While Su Was Away

I left Chongqing by the first flight yesterday, leaving Su behind for some real sightseeing, food and bonding with my friends. From the pictures they sent back, I believe they had a great time. While waiting for Su to come back, I find time to write another short piece. Chongqing was only two hours from…

Watch This Space

I have just sent Su off to the airport from Tsing I Airport Express. We have agreed to attend a dinner in Chongqing with some HKU alumni and friends there; but because I need to be back one day early, I am taking an evening flight, which gives me a few hours to catch up…

MORE PARTIES

I left off when we were packing ourselves for a few days in Phuket. It actually resulted from a trip Su organized for her parents four if not five years ago. Her mother suggested that I would like the place; and so we found ourselves basking under the Phuket sun, going to beaches, and staying…

2017 Revisited

Here I am, sitting before the keyboard on Christmas Day, pounding out another year ender for what it’s worth, but first I thank God for another year of reasonably good health for me and my wife Su and for the well-being of my children, relatives and friends. These days, it seems that one doesn’t get…

More on Partying

Even as I was uploading the last piece, a few thoughts arose, primarily from the parties or events I went to recently, and by inference, the groups with which I have been associated, which was the theme I brought up towards the end. Let me begin with the first day of this month. It happened…

Writing and Partying

Amy Tan was in town recently speaking at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival and promoting her autobiography “Where the Past Begins” which had attracted favourable reviews even before it was published, such as “A profound work of endless fascination, discovery, and compassion” from Booklist, and “Wise and Profound” from Publishers Weekly. I flipped through…

Facts and Views

I was on my treadmill when Christiane Amanpour of CNN fame reporting from London interviewed Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on their 18-hour epic documentary on the Vietnam War. Burns spent ten years making the documentary which began screening last month in ten parts, with interviews on war survivors and their descendants, both in America…