ming’s musings

Back in the U.K, I was never really a milk person. Sure, I’d have it on cereal and my tea but I wouldn’t drink it straight, heat some before bedtime or even have milkshakes that often.
In England, milk is incredibly easy to get hold of, fairly cheap and of high quality. The only thing you’d [...]

Early October - Swine Flu’ed?
After getting home from an evening jog around Sai Kung one night, I stepped from the humid and balmy night into my Gran’s freezing air-conditioned living room (Hong Kongers like to recreate arctic conditions indoors).
The sudden change in temperature caught my immune system unawares and one night later, I was lying [...]

February - An “Inauspicious” Beginning
Spring Festival in China, or at least in Beijing anyway, is accompanied by 2 weeks of constant fireworks. During this period, fireworks can be heard from 8 am in the morning to 3 am the next day - for at 2 weeks straight. Though this creates an incomparable festive atmosphere in [...]

Whether it’s for good, bad, or the ugly, China is always in the news. The country has been at the forefront for a lot of recent global affairs ranging from the global economic crisis, to North Korea to corporate business dealings.
So what is it like living in the capital city of a country where it’s [...]