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Graduation
Certificate
Sep 25 -
Too many years of hiking and biking over Lamma's hills, my knees have
suffered.
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Free Mooncakes
Sep 16 -
Pick up from Rural Committee opposite HSBC today, Monday.
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T8 Webcam Photos
Sep 6 -
Yesterday's T8 (raised at 6:20pm), photos from the YSW ferry pier webcam.
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Pre-Typhoon Yagi
Sep 4 -
A very timely pre-Typhoon Yagi media release has been issued today.
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R.I.P. Steve Cray
Sep 2 -
This is how I'll personally remember Steve as The Electrifying Performer.
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Sep
30:
Snakes... Aiyaaah!
Snakes, an always-popular topic
on Lamma! A longtime entry our
list of
Top Ten Ways to Die on Lamma,
it's a major reason of why HK
people are NOT moving to nearby Lamma
Island in droves, despite the
oh-so-many
positives.
I haven't
encountered any snakes
personally in years, but I'm not
hiking at night anymore when
they're most active. But many Lammaites
have spotted them recently and numerous photos
and stories have been posted
in the
Lamma Snakes FB
group and in this
Lamma-zine.
Sep
29:
10km Hill Training Run
Banny writes:
"I started the week with
10km Hill Training Run. Run… and
walk if you must, but don't
stop!
Just keep moving forward."
Sep
28:
Beachgoers, Bookworms &
Bohemians?
"The island of Lamma lies
less than 30 minutes by ferry
from Central and is known for
its chill vibes, hipster
community and perhaps even the
presence of sea turtles.
Devoid of chain stores and
vehicles, there are two main
communities on either side of
the island: Yung Shue Wan, known
for its beaches, bars and
bakeries; and sleepy Sok Kwu
Wan, a fishing village with
seafood restaurants aplenty."
Read the full story, a
detailed, mostly correct and
almost up-to-date travel guide,
unlike so many others.
Sep
27:
Panda Economy on Lamma?
A pair of Giant Pandas arrived
from Sichuan in HK yesterday,
just in time for National Day on
Oct 1. Big local news, even
banners being put up on the
ferry piers, promoting our future.
hopeful
Panda Economy.
These imaginative scenarios from
GPT-4o are highlighting the fun
and potential pitfalls of
embracing it. Let's hope our
powers-that-be won't see them
and be inspired to realise some
of these scenarios:
Sep
26:
High Above Lamma
Header of the
Mute Planet Facebook
page/website, by Lammaite
Mark Malby.
It's been a
while since we've exhibited
together in the
In Love With Lamma show
in the Lamma Art Collective.
Plus some amazing drone photos
of Lamma from on high, by
Derry Ainsworth, a HK
artist and fellow photographer & synthographer. Have a look
at his very impressive
Print Store:
Sep
25:
Graduation Certificate
Too much hiking/biking on
Lamma's hills, my knees have
suffered some detioriation and
pain. It's my first certificate
in many years: physio class for
knee osteoarthritis, with
personal assessment &
instructions, Powerpoints,
videos, in English, all very
professional and free in the
public healthcare system!
Should I frame this certificate
and display it proudly on a
wall?
Sep
21:
Lamma Calendar 2025?
Is the
Lamma Calendar 2025 in
planning, I hope? Pre-pandemic,
it was usually around this time
that the calendar volunteers
started calling for photos to be
featured in next year's Lamma
Calendar.
To be sold at the next
Lamma Fun
Day and in YSW shops afterwards.
Sat, Nov 16, '24 will be the
21st Lamma Fun Day! They've been
raising funds for the
Child Welfare Scheme's
projects in Nepal since 2000.
See
some of my former potential
Calendar entries below. I was lucky
enough to have some of my photos
featured in the Lamma Calendar a
few times.
There must be loads of great
photos from Lammaites since the
last Lamma Calendar! If it
happens again this year, I'll
sponsor and heavily promote it
in this Lamma-zine, like every
year before.
Sep
18:
Lantern, Some Assembly Required
Today, on the
The day following the Chinese
Mid-Autumn Festival
(official holiday's name!), I
finally got around to assembling
the flatpacked Mid-Autumn
lantern we received 2 days ago
from the YSW Rural Committee,
together with the 2 free
mooncakes.
It was quite a manual-dexterity,
3D-paper-folding challenge for a
computer nerd, especially the
electric-light insert, with only
these tiny, Chin.-only
instructions:
Sep
17:
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
We love our Mainland neighbours,
just stopping by our flat with
these mooncakes box from a
Swissotel in Guangdong! I've
been promoting the Mid-Autumn
party below at Power Station Beach tonight to
them.
Here's my photo of the ferry leaving
Pak Kok pier tonight to
transport many Pak Kokians to
YSW in 10 minutes, then stroll
over to this party on Power
Station Beach:
Adam Darrell's earlier
photo and Marie Louise
Fountain's
fire dance on the same beach
tonight!
More beach party photos from
today from Christina
Boulieris and Carmel de
Bedin:
Sep
16:
Free Mooncakes
Free mooncakes for 65+
Lammaites! Google Lens
translation of the Chin. poster.
Pick up from Rural Committee
opposite HSBC today, Monday,
after 10:30am. Expect a queue,
definitely all gone before noon.
Sep
11:
Nature vs. Civilization:
1:0
Concreted path to a house
building site. You might need a
machete.
Busiest road on Lamma? Power
Station Road gate at the back.
Banana trees taller than village
houses.
Past-typhoon cleanup. Even some
rooftop solar cells didn't
survive.
P.S. So close to
Lamma's nature, just 1 minute
away from the Lamma ferry:
Aberdeen Main Square:
Sep
7:
Enjoying the View
A daredevil visitor taking a
rest and enjoying the view on
her way up to Lamma's highest
peak (352m) Mt. Stenhouse.
Selected from the large number
of touristy photos posted at
Facebook's
#lammaisland.
Sep
6: T8
Webcam Photos
Before/during yesterday's T8
(raised at 6:20pm), photos from
the YSW ferry pier webcam.
P.S. 4 Lamma ferry
routes resuming, post-super
typhoon Yagi:
Sep
5: Last
Ferries Before Super Typhoon
YAGI
Super Typhoon YAGI will
be closest to HK around the time
when typhoon signal T8 will be
raised at 18:20 today.
Our friends moved from Lamma to
Hainan and will get hit directly
by those 220km/hour Super
Typhoon winds. Checking on
them...
Last ferry departures on
Aberdeen-Pak Kok-Yung Shue Wan route by
Tsui Wah Ferry co.:
Departure from Aberdeen:
5:50pm
Departure
from Yung Shue Wan:
6:35pm
Some Lamma bars will remain open
for our customary typhoon
parties!
Lamma Grill writes:
"It's a typhoon day, which
means only one thing… let's
PARTY!
$40 on all standard
drinks from 11am until we close
(whenever that may be!)"
Sep
4: Pre-Typhoon
Yagi
A very timely pre-Typhoon Yagi
media release issued today:
HK Electric Implements Adverse
Weather Contingency Plans to
Ensure Stable and Reliable
Electricity Supply
Gas-fired generating unit L12
has its foundations built to
+7.0 metres Principal Datum, and
the same is being applied to
unit L13 currently under
construction to reduce the risk
of flooding.
Field Command Centre responds to
emergencies swiftly and
efficiently.
The pre-typhoon sunset today:
Sep
3:
My HK Home 2013-2024
Farewell Lamma Island poem by
Sep
2: R.I.P.
Steve Cray
I am very sad to hear of the
passing of many of our friend
and Lamma celebrity Steve
Cray. The Red Star has
Risen (his famous band Red
Star Rising); we will miss
you.
So many memories by
current and former Lammaites!
Rest in Peace!
This is how I'll personally
remember Steve as The
Electrifying Performer, Mr.
October of my
LammaCelebrityCam
2008 calendar, based on photos I
took at Lamma Fun Day where he
performed.
Steve's gigs with his band,
photo stories in the SCMP and
other news outlets, photos of
him and by him have been
featured quite often in the
Lamma-zine over the last 22
years. My favourite story:
Lamma-zine Mar 1, 2007:
Congrats to Award-Winning
Prof Red Star:
Lamma's Photojournalist, Rock
God and Biblical Scholar, Prof
Red Star, has won the best
science news reporting award in
the annual Hong Kong News
Awards. The SCMP wrote:
"Steve Cray won the best science
news reporting award for his
series on British physicist
Stephen Hawking. He also
received an honourable mention
for another science story...."
Sep
1: Abandoned
Visions in September
A new month, a new calendar
page from my
abandoned-house joint exhibition
last year.
More of my photo
and art calendars since 1980:
