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Lowest Tide
May 30
- This entire area is usually below sea level!
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Hospital Signs
May 29 -
Continuing my new series of amusing HK hospital signs.
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Good Morning!
May 25 -
Sunrise rainbow over Pak Kok Village, messaged to me by a friend.
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YSW Bay From Above
May 19 -
Happy Buddha's Birthday!
Expect huge CROWDS of visitors descending on
Lamma today.
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Island in the Sun
May 18
- "We shall try to find solutions without
blaming or finger pointing."
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YSW Yellow Pages
May 9
- A new addition to our extensive list of QUICK INFO links.
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May 31:
All pictures taken
by me while hiking in South
Lamma.
May 30:
Lowest tide of the year so far
at Pak Kok Village ferry pier.
This entire area is usually
below sea level! Click above
for more pictures.
May 29:
Continuing my new series of
amusing HK hospital signs: If
you've got any of the symptoms
above, contact a nurse! Seen
today in Grantham eye hospital,
while accompanying Lamma-Por to
get laser eye treatment.
This one is from Queen Mary
Hospital (Lammaites goto default
hospital, via ferry to
Aberdeen). At the exit of the
public toilet, customer
satisfaction survey with a
single question about the toilet
user's "satisfaction", rated
from 1 to 5.
May 28:
"Lizard Uncle", often seen
walking along YSW Main Street
with his pet iguana, has hit the
big time on social media in aa
video blog
(vlog) site with 20+
million followers!
P.S.A little
creative experiment I did with
one of my own photos of "Lizard
Uncle", my most popular Dream
ever (out of 362 I've posted so
far) on Google's
DeepDreamGenerator website:
May 27:
Click for more
Lamma Artworks, 2013-2017
May 26:
Yardley Brothers Craft Brewery
writes:
"GET TO KNOW THE YARDLEY
BROTHERS CREW:
Joseph Gauthier,
Manager,
The Beer Shack, YSW
Back Street
Originally from Traverse
City, Michigan, Joseph has been
an integral part of Yardley
Brothers' growth into a
prominent craft brewery since
relocating to Lamma Island from
the USA and meeting Luke Yardley
several years ago.
Having studied guitar
performance and theory at the
Musicians Institute in
Hollywood, Joseph is a past
performer and self-confessed
music geek."
Read more...
May 25:
Before even leaving our
jungle-adjacent home this
morning, these brand-new
pictures welcomed me on my PC. A
good start to my morning,
indeed!
Sunrise rainbow over Pak Kok
Village, messaged to me by a
friend and former moderator of
my
Lamma forums, Yogesh,
viewed from South HK Island's
Wah Fu Estate this early
morning. Thank you!
YSW ferry pier webcam, 6:45am,
commuter ferry to Central
leaving the pier; view to Lantau
Island, opposite the sunrise.
May 20:
The People of Lamma Island writes:
"There
are few places in Hong Kong
quite like Lamma Vinyl. Stepping
into the store as Fion ushers
her excitable dog Muiji to the
balcony, customers are met with
stacks and shelves of carefully
organised records, CDs and
cassettes.
For music lovers,
it is heaven on earth, freely
flicking through an eclectic mix
of records from jazz to
electropop. In a world of
Spotify, YouTube and Soundcloud,
there is a certain magic that
comes with the analogue format,
and it's an aura that
reverberates throughout the
store."
Read more...
P.S.
It's a pity that I've
sold my ancient vinyl collection
a while ago. Very fond teenage
memories of hours of listening
to Pink Floyd records lying on
my bed with my cheap
loudspeakers hanging from the
ceiling. They also served as
covers for the portable record
player.
Should I get a new
player from Lamma Vinyl?
But
a
Spotify subscription for all my PCs,
HiFi sound system and
smartphones is just so much more
convenient, streaming almost any
old or new music I like
anytime/anywhere I go for just a
HK$58/month.
May 19:
Happy
Buddha's Birthday!
2,624 years old today and he's
still so relevant that his
birthday is being celebrated as an official HK
no-work public holiday.
Expect huge CROWDS of visitors
descending on Lamma today, but
just in and near the two
population centres of YSW and
Sok Kwu Wan, less than 10% of
our island. Stay away from
these overcrowded centres for
today and enjoy the stunning
scenery and fantastic weather by
hiking or biking, the only 2
ways of getting around in our
"rural idyll".
May 18:
LAMMA GREEN writes:
"We
all love our 'Island in the Sun'
and here we will try to make it
a better and cleaner place. We
will show 'misunderstandings'
and together we shall try to
find solutions or options
without blaming or finger
pointing. Stay together for a
greener Lamma!""
Kind of contradictory to this
huge banner by the Islands
District Council, no?
May 10:
Lamma-Por and L-G have been visiting a
friend's BMH Health & Beauty Centre in
Wanchai and enjoying a salt
stone sauna. Highly
recommended, 45 minutes of bliss
and relaxation!
See my photos!
Click above for more photos,
links and your own RSVP! Here's
their bilingual description of
their varied services:
寶豫美容養生中心是一間結合着中國養生元素和西方運動科學以調和身心平衡為核心追求健康養生的都市麗人提供一個既雅致又私隱高的環境及貼心服務的公司.
BMH is a massage and beauty
company that combines Chinese
health care elements and Western
sports science to reconcile
physical and mental balance as
the core to pursue health. The
company provides an elegant and
private environment and caring
services.
BMHH這間美容公司,雅致乾淨.感覺舒服,四季養生湯水,除咗基本的中醫穴位推拿.還有肩頸痛症推拿，指甲護理同矯型,也有皮膚細胞抗衰老激光,脫毛,嫩膚,打斑,岩盤細胞汗蒸（見圖）.如有興趣或想知多多DD,,請致電電：6813
1941.外藉人仕請致電電：6254
6971.
BMH is a beauty
parlour/wellbeing company
specializes in facial massages,
manicure and pedicure. Once when
you step inside the parlour, you
feel comfortable because it is
elegant, neat and tidy and
offers all-seasons Chinese soup.
Apart from the normal massages,
they have neck and shoulder
massages as well as Chinese
acupressure massage. There's
also skin cell anti-aging, laser
hair removal and skin
rejuvenation. They even have the
most popular "rock salt sauna".
If you need more information or
make an appointment, please call
6813 1941 for Chinese, for
English: 6254 6971.
May 9:
A new addition to our extensive
list of essential Lamma
QUICK INFO links in the
left frame of this website:
Emergency Hotlines
YSW Eng. Yellow Pages
Bilingual Yellow Pages
Ferry Timetables: Lamma
Ferries (website)
Central
- Yung Shue Wan
Central
- Sok Kwu Wan
Aberdeen
- Yung Shue Wan
Aberdeen
- Sok Kwu Wan
HK Weather Info
Typhoon
Warnings
Search Lamma Forum
Classifieds: Buy
& Sell, Rent & Let
Services,
Work, Lost/Found
Tourist Info:
Eco-heritage Routes/Tours
Tourism
Guide & Map
TripAdvisorr - Wikipedia
HK
Tourism Board
FAQuestions: From
Lamma Newbies
Where
to Stay
About
This Website
How
to Lose 175 Pounds
Nick
the Bookman website
Lamma-Gung
Art & Photos
May 8:
The People of Lamma Island writes:
"Tucked away at the end of Main
Street, Corner 84 Bakery entices
passersby with the delightful
smell of freshly baked goods.
This quaint Lamma bakery has
been serving wholesome, rustic
bread, pastry and a variety of
pizzas to its residents for the
past five years.
Currently, it is run by a young
couple - Ah Yeung and Miki. As
they take a respite from
lunchtime baguette runs, Miki
watches the cash desk while Ah
Yeung assembles a Pepperoni
pizza."
Read more...
May 7:
Very sad news, reported on
RTHK,
HK01 video
and
Facebook.
HK01 writes:
(Google
translation from Traditional
Chinese)
"A man has died from head
injuries sustained in a fatal
injury on Lamma Island. At 10.38
am today, a 49-year-old worker
surnamed Li man suspected of
operating a rural vehicle while
transporting a rock about 1.3
metres by 0.6 metres down a
ramp. The vehicle then hit a
falling rock and the worker was
thrown out of the driver's seat,
suffering serious head injuries
and becoming unconscious."
"Workers found him
immediately after the alarm, Li
was taken by helicopter to the
Eastern District Hospital for
rescue, and later confirmed
dead. The police listed the case
as an industrial accident."
May 6:
8 years of living happily in our
rural idyll devoid of shops,
restaurants, transportation and
tourists. But it's my first time
watching the lowest tide in "Pak
Kok Harbour". Building a new
pier is in full progress, plus a jet ski
on a pontoon, to be used in the
pier construction. Zooming in:
Will water skis & flyboards and
their speedboats, plus
(super)yachts be next, lining up
at our future big, side-docking
Pak Kok Village ferry pier?
There goes our peaceful
neighbourhood, maybe?
May 1:
  
 
Spring
blossoms are spreading on our
Village House balcony.
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