The one book bookstore
Quaint, quite and quintessentially different… Such are the phrases of which I would choose to describe Morioka Shoten, Tokyo’s new ‘one book’ book store. The store is based inside the heart of Tokyo in the Ganza district, where it chooses to do precisely that… to sell one book at a time. A simple, yet elegant initiative and […]
Exploring the Mainland: Shanghai (Part II)
As promised, I have written a short piece on my time in Shanghai during the reading week at Hong Kong University. Flying from Beijing in to Shanghai, I instantly noticed the difference between the two cities. Whilst Beijing had wide streets and short buildings with few towers, Shanghai was more akin to Hong Kong. With […]
Happy Year of the Horse!
First things first, Gong Hei Fat Choi i.e. Wishing you a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year. Secondly, Happy belated Valentines day. I hope that you all had a wonderful day! Following a week and a half off from University for the Chinese Lunar New Year, I am back and ready to commence work for […]
On it like Sonic.
Time is flying by! The Christmas decorations have been placed up all throughout Hong Kong, Starbucks has the new menu up and has begun playing Christmas songs so I guess we are well and truly into the festive season! With christmas and New Years just around the corner, I have to ask, where has the […]
Living the good life
Flights are booked for my short return to England and I’m a happy girl. Whilst I cannot wait to go home, Hong Kong has been especially good to me lately! Despite the endless alarm bells of course deadlines and string of essays due in the scarily close future, I have managed to find some time […]
An act of kindness
One thing that strikes me is the sheer kindness and friendliness of the locals in Hong Kong. Whilst sat on the bus home, an elderly woman tripped over a passenger’s foot as she had just got on to the bus. The poor lady flew and landed flat on the floor of the bus. This stopped […]
Lo and behold: Let the truth be told…
Hong Kong is not the easiest place to live in. It may be awesome but as my title states, let the truth be told. Talking to one of the friends I’ve made here, we noted how your mood could go from zero to ten within a couple of days and back to zero in another […]
Modules, Ladies Nights, Horse Racing and all things Hong Kong
Admittedly, it’s been a while since my first and last blog post on Hong Kong! Just to remind you, I am a third year law student on exchange at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Courses Until recently, I had been taking 5 modules here in HK. The way it works here is that each […]
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