{"id":1087,"date":"2012-05-23T22:51:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T21:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kudzia.eu\/b\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2024-11-03T19:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T18:33:51","slug":"asia-trip-14-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kudzia.eu\/b\/2012\/05\/asia-trip-14-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"asia trip 1\/4 – hong kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

i’ve spent last month in Asia – Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Philippines. totally new experience in many ways.
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half of my trip was work related – i got a chance to visit Hong Kong office of our parent company to pass some of my earlier responsibilities to people over there. i also made a dozen of presentations of our product to potential clients in Hong Kong and Singapore. that implied wearing suit and a tie in 30-35C temperatures which was quite an unpleasant thing. after the first few days i’ve learned that the air conditioning running during the night gives me sore throat and choked nose, i’ve switched to electric fan + earplugs which worked surprisingly well.<\/p>\n

hong kong is crowded – really really crowded, full of people rushing in all the directions [yet queuing politely in shops, metro stations and even bus stops]. it’s also noisy – traffic on the streets, just presence of the people, air conditioners and fans everywhere – it’s really tiring for me – apparently living on a province has some advantages too. i only discover them when i leave Eskilstuna for a longer while.<\/p>\n

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there’s overflow of advertisements in different shapes and forms – neon lights, billboards, animated screens and posters hanging everywhere. also the business district is illuminated with a light show every evening at 8pm.<\/p>\n

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people seem suspiciously happy – smiling a lot, walking\/eating in groups. same applies to Thailand and Philippines. only Singapore was an exception – people there seemed more uptight and less friendly.<\/p>\n

things i’ve seen in Hong Kong:<\/p>\n