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Nov 30 - This quite new
health & fitness app on my smartphone keeps on praising
me. Flattering or annoying?
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Nov 29 -
Click on more OSC events happening this Sun! Scavenger
Hunt; 10km Run; Sea Kayak; ...
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Nov 21 - New weekly
edition of our Lamma-zine photo/video showcase,
featuring some of the best of...
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Nov 19 -
"Holy shit, we just won two awards! We make beer - Non
o' that watery shite!"
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Nov 18 - A person fell
overboard and drowned, according to Lamma police.
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Nov 17 -
I got lucky tonight
while shooting the sunset from our rooftop.
*Almost* missed
this shot.
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Nov 16 - Nick the
Bookman: "I've probably smashed all interweb
records of reviews for use of this word over the years."
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Nov 15 - There was a
discussion a little while back about the high cost of
veggies on Lamma.
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Nov 12 - Click for
details of this book by two home-grown Lamma artists.
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Nov 11 - Seen from my
rooftop, Pak Kok ferry pier, onboard Aberdeen ferry...
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Nov 10 - "We have
the Grand Opening today, free snacks and salads, only
drinks will be charged."
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Nov 9 - Let me present
a new edition of our Lamma-zine photo/video showcase,
featuring...
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Nov 8 - "Ciaran
the Clown has kindly consented to clothe me, your coy
cyberscribe,..."
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Nov 5 - "Connection
is not always about WiFi":
Lamma Island Outdoor Camps, by YMCA"
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Nov 4 - "happy Lama,
sad Lama, mentaly disturbed lama"
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Nov 3 - Nancy & hubby
Kam running this shop now, taking over from the Village
Head and his family.
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Nov 2 - This seminar
was so far beyond my own experiences and went so far
above my head...
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Nov 1 - Trick or Treat
on Lamma:
More of my photos...
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 Robert
Lockyer writes:
"Work on the 18th Annual Island Bar Treasure
Hunt is progressing apace with a fantastic new crew laying and
designing the trail and clues. It's a lot of work, with the
organisers putting hearts, souls and a lot of footwork into
making it happen.
So join us for the 18th Annual Island Bar
Treasure Hunt, starting at 2:00 pm (duration around 2 hours)
at The Island Bar, Main Street, Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island
on Sunday 4th December.
For just a $500 entry fee per team, all of
which will go to Operation Santa Claus, we invite you to turn up
with your team of four (or less) and be prepared to be
cryptically challenged, as you wend your way through the side
lanes and paths of Yung Shue Wan and its surrounds.
Prizes will be for Best dressed, Least
dressed, Best team name, Fastest all men team, Fastest all women
team, Fastest non-Lamma team (must be 4 non-Lamma based people),
Fastest time, Youngest team (collective age), Oldest team
(collective age), and a few more."
http://LammaTreasureHunt.com ~
Facebook event
Click on a few more OSC events
happening this Sunday!
Family Fun Island Scavenger Hunt;
10 km Run/Walk/Hike,
Half-Marathon;
Lamma Enduro 5; Sea Kayak Challenge.
New weekly edition of our Lamma-zine photo/video showcase,
featuring some of the best of Lamma's many creative, talented
people:
Lamma Spotlights III.
Send me your photo/video/multimedia for free publicity!
Lamma Spotlights of the Week, Nov
21, '16:
See former Spotlights ~
Submit
your best Lamma photos/videos!
Archives:
Lamma Spotlights of the Week I
~
Spotlights II
Major congratulations to Lamma's
Yardley Brothers who just won TWO awards at the
HK Beer
Championship 2016! They were ecstatic:
"Holy shit, we just won two awards!
We make beer - Non o' that watery shite!
Hong Kong's newest & most exciting craft brewery!"
They're at
Beertopia 2016 this weekend with their own
Live Stage and
will launch their own
brewery in Kwai Hing on Dec 10!
Quite a way to go from humble beginnings brewing in the Lamma Grill.
Tomorrow the world!
A deadly incident happened on the Central - YSW ferry this morning, just
before noon! A person fell overboard and drowned, according to Lamma police.
Somebody on the opposite direction ferry YSW - Central saw it and called the
police. A fire boat found the person who passed away. No confirmation if
this was a suicide attempt or not.
The news below states that the report was made at noon by a foreigner who
was onboard the YSW - Central ferry and saw a man (a not-Lamma,
not-Chinese?) fall or jump overboard.
A friend reported seeing police loading one of their shiny tin caskets into the
police boat at the gaido pier this afternoon around 4pm, coming from the
Lamma Clinic where the person was brought first.
All the news we found so far in the English or Chin. press:
Breaking news in this police case under investigation...
I got lucky tonight while shooting the sunset from our rooftop. *Almost*
missed this shot!
124 Facebook
Likes/7 Wows/4 Loves so far in less than 1 day...
Same sunset, just a few minutes earlier:
 
 Nick
the Bookman:
...The David Bowie Knives remain true to form. Always a pleasure to hear,
which is why they keep getting invited to play. Killer riffs. Anthemically
performed. Massive hints of fuzz outrage. One brand new song unveiled for
our exclusive pleasure. Entitled "Milking It" and I leave the subject
matter to your own scurrilous interpretations. Apparently, it's dedicated to
someone called "Hillary". Probably because of the semi drony guitar tones
and sort of falsetto vocals. They finished with "I believe in rock and
roll and rock and roll believes in me". Familiar final song from earlier
reviews. And always a familiar horripilatory performance.
(I've probably smashed all interweb records of articles and reviews for use
of this word over the years. I'm still trying to shoehorn the word
floccinaucinihilipilificators into a review. But I need the right
context because if I don't get it correct, you'll all spot the slightest
flaws in my logic and rationale. Ah well, perhaps another time).
Read more of Nick's excitable/excited/exciting review...
There was a discussion a little while back about the high cost of veggies on
Lamma. This is what I got from Doris/Ah-Yin yesterday, outside and opposite
Andy's Seafood Rest. (one of our favourite dinner places), for just $40:
This was my tasty and satisfying breakfast today, lightly steamed, 3 dipping
sauces. I'm currently on a little diet to get back to my "ideal"
weight, a few pounds ago.
Summarised, this TLS diet is something like "Eat all the veggies you like, but
not much else! And get off your lazy ass!"
1 single portion of protein per meal is allowed, and it's just a 21-day
diet, including 1 week of "detox". But NO coffee, alcohol, sodas, dairy
products or any grains at all, like bread, rice, etc. It was difficult at
first, but I got (almost) used to it and feel much better than before, much more
energy!
I've been full, never hungry, almost stuffed sometimes for 2+ weeks now and
lost 9 pounds so far. One week to go, maybe do another voluntary week,
reaching my best weight again and remain in almost perfect, medication-free
health.
I'm planning to celebrate my Silver Wedding Anniversary and days later my
Big Birthday atop Mt. Stenhouse, I hope. I've got to practice some more
bike-hiking these amazingly beautiful and sunny days (33 degrees out now,
middle of Nov!)
For a complete list of sponsors, including Lamma.com.hk, proud to be a
Media Sponsor, like every year:
Fun Day website.
Children's book to be sold:
Kids Meditation Book,
illustrations by Angela Yeung,
text by Greg March.
Click for details of this book by two home-grown Lamma
artists.
Original cartoon by Harry Harrison, to be auctioned off for charity,
minimum bid $10,000.
P.S. $19K for Harry's drawing! A new
Lamma Fun Day record, I think.
  
So many vantage points on Lamma to photograph the sunrise or sunset. A few
assorted pics from the last few weeks:
Seen from my rooftop, Pak Kok ferry pier, onboard Aberdeen ferry and from
Andy's Seafood Rest., YSW.
  
Opening of BELLA VISTA tonight, in the former Good Luck
Thai, now serving Vietnamese @ Western, starting tomorrow.
Johnny: "We have the Grand Opening today, free
snacks and salads, only drinks will be charged. Anybody welcome
from 7-9 pm, no a la carte tonight.
We are serving Western &
Vietnamese food; all-new management, cooks and staff! Run by 4
Indian partners: Azim (Best Kebab, Bombay), Operation
Manager Johnny (ex-Waterfront), Deepak and Mr.
Arun, all Lammaites."
  
 
One of the 4 partners, Azim Shaikh, his wife
& their boy/girl twins.
Lamma bar/restaurant celebrities, outside Bella Vista last
night:
Dan & Sharon (former Island The Island Bar/Waterfront
Bar & Restaurant co-owners), Johnny (ex-Waterfront, Bella
Vista Operation Manager) and Azim (co-)owner of Bombay Bar &
Restaurant, Best Kebab & Pizza and Bella Vista).
The 4 partners: Arun, Deepak, Azim & Johnny
(photo).
Let us know how you liked the food!
New edition of our Lamma-zine photo/video showcase,
featuring some of the best of Lamma's many very creative, talented
people:
Lamma Spotlights III.
Send me your photo/video/multimedia for free publicity!
Lamma Spotlights of the Week, Nov 9, '16:
See former Spotlights ~
Submit
your best Lamma photos/videos!
Archives:
Lamma Spotlights of the Week I
~
Spotlights II
 
"Ciaran the Clown has kindly consented to clothe me, your coy cyberscribe,
for this collaborative cornucopia at the Club."
Find out more
in Nick's own words...
Click to learn more...
This poem was copied/adapted by an 8-year old from this extremely popular
YouTube video (22.4 million views):
The
Llama Song, by Issa (who's got 2.6 million subscribers!)
The photo above was posted by the student's teacher Caspar Billington.
This poem proved popular locally as it sums up many aspects of "Life on
Lamma" pretty well.
Here's the full text and the entire catchy tune from
Twaimz
(I've "corrected" the spelling):
 
Nancy & hubby Kam running this shop now, taking over
from the Village Head and his family, being ever cheerful and
friendly. The goods selection seems to have been significantly
upgraded as well, pretty impressive for the sole shop in the
middle of an old Chinese village.
It's looking clean and nice, some fresh produce (!), fine
spirits selection, some decent wines and even hardware/household
shop goods usually not found in a food shop.
I like shopping there, put the goods in my bike basket and
roll down the hill to Pak Kok. More Pak Kokians are discovering
this convenience, according to Nancy.
As you can see below they have most of the "essentials" of surviving up in
the remote wilderness of Tai Peng, even fresh produce! It's a long way to
the convenience of the "big city" YSW down the hill, with many shopping
opportunities (but not single supermarket, fast food or chain store). But
then you have to lug it all up the hill! A close neighbourhood shop like
Nancy & Kam's remains a necessity of village life, especially such a
well-stocked one.
More photos in our forum...
Lammaites and their influences can be found in many places all over Hong
Kong and even worldwide. This photo was taken today from the wall in
dragonfly, Sheung Wan,
where Senior Lammaite
Laurence
presented a lunchtime seminar. He's a former
Lamma Artist of the Month and
author of '2012 and Beyond', among numerous other endeavors.
By the way, the flash location above is intentional, I tried several photos. Click
on his short bio above to understand why.
Here's Laurence today in the same venue, presenting another seminar in his
UFO/ET series at dragonfly:
This seminar was so far beyond my own experiences and went so far above my
head which contains a rationalistic brain trained for 20 years in hard
sciences, I won't even try to summarise it here. But it was all very
interesting...
"Laurence will go deeper and further on the Extraterrestrial Phenomena
and then he'll present an overview of the Omnid-directional Cosmos and how
ET's fit into a considerably larger view of reality, evolution and our
future".
Communicate with Laurence directly if you're interested to learn more, or
follow the
social media of this "Creator at Enchantments of Life and Life
Change Facilitator".
Laurence will also be presenting another fascinating seminar this Sat that might be of great
interest to many pet-loving Lammaites:
 
 
 
More of my photos...
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