Google vs China

This just about sums up the whole conflict.

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Follow me on Twitter

I'm much better with micro-blogging since it 140 characters is not hard at all to type out in limited time.

Twitter is such a brilliant invention. A lot of people think it's silly cos you can only say so much and I guess the fact that some idiots use it and make minute to minute updates on what they are doing ("Having a Big Mac with fries for lunch") does make it seem retarded. But it's a absolutely brilliant platform to gather on the ground news and information. BRILLIANT.

Follow me at www.twitter.com/intersphere.

Buried underneath a pile of work

I haven't updated this blog in ages. I've been too busy with work and trying to adapt to life in Hong Kong (i.e. Improve my cantonese and lose any inkling sensation of being home sick). So far, the homesick bit is more or less settled. I don't feel it anymore. Guess making more friends here does help a great deal.

Cantonese on the other hand is really hard for me to grasp. I can manage enough to get thru daily (eat, shop etc) and I can definitely listen better. But getting into a conversation is still a big problem. I've resolved to get my act together by only tuning in to Channel 6 on free to air TV where there are cantonese shows running all day long (and ignoring AXN, Star Movies etc). Oh, occasionally I steal a sneak peek.

Time to get back to work. Need to rush a huge propsal for Monday. This may be the tipping point that I'm looking for. Wish me luck. Peace out.

Damn it Facebook!

Found this on Digg. This is hilarious. Taken a long time ago but still funny nonetheless. Click on the image to see a bigger version.

Uniqlo Surprise

Uniqlo recently opened up their first store in Singapore to much fanfare at Tampines 1. The brand has really cool basic stuff at a reasonable price and I have been frequenting their outlets here in Hong Kong to check out the clothes. In my opinion, it's kinda a scaled down Muji without the nice stationary.

Check out their TribalDDB designed microsite for the Singapore market.

Life in Technicolor

I really really love this song! And the MTV is brilliant!

Flutter Away

Flutter is the next big iPhone app. The app allows you to send unlimited picture messages and your geo-tagged location to most web-enabled mobile phones in the world. All you need is a wi-fi connection or existing data plan to have the convenience of sending multi-media messages (MMS) to virtually any web enabled mobile phone number in your iPhone contact book.

There's a small US$1.99 fee to download the app from the iTunes store. It's a small fee for a really cool application.

Nike Air Zoom 81

I bought a new pair of basketball shoes yesterday. The Nike Air Zoom 81, essentially a variation of the Nike Air Zoom Kobe III. The shoe comes in 4 colourways and after much searching, I've came to the conclusion that the whole of Hong Kong only has the red/white/black one left.


I really like the black/white/gold colourway and by some sheer good fortune managed to find a pair in my size at a little store off Wan Chai Road (at a fantastic bargin price). The shoe commemerates Kobe Bryants 81 points against the Toronto Raptors on 22 Jan 2006. The number 81 is detailed on the tongue and the date highlighted on the heel of the shoe. And this colour is way cool! I am a very happy camper.

Burger Galore

I've been going on a mini burger craze. The three best places to have burgers in Hong Kong according to my limited knowledge are as follows:

1. Shake ‘em Buns
2. Triple O's White Spot
3. Burger Republic

Might find more but for the moment, here are the yummilicious photos from my recent burger spree.

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Tribute to my Dad

It's not father's day nor is it his birthday but I guess I just wanted to make a tribute to my Dad. Possibly because I'm alone and away from home and feeling a little too darn melancholic. In any case, this is one of his favourite songs. A little ironic though given it's about a son who doesn't communicate well with his father and regrets it when...well, I don't think I want to say that cos it would be too frightening a thought.

Dad and I had our differences when I was growing up and at some point of time in my adolescent life, I felt I could not be any further away from him. But now things have gotten so much better and very much closer. Here's to my Dad - the man whom I love and respect deeply and the person who has always been there for me, no matter how badly I screwed up. Thanks Dad.

Earth Hour - 28 March 2009

Check out these amazing Earth Hour pictures. I'm glad I was a part of it. I've never quite seen Hong Kong that dark on a Saturday night.

Designer Lunch

Went to the Agnès b Cafe at Leighton Road last week for lunch with some clients and man, I must say that this place is nice. I'm not food connoisseur so this is not going to be a food review. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.






Check out these little packets of Agnès b delights. This is afterall, Hong Kong, the land of the toothpicks

I twitter because I have no friends

This is an absolutely hilarious video..and unfortunately true. Enjoy! Oh and by the way, please follow me on Twitter.

"Twouble with Twitter" sous-titré
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Progressive breaks

I find myself listening to a lot of be progressive breaks recently on Proton Radio. Somehow, the *dum tsk dum tsk* helps me focus better at work.

Friday night hangout

Made a couple of friends playing ball at the Southern Playground at Wan Chai. One of them, Karl, an American-born Chinese from L.A brought me to Swindlers on friday night. The place is a small little pub by Lockhart Road on the *ahem* slightly dodgy end of Wan Chai.

It was one of the few pubs in Wan Chai with a live band and boy, were they were amazing. It's not so surprising that they were Filipinos, Hong Kong is after all, swimming with them (pun intended). The music was a mix of heavy rock and some mainstream stuff. Crowd was mainly Caucasian with some locals and the food and beer were great and pretty decently priced.

Definitely a place to go again just to kick back and chill.

Typhoon Shelter Crab

I never used to like crabs that much. My girlfriend loves them. But after trying the spicy crab at Causeway Bay (Place is called Under Bridge Spicy Crab - Canal/Lockhart Road), I am a convert. Served dry with a mountain-load of garlic, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.