Over-excited about palm reading at the mid autumn festival (didn't even go in the end!)

Typhoon day!

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September 29th 2011
Now I finally have something exciting to report, today I was woken up just before my alarm at about 6.15 by some excited shouts of 'T8, T8!!!' from the living room. Hong Kong has a rating of typhoon warnings which goes T1, T3 and T8, and if a T8 is declared school gets closed! Obviously we heard about Typhoon Nesat in the phillipines but they hardly ever make their way over here, there was ... read more

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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong... ... read more