As already noted in a previous post, Hong Kong subway is a battlefield: everybody’s pushing each others to make his path. The only real rule there is “do not eat in the train or you will get a 5’000HKD penalty”. This figure is actually written everywhere in the city. Whenever a behavior is forbidden, the [...]

Every culture has its rule. The Japanese love to apologize and bend, the Frenchies will feel sorry and let you know if they have time to and the Britishers will invite you for a beer. In some uncivilized territories, the word “sorry” does not exist. Even the concept of saying something close to is as [...]

Chips and noodles are the worst cases. Chewing gum is also a good challenger. And in Asia, this is daily sport :’(

Ok… one of the numerous things i hate in HK. At office, we have a very high-tech Elevators (from ThyssenKrupp Elevator, woohoo) set which is driven by a no more wonderful centralized system. Its purpose is to allocate the stop at each floor to the appropriate elevator. The thing is that in HK it does [...]