Date
Friday, 28 August, 2009
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An occasional annoyance I've endured in my six months in Hong Kong is the bus-riding, loud mobile phone user. The individual often seems oblivious to the volume of their own voice, though I must say that the Cantonese language doesn't seem to lend itself to softly spoken tones anyway (unlike Mandarin).
But when forced to ride a sui-ba, one of the sixteen-seat public light minibuses, with a loudly spoken mobile phone user, there's something very grating and annoying about the experience. It's made worse with a headache.
It could be the accent (cultural), the tone (aural) or content (intellectual!) but more likely all three and the fact that I'd have to ride out the conversation that in my eyes, turns Hong Kong's loud mobile phone users into society's worst offenders of noise pollution.
But when forced to ride a sui-ba, one of the sixteen-seat public light minibuses, with a loudly spoken mobile phone user, there's something very grating and annoying about the experience. It's made worse with a headache.
It could be the accent (cultural), the tone (aural) or content (intellectual!) but more likely all three and the fact that I'd have to ride out the conversation that in my eyes, turns Hong Kong's loud mobile phone users into society's worst offenders of noise pollution.
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Living in Hong Kong. Observations.
Date
Saturday, 15 August, 2009
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Following my previous post Travel Stationary Geek, my travel journaling is coming along nicely (if a little behind), with my efforts to document our East Asia travel experiences happening both on and offline.
In July, Linh and I went to Taipei and Seoul. The trips adds a further two countries to our visited list that includes Vietnam and Japan, as well as Hong Kong (and Macau). So I've bought another two Traveler's Notebooks as I use a 64 page book for each country in which to keep any ephemera.
In July, Linh and I went to Taipei and Seoul. The trips adds a further two countries to our visited list that includes Vietnam and Japan, as well as Hong Kong (and Macau). So I've bought another two Traveler's Notebooks as I use a 64 page book for each country in which to keep any ephemera.
