Category: Hong Kong

Hong Kong

2 days, 2 nights so far in Hong Kong and it’s been a nice relaxing time.  Visited a couple of new friends of Bridget’s and ate dimsum at famous Maxim’s City Hall.  Great view into Kowloon side. Then walked around IFC did some shopping – found that Ecco shoes much cheaper than Taipei.  Couple of walking shoes and off and running (hah hah).

We were given the OSIM Executive Suite, apparently a cool branding thing.  We got all the OSIM toys they have in the suite.  The saddle, the chiropractor, the full massage chair and the iSqueeze along with some others which we had no idea how to use.  The full massage chair just rocks.  We have to take turns…. It’s got like 7 different types of massages and the chair can recline up to 180 degrees.  Facing the wall mounted flat screen is pretty awesome. 

It’s quite the treat we figure and so we might do this hotel getaway thinggy more often be it in HK or TPE in the future.  Having our time together and away from the hassle of work is the best gift to each other 🙂

Today we went up to The Peak via blue line bus 15 and it was nice.  We lucked out the weather was sunny/mostly clear and we got walk around the trail. Cold and windy but still good stuff.  Ate at the Simpatico Italian eatery and was high quality stuff, not as touristy as one might imagine given it’s The Peak.

We’ll probably forego the Christmas Eve dinner crunch at the hotels/restaurants for some room service with our OSIM massage chair and flat screen TV! 🙂

For a plug, I’d highly recommend HotelTravel.com for your HK booking.  Each time I’ve done it, the hotel gave me great rooms.

Hope you all get your wishes this holiday season!

Xmas in HK

B- and I are headed to HK to celebrate Christmas HK style. Not exactly the same as NYC but pretty good alternative. We used Hotel Travel.com to book our accomodations at Cosmopolitan Hotel @ Wan Chai. Sitting in Taoyuan International Airport now typing this, using my CHT HSPDA modem to get online.

Been quite a month/week/day. Pooped out is more like it. I got hooked onto facebook despite my best efforts to resist. But then B- got into it with the cities thing and it was over. I spent way too much time jazzing up my facebook page despite the fact that putting bad stuff on there could ruin your career (as posted in various newspapers recently). This past week was so full of meetings. I facilitated on Thursday a workshop on strategy and then Friday immediately flew to Seoul (on CI) for another meeting. Just came back to TPE in the afternoon and waited in the airport for B- so we can then fly to HK this evening via CX.

Looking forward to some QT with B- in HK… she’s been great through this whole few months with the changes in BAT which has made me uncommonly busy. Looking forward to the challenges in 2008 but it’s quite daunting so hopefully the days off from now until Jan 2nd will help me recover, re-energize, and renew myself toward the projects ahead.

I’m reminded again what blessings B- and I have had during 2007, both personally and professionally. The good friends, church, and colleagues who have helped make Taiwan much more like home.

So wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas!

A dash of Tabasco sauce please…..



You’re an Oyster!
You don’t have a ton of complexity or identity on your own, so you’ve made an effort to focus on making a nice and sturdy house. It gives you the appearance of being interesting as well as a good place to hide from your critics and those who might expose your secrets. At least you can remind us all of what humble beginnings we’ve all come from. People associate you with really good crackers.

Take the Animal Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

So I’m back on the road again. This past week, one day trip to HK for a meeting. Then flying off to HK again this weekend. Next week to Korea’s Jeju Island for some team building exercises. Jeju island apparently is the honeymoon getaway for many Korean newlyweds. We’ll see how it is…. excited for my first Korea visit!

Mixed views of the added travels for Sept. More HK and Beijing as well before a week long holiday with the B-‘s family end of the month.

Fun stuff….