Couple of streets scenes in Causeway Bay
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November 26, 2008
Jenny left early this morning to attend a meeting to get information on our Cambodia trip; the primary reason for our trip is to visit the temples constructed by the Khmer civilization between 900-1300AD. We leave on December 3rd and we are a little excited about this one. We were in Peru a couple years ago to see Machu Picchu and thoroughly enjoyed the beauty of this ancient world treasure.
It was great last night visiting Causeway Bay again: brings back a lot of memories. We went to a lot of places we use to go to years ago. In fact we went to the place were we met twenty-seven years ago and, coincidentally, in a couple of days it will be our anniversary date!
Of course the streets are about the same but there are so many new buildings I can hardly find my way around. Hong Kong is a dynamic place; it is constantly changing. When we lived here in the 80’s, the population was about three million; now it is around seven million!
I just read an article in the China Daily News, the only English Language paper published in China and also published in Hong Kong and New York, written by Mitt Romney entitled, “It may be better to let Detroit go Bankrupt”. It is the second article I have read since being here that came to the same conclusion. The head of an American University in Beijing wrote the first one; I don’t remember his name or the name of the institution. I also heard Jack Welch, former GE Chairman; say the same on CNBC the other day. This makes sense to me. Maybe in bankruptcy the Detroit can re-organize into a company that can compete. In any case, Detroit has to look out for China. They have announced they will begin exporting environmentally friendly cars to the States by 2012.
November 27th - Yesterday we went to Mongkok to have Korean Food with Peggy’s Cousin and his family. Many of you have had traditional Korean Barbeque, but this one was a little difference. It had a barbeque grill on the table that was also a “hot pot”. So you could have barbeque or boil your food.
Today is Thanksgiving and we hope all of you had a great day. Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated here, of course, since it is an American holiday. The closest holiday is the Winter Solstice Day on December22nd. So, it looks like we will not be having Turkey today, although there use to be several restaurants in town that did serve the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner and it was good. They still may; we just have other plans.
As I said Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated here, but they have already gotten a head start on Christmas. In fact we walked into a shopping area over a week ago and Christmas music was playing and the decorations were already out. This City is one of the most beautiful cities anywhere at Christmastime. I will take some picture before I leave and give you an example.
I think it is ironic that Christmas is so popular here, since, I would guess, about 90% of the population is Buddhists! But if you get right down to it, there seems to be a lot of Christmas celebration is the States that has nothing to do with “Christ”.
Jenny left early this morning to attend a meeting to get information on our Cambodia trip; the primary reason for our trip is to visit the temples constructed by the Khmer civilization between 900-1300AD. We leave on December 3rd and we are a little excited about this one. We were in Peru a couple years ago to see Machu Picchu and thoroughly enjoyed the beauty of this ancient world treasure.
It was great last night visiting Causeway Bay again: brings back a lot of memories. We went to a lot of places we use to go to years ago. In fact we went to the place were we met twenty-seven years ago and, coincidentally, in a couple of days it will be our anniversary date!
Of course the streets are about the same but there are so many new buildings I can hardly find my way around. Hong Kong is a dynamic place; it is constantly changing. When we lived here in the 80’s, the population was about three million; now it is around seven million!
I just read an article in the China Daily News, the only English Language paper published in China and also published in Hong Kong and New York, written by Mitt Romney entitled, “It may be better to let Detroit go Bankrupt”. It is the second article I have read since being here that came to the same conclusion. The head of an American University in Beijing wrote the first one; I don’t remember his name or the name of the institution. I also heard Jack Welch, former GE Chairman; say the same on CNBC the other day. This makes sense to me. Maybe in bankruptcy the Detroit can re-organize into a company that can compete. In any case, Detroit has to look out for China. They have announced they will begin exporting environmentally friendly cars to the States by 2012.
November 27th - Yesterday we went to Mongkok to have Korean Food with Peggy’s Cousin and his family. Many of you have had traditional Korean Barbeque, but this one was a little difference. It had a barbeque grill on the table that was also a “hot pot”. So you could have barbeque or boil your food.
Today is Thanksgiving and we hope all of you had a great day. Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated here, of course, since it is an American holiday. The closest holiday is the Winter Solstice Day on December22nd. So, it looks like we will not be having Turkey today, although there use to be several restaurants in town that did serve the traditional Thanksgiving Dinner and it was good. They still may; we just have other plans.
As I said Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated here, but they have already gotten a head start on Christmas. In fact we walked into a shopping area over a week ago and Christmas music was playing and the decorations were already out. This City is one of the most beautiful cities anywhere at Christmastime. I will take some picture before I leave and give you an example.
I think it is ironic that Christmas is so popular here, since, I would guess, about 90% of the population is Buddhists! But if you get right down to it, there seems to be a lot of Christmas celebration is the States that has nothing to do with “Christ”.
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