The Mynt Last night, for a friend’s birthday, we decided to go hit the Mynt for a night on the club scene. I have not been “clubbing” in years. Many many years. But I went anyway — for fun mainly, but partly out of curiousity as to what this place was like. I’d heard about…
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Well I’m finally home. In fact, I’ve been home for one week and one day now. The jet lag is pretty much gone, and life is slowly returning to normal. I wish I could say that I had a good time in Hong Kong. I really do. In fact, Hong Kong itself isn’t a bad…
Read moreStupid Game Shows
What the hell is it with TV networks nowadays? Not only do we have humiliate-the-hell-out-of-some-unsuspecting-poor-young-beautiful-ditzy-blond-say reality shows, but we have really really really stupid game shows now. For a while, I thought game shows were improving. The show, Greed, for example — at least that one had most of the elements of a good game…
Read moreCrabbing
Yesterday, we went crabbing. Catching crabs isn’t that easy after all. (You’re all sickos, by the way…) You drive down to Port Germain, which is down on the seaside, and then walk out along a mile-long jetty as the tide is coming in. The water carries the crabs with it, so you bait your nets…
Read moreCulture Shock, Cricket, and Christmas
CULTURE SHOCK Travelling to a different country always yeilds some interest and bemusment and the different ways similar people do things. For example, here in Australia, one discovers very quickly that the newspapers are far more blunt and pointed in their editorial slant than North American papers. Secondly, nudity on TV is fairly commonplace… even…
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