Some Unique Scenes from Hong Kong

Hello My Dear Great Ones,

Here are a few scenes from Hong Kong which I think are pretty unique: 

 

Dramatic city views.  Hong Kong has by far the highest concentration of highrises in the world.

 Low tide at Sok Kwo Wan.

 Lamma spider.  As big as your hand.

 Coconut beverage with "normal," beverages.

 Dried sea food.

Crab season.

 Little old lady living under a tarp in an alleyway.

 Umbrellas drying.

Dress up day at a primary school.  PE still must go on.  Note PE teacher.  Not me by the way.

Have a great week everyone!

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk

Wo Yi Hop Village

Hello My Great Ones,

As mentioned, several times over the years, Hong Kong is really more like a small country than a city. It is 1000 square kilometers with 70% of it natural.   Hong Kong also has numerous little villages scattered in or near the natural areas.  Celia and I live on the outskirts, (the suburbs) of a village called Wo Yi Hop (Fresh Water.)  While the pictures will attest to the fact that Wo Yi Hop is not the prettiest of villages, it is located on the shoulders of Tai Mo Shan mountain and is 100 meters from the Shing Mun country park.  So the setting is amazing.  Shing Mun  country park by the way used to have pineapple plantations and also once had a fortress built by a rebel soldier from the Ming Dynasty.  This rebel grew rich controlling trade through the area that is now the country park.   

Wo Yi Hop has about 1000 souls.  As far as I can ascertain I am the only one of European stock.  One great thing about villages is that they don't have high rises.  Instead most have three story buildings called "village houses."  Each floor is a separate apartment.  If you are lucky enough to live on the top floor of a village home, like Celia and I, you also get the rooftop. This is like having a backyard.

  

To get to Wo Yi Hop one must drive up a steep banyan shaded road.

 Rain water flows down this man made creek.

 A steep road and an archway leads in to Wo Yi Hop village. Note the monkey on top of the fence.

 The buildings in the village cling to the hillside and are not that pleasing to the eye:

 Sidewalks cut through a neighborhood of rather simple dwellings.

 These dwellings were just built in the past year.

 Some of the signs in the village are interesting.

Celia and I live in a village home similar to this.

Our rooftop provides sweeping views of  a jungle, other rooftops and a portion of Wo Yi Hop.  In the background is a district of Kowloon, Tsuen Wan.

Have a great week.

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk

Butterfly

The air is like a butterfly
With frail blue wings.
The happy earth looks at the sky
And sings. 

 A whimsical ode above, not mine, to one of many God's many masterpieces: The Butterfly.

This one was seen on a hot day on Lamma.

Have a great week!

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk

D Mall--Multiple Intelligence Kids Mall

 

My Dear Great Ones,

If you like malls than Hong Kong is a mall paradise.  There seems to be hundreds of them.  With all those malls competition is pretty fierce to attract customers.  So there are malls with skating rinks, lavish theatres,  some are high end, some are middle range, some are low end with knock offs from China, some have wet markets in the basement.  The variety and unique attractions to intice customers is mind boggling.  But for most unique attempt to bring in customers I vote the Discovery Mall or D Mall for short.  It bills itself as the "World's First Multiple Intelligence Mall for Kids."  And it actually has real stores, selling real goods for adults, but there are lots of kid stores as well.  Yet what sets it apart are the attractions, most on the main floor in a massive park like space.  Its all indoors, with lots of air conditioning, and is actually quite astounding. Astounding in the amount of parents with kids getting them to activate their multiple intelligences.  Here is a definition about multiple intelligences straight from that reliable source of information:  Wikipedia.

The theory of multiple intelligences differentiates intelligence into specific 'modalities', rather than seeing intelligence as dominated by a single general ability.  Howard Gardner (the dude who came up with this theory) chose eight abilities that he held to meet these criteria:^[2] musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic. He later suggested that existential and moral intelligence may also be worthy of inclusion.^[3] Although the distinction between intelligences has been set out in great detail, Gardner opposes the idea of labeling learners to a specific intelligence. Gardner maintains that his theory of multiple intelligences should "empower learners", not restrict them to one modality of learning.^[4] According to Gardner, an intelligence is "a biopsychological potential to process information that can be activated in a cultural setting to solve problems or create products that are of value in a culture."^[5]

^{Ok.  Got it. Kind of. As far as I am concerned the theory of multiple intelligences is a fancy dan way of saying we are human and need various stimuli to develop the humaness is us.  I find it funny that existential and moral intelligence "may also be worthy of inclusion."  Ha Ha.  That should be number one.  Because without faith in God and morality humans would never have become civilized and been able to work together.   Anyway here are some pictures of the most unique mall in Hong Kong if not the world:}

Discover Our Zones

Welcome to the Multiple Intelligence learning paradise!
Here we have four Multiple Intelligence areas, where eight kinds of Multiple Intelligence activities will be held.
In addition, we will regularly organize Multiple Intelligence courses.

The bottom floor of the mall is like a massive park with a variety of activities to do.

At this activity one has to remove ones footware. 

Rest station.

Now we're talking.  An Angry Bird bouncy castle.

Restaurants have tables and chairs for kids.

Driving certainly takes some intelligence.

Starbucks converting the young to the power of coffee.

The duck pops up everywhere.

Another rest station.

A one foot high hand dispensor.

A planeterium.  Note stroller parking lot.

Not sure about this.

Getting a drink.

The whale park is a must do.

Have a great week everyone!

Love adios and ping on!

Dirk