meant to be the hottest, but I feel like it is also the brightest and liveliest.

  1. In Hong Kong, campnig doesn’t necessarily means living in a tent. It can also mean just going somewhere remote and stay in simple apartments which we have rented for the day.
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It’s the year of the Tiger, so of course we have tiger decorations! :)

  1. Kung Hei Fat Choy: It is the most commonly used blessing for the CNY. It means “wishing you a good fortune” essentially. I never get why fortune comes before everything else, but hey. :P
  2. It means “wishing you good health”.
]]> http://bittersky.org/2010/02/15/happy-chinese-new-year/feed/ 3 Snapshots from an old phone http://bittersky.org/2010/02/03/snapshots-from-an-old-phone/ http://bittersky.org/2010/02/03/snapshots-from-an-old-phone/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:51:36 +0000 Melody http://bittersky.org/?p=707 While transferring files from a memory card to my new mobile phone, I discovered photos I had taken with my old one. They are all random snapshots, not the best works of photography, but I found most of them interesting. I have picked ten of them for this entry.


You will notice that most of the photos are of places in Hong Kong or animals. It’s probably true (to some degree) that your photos tell a lot about you. :)

]]> http://bittersky.org/2010/02/03/snapshots-from-an-old-phone/feed/ 6 The news is almost always depressing http://bittersky.org/2010/01/30/the-news-is-almost-always-depressing/ http://bittersky.org/2010/01/30/the-news-is-almost-always-depressing/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:15:58 +0000 Melody http://bittersky.org/?p=703 In the last couple weeks, I had spent a lot of time imagining what people who experienced earthquake must have gone through, and how terrifying it would be to have the house you live in collapsed on you.

To my absolute horror, an apartment building in Hong Kong collapsed yesterday afternoon. Four people were killed and two were injured. Several eye witnesses were evidently still shocked, and they told the news that it all happened within 10 seconds. It’s saddening to think that people were killed at home, which is supposed to be the safest place of all.

This kind of thing is extremely rare and Hong Kong is generally a very safe city. However, on a more personal level, it adds on to the randomness of everything. The building is in a town I visit almost every Sunday for private tuition. I dread to think what it will be like when my bus goes past there next time.

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This photograph was taken mid August 2009 in Stanley, Hong Kong.

It’s great for a couple of reasons: 1. this sand castle was wonderfully built (although not by me or my peers) and 2. check out the legs at the top! :D

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Picture from this Mingpao online article.

As mentioned on BBC:
People in Asia have seen the longest total solar eclipse this century, with large areas of India and China plunged into darkness.

Here in Hong Kong, today we had a partial eclipse instead of a total eclipse. Since this ‘eclipse of the century’ made the headlines, many people in Asia ,including myself, was very excited. I was intrigued because I had never seen a solar eclipse before.1 That said, I hadn’t expected to see it myself due to the lack of professional tools. We had been told not to view it with the naked eye as it could cause permanent damage to our eye sight.

As it turned out, I ended up seeing it with my naked eye from my office! A co-worker made a tool to filter the lights so we were able to take turns to view the new-moon-like sun.2 :)

In some traditional cultures, solar eclipse is seen as a bad sign.3 But from what I saw today, i.e. everyone looking up in anticipation, being amazed and amused by the sudden lack of sunlight, it was also a fun occasion that even nerds like me enjoyed.

  1. I might have seen a lunar eclipse, which I only vaguely remember.
  2. The photo is actually very close to what I saw.
  3. In ancient Chinese tales, so I have heard, it involves a dog eating the sun and therefore stealing the source of life and vitality.
]]> http://bittersky.org/2009/07/22/2009-solar-eclipse/feed/ 3 EHOTH Fail Attempt #1 http://bittersky.org/2008/09/27/ehoth-fail-attempt-1/ http://bittersky.org/2008/09/27/ehoth-fail-attempt-1/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:08:20 +0000 Melody http://bittersky.org/?p=153 Today happens to be one of my best friend’s birthday and a work day, so I actually failed. However, I am still posting the pictures. :P And I’ll do better next month.

9:00-11:00: Work XD

11:30:

12:30:

13:00-16:00: Work again

17:30:

18:00-19:00: Dinner (forgot :no: )

20:30:

21:30:

21:45-1:00: Movie :D

What happened? We had a pretty good day. :)

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Sometimes I forget that my town is by the coast, because it is quite far away from my house.


Rich people.


More of rich people’s toys.


A hotel that I have been to a few times is in sight. Oh, the memories.


Back to the poorer area.


Some of them join and some separate.

One more photo, titled “people annoy me”:

I had taken this way before today. And it was certainly not the only time I saw it happen. Seriously, what is wrong with those people? Her leg is so short that she could barely make it anyway, so… Why? People are supposed to sit. :/

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After two years and two months, I found myself in Disneyland again. There isn’t much to say about the experience except that, 1. the Halloween parade was pretty awesome, 2. Stitch Encounter is my new favourite Disneyland show, he was so crude that it was brilliant. :D Photo time!

Minnie :D

Left: Minnie and some basketball player waving at us. Right: ;D

Alice Cinderella

Left: Alice speaking in Cantonese. Right: Cinderella poking her tongue out (click to enlarge). Go me for capturing this moment!

Halloween balloon
Woohoo!

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