Expat Tales and Adventures
It’s that time of year: father’s day . Time to say thank you to our fathers or enjoy the day if we are fathers. I am not a father. Yet. (Please don’t email me if I am). As I am now. I’ve been fortunate in having three fathers. My first father, who had the joys…
The Battle of Hong Kong was lost from the start. That didn’t stop Company Sergeant Major John Robert Osborn from giving his life for his comrades.
Dragon Boat Festival? Tuen Ng Festival? Learn the history behind the 2009 celebrations, to be held May 28.
No one likes airport security. There are easy things you can do to breeze through checkpoints. All it takes is a carry-on and a little planning.
Buddha’s Birthday is being celebrated in Hong Kong May 12, 2019 – with the following Monday a public holiday (yeah!). Before moving to Hong Kong this was not a holiday I had experienced. I have since learned it is celebrated all over East Asia – where Buddhism has a big footprint – go figure? The…
May 1st is International Labor Day in China, or May Day. I will spend May 1 taking part in another ancient ritual: Happy Hour.
The Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Garden at the Diamond Hill MTR stop in Kowloon, Hong Kong offer a great escape from the busy big city.
What is the Qing Ming festival ( or Qingming or Ching Ming)? Good question. Known in English as Tomb Sweeping Day, it’s a traditional Chinese holiday during which families visit the tombs (or graves) of their ancestors, to clean and paint the tombs and pray, and make offerings. Traditional foods, the burning of incence, spirit…
10 years. Where does a decade go? Like sand through an hour glass, these are the days of our lives. Schlock aside, Ten years fly by fast, in the blink of an eye. When you reach a certain age time is faster than a speeding bullet. What have I been doing? Uno. I traveled the…