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2003-'09,
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'16-'19
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2002 - '05 |
Weekly/Monthly Lamma-zine #1 - 33 |
2004 - '23 |
Best of Lamma-zine:
2023,
2015,
2014,
2011: part I,
II;
2010,
2009, 2008, 2006,
2005: part I, II, III;
2004 |
2006 - '17 |
Lamma Spotlights of the Day/Week:
Photo ~
Video ~
Wildlife ~
Bird ~
Artwork |
2015 - '22 |
Lamma
News Archive |
2003 - '17 |
Lamma Events
Archives |
2002 - '24 |
Nick the
Bookman's News & Reviews |
2001 - '24 |
Nick the
Bookman's website |
1999 - '19 |
The Island Bar's website |
2010 - '23 |
April's Fool Stories |
1980 - '24 |
Lamma-Gung's Art
& Photography |
2007 - '13 |
Lamma-Gung's Rooftop Jungle |
2008 - '16 |
Only Half the Man I
Used to Be |
Aug 2024
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Invasion?
Aug 22 -
War games were popular in South Lamma, 10+ years ago.
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Guided Night
Tours
Aug 21 -
"See flower-tipped frogs, big green frogs, white-ringed snakes, and
fireflies..."
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Fishermen's
Pier?
Aug 14 -
So many fishermen, 10+, occupying the far end of the pier almost daily!
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Exit Sign for
Rats?
Aug 6 -
An eagle-eyed young Lamma Lady spotted this sign
on the YSW-Central ferry.
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Minimalistic
Sunset
Aug 3 -
Minimalistic sunset yesterday photographed with my maximalistic pocket zoom.
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Jul 2024
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Ferries Meetup
Jul 7 -
Every noon there's a meetup of 3 Lamma ferry co.'s regular routes.
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Jun 2024
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Song of the
Year?
Jun 12 -
"I recorded the sounds of the Asian banded
bullfrogs on Lamma"
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10 Easy Bike
Rides
Jun 6 -
"DJ and Robbie are weaving along Lamma
Island's coastal paths."
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May 2024
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Curry Lover?
May 22 -
"Don't let the rainy weather dampen your
day, have a nice, warming curry!"
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NO - NO - NO
May 13 -
Where to get breads, cakes and pastries with NO eggs, NO milk, NO butter...
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Archive Updates
May 12 -
Best of Lamma-zine - Lamma News, Events, Spotlights Archives
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Mox Lamma 500
May 5 -
So many photos and videos from our yearly international dragonboat festival.
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Apr 2024
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Mister Snotballs
Apr 28 -
Mister Snotballs is a street/shop cat with many years of experience.
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Sharing a Beard
Apr 17 -
Proud moustache and big beard wearers are multiplying on Lamma!
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85 Risky Threats
Apr 5 -
85 safety/security threats last month, but 16 just in a single day
yesterday!
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Mar 2024
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HK Electric Online
Mar 15 -
"HK Electric 'whales' drive fish away from Lamma power station."
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Feb 2024
Jan 2024
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Lookout Pavilion
Jan 30 -
Pavilion overlooking YSW Harbour, Lantau Island, Kowloon, etc.
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Wand Cleaning?
Jan 2
-
"Improper use of heated toilet seat can result in a low-grade burn"
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Dec 2023
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Shot 6 Times!
Dec 19 -
My 6th free Covid-19 shot yesterday. But I didn't even get a free coffee for
my 6 stamps!
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Nov 2023
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AI Writing My Bio
Nov 16 -
Merlin AI (powered by GPT 4) seems to know me well, maybe
too well?
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Photogenic Nick
Nov 6
-
Nick the Bookman seems pretty comfortable in his newish spot.
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Happy!!!
Nov 1 -
Just a few weeks ago, Internet fibre finally arrived on Lamma.
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Oct 2023
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3-Camera Sunset
Oct 26
-
Tonight's stunning sunset, shot for the very first time with 3 cameras.
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Sep 2023
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Snake Warning!
Sep 30
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Alarm!! Big Danger!! Beware!!!! Put up a warning sign!
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Lamma's Spine
Sep 29 -
"...various landscapes and coastlines,
historical Japanese war tunnels, and hidden beaches."
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FREE
DRINKS!
Sep 27 -
"...community welcome day to celebrate the
opening of Terracotta Lamma."
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Aug 2023
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Close
Encounter
Aug 1
- Close encounters of our island ferry with
container ships.
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Jul 2023
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T3 Sunrise
Jul 16
-
"Tropical Cyclone Talim will intensify gradually today
and tomorrow,"
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Daily Sky Shows
Jul 14
- Tonight's sky show, well worth setting up my
tripod on the rooftop.
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Jun 2023
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No Water!
Jun 30
-
Domestic disaster struck all of North Lamma today.
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FINALLY!
Jun 19
- Fiber-to-the-home has arrived on Lamma!
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Wow!
Jun 12
-
Dusting off my tripod tonight, setting it up on the rooftop...
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Lightning Storm
Jun 1
-
"Number of lightning strokes detected between 05:30 and 06:29"
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May 2023
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Lamma
500!
May 1
- "Gold medals
went to Lamma Dragons..."
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Apr 2023
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Doubling Ferry Fares?
Apr 12
- "HKKFerry,
namely Central to YSW and Sok Kwu Wan, applied for a 100% price increase."
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Pak Kok vs. YSW
Apr 11
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How's our little village Pak Kok different from Yung Shue Wan?
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Lamma
VV Show
Apr 1
- "Special
prizes for Loudest VV, Oldest VV & the special VV Mods category."
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Mar 2023
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Take
Off Your Mask!
Mar 1
- First day of the final ending of the mask
mandate almost everywhere!
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Feb 2023
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15.
Surgiversary!
Feb 25
-
It's been already 15 years since my life-changing weight loss surgery.
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HK Electric App
& News
Feb 17
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Some very interesting news and facts about our neighbourhood electricity
supplier.
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Studio 102
Feb 9
-
"...workshop for restoring and upcycling furniture, especially made of
wood..."
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Micro Bike Park
Feb 7
-
...has just been installed in the former ferry pier area,
renovation-in-progress.
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Jan 2023
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Tattooed!
Jan 31
-
Only the most dedicated and bravest Lammaites dare to get a Lamma tattoo.
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Damian's Spiderwebs
Jan 11
- An entire Facebook album devoted to spiderwebs
around Lamma! Love it!
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Synthographs 2023
Jan 8
-
Wall Calendar - AI-Assisted Generative Images by Lamma-Gung
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5G Happiness
Jan 6
-
Lamma Island is finally getting an optic fiber connection to HK Island.
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Happy
New Year!
Jan 1
- Happy New Year from Lamma Island, Hong
Kong, China.
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Dec 2022
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Happy Holidays!
Dec 24
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(Recycling & updating my Christmas/NY e-card from 9 years ago)
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Home!
Dec 3
- From the other direction, looking out from HK Island to Lamma.
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Nov 2022
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Snowy YSW Village
Nov 25
- This nice poster is using my "Snowy Christmas @ YSW Main Street" image.
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Minami Island?
Nov 19
-
Google translation needs a lot more work to ...
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Where On Lamma?
Nov 13
-
An AI artist who engages in an utterly bollocks waste of time.
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Oct 2022
Sep 2022
Aug 2022
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A Pet-Loving
Community!
Aug 18
-
Colourful exotic birds are very popular on Lamma and much beloved by their
owners.
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Jul 2022
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Abandoned
Jul 24
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Surprise discovery while watering my Balcony Jungle: an empty nest!
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Ferry Pier
Progress
Jul 20
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The glass roof and steps of the new Pak Kok ferry pier have just been
installed.
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Decarbonisation
Jul 19
- "HK Electric has been organising numerous
activities and competitions under its Happy Green Campaign."
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Weekly Recycling
Jul 12
- Visiting Aberdeen Bus Terminus for our weekly recycling.
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Typically Lamma!
Jul 11
-
"Let's find out about your imbalances and use yoga movements to pacify
them."
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Ferry Pier Updates
Jul 3
- Pak Kok ferry pier construction in typhoon-safe mode, no ships, no cranes.
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Jun 2022
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Rural Idyll?
Jun 30
-
Trying to create an impression of these 2 contrasting islands: HK vs. Lamma.
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Big YAWN!
Jun 28
- Early riser Lamma-Por woke me up excitedly at 5:30am today.
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Most Charming
Island
Jun 22
-
"We went to Lamma Island to sketch and paint with our two-year-old
daughter."
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YSW Bar Scene
Jun 20
-
2 more iconic Lamma bars in YSW are changing owners these days.
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May Sunsets
Jun 1
- Celebrating the end of another May full of amazing sunsets!
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May 2022
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Leaving Lamma &
HK
May 31
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The huge, record-breaking emigrations from HK are in full swing.
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Tao Painting
May 29
-
"Here we meet Mr. Chou, a Tao-painter living
on Lamma."
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Incognito?
May 28
- A frequent subject for photographers and inspiration for artists,
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Bars Reopening!
May 19
- Celebrations all over Lamma, bars reopening today!
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Apr 2022
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Happy Easter!
Apr 17
- As usual, I couldn't resist playing with this old poster above.
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Mar 2022
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Red Tide!
Mar 21
- "A red tide on March 13, 2022 on the
southern side of Lamma Island."
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Foggy Peaks
Mar 10
- Telecom Tower atop Ling Kok Shan, just behind Sok Kwu Wan. S. Lamma.
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Flashback:
Logotypes
Mar 1
- These are lecture/discussion titles in my notebook, hand-drawn with
felt-tip markers. |
Feb 2022
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Lucky Lamma?
Feb 20 -
How much longer will be continue living on a Covid-free island?
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Jan 2022
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Vegetable Tea Banquet
Jan 7 -
More pictures of this promotional event for Shanwei Hailufeng Vegetable Tea.
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Dec 2021
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Best of Lamma-zine
2021
Dec 31 -
Time for another year's end review, focused on a full year of Lamma-related
stories?
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Happy Holidays!
Dec 25 -
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays & Happy New Year to all from the
Lamma-zine!
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Solar Panels @
Sunset
Dec 24
- While admiring the sunset, Lamma-Por pointed out a new solar cell
installation...
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Wow!
Dec 5
- One of most amazing drone sunset photos of our home island.
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Birthday Wishes
Dec 4 -
Lots of good wishes flooding in today for my birthday, mostly in messages...
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Nov 2021
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Nick the Promoter
Nov 28 -
Nick the Bookman is doing his very best to promote my Lamma calendar.
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Calendar on Sale
Nov 27
- "This is an amazing calendar, excellent
quality and stunning photographic art!"
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Antique Aquabike?
Nov 20 -
I've been suggesting to use it as perfect statue for the Bike Park, raised
on a pedestal.
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Triple Jabbed
Nov 19
- [COVID-19 Vaccination Appointment
Reminder] Vaccine: BioNTech (COMIRNATY).
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Typically Lamma!
Nov 12 -
Send me your photos for addition to this long-running photo gallery.
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Oct 2021
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Harry Book Interview
Oct 7
- Summary of this interview with Lamma's most famous artist and a real
Living Lamma Legend.
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Recycling Rewards
Oct 1
- For recycling 8 types of your waste you'll get free rewards from the
Recycling Spots.
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Sep 2021
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Wild Boars vs.
Covid-19!
Sep 28
- "The Fun'd Raiser is for a member of the
Lamma family ... huge hospital bill for her sister."
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Lamma Mia!
Sep 18 -
"...tell the story of Lamma Island, its
people, scenery and its past."
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Frictionary News
Sep 7
- "I'm delighted to announce an acerbic
alliance with political satirist Harry Harrison."
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Humid Love?
Sep 2 -
"Lamma's writing collective,
Write or Die, will be selling
their quarterly publication Ferry Brief."
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Aug 2021
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Clouds!
Aug 30
- Many excellent photographers are calling Lamma home. Case in point:
Rob
Aldridge!
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Full-Moon Sunrise
Aug 24
- 5:54am today, another impressive sunrise over Pak Kok Shan.
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Bridge to a Pier
Aug 22 -
The temporary pier in Pak Kok Village has just been dismantled section by
section.
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Huge Bugs
Aug 13 -
The bugs are growing really huge on Lamma! Beware!
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5 Lamma Ferries
Aug 8
- A most comprehensive and helpful guide on taking a ferry to Lamma.
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Jul 2021
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Free Handouts!
Jul 31 -
Handing out blue bags to elderly yesterday. What was inside these bags, I
wonder?
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Ferry.com.hk
Jul 27 -
"During the 50's, founder Mr. Wu Chuen
purchased a sailing-ship."
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Jun 2021
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Exploring Sok Kwu Wan
Jun 21 -
My recent trip exploring Sok Kwu Wan. I hadn't been "down there" for quite a
few months.
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Aberdeen Promenade
Jun 9 -
Aberdeen Promenade in South HK Island, just off the Lamma ferry pier.
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Morning Songbird
Chorus
Jun 8
- Songbirds making such a noisy racket, err, melodious chorus on our balcony
at 5:30am.
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May 2021
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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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Apr 2021
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Marine Debris
Warriors
Apr 25
- "Thank you to all the volunteers! They
went again to the Shek Pai Wan Rock Beach."
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TANA Workshop
Apr 9
- "With colourful paintings and Chinese
calligraphy lining the walls,..."
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Protected!
Apr 8 -
2nd shot of Comirnaty (BioNTech) vaccine done a few days ago. No side
effects....
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Mar 2021
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Eastern Sparkle
Mar 26 -
"The current City Garden is where HK Electric's second power station
used to stand."
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Lamma Covid-19 Case
Mar 23
- The sole COVID-19 local case in many weeks, a neighbour close to our home.
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Hippies Abloom
Mar 21
- The very first Hippeastrum flower just opened in my balcony garden.
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To Be Vaccinated
Mar 10 -
Just booked online for BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, no wait at all.
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No Entry!
Mar 8 -
If you don't use it, you lose it, Lamma-style.
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Feb 2021
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Best of February
Feb 26 -
Still dabbling in creating Mandelbulb 3D fractals. Any comments?
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Medical Services
Survey
Feb 25
- "...submit the result to the authorities
reflecting our medical needs and concerns."
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Dear HK Exhibition
Feb 16 -
"Join our creative sharing workshop to find
out how the 80 portraits...."
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Firing Cupid
Feb 14 -
Still my favourite Valentine's Day cartoon, by Harry Harrison, of course!
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We Love Our
Cleaners
Feb 13
- "A huge Thank You to everyone who donated
towards our cleaners on Lamma Island."
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Fiery & Noisy!
Feb 11
- YSW Tin Hau temple, Lunar New Year's Eve, Feb 11, 2021.
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More Dining Coupons!
Feb 9 -
Remember the vastly popular HK Electric coupons for HK and Lamma restaurants
last year?
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Dolphins!
Feb 6
- "Yesterday we were paddling off Lamma and
saw the dolphins."
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Record-Runner
Stingray
Feb 4 -
Congratulations to my PK Village neighbour 'Stingray' for setting a new HK
Trail record!
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Jan 2021
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Brothers
Jan 27
- "Sitting in the stock room of Brothers
frozen goods shop,..."
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Nick & Bernie
Jan 25
- This Bernie-Sanders-at-Joe-Biden's-inauguration photo meme...
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5 Years! Congrats!
Jan 18 -
"This month, we are celebrating 5 years of
your favourite show Drone and Phone."
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Fascinating Podcasts
Jan 8 -
Fascinating and very informative podcast by my close neighbours DJ Clark and
Stephen Davies.
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Little Thai
Jan 7
- "Little Thai is positioned between the
tennis courts and the beginning of Snake Path."
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Flor & Carlos
Jan 2 -
"Lamma provides Flor and Carlos with the
ideal space to practice their art."
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Dec 2020
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Happy Holidays!
Dec 25 -
Good Riddance to Gnarly 2020, Wishing You a Sunnier 2021!
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$888
Dec 24
- Christmas shopping in Wellcome, we were surprised by the total cost at the
cash register!
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5G on Lamma?
Dec 10
-
First example from my new smartphone with 6 (!) built-in lenses and up to
48Mixel resolution, see above.
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1st Day of Advent
Dec 1
- The very first Swiss chocolate from behind a numbered cardboard door!
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Nov 2020
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Aquabike For Sale?
Nov 20 -
YSW ferry pier, an ancient bike magnet-fished out of the harbour.
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November Sunset
Nov 18 -
Mute Planet: "November never fails to bring us extraordinary
sunsets in this part of the world."
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Exploring South
Lamma
Nov 17
- "Fantastic day exploring abandoned
villages of Mo Tat Wan and Hoi Ha on a photo tour."
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Oct 2020
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Mandelbulb Maniac!
Oct 11 -
A few of my recent artworks, all 3D fractals intensively mutated, tweaked
and Photoshopped...
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Huge Tree Collapse
Oct 10
- "Thank you,
police, Lamma Fire Station and FEHD staff for assistance."
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Did Thor Get Hammered?
Oct 6
- "Thor", a Danish world traveler, has visited
194 countries so far without flying.
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Sep 2020
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Pak Kok Pier
Progress
Sep 12 -
Good progress so far, will it really take almost 3 years to complete and
open?
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SunseToday
Sep 10 -
Plus my best result from playing around with my sunset photo.
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Aug 2020
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Shovel in the Stone?
Aug 31 -
This might be the Lamma version of the Excalibur/King Arthur origin story.
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5G on Lamma?
Aug 27 -
"The above fluorescent green area represents
CMHK outdoor 5G coverage."
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Garden After Rain
Aug 19
- "My garden
after the rain - Lamma Island. Playing with a macro lens and flash
diffuser."
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Ocular Hybridisations
Aug 2 -
Karen
Taylor's amazing eye drawing inspired me to create a series of
computer graphics "hybrids".
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Lamma
Fashionista
Aug 1
- A safer way to wear a face mask, protecting
the eyes as well, modelled on our very own catwalk, Main Street!
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Jul 2020
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We're Being
Surveyed!
Jul 23 -
"YSW Pier Improvement Opinion Survey. Sense of Place and Well-being
Survey."
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Home Sweet Home, YSW
Jul 22
- "An original
collage created for Ewan, captain of the young Lamma Dragons."
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Wasp vs. Spider
Jul 21 -
"The spider will be dragged off to its lair, still alive, and used to
incubate the wasp's eggs."
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Pirate Treasure Map
Jul 14
- "Some say the
three treasures of Hamish McYardley are still buried on Lamma Island to this
day."
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Jun 2020
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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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May 2020
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Lamma Life
May 27 -
Click for 13 MPixel high-res version.
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Apr 2020
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No Words
Necessary...
Apr 30 -
Wow, this has become my Facebook photo with the most reactions, shares and
comments ever!
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Professors Visiting
Apr 29 -
A history professor from a US college wrote a
book about Nick the Bookman's famous great-grandfather.
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Brown Booby Visiting
Apr 4 -
Big commotion among bird lovers the other day! An extremely rare HK visitor,
a Brown Booby.
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WE Love Lamma!
Apr 3 -
"When 'Professional and Dedicated Guardian
Angel (Outsourced Cleaners)' meet 'Loving HKers'."
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Mar 2020
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Greenest Island
Mar 20 -
"Here, on the greenest island of the
archipelago. Stay sane, stay safe, everyone."
|
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"Remember
Rambler?"
Mar 18 -
Who's taken up Rambler's coveted mantle as
Lamma's best (IMHO) close-up nature photographer?
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Feb 2020
Jan 2020
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Nick the YouTube
Star
Jan 27 -
This is the story of Nick's peaceful life, and why he's never shaved his
beard.
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Quarantine!
Jan 23 -
With the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan starting to spread across the world...
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EMDs Are Banned!
Jan 6 -
...publicity campaign against all these electric transportation devices.
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