Ladies Nights

I also gave out seven copies of my book as table prizes last night at yet another Ladies Night organized by brethren to tell their wives and families officially and in public how much they love them for allowing them to spend so much time with other brethren in Zetland Hall year round; so that…

Come September

Friends and readers of my vintage would recall that Come September is a 1961 Hollywood movie billed as a romantic comedy, directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. There is a theme song of the same title with catchy, rocky or jive music, sung and played by…

August in Hong Kong

Su has always said that she found August in Hong Kong too hot for her constitution such that she won’t venture out of her flat until sundown. Facebook reminded us that we did not spend too much of August in Hong Kong, except for last year perhaps when we had a virtual lockdown due to…

Farewell Scenes

An article on this week’s Post Magazine with the title “Gone for Good” discussed the recent goodbye scenes at Chek Lap Kok Airport as people – mainly young people – left Hong Kong for London, probably for good. Similar stories had been aired on TV last week as people tried to beat the UK deadline…

Life is a Journey

That is the opening line and paragraph of a first person report by Naomi Osaka on 8 July 2021 when the 23-year old talked to Time magazine of her life experience in general and of her first Olympics amidst other priorities – like mental health and why sports needs to change – in particular, which…