the Sparrow's tail: Hong Kong again

Many ask where in china I am hiding. Well I can tell you that i am in the town of Chang'an, outside of Dongguan City. Now apparently Chang'an has the most millionaires of any 'town' in the world. One way or another the town fathers are fairly well off so they decide to build a new town hall several years back. well they build a government building so big that it is actually bigger than Beijing's. So once the central government found out that some tax money was owed by Chang'an they left the town with the choice, tear down the government building or no one goes in it. they choice to let the building stand. here it is.

Since I had the pleasure if working on my tai chi with mr Lam weekend before last I decided that i might as well take advantage of this opportunity to soak up as much tai chi knowledge as possiable while i am here. so here is the group that i have been working with the last two weekends. all really nice guys. I was even told that i offered some new challenges to mr lam since i am so much taller and heavier than any one he has worked with before.
(l to R: mr lam, me, tommy and tony)

ok here is the least blurry night shot of hong kong island form kowloon. let me just say that the more time i spend in HK the more I grow to love it. it is a really vibrant fun town.

before i get into random photos of the weekend here is one of my favorites. Turns out that many Hong Kong families hire nannies from the Philippines. well Sunday is their day off. So like anyone on a day off you head out with your friends. what this means is that every park, plaza and even the street like in this case gets taken over by hordes of your Filipino women gossiping, doing their nails and just relaxing.

ok I lied this on need some explanation too. turns out that when any construction project in china needs to be done up goes the bamboo scaffolding. Which only reminds me of the hong kong kung fu classic 'return of the master killer', in which the hero master the kung fu style of 'roof top kung' and ties all his opponents to bamboo poles. what is really unconceivable is that i have seen these bamboo structures go up over 8 stories.