The start of a new Solar Calendar Year, the end of the Lunar Calendar Year.
Goodbye Christmas Tree – The scaffolding is just as impressive
Early January – Heading to Lamma Island for Work.
On the Boatride over
Arrival at the quaint Lamma Island
Jurassic Park-Style
Community Meeting 1 – the design of the future Lamma Quarry (website: http://www.ex-lammaquarry.hk/)
Prepping for the big event
Posters designed by colleagues from work
Getting ready
And the event begins.
Reminds me of moderation class in grad school
Good turnout
End of the day
One of those was our restaurant
And this was our food (courtesy of another colleague)
(yet another)
Hong Kong’s DADA equivalent evening, good Drum & Bass
Amelia swung by, dinner at the Brickhouse
Goodbye luch
Daily life at the office – crossing the bridge
View from the other side
Week 2: Site visit in New Territories – Idols left on the street
The neighborhood we walked through (pedestrian-friendly?)
Rust and Decay. Big change from the ritz of HK Island
I liked the colors
Mirella came to visit – at Carnegie’s (1-HKD beers!)
Week 2 – Community Engagement #2 at Lamma Island
View of the ICC from the docks
On the boat
I can get used to this, any day
Arrival at Lamma
No cars allowed.
Community meeting 2, again, good turnout
On our departure
Lippo Building – HK
Korean Dinner Night in Park Island, Mawan Island
Another day in Festival Walk, no trees, just a maze of stairs….
Another set of stairs in the building…. seen from above.
Chicken Hot Pot Dinner with the Office
Chicken Hot Pot
Fun quick read – Part of the New Years resolution
Admirality Station
Foster’s Building in the Background
Pick your Facade
Elevated Walkway, Central
HK Government Offices
Inside the IFC Shopping Mall -
View from Sevva – when Jenie came to visit
Lan Quai Fong prepping for CNY
Dusk til Dawn…. typical
At the Hong Kong Urban Planning Exhibition Center – Part 3 of the community meeting
Largest Turnout !
Model of Hong Kong – well lit – Shanghai’s could learn a bit from this one…
Crazy Shopping mall in Mongkok
Another insane escalator, this time running up 8 flights
Dinner in Yaumatei-Mongkok Area
Seafood
Duck Stand
Great Ambiance
Mongkok
Rooftop terrace somewhere in TST
View from the other side
HK Island in the background
Next stop: Seoul, South Korea
