{"id":170,"date":"2015-10-03T06:21:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2015\/10\/hong-kong-its-a-dogs-dinner.html\/"},"modified":"2015-10-03T06:21:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T06:21:00","slug":"hong-kong-its-a-dogs-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2015\/10\/03\/hong-kong-its-a-dogs-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong &#8211; it&#8217;s a dogs dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>You either get the place or you don&#8217;t&#8230;<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Love it, or hate it, it&#8217;s always great to be back in Honkers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s eight years since we left, yet I still get the &#8216;bright lights&#8217;&nbsp;frisson&nbsp;of excitement, t<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">he moment I get off the plane. It&#8217;s when you feel that wall of humidity&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">hit, your hair gives you the real meaning of frizz-on, and that &#8216;Fragrant Harbour&#8217; smell starts the assaults&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">on your senses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TtkNtEfwt9I\/Vg9BVdrv-ZI\/AAAAAAAAGxE\/G8BVkSKvRiQ\/s1600\/HK2015.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-TtkNtEfwt9I\/Vg9BVdrv-ZI\/AAAAAAAAGxE\/G8BVkSKvRiQ\/s640\/HK2015.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Sept 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">And you yell out in fine voice <\/span><i style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&#8216;Honey, I&#8217;m Home!<\/i><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&#8216;&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and the polite crowd of Hong Kong Chinese around you,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">smile&nbsp;awkwardly&nbsp;and continue playing on their <\/span><i style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I<\/i><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">phones.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>&#8216;Oops, sorry, pardon me for my over-exuberance!&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qv8YRuciAKY\/Vg5v3jvrU2I\/AAAAAAAAGv8\/u__ErlZZejQ\/s1600\/HKSept2015A.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qv8YRuciAKY\/Vg5v3jvrU2I\/AAAAAAAAGv8\/u__ErlZZejQ\/s640\/HKSept2015A.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Apple Store &#8211; Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Two minutes in the Hotel check-in line, becomes two hours&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and all because you are handed your room key for two&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and told breakfast is for one.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">You ask whether you can have breakfast for two&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">but your name is not on the list,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">so after much checking it is confirmed, with a nod,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&#8216;<i>yes, one included breakfast only<\/i>&#8216;.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;\">and it all comes flooding back&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">You are in the land of rules is rules and &#8216;d<i>on&#8217;t make a fuss&#8217;&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and of course you come from another place,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">you know the one that puts the customer first&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The one where common sense prevails.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s not a match made in paradise<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and you ARE making a fuss.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and OMG more frizz-on.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-1nvGj9XwbVw\/Vg5sw56gQeI\/AAAAAAAAGvs\/JoDG_DU9CyM\/s1600\/HKSept2015.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-1nvGj9XwbVw\/Vg5sw56gQeI\/AAAAAAAAGvs\/JoDG_DU9CyM\/s640\/HKSept2015.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Central, Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Of course the HK Employee training book says<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;you must adhere to all the rules with<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;absolute conformity,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">where there are rules,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">but where there are no rules,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">absolutely anything goes.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Sometimes you don&#8217;t quite know whether the rule book is being applied.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;Take these workers climbing up the bamboo scaffolding downtown Central on Saturday night.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Rules or no rules?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SH4bPsM9Eos\/Vg7x_m648vI\/AAAAAAAAGwI\/apehsQDieMU\/s1600\/HKSept2015b.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SH4bPsM9Eos\/Vg7x_m648vI\/AAAAAAAAGwI\/apehsQDieMU\/s640\/HKSept2015b.jpg?resize=640%2C440\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Bambozled in Central, Hong Kong<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Now in Australia all Tradies would have said&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">&#8220;cannot&#8221; and downed tools days ago for a beer and a barbie.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">WorkSafe would have been summoned and they&#8217;d have said &#8216;cannot&#8217; too.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Or what about the Sai Kung Dogs Birthday party?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Where tourists are amazed by the doggy delights at a local cafe.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The uninvited guests stood around licking their lips.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-8DSqjJVrHCI\/Vg86awmAQvI\/AAAAAAAAGwk\/-etfsyX4_qQ\/s1600\/HKSept2015e.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-8DSqjJVrHCI\/Vg86awmAQvI\/AAAAAAAAGwk\/-etfsyX4_qQ\/s640\/HKSept2015e.jpg?resize=388%2C640\" width=\"388\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">How do I score an invite to your party?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Where the invite clearly said smart casual<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and fluffy dogs were dressed in their best collar &amp; ties<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">to savour the feast.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-n81od40ociU\/Vg82_sklK7I\/AAAAAAAAGwY\/MHE3aDAZQ2w\/s1600\/HKSept2015d.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-n81od40ociU\/Vg82_sklK7I\/AAAAAAAAGwY\/MHE3aDAZQ2w\/s640\/HKSept2015d.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">And the special dog party food kept coming, plate after plate<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">and of course it&#8217;s perfectly ok to have your paws and more on the table&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LHmu0hWPMv4\/Vg88WMZrpgI\/AAAAAAAAGww\/YfMsN-J9NGk\/s1600\/HongkongSept2015f.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-LHmu0hWPMv4\/Vg88WMZrpgI\/AAAAAAAAGww\/YfMsN-J9NGk\/s640\/HongkongSept2015f.jpg?resize=424%2C640\" width=\"424\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Rules or no rules?<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We head off to relax at our favourite reflexology place<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Happy Foot<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We&#8217;ve found some old loyalty cards in an old wallet<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>&#8216;Do any of these work?&#8217;<\/i> we ask<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>&#8216;We find out&#8217;<\/i> is the reply.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rdqo5c0CSw8\/Vg9C5ilV9bI\/AAAAAAAAGxQ\/rmfqoJOJEaI\/s1600\/HKSept2015g.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Rdqo5c0CSw8\/Vg9C5ilV9bI\/AAAAAAAAGxQ\/rmfqoJOJEaI\/s640\/HKSept2015g.jpg?resize=640%2C482\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">We finish our foot massages and a sheet of paper is produced.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It shows nine years ago we bought a book of ten foot massages,&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">the last time we signed was 2010<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>&#8216;After today, one free foot massage left&#8217;<\/i>, they tell us<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>I had to smile<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>of course it&#8217;s the same system<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>the &#8216;cannot have breakfast&#8217; and the &#8216;can have foot massage&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>Isn&#8217;t it wonderful?&nbsp;<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>Gotta love Hong Kong!<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i>&#8216;We&#8217;ll be back&#8217;<\/i>&nbsp;we say&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Don&#8217;t know where, don&#8217;t know when&#8230;.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-aOa9vGZaW44\/Vg9Hofn6EtI\/AAAAAAAAGxg\/8elR_F4FaFY\/s1600\/lww_2.png\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-aOa9vGZaW44\/Vg9Hofn6EtI\/AAAAAAAAGxg\/8elR_F4FaFY\/s320\/lww_2.png?resize=320%2C106\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; 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