Some people say they love New York. Not me. My three favorite cities are all in Asia: Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Sadly, Hong Kong is being slowly destroyed by Carrie Lam and Xi Jin Shit for Brains. But as I proved this month – Tokyo survives! And it’s still a thriving and wonderful city.… Continue reading Out and about at the old homestead.
Category: Asia Expat Living
The good guys win one for a change.
Hong Kong is one of my favorite cities in the world. I like it almost as much as I like Singapore and that says a lot. I first visited the city in 2000, only three years after the tragedy that saw it pass from British Control to that of the Communist Chinese government in Beijing.… Continue reading The good guys win one for a change.
Throwback Thursday. The Maid’s Day Off.
Under the idea of changing things up a bit, I have decided to use Thursdays to re-post some of what I think are my better postings over the last 14 years. Plus hopefully, it will bring them to a new set of readers. This is one of my early posts written 4 months after I… Continue reading Throwback Thursday. The Maid’s Day Off.
The benign dictator
Lee Kuan Yew passed away on 23 March. He was 91. For those who don’t know ( and you really should know this), he was the first Prime Minister of Singapore and was the founder of much of what we consider modern Singapore. As he himself said, Singapore is his legacy. That applies for both… Continue reading The benign dictator
Another good deal gone fleeting……
For those that do not know, Singapore-based Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd., has long had a "lock" on the business of providing husbanding services to Navy ships in Asia. It's quite a lucrative business and is also known as a good deal for retiring supply officers who might want to stay in Asia. Or at least it… Continue reading Another good deal gone fleeting……
When did I ever meet Joseph Conrad?
He sure had me pegged. Did I meet him in my surreal existence in the alternate universe, perhaps in a bar in Hong Kong or Malaya? "The majority were men who, like himself, thrown there by some accident, had remained as officers of country ships. They had now a horror of the home service, with… Continue reading When did I ever meet Joseph Conrad?
The Question
Allow me to forget the life I've made my own I've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my home Allow me just one answer and one reason why Why this refugee of the family of man must die, tell me why? Kansas. Closet Chronicles. Reading the recent news… Continue reading The Question
Meanwhile up in the mid-levels………
The residents are breathing a lot easier. The pesky "cockroaches" have been dealt a major setback in the Hong Kong courts: A three-member panel of High Court judges overturned a September lower court ruling that would have allowed a Filipino maid to apply to settle permanently in the southern Chinese city after living here at… Continue reading Meanwhile up in the mid-levels………
Double nickle
There is a kind of irony in having this particular week end with my birthday. Nothing slams home one's own mortality like learning three people you knew are passed on-and then waking up to realize that you are 55 years old. Irony may not be dead, but a good number of people I used to… Continue reading Double nickle
Herr Doctor will see you now
I've been in Germany about six months now and I thought I would take a moment or two to write about my experiences with the German Medical system. In my previous employments I was either under American insurance and being seen by American doctors or I was under military care and being seen and having… Continue reading Herr Doctor will see you now