July 28th, 2008 by Eshin
Democracy in Asian countries works as long as the economy is booming. The number of dissenting voices is generally kept to a minimum as people enjoy the lifestyle that comes with economic prosperity, and the various governments have a fairly easy ride legislating the lives of their citizens. It works less well when the economic [...]
November 21st, 2005 by Eshin
Playing with the camera on my phone (inspired by my mate Dave over at My Adventures Downunder). Anyway, some photos of me being a fat bastard…
30 plates of sushi between 3 people… this sushi lark in Hong Kong is so damned cheap (courtesy of Genki Sushi).
And cholesterol friendly egg tarts that Hong Kong folk seem [...]
August 21st, 2004 by Eshin
One wonders whether now that Phil over at Flying Chair has finally fixed his site, and even gone one step further by giving the place a rather nice facelift, if he’ll start work on the next Asia Weblog Awards soon?
The sooner he does, the sooner we can give Spirit Finger’s her due as Best [...]
July 15th, 2004 by Eshin
I hate being late to a party, especially so when all the fun’s already been had. It seems that I’m late for the party in Hong Kong too. The reason for my irritation is that Hong Kong doesn’t seem to be the wild party capital it might have once been. And when I say wild [...]
June 6th, 2004 by Eshin
For most of you in Hong Kong and China, you’ll know that June 4th marks the anniversary of the Tienanmen Square Massacre. My readers outside of Hong Kong may not be so aware of that fact since for the majority of people in the world the anniversary of this incident goes unnoticed except with a [...]