Rain

Today it's raining - woke up this morning and looked out the bedroom window. Most days the visibility is limited by Hong Kong's smog problems. Even then, you can usually see the ships in the channel. Today, I could hear the horns of the ships as they passed, but could not actually see them.

Not that it was raining hard - it wasn't. However the rain seemed to be mixed up with general mist. Couldn't even see the lights on the bouys marking the channel through into Victoria Harbour. I would hate to be responsible for navigating one of those huge ships through the murk.

Saturday night Sonia and I went to the orchestra - they were playing a couple of Gershwin pieces (Rhapsody in Blue, and An American in Paris). Along with Ravel and something else that did not really stick in my mind. Not a bad evening, although getting home was a little fraught as we attempted to locate the entrance to the MTR in Tsim Sha Tsui. Not a logic layout. Comparing to the orchestra in Malaysia, I think we both rated Malaysia's better.

Interestingly, in KL there was a dress code - dinner suits, etc. In HK? Anything goes. Some of us were in suits/jackets, others were clad in jeans and t-shirts. And despite the repeated requests to turn off cellphones, pagers, and watch alarms (broadcast in both English and Chinese), some dipstick still left their's switched on. There really does seem to be a problem with some people's minds not engaging with their environment.

This week, Sonia has been in KL, flying to Bangkok yesterday. I'm sitting in the airport lounge (again) on the way to Bangkok. Returning on Friday night.

Met my old boss for coffee this morning. Great to catch up - he's helping us find a car, as he knows a lot of places around HK. We'll probably catch up on the weekend and take a look at some options.