Blogs from Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Asia - page 4

Friday, 25th January 2013 There were still a couple of hours for me to spare in the morning in Okinawa before my 3pm flight to Hong Kong. I decided to head to Kencho-Mae station where the Palette Kumoji shopping mall was located. This was home to the Naha City Museum of History and the upmarket Ryubo Departmental Store. Among the shops worth a look were the Japanese lifestyle stores Muji & Francfranc. For lunch, I went back to my favourite Ramen store at Oroku and ordered gyozas that went really well with my delicious Ramen. This was certainly a nice meal to end my trip to Okinawa. All great things came to an end in the afternoon as I baded farewell to Japan for my flight bounded to Hong Kong. As usual, I was thankful to ... read more

Hi Everyone... What a week.. Started off moving from the Four Seasons to the Marriott Hotel for a change of scenary and save some money... :).. Then I had to repack a bag and hop a plane on Sunday night to head to freezing cold and smog filled Beijing. We had a client presentation to demo our products and technology. 2 Days in Beijing-I have some fun pics from my iphone which I will add to the blog at a later time. Did have fun in Beijing with my co- worker, after work we went to the Village area which is a shopping district with stores and food / hawker stalls which was interesting to see- I have photos of the crazy food. We went down the row and saw silk worm, spiders, snakes,etc on a ... read more

Wednesday night is Race night in Hong Kong in the Happy Valley region. Happy Valley is near Central Hong Kong and the crazy/busy area called Causeway Bay. The track is beautiful. I went with co- workers to an event sponsored by Pwc at the Jockey Club. We were able to go up to a private area, have a buffett dinner which overlooked the track and if we wanted we can walk down the corrider to an open viewing option on a deck. I have to say it was a totally different experience than the Ketnucky Derby.. I had my wine glass filled at the drop of a hat, just walked 5 steps to the betting desk and no crowds to fight. Slowly getting more acclimated to Hong Kong and closer to finding an apartment, it is ... read more

Hello everyone.. What a whirlwind the first week and half has been.. Started my journey to APAC on January 5th. Left Boston on Japan Airlines at 12 pm.. Landed in Japan on Sunday around 3:30pm; flight was delayed and arrived in Hong Kong around midnight on Sunday/ Monday. By the time I picked up all of my luggage and grabbed a cab to the hotel it was 1:30am on Monday. I was in work on Monday, bright and early at 8:30am.. I was in the office Monday and half a day on tuesday and then off to visit clients in Singapore ( for 1 day) and Beijing for (2 days).. I was back in Hong Kong late Friday night and had the weekend to explore and try and figure out where to live- that is still ... read more

Endlich wieder Zivilisation. Nach einigen Tagen in Hong Kong wird mir erst einmal bewusst, was für eine Nummer das in Peking überhaupt war. Natürlich beginnt man schon in den letzten Tagen seines Aufenthaltes damit, die Ereignisse der letzten Monate zu reflektieren. Trotzdem wird mir jetzt mit ein bisschen Abstand darauf erst einmal klar, was dies für eine besondere Erfahrung war. Wie einfach das Leben sein kann, wenn man nicht mehr mit seinen Händen sprechen muss und sich normal mit den Leuten unterhalten kann, hatte ich schon fast vergessen. Für mich ist Hong Kong nach meinem 3 ½ monatigen Pekingaufenthalt mit seinen ca. 7 Millionen Einwohnern und mit seinen über 8.000 Wolkenkratzern fast schon ein Naherholungsgebiet. Die Luft ist nicht verschmutzt, man hat nicht 24 Stunden am Tag ein Hupgeräusch um sich herum, die Autos bleiben bei ... read more

Hi All, Decided to take a chance on a great career opportunity with my company, so I am moving to HOng Kong. I am looking forward to the challenge and for the wonderful opportunity to explore Hong Kong and the APAC region. I will be using this blog site to share my adventures with everyone along with photos. The adventure starts on Jan 5 when I get on the plane to head to Hong Kong .... Before I leave for APAC my wonderful friends and family are sending me off in style. I feel bad that I am not able to see everyone before I leave but I will be home for visits and my door will be open in HK for anyone to visit. Tonight kicks off a wonderful party given by my friend Lisa ... read more