Comments on: Update from Hemlock http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/03/10/update-from-hemlock-14/ Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city - with a dash of Hemlock Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Cecilie http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/03/10/update-from-hemlock-14/comment-page-1/#comment-1157 Cecilie Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:57:51 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=1739#comment-1157 The jacket ... the vacant stare ... could it be Kim Jong-il himself, with a haircut? The jacket … the vacant stare … could it be Kim Jong-il himself, with a haircut?

]]> By: Maugrim http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/03/10/update-from-hemlock-14/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Maugrim Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:01 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=1739#comment-1155 "For several days now three young men – teenage boys, really – with the unmistakable features of the chromosomal disorder have been handing out advertising materials to passers-by on the walkways linking the office towers of core Central." I thought for a minute you were describing the black-suited youths looking for a fast buck by selling space in some new development that sounds like an Italian name for a type of worm. Sometimes its good to be a gweilo, though sometimes our powers are of little use against some members of this horde. “For several days now three young men – teenage boys, really – with the unmistakable features of the chromosomal disorder have been handing out advertising materials to passers-by on the walkways linking the office towers of core Central.”

I thought for a minute you were describing the black-suited youths looking for a fast buck by selling space in some new development that sounds like an Italian name for a type of worm. Sometimes its good to be a gweilo, though sometimes our powers are of little use against some members of this horde.

]]> By: Historian http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/03/10/update-from-hemlock-14/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 Historian Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:41:10 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=1739#comment-1154 I would question whether the new-look Stanley Ho is actually him at all, or a double taken Kagemusha-style from among the detritus of the Southern Mainland peasant community. Swarthy, unwashed peasants and Beijing-friendly tycoons and politicos...there's only a club membership, a quick shower and an off-the-peg suit between them, you know. I would question whether the new-look Stanley Ho is actually him at all, or a double taken Kagemusha-style from among the detritus of the Southern Mainland peasant community. Swarthy, unwashed peasants and Beijing-friendly tycoons and politicos…there’s only a club membership, a quick shower and an off-the-peg suit between them, you know.

]]> By: Doctor Nostalgic http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/03/10/update-from-hemlock-14/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 Doctor Nostalgic Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:42:18 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=1739#comment-1151 Now *that* is pure, unadulterated Hemlock. Welcome back Hemmers. Now *that* is pure, unadulterated Hemlock. Welcome back Hemmers.

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