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Typically Lamma!
Jun 25 -
Just below the North Lamma Kindergarten. Notice the face mask!
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Lamma's Soundtrack!
Jun 11
- Lamma has finally got a semi-official
soundtrack, the "Powerstation Beach" album!
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Jun 27:
 "Vade
Mecum: A Poetry
Art Film exploring personal
cultural identity"
Aisha
Kent (Saskia's
daugther) writes:
"Please find above the
public link to my film. Made
during COVID-19 London lockdown,
exploring my own mixed-up
cultural identity for my Master
of Arts. It was originally meant
to be an immersive exhibition
and live performance...."
So many Lamma- and London-based
people contributed to this
absolutely beautiful, artistic
and emotional video, including
myself.
See the long list of
credits at the end of the video.
Jun 26:
Hard to get any work done with
views like these, especially
when the sun is setting behind
the banana palms. In the
foreground, our luscious balcony
jungle.
See some more
home office views
from Lammaites!
P.S. Aug 2: The
view has changed quickly after
our neighbours cut down many of
these banana plants today:
Our 4G reception, slowing down
over the last few months, has
improved dramatically right
away! Returning to the former
30-50 Mbps from my smartphone's
Wifi hotspot which is serving my
home office.
The wild banana plants will take
just a few weeks/months to grow
back.
Jun 25:
Just below the North Lamma
Kindergarten. Notice the face
mask!
See a lot more typically Lamma
photos...
Jun 24:
No more local Covid-19 cases in
HK for weeks now, plus amazing
summer weather every day,
Lamma Island Events &
Happenings are
multiplying again, so many
coming up for all ages!
Check out my always up-to-date
shortlist of links on this home
page of http://Lamma.com.hk.
Jun 21:
 My favorite screenshot I took of
the partial (86% max. coverage,
see right)
solar eclipse today in HK, courtesy of
RTHK VNEWS
streaming it all live.
The
entire video - shot by the HK
Space Museum - is on
YouTube now.
Plus the summer solstice sunset
today, straight from the
HK
Observatory's webcam atop the
YSW ferry pier:
Christine
commented on this shot:
"I haven't been back to YSW
(and Mo Tat Wan) since 2012, but
it left an indelible impression
on me. What an extraordinarily
beautiful (and quirky!) corner
of the world."
P.S. June 22:
Webcam shot the very next day:
Jun 20:
Starting today - June
28:
Specials in several "yellow" YSW
restaurants and 10% off shopping
in the
Tai Peng store!
Getting ready for a big shopping trip,
stocking up on food & household
essentials!
10% off all week
($300+, excluding
cigarettes).
Jun 12:
Tsui
Wah ferry arriving
from Aberdeen via Pak Kok at YSW
ferry pier, shot at sunset from
Mark Malby's drone flying high
above YSW, posted on his
Mute Planet website
and
Facebook page.
This is where the ferry stopped
before arriving in YSW:
Pak
Kok ferry pier, pre-typhoon on
an extremely clear,
fog/smog-free day (taken on my
smartphone, sweeping a panorama
photo).
Jun 11:
Lamma has finally got a
semi-official soundtrack!
I absolutely love it, playing it
while working on this Lamma-zine
with stories and photos about
all the topics of the songs
above!
Longtime Lammaite
Matt Steele put out
a new solo album. He writes:
"It has been a quiet few months
music-performance wise, so in
the meantime it's time to go
solo. Powerstation Beach is a
project that has led to an album
of Lamma-inspired tracks, that
starts relaxed then gets more
frenetic - much like most Lamma
band nights!
Powerstation Beach is a
celebration of life on Lamma
Island, born from the vibrant
music culture and past mighty
Lamma bands NUDE, Brain Damage
and Transnoodle, mighty
semi-Lamma band Bank Job, and
others that didn't make it far
from the practice room. Inspired
by the hills, bays, beaches and
legendary beach parties of yore,
with moods from a relaxed
sunrise to a full moon party.
Available on
Spotify,
Youtube
and
Facebook."
Jun 10:
 TOP
ten most likely ways to die on
LAMMA!
(List from Gareth
Dunster):
10. Snakebite
9.
Bees
8. Feral dog
7. Wild boar (female
with babies)
6. Food
poisoning
5.
Crushed by VV
4.
Domesticated dogs
3.
Typhoon
2.
Collapsing teepee
1. Chronic
liver failure
Agree, strongly disagree? Your
own likely ways to die on Lamma?
Post here!
Some of the additional, very
local ways (some have actually
happened!) to die that Lammaites
came up with:
"Late night gravity
pocket...
Sliding in dog poo!
Fall from Mt. Stenhouse while
hiking.
Murdered and found
behind sofa.
Frightened to
death by centipedes or giant
roaches.
Bored to death in a
pub?"
Jun 9:
20 finalists of this Lamma
Wildlife photo contest by HK
Electric! Congratulations to
Ewa Wilkinson
&
Mark Malby
for being 2 of the 4 winners of
the Lamma Wildlife contest! Very
well deserved!
See some of
the winning photos can be viewed
in the comments, after clicking
on the finalists photo above.
(3 of my photos made it into
these 20 finalists selection
above.
I won a runner-up prize
of a Green-Pack.)
These are my own entries for the
Lamma Wildlife Photo Contest.
This
confirms once again that there
are MANY
wildlife photographers MUCH
better than me on Lamma! See
many of their best photos:
Lamma Flora & Fauna
Jun 4:
Click for more photos from YSW
Main Street's candlelight vigil
tonight, socially distanced in
groups of up to 8 people!
Jun 3:
Home of the Lamma-zine, photo by
neighbour DJ Clark.
Thank you! Kowloon and South HK
Island in the background.
Patio area, shot down from the
rooftop.
A new village house
where we have occasional BBQ
parties with our very friendly
up- and downstairs neighbours
and nearby houses.
View from Lamma-zine worldwide
HQ (my home office)
Jun 2:
Lamma-Por picked up her $500
free dining coupons today from
the OIWA office in YSW (same as
DC office), from HK Electric
staff
testing the entitlements
all this week, Mon-Fri,
10am-1pm, 2-5pm. Stop by and get
your coupons if you're on the
entitlements list!
More info...
We planned to use some
coupons eating lunch in
Lung Wah Rest. (list
of Lamma and HK Island
restaurants
accepting these coupons), but we
got surprised by the friendly
big boss of a Main Street shop
on a neighboring table, paying
for our lunch totally
unexpectedly!
The standard lunch was big
enough to take home leftovers in
our own takeaway boxes for
dinner at home. Free lunch &
dinner for two, plus $500
coupons for future dining.
Still love Lamma &
Lammaites, feeling thankful!
Jun 1:
My happy memories of 10 years of
Andy's Seafood Rest.
& guests (incl. Chow Yun-fat,
Anthony Bourdain, etc.), closing
down yesterday.
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