The other day, a friend of mine excitedly told me about how one can buy absolutely massive lab grown diamonds in Shenzhen for very cheap. And then she showed off a massive, sparkling diamond on her finger and bragged about its very cheap price. Sometime after that, I met someone
The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong's pre-Bitcoin Asia meetup was a massive success. Over 300 people signed up with additional 100s on the waiting list. The event was on the 7th floor of 79 Wyndham Street at Frank's Records. This is a vinyl record-themed
I've been protective of my hearing since I started listening to cassettes of children's music on a Sony Walkman in the late 1980s. I'd keep the volume low so as not to damage my hearing. I'd always wear ear protection when participating
In English, The patronizing we is when someone uses the word "we" as a synonym for "you." This is one of the most annoying linquistic habits of American so-called "service" staff. They are so-called service staff because whenever they're using
Something changed this week when US Treasury Secretary Bessent took a step towards yield curve control. The money printing is coming...it is mechanical and inevitable...and the market suddenly decided to acknowledge this. Bitcoin and high-quality altcoins, including Stacks, pumped in response. But it wasn't just
I previously wrote about my experience getting blood tests in a Chinese public hospital and how fast, efficient and inexpensive the whole process was. One of the things that struck me was how much better and more accessible healthcare is in the Chinese mainland than two decades ago when I
Beginning from the period of political unrest in 2019 through the end of covid, many people left Hong Kong. There was a period of time where it seemed like I was going to a couple going away parties every month. Singapore, Canada and the UK were anecdotedly the top destinations.
This evening, I popped up to Shenzhen to watch the recently released Chinese anti-war movie Once upon a time in the Middle East (欢迎来龙餐馆). It's the story of a Chinese chef who moves to a fictional country in the Middle East to work in a restaurant and
McDonald's apple pies are as American as, well, apple pie. But in 1992, McDonald's ruined their classic apple pie formula by changing the pies from being deep-fried to baked in the USA. All in the name of "health." As if anyone eating at
I miss the telephone. No, not the smartphone, but the physical landline telephone. With landline telephones, phone numbers were addresses connected to physical spaces and not people. When you dialed your friend's home phone number, you were literally causing a ringing sound inside the physical building that they
I was sending off family at Hong Kong International Airport this evening and took them to 2 Café which is a chain serving Hong Kong-style diner food. For those familiar with the airport, 2 Café took over the massive premises behind McDonald's in the pre-security departure
If I knew how much fun babies were, I’d have started having them much earlier. Sure they cry a lot but watching them grow up and develop their own personalities so quickly is the ride of a lifetime. I recently learned from my parents that their generation (baby boomers)