parenting
I'm writing this in a dark hotel room with a sleeping baby. We decided to take a first vacation with our baby across the bridge to Macau as a practice run for future travel. We took advantage of the Macau park and ride scheme for Hong Kong cars
china
"Enshittification" is a sort of "safe horny" term for what is really just outright impoverishment and declining living standards due to economic insolvency from deindustrialization, demographic decline, hyperinflation, etc. You are just de-developing and becoming poor. -Marko Jukic on X "Enshittification" is a
housing
Hong Kong is perhaps most infamous for its high-priced and cramped real estate. And its infamy is well-deserved. Prices are high, quality is low, and, despite that things move very fast. A side effect of Hong Kong's high real estate prices are the efficiency with which
community
People often ask me why I stay in Hong Kong. There are many reasons of course...some of which are the headline reasons that everyone likes Hong Kong: the low, simple tax system, the safety, the convenience, the nature, the opportunities, the food, etc. Over my two decades, I'
success
I was chatting with a high school swim team friend this evening about swimming and reminiscing about our experience swimming competitively as children. Before high school, in late elementary school, actually, I started swimming competitively on a private club team. Our club was one of the top, if not the
business
Rewards and discounts are everywhere. Credit rewards are well-known in the West and especially the USA where 3-5% cash back on certain spending is not unheard of. Here in Hong Kong where credit cards are less generous, 1.5% cash back is generally the highest unlimited option. If
parenting
Today is the 77th birthday of the People's Republic of China. I've been celebrating the birthday of my adopted home for almost 2 decades. It's been absolutely mindblowing to watch the progress of the nation over that time period. Every year is bigger and
geopolitics
I couldn't help but notice that US troops finally left Iraq 23 years after they invaded it (and that was the second time in my lifetime!). While it is good that they are finally leaving, when occupying powers meddle in a foreign country and then leave, this often
identity
In an editorial advocating for government action on children's use of social media (which I think is not needed), SCMP writes: Over half of children aged six to 10Â own smartphones, according to parent-led group Look Up Hong Kong. I'm very early in my journey
economics
In a recent interview, macro analyst Luke Gromen brought up his "most heretical" view which is that in current US financial environment raising interest rates is inflationary just like cutting interest rates traditional is thought of as inflationary. This is because of the size of the US debt
business
TechCrunch writes "Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays." The article was about how Tesla started production of the Tesla Semi at a factory that might one day be able to make up to 50,000 trucks a year after promising to
philosophy
I was about to begin writing a post about Hong Kong's Northern Metropolis project when I was interrupted by a very unhappy crying baby. Our son is getting his first teeth and boy is it painful. Many of us will remember the discomfort for the early period of