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Aug 31: S.O.S – Shipped Out & Stranded
Click above for poster gallery Over the last five years, I've collected quite a number of posters of most public events happening on Lamma. Besides all the public posters for concerts and parties in restaurants, DickStock and Lamma Fun Day, etc. gracing the walls around Yung Shue Wan, the more secretive, email-only beach party posters stand out as some of the most creative and innovative in design. Always new, always different, always colourful, often crazy and even silly. They seem to represent and illustrate some of the free-wheeling Lamma spirit very well where almost anything goes, as long as you don't hurt anybody else. But judge for yourself, see below! If you've got a beach party poster that's missing in this collection, especially earlier years, please email them to me and I'll add them to this gallery, preserving them for posterity and for poster art aficionados. I'm especially missing the S.O.S posters 1, 5, 6, 9 and later. Free entry to the next beach party for every missing poster that's being emailed to me! Um, err, there's no entry fee, but anyway, email me!
Aug 30: Katie Flowers - Artist of the Month
Contact me if you are a Lamma-based artist (or know one) who hasn't been featured for free in the Lamma-zine yet. See our Galleries index for all the many former Lamma Artists of the Month.
Aug 29: Electricity Brings Hope and Love
Another one of the always informative and often very entertaining press
releases from HK Electric just arrived in my constantly overflowing email
box: Frankly, I wouldn't live on Lamma without a reliable power supply for my aircon, Broadband, satellite TV and especially my electric toothbrush, that's how spoilt rotten I am by our "99.999% since 1997"-reliable power supply! Sometimes I'm amazed (and very grateful) about how we can combine the comforts of big city living with all the many lifestyle advantages of our quasi-rural Lamma environment. I always thought that electricity is just part of our village infrastructure, vital for our creature comforts, but kind of, you know, boring, like water, gas and sewage. I was oh-so-wrong and had to change my mind after reading about this writing competition organised by HK Electric, entered by over 23,000 participants: "Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services, Mr. Ho Kwong-wai said a reliable power supply is vital to livelihood and we should treasure it utmost. "Some of the touching stories told how electricity helps foster family relations, brings hope and love, and even saves lives. Some liken electricity to an essence of life, like water, oxygen and sunshine. "Topping the open category was the story of a mother of four who found electricity indispensable in helping her keep close connection with her loved ones in the United States. "A Form Four student's account of the awakening experience related to street lights and that we should treasure what we have in life, was best in the student category." Wow! That's all I can say to those stories. Let's all cheer and be cheerful like all the cheery characters at the awards presentation ceremony below!
A short drama brings out the importance of electricity supply at the award presentation ceremony.
A group picture at the award presentation. (photos and captions by HK Electric) OK, I'll have to hurry now and pay my monthly bill for the all-important electricity gratefully and on time. This daily placeblog would die immediately if they'd ever switch off my electricity! A news blackout, a cyber-darkness could befall Lamma! But I'll expect that my sizable $884 tributary offering - a humble sign of my devotion to my one and only provider of electric power - will also "bring love and hope" to me, "foster family relations" and maybe even trigger my "awakening experience" someday. After all, electricity is "an essence of life, like water, oxygen and sunshine", isn't it?
Aug 28: Warning Notice: Dangers of Lamma Island!
Aug 27: On the Ferry on a Grey & Rainy Day Picture this: Lamma-Gung on the ferry to town... grey, rainy day... on the way to Dim Sum with his Chinese in-laws... window seat close to the front, lower deck... watching the ocean waves splashing over the ferry windows... listening to his little Bliss Clip (iPod Shuffle)... playing with his favourite gadget, a Nikon D80, pointing it out of the window, experimenting to get some wave action shots... These are a few of the results, after just a tiny little bit of Photoshopping by pushing the colour saturation of the photos:
Aug 26: Become a Forum Moderator! The Lamma.com.hk forums are always looking for more moderators. Take over a dormant forum or start up your own! It's not much of a time commitment, more a kind of supervisor who has a look at the new messages occasionally and starts a new discussion topic in his/her forum occasionally. You'd also be keeping a bit of order if discussions get too heated and (very rarely) degenerate into personal attacks and name calling, by simply moving those messages without comment into the members-only Fight Club forum. Being a moderator is pretty simple and requires no real computer expertise, besides basic knowledge about how to get around on the Internet. A few words about the optional moderator dress code:
As an official moderator, you'll be allowed to commit the ultimate fashion faux-pas on Lamma: wearing socks & sandals! Senior moderator Alan and I have admitted to it, so we made it a fashion choice for moderators, permitted but not required attire. You can dress any way you like, even nude on High Street is OK on Lamma in general, but as a moderator you're encouraged to wear socks when you wear sandals! That's the sign how we moderators recognise each other on High Street, our own little cliquish sign. BE PROUD to wear socks & sandals, as it is a sign of being a respected forum moderator, a high honour reserved for those selected few dedicating some of their time to supervise a sometimes unruly forum and answer the questions from Lamma Newbies, helping them to settle into our community! So watch out, when you see somebody strolling comfortably - socks & sandals are very cozy and comfortable! - down High Street, it might be a moderator of this forum,...
(Photos above rom The Daily Transcript's "Sandals with Socks Edition")
Today, the Deli Lamma Lan Kwai Fong has been hosting a School's Out! party by the gazillions of British Council English teachers living on our Island of the Ghost Teachers. A bit late, though, as school's starting again soon...
It certainly looks like the Deli Lamma Lan Kwai Fong has become a really happening meeting and partying place, not just for the young, pretty and successful set, but also people of all ages out for some fun and great times with their friends, colleagues (or classmates). Try them for yourself one of these days for a highly recommended $70 set lunch, group buffet or catering, or book them at tel. 2522 1292 for your next private or company function. Check out their latest news, full menu and photo galleries.
P.S. Deli Lamma is a fine Lamma-zine advertiser and loyal supporter of this site.
Aug 24:
'Layabouts, Ne'er-Do-Wells, and Complete Psychos?' There's a heated debate raging in our forum right now. New member "Mary" launched a massive attack on Lamma Island residents, titled "Welcome' to Lamma! A warning to would-be residents!". She simply copied the rant from an English teacher forum (ESL Cafe) in the hope of provoking controversy. It worked all too well. Here are some quotes pulled from her posted message:
"... a hell-hole of a place to 'live'." The title of this Lamma-zine story came from a typically eloquent and detailed response by Spinoza1112, remarking that "Lamma chaps seem for the most part decent sorts." Mary's massively misanthropic message obviously caused a typhoon of controversy as almost everybody felt insulted or offended in some way. I found it hilarious personally, as the over-the-top rant was so full of simple lies and untruths, ancient clichés, easy-to-disprove mistakes, total distortions and extreme exaggerations. It was well-written, obviously by a (probably male) English teacher and makes a few interesting points, describing the ancient, pre-Handover clichés of "hippie island" which have been hounding and smearing Lamma's reputation for so long. Well, "Mary" got the feedback s/he craved by stirring the pot in the forum aggravating us Lammaites with all these accusations. Why else would she have posted this in a Lamma forum instead of the Discovery Bay forum or an HK expat website where it might have been greeted with mirth, sneers and even tacit approval? We should be glad and thankful that she didn't send her rant to HK Magazine instead. They might publish it almost without edits, always being eager to slag off Lamma residents... Let the discussion continue, we can take silly attacks like that and fight back with facts and good arguments instead of mud-slinging, can we? Check it out yourself, the most controversial forum topic in quite some time: Welcome to Lamma! A warning to would-be residents!
Aug 23: Lamma Kids on TVB Jade
Left to right: Mark, Kevin, James, Barbara, Ching-ching,
School's out for summer! (all photos courtesy of TVB) RTHK produced a half-hour show, aired last Tuesday, Aug 21, 7-7:30pm, on TVB Home, exclusively about Lamma children born in 1997, attending the Lamma Northern School's 4th grade. This great documentary featured their life in and out of school, playing and exploring all over the island. Many of them were interviewed about life on Lamma, their friends, their problems, their hopes and dreams for the future. In Chinese only, but this was definitely one of the best TV shows about Lamma I've ever seen, promoting Lamma as a wonderful place for families with children. Congrats to Radio Television HK, another fine reason to preserve public broadcasting in HK! See the show for yourself on the RTHK website (Windows Media Player format, Real Player format), read about it & see more photos (click them to enlarge)
Aug 22: 'Mesmerizing
Go-Go Girls Frolicking
Prof Red Star was also stopping by at the party that night and shot the above photos. They're not quite up to his usual level of photojournalistic professionalism, but they're very artsy ("accidental artistry," the Prof calls it) and expressing the crazy mood and feel of the night very well, I reckon. In his Hong Kong Notebook photoblog, read all about how he doesn't remember taking these photos and what he found on the beach the next morning, making Lamma so special:
Aug 21:
'Create Paradise on Earth' -
This news segment aired last Monday, Aug 21, around 7:20pm, on the regional Star World TV channel and could be seen in much of Asia. It featured the so-called Lamma Forest in the hills above Pak Kok Village, co-founded by the ABLE Charity (A Better Living Environment), chaired by Bobsy, formerly Lamma's most famous hippie, before he moved to Soho on HK Island and made a fine career co-founding and co-running Life Cafe, the organic vegetarian cafe in Soho. But he still considers the Lamma Forest the biggest achievement of his life so far and remains the driving force of further growth and development.
I tagged along during the Lamma Forest filming last Friday, Aug 17 with Associate Producer/Reporter Paschali Malamidis and a Star TV cameraman. Below are my own best photos of the filming, an interesting guided eco-tour that might someday be on the itinerary of some Lamma visitors? The story has just become available on Star TV's home page. The reporter and producer of the story, Paschali Malamidis, emailed me afterwards: "By the way, the title was chosen because it was snappy and because Bobsy was depicted in the story so much there had to be a connection to him in the title, otherwise the effect would've been odd. At no time did I intend to give an impression that only one person was responsible for the forest. Anyway in the story itself I was careful to specifically say 'Bobsy and like minded friends' were responsible for the tree planting. I hope no one feels un-acknowledged."
On the way to the Lamma Forest, devastated by a hill fire in the Fall of 1998.
Bobsy is seeking inspiration for the interview. The reporter seems confident.
"Tell us about the forest, Bobsy. What, when,
why,..."
Tree-hugger and eco-hero?? -- Through the prospering Lamma Forest -- Finding a bird's nest dropped on the ground and returning it onto a branch.
Meditating on a rock - close to the Stone
Circle - with Puppy II.
Many takes were needed for the short
introductory monologue of the reporter.
The self-made eco-guru and Puppy-II on "Picnic Rock", a favourite picnic spot with one of the best views of Northern Lamma Island.
This way to Pak Kok Village, Aberdeen, Cyberport and HK Island's South side. There's a lively discussion going on in our forum about this story. Somebody even suggested a "Bobsy Day" on Lamma, inspired by our May pole dances! Maybe it was just in jest, maybe not... P.S. One last little nugget, a feedback on this story from senior moderator Alan: "Well, that was amazing. To think that before Bobsy started planting trees the island was completely barren.
"And
Bobsy said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the
fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the
earth: and it was so.
Story removed on personal request...
Yesterday, Aug 18, the local Yue Lan Festival has been celebrated all evening and the huge God of Hell statue has been burnt. Prof Red Star was out for the Taoist opening ceremony the day before with his new pocket-digicam and a professional, fancy stereo sound recorder. He documented the procession and the opening ceremony in a photo story in his blog. Watch the slideshow and listen to the music. Great multimedia production values, Prof! More, more!
Aug 18: In Praise of Our Lap Sap Ladies! Wandering around Yung Shue Wan, do you wonder sometimes who keeps it all so relatively clean? Yes, you've seen them around, the Lap Sap Ladies of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Dept.
These Ladies of all ages in their neat blue uniforms, Wellington rubber boots, (sometimes veiled) Hakka-style straw hats, cute little backpacks, rakes and oversized bamboo brooms can be seen in small groups all over the village almost everyday, cleaning up all the garbage (lap sap) and the minor and major messes we Lammaites leave behind quite thoughtlessly. The Lap Sap Ladies are hard-working and doing a great job but really seem to be under-appreciated by the residents. I had a great little encounter of the close kind with them yesterday and we all came away from it smiling broadly. I was doing a mid-day photo shoot, following a Star TV crew around doing an interview with ex-Lammaite Bobsy in the Lamma Forest above Pak Kok Village (see above, Bobsy "seeking inspiration" before his interview). More on this later.
On the way to the Forest we encountered a cheerful group of four Lap Sap Ladies. Noticing our film and video cameras, they got very camera-shy immediately, preventing us from getting a picture. We were out for hours in this oppressively humid heat, drinking just a little bottle of water each. After finishing, plus a little photographic side trip into the ruins of the ancient Shek Li sanatorium, I walked back to Yung Shue Wan alone. Quite suddenly, I experienced my first-ever heat exhaustion episode on the way back up to Po Wah Yuen. I had to rest for quite some time, sitting on the roadside, very exhausted, hyperventilating, dizzy, lights flickering before my tired eyes. The same group of four Lap Sap Ladies who had just cleaned up Dog Beach (Nga Kau Wan) was coming up, also returning to the village. Unlike everybody else who was just passing by without a word, the Ladies stopped. They offered some friendly, comforting words and even left a piece from a burning mosquito coil behind to fight off the hungry mozzies in that area. They continued on their way up to Po Wah Yuen when they saw that I felt better. Soon afterwards, I caught up with them on the two benches on top of Po Wah Yuen and sat down with them, joining their little well-deserved pause. This group of ever-cheerful colleagues and friends asked me a lot of friendly questions. With my very broken and embarrassingly poor Cantonese, I was lost quickly and even sign language didn't help much in our communication. So I called my Lo Por (wife), Lamma-Por, on my mobile and handed it to a Lap Sap Lady to get their curious questions answered in Cantonese. They really got a good laugh out of this, making a few new acquaintances. We continued together down the hill into the village, smiling and laughing (Ho Yeah!), me trying to answer even more of their personal questions (beebee?). Learning from me that my Lo Por is Heung Gong Yan (a born and bred Hong Konger), I'm Seui See Yan (Swiss) and where we live in the village they became even friendlier. So, something very positive came out of my little heat exhaustion episode. Seeing these ladies around for years in the village, I had never spoken with them before. But in the end, even after all these friendly chit-chatting, I was STILL not allowed to take a close-up picture of these charming but camera-shy Ladies. So, just one anonymous, backside picture this time, plus more wonderful Lammemories... Next time you see them, please offer a smile, a greeting or even some friendly words to these fine and very important members of our village community! P.S. This story generated more positive feedback than any other recent story, for example: toddy: "Nice piece about the Hakka ladies. Hopefully, you are fully recovered from your heat exhaustion." hi-fiber: "I liked the story about Lamma's women in blue. I remember them as surprisingly cheerful, given their work."
Aug 17: 'We do not stop playing...'
Aug 16:
Dr. Marcus's Valiant (and
Ultimately Victorious) Dr. Marcus lives close to the drainage channel works behind and besides the Green Cottage restaurant (see Lamma-zine story Mar 22, 2007: Inside the New Drainage Channel). Working and writing at home frequently (University Research, Scientific Publishing and Teaching), he was seriously disturbed by the construction noise at all hours. So he took action, fighting back with hundreds of letters, emails and phone calls for over 5 months - keeping The Lamma-zine informed throughout - and he finally succeeded! An amazing story of single-person environmental activism and what it can achieve in HK... but only if one is doggedly persistent and almost stubbornly determined. Here's his wrap-up story, sent from his now much more peaceful home. Congratulations, Dr. Marcus for a truly hard-fought victory! The Lamma-zine salutes you and hopes you can become an example and teacher for other local wannabe activists. We've got too few left on our island, after the dissolution of almost all local environmental activism groups in the last few years.
Channel construction works in progress -
The middle section of the channel under construction -
Aug 15: 'I'm a Man of Wealth and Taste' Some of us Lammaites are a cultured, well-read and sophisticated lot, despite popular perceptions and clichés to the contrary. When we have an argument with each other we usually don't resort to bashing each other's heads in. Well, sometimes we do, but not too frequently and rarely before midnight... Case in point, the self-unappointed cheerleader and unofficial mascot of Lamma's ever-growing posse (flock? mob? gang?) of Ghost Teachers (native-English-speaking gwailo/gwaipo teachers), Spinoza1211, having a little heated argument with Lamma Newbie toddy about the departure of Karl Rove, President Bush's brain. Very maturely, they refrained from getting into a big, ugly brawl on the ferry where they met inadvertently. No hair-pulling, giving wedgies and waterboarding this time. Toddy (below right, looking surprised and amused at Spinoza1211's self-portrait avatar) challenged him to a "shitty political poetry duel!" in our forum! No, I ain't kiddin', dear readers! Two Americans from opposite ends of the political spectrum fighting it out in verse, it was a sight to behold and great fun to read. The US presidential election campaigns really seem to be in full obnoxious swing already, even on Lamma! Check it out: Lines on the Departure of Karl Rove, Evil Bush Vizier
After some heated exchanges, this argument ended like most arguments on Lamma do, shaking hands, a pat on the back and having a (virtual) beer together. Toddy graciously conceded the fight herself, after being simply drowned out by pages of poetry spewing forth from Lamma's Awesome Poetry Generator who has been accused repeatedly of "verbal diarrhea" by some unkind forum readers.
Let's raise our mugs to Mr. Spinner Spinoza1211 graciously and humbly replied: Please feel free
to introduce yourself New forum member Tally Ho did not agree and posted this rather rude poem:
oh praise to Toddy whose noble battle In typical Lamma free speech style, everybody's opinion is welcome, so make up your own mind by checking out the forum...
Aug 14: Everything Old Is New Again Are you "delighted" to take the ferry, "excited by Hong Kong's first and only wind power station, standing majestically at Tai Ling" and even "thrilled by the huge 70,000-tonne coal vessel unloading"? Most Lammaites are getting so familiar, comfortable and even blasé about our island home. We see and experience it almost every day, so it stops being new and exciting. It takes visitors and new arrivals to remind us sometimes what a truly exceptional place we're blessed with living in.
Case in point, about 200 local teenagers and their parents from the Hong Kong Single Parents Association (HKSPA) were invited to the inaugural voyage of a "Learning Cruise". They used one of HK Electric's regular ferries, the ones that look like our regular white/blue HKKF ferries, but have names like "Lamma II". These private ferries usually transport only power station staff/visitors around Lamma and Hong Kong. These teenagers on the cruise seemed very excited, most of them rarely having taken a ferry before, unlike the almost daily trip for so many Lammaites. The teenagers viewed Lamma with fresh eyes, often for the very first time in their lives. So few of them had ever been to Lamma before. Quoting from HK Electric's media release, Teenagers on Learning Cruise [26 July 2007]:
"The journey started from the HK Electric pier in Apleichau and covered Lamma Island, Lantau Island, Tsing Yi, Kwai Chung before entering Victoria Harbour to view its world famous night scene and the spectacular "Symphony of Lights" show. A tour guide introduced major landmarks en route, making the trip fun and educational. "'Of course, we took the opportunity to introduce our power station and Lamma Winds, teaching them about power generation, renewable energy, energy-saving and environmental protection,' Captain Wan said.
"As the ferry sailed towards Lamma Winds, passengers were excited by Hong Kong's first and only wind power station, standing majestically at Tai Ling. "They were equally thrilled by the huge 70,000-tonne coal vessel unloading at Lamma Power Station, eager to find out where the coal came from and how it was used for generating electricity." So what else is "new and exciting" in HK Electric's Lamma Power Station? According to the just published Interim Result Highlights for 2007 [9 Aug 2007]:
Aug 13: An Expression of Relief, Perhaps Disbelief, Even Joy!
Aug 12: 'Please don't kill me, I'm a cute little piggy.' English Street, the thrice-weekly English newspaper of the Chinese Economic Times (circulation 80,000+, targeted at students), asked me for permission to republish my two Lamma-zine stories and pictures of Keren's two pet pigs, Sumo & Peggy. They rewrote my stories and cutefyied the pictures (angle wings, cute speech bubbles for the piggies, see title of this story!) You can view the good-looking result below, Sumo & Peggy's first-ever cover story! They credited me and Keren and promised to pay the grand total of HK$200 (Yes, $200, no typo, and it took some negotiation) which I'll split with my friend Keren, of course. Let's hope that this cover story will further raise awareness about this issue HK-wide and help to save the imminently endangered lives of these two lovely and friendly pet pigs. Click below to read the full story:
Click story above to enlarge. Click here for PDF file. Plus my favourite shot used in the story above: a still happy family being interviewed by ATV Home:
In the meantime, the Environmental Protection Dept. officers have tracked down the secret hiding spot of Sumo & Peggy! They could pounce any day now to take the pigs away for execution, plus fining Keren an obscene amount. She can't afford a lawyer and is looking for help of any kind, including potential new homes for her beloved pigs. Call Keren at 9010 7970 if you can assist in any way or would like to visit the pigs before they'll have to leave Lamma soon, if the govt. doesn't change its mind which often seems even more stubborn than a pig's.
Aug 11: Deranged, in a Lamma Sort of Way Lamma visitor Hamish McKenzie has just published a travel article about our island in the Asia Sentinel, titled "Deranged, in a Lamma Sort of Way". He's spent a full month here and the article is pretty insightful into our way of life here. Quote: "...people speak of its chilled-out vibe, great food, hiking and biking. That's all credit well deserved. To step off the Yung Shue Wan ferry from Central is to be forcibly relaxed. The gentle breezes at the pier carefully brush off the stresses of the city, the waterfront seafood restaurants offer the best and freshest in the SAR and the many accessible trails take walkers and cyclists to quaint villages, pretty beaches, and summits that afford views of vast stretches of ocean and skyscrapers on Hong Kong Island." The article ends with "I listened, happily, and proceeded to get derangedly drunk." Yup, Hamish seems to have spent much of his one month on Lamma in our famous pubs doing his "writing research". P.S. Hamish has just emailed me that, contrary to the note in the article, he's still here and continuing his "research", eager to meet fellow "researchers"... Meanwhile, Prof Red Star has been wondering about the Lamma wall clock stuck permanently on Friday the 39th in his occasional but very interesting blog - updated only once in a Blue Moon, it seems: It's Friday the 39th every day at the Green Cottage
And last, but surely not least, a new edition of the fabulous HK Copy News by Lamma Celebrity and standup comedian Daniel MomentEye: "There's great big hoo-ha over stamps, lots of smutty innuendo and a new way for the Hospital Authority to try and kill us. "Plus with every episode a free Oiwan Lam... whatever that is."
Aug 10: Ship Wreck Central? Lamma-Gung And Lamma-Por have returned to HK from Switzerland safe and sound. We arrived on Wednesday night, just ahead of typhoon Pabuk. It forced us to wait for two hours to get our luggage from the airport carousel due to the severe winds and rain. The next day, Thursday, the typhoon had passed, all typhoon signals lowered. But on Friday, Pabuk did a U-turn and returned to HK. It stranded me in town for a night because I missed the last ferry when the signal 8 was surprisingly raised in mid-afternoon. I was stuck waiting for about ten minibuses in the longest queue I've ever seen outside Queen Mary Hospital (my checkup only). Almost no taxis around anymore or charging up to $50 exploitative surcharges. I didn't even make it to the ferry pier at all, hearing about the last ferry having left through the hopelessly clogged-up mobile phone connections long before I could have reached the ferry pier at all. Instead, I spent a pleasurable night with my Chinese step-daughter's family and my half-year-old step-grandson on HK Island, slept till 10am, invited them all for breakfast, went for an early movie and returned home to Lamma refreshed and happy after lunch the next day.
Meanwhile, Prof Red Star, much quicker and savvier than me, managed to get through the MTR crowds (see above, three photos by Prof Red Star), catch the last tumultuous ferry, and joined the traditional typhoon parties on Lamma!
In the meantime, another ship was wrecked on Lamma Island, not on Yung Shue Wan beach but on the other side of the island, at Power Station Beach. So far, six Alert Readers have informed me about this, even submitting photos and a video! Many thanks to Moderator Alan, Dr Marcus, Brett the Kinesiologist, Tavis, souldealer and Stine Baska! Check out the "Gung Ho sampan on Yung Shue Wan beach" forum for more pictures and details.
Photo by Dr Marcus
Photo by Alan
Photos by Brett the Kinesiologist
This dramatic photo from souldealer shows a helicopter rescue of some of the crew Click here for a YouTube video from Tavis. Plus, the very last stranded-ship photo, just in from Stine Baska:
While we're talking about our ever-popular Power Station Beach, here's an urgent and important note that HK Electric asked me to publish:
Aug 9: United Front for the Liberation of the
July 31 - Aug 8: Lamma-zine on Summer Break Instead of resorting to Silly Season Stories, this Lamma-zine will be taking a break. We'll be flying off to Switzerland from July 29 till Aug 9 for my mum's funeral. This site will continue to run normally and the moderators will manage the forums. I might have a look at the emails occasionally, or not... I definitely won't miss the heat and humidity of our HK summer this year... |
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Saheb, Prafull's son and Lamma Football Club Captain, had his birthday party
there as well, turning
Sweet 17 tomorrow, Sunday, Aug 26. The proud dad shot a number of photos and
entrusted me with his SD memory card, to pick and photo-edit the best photos
for the Lamma-zine. Looking at the photos, it's not always easy to
differentiate between Saheb's classmates
and friends and the teachers.
One
of the boys told the only girl, who was younger than her male
playmates, that there was most certainly a dead man on the boat.
Not one to be so easily taken for a sucker, the intrepid
creature climbed brazenly aboard, ahead of any of the boys, and
denounced the myth-maker's mendacity. "There's no dead man on
the sampan! There's no dead man on the sampan!" she shouted
triumphantly, while the gangly boys stayed safely on terra
firma. 
