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Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

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Post by whytaipei »

hawkice wrote: post #23
icarus8989 wrote: post #11

My Favorite Para was: "Nationality is a fading illusion, nobody cares where they were born unless they have nothing else to cling to. We are citizens of the globe. Home is basically where a good bed, a supportive environment and fast Internet is. The former you can get from IKEA pretty much anywhere. For the latter, we'll just travel and spend most of our time where things are easier, cooler and better"

I found that sentiment deeply off-putting, and I say that as an American in Taipei right now (which seems thematically similar). The author says 99% of things written are unavailable to him -- and I'm sure it's even more of the spoken word around him. If you subtract out 99% of communication, and all the deep relationships and casual understandings that make a community, yeah, I guess every place starts looking the s…

How did you end up in Taipei, and how are things there on the tech front?

Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

#52

Post by lboc »

griffinheart wrote: post #8
Fins wrote: post #3

To comment on the face mask thing, locals told me that they wear it not so much for their own protection as out of consideration so as not to infect other people if they sneeze.

There's a lot of care about not disturbing other people in Japanese culture. A few additional reasons, for wearing a mask, not in the article: - Forgot or didn't have time to put makeup on - Kafunsho (hay fever) protection - Odor protection, there's also scented masks - Hiding braces

>There's a lot of care about not disturbing other people in Japanese culture.

Not in Tokyo.

Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

#53

Post by donttrack »

pipio21 wrote: post #42

When you travel to a new place you fall in love,everything is fantastic, not like the shitty place you come from, but if you live in a place long enough you start seeing the failures of the new place (and the good things of your native country). I was born in Spain, and had experienced this effect multiple times, living in San Francisco, Boston, London, Shanghai, Tokio, Berlin... Right now I value a lot more Spain an…

It does change you for the better, I agree.

Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

#54

Post by philliphaydon »

shellox009 wrote: post #46
philliphaydon wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's your favourite place out of those you've lived in? Where do you live now?

New Zealand is an amazing place, but the distance to home(Europe) is really far and opportunities are limited. Taiwan is beautiful too, but English is not widely spoken and you really have to spend effort to learn Mandarin. I'd consider both for retirement, but not good moves for your career. I'm currently living in Hong Kong.

I’m Kiwi, living in singapore, Wife is Taiwanese so I travel to Taiwan often. Learning mandarin but will probably end up in NZ and retire in Taiwan.

Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

#55

Post by muro »

zinckiwi wrote: post #28

"Many flats have pipes rigged on the outside" as if that's a bug and not a feature. Hong Kong doesn't get cold enough to have exposed pipes be a freezing risk, and in the meantime you get a) access to the pipes for repairs and maintenance with ease and b) no risk of property damage, cascading down the many floors of a typical residential highrise, if a leak does occur.

And it's ugly as sin too!

Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

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Post by scbrg »

ywnner_0001 wrote: post #14
robjan wrote: post #4

Think OP has misunderstood a few things about Hong Kong. First of all, the designer shops are not really for investment bankers; they are for tourists, particularly from the mainland. Hong Kong is the most visited city in the world and people from the mainland love to buy high quality tax-free goods. Sometimes for personal use, often to sell. It's easy to spot people from the mainland squatting and re-packing their b…

I guess it depends who's counting, but I'm pretty sure BKK is the more recent, most-visisted city. What you said about HK applies to BKK as well however. I'm really surprised of the opinions that tourists form of the city, given that there's basically zero correlation to the lives of residents. For example, it's pretty common for (older, less enlightened) people to talk about the city's red light districts, as if the…

Was it really too much of a strain to actually type the whole name of the city, and the districts, so that those of us not familiar with every city in the world could have had a clue?

BKK? CBD? AC? TMA-2KTO.

Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

#57

Post by hawkice »

whytaipei wrote: post #51
hawkice wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found that sentiment deeply off-putting, and I say that as an American in Taipei right now (which seems thematically similar). The author says 99% of things written are unavailable to him -- and I'm sure it's even more of the spoken word around him. If you subtract out 99% of communication, and all the deep relationships and casual understandings that make a community, yeah, I guess every place starts looking the s…

How did you end up in Taipei, and how are things there on the tech front?

Tech here seems more hardware oriented than I normally am, but beyond that, I don't know much yet. Taipei helps me study Chinese which is useful because 我的中文不好，但我每天学，住在这里让我沉浸其中。

Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

#58

Post by sho »

mirgj wrote: post #43
ciguy wrote: post #38

I've lived in Hong Kong and Tokyo as well Bangkok and Manila. Many of these observations totally miss the mark, which isn't unexpected from someone just visiting as a tourist. Blockchain and Bitcoin are huge in HK tech circles right now, in fact I'd say it's way too huge. Same for all of Asia really, but the main Crypto operations are all HK or Singapore based. I know quite a few people in Asia caught up in the Crypt…

I agree with the first part a bit less with the last. Blockchain and crypto are huge in HK and Singapore also after the ban in China. Many Chinese startup are moving in HK and Singapore and that make these cities the main hub in Asia. > Many in Asia are cast aside or left behind I don't see so many people left behind in Asia because of the progress, indeed in my opinion is the opposite. Even the elderly people are wi…

> Blockchain and crypto are huge in HK and Singapore

There's a lot of blockchain companies in Singapore yes, but no ICO company can get a bank account. Singapore banks are notoriously backward/conservative.

As far as I can see everyone is going through HK/Malta et al for banking.

Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

#59

Post by sho »

scbrg wrote: post #56
ywnner_0001 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess it depends who's counting, but I'm pretty sure BKK is the more recent, most-visisted city. What you said about HK applies to BKK as well however. I'm really surprised of the opinions that tourists form of the city, given that there's basically zero correlation to the lives of residents. For example, it's pretty common for (older, less enlightened) people to talk about the city's red light districts, as if the…

Was it really too much of a strain to actually type the whole name of the city, and the districts, so that those of us not familiar with every city in the world could have had a clue? BKK? CBD? AC? TMA-2KTO.

To be fair, although perhaps a bit impenetrable to outsiders, pretty much everyone I know uses airport codes almost exclusively to refer to cities in texts... or made-up TLAs like JKT for Jakarta when the airport code (CGK) is non-obvious.

It's just a habit and I'm sure the GP didn't intend to be obtuse.

Re: Tokyo and Hong Kong in 2018

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Post by homarp »

scbrg wrote: post #56
ywnner_0001 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess it depends who's counting, but I'm pretty sure BKK is the more recent, most-visisted city. What you said about HK applies to BKK as well however. I'm really surprised of the opinions that tourists form of the city, given that there's basically zero correlation to the lives of residents. For example, it's pretty common for (older, less enlightened) people to talk about the city's red light districts, as if the…

Was it really too much of a strain to actually type the whole name of the city, and the districts, so that those of us not familiar with every city in the world could have had a clue? BKK? CBD? AC? TMA-2KTO.

BKK = Beer Kept Kold. Or BangKoK

CBD = Cajun Beer Draught. Or Central Business District

AC = Air Con. Or DC

TMA-2KTO: Too Much Alcohol 2: Kept Too Cold

OP : One Punch, a great Manga

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