You’ve decided to move to Hong Kong and you’re wondering if you should buy or rent. You’ve heard that the Hong Kong real estate market has been booming, rents are very expensive, and with the continuing influx of Chinese money you think “Hey, this could keep going up for a long time, right?” Granted, I’m no expert on real estate...

I’ve invested something in the neighborhood of 20-30 hours on this matter, but if you know of something better, please let me know. Problem: Everyone I know in the US has my US cell number. If I try to get them to call my Hong Kong cell number, it’ll never happen. Is there a way I can set things up so that when someone calls my US cell number, it rings...

No, I’m not having a serving of the “spam buns” I saw available at an “artisan bakery” the other day (the pineapple buns were quite good, although no pineapple inside as a sign informed). I just took a rare peek inside my gmail spam folder and there is a noticeable difference in the subject lines. Thank you gmail, I love...

It’s strangely coincidental that one of the biggest issues in the news right now, namely the leaking of NSA documents by Edward Snowden, includes Hong Kong. Snowden has been holed up in a hotel here since May 20th. Snowden just came to Hong Kong, and we just came to Hong Kong. Interesting. To add to it, he came here from Hawaii. We also came here from Hawaii....

We arrived on the night of June 6th, spent the night in the Regal Airport Hotel (the only hotel connected to the airport, making it quite easy to get to, even with super-tired kids), and then the next day checked out and moved into our temporary flat in Discovery Bay. We rented a “hire car” to move from the hotel to DB. It seemed worth $50USD to avoid...

I suppose I can’t complain too much. On Tuesday, my birthday, we took the kids to Disneyland for their first time ever. On Wednesday we visited my Aunt Lorene who is 94 and sharp as a tack. And today (Thursday) we fly to Hawaii where we’ll visit my wife’s brother for a few days before continuing on to Hong Kong. Not bad, not bad. Except that...