this post does not really make sense (in the sense of being one coherent entity) but rather shares a couple of observations that have nothing to do with each other. fortunately i can tie them together by pointing to my first ever blog post (the ones that appear to have been posted earlier have actually […]

coming back to the Waag i found the printout of Fear and Money in Dubai by Mike Davis on my table (placed there by the invaluable Patrice, who seems to have never heard of such things as emails and hyperlinks, but then you can read printouts in your bathtub, which is not a bad thing […]

so i have been trying to buy a dvd copy of the latest james bond movie all along my trip. finally managed to score a decent copy with proper english sound in Shenzhen (china) yesterday. in total i bought 4 different discs which gives a nice little insight in the dynamics of movie piracy in […]

dubai may be positively insane but then hong kong is absolutely shameless in its display of wealth and consumption, especially now that it is christmas time. now x-mas is not only taken as an excuse for excess shopping but there are special x-mas themed stages all over the place. passed by the one in central […]

although i have a really beautiful mahjong set at home (but not enough friends that know how to play) i was looking for mahjong sets here in hong kong. the whole operation was kind of disappointing as they only seem to have cheap plastic sets (the gift shops all have one bone/wood set, but that […]