Mid-Autumn

Autumn is a good time in HK. We like it, much because it comes after the grueling hot and humid summer and also because Mid-Autumn Festival is a lovely festival, it's a time for family, friends, moon and mooncakes.

Taro is what poor people would had in the old days instead of mooncakes

Sunset at Tai O

Tai O - "Venice of the Orient"

Those who overlook

There exist in big cities a special group of being - ad-men. These majestic symbols of consumerism make you feel bad for not buying anything.
In Hong Kong, they are everywhere. And they are big. Making you and me look small.

Lady staring to distance as people walk past.

Star tutors overlooking people walking in Mong Kok

Lady decorated with a lot of gold residing next to a housing building

Huge lady sticking her tongue out

Jewellery lady overlooking

Yao looking as protestors walk past.

Ad-man holding a camera

Big charming lady and two little passengers

Lebron James's pensive stare

Lady enjoying herself while people walk by

He holding a camera while she looking sexy

Pensively overlooking while workers handle the old poster

Street scene in Mong Kok

Model in charming winter clothing; labourer shirtless and sweating

Girl looking up from an ad about luxury property

Ad-men are always there for you.

What is the difference between Cantonese and Mandarin and Chinese?

To understand it the easy way, there is one written language (*Chinese) shared by many spoken languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghainese, etc) in China.

Some more details:

(1) Mandarin is the official spoken language in China, spoken by most Chinese people (as first or second language - some Chinese have their own regional languages)

(2) Chinese government called Cantonese a dialect; while in fact it's a language

(3) Cantonese is the official spoken language in Hong Kong and Macau and the sixth biggest language (by speakers' population) in the world (second biggest in China)

(4) Cantonese is more difficult to learn than Mandarin (mostly because it has 9 tones, Mandarin "only" has 4)

(5) Hong Kong people take so much pride in Cantonese - we think Mandarin is "meh" 

Flash cards for learning Cantonese. Not my creation.

*There are actually two versions of Chinese writings: Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese. Simplified Chinese sucks.

Looking up

There're a lot of strays cats in HK. All very vigilant - they have to be and it's their nature. Makes one think how much habituating (and food) it takes for them to become domestic cats.

Random stray cat. They run away when you get near - unless you have food of course.