Evidence I have been on too many evening conference calls, while here in Hong Kong.
Ever heard of American Standard?
Great moments with Bekah on the roof top of Fa Yuen wet market, where there are local restaurants, and great milk tea!
Now this is a fire hydrant, Hong Kong style!
Kowloon Victoria Park with Rachel, May 08. Nice ending to a dentist appointment!
This afternoon David and I rented bikes and rode from Sha Tin to Tai Po. Guess I should have read the map first, to see how far I was signing up David to (how big can it get? This is HK!). David is sleeping soundly tonight. He crashed twice, and got run over by a young lady on a bike coming around a corner and NOT driving in control. He had a good time in spite of it and the rain that came at the end. What a great sport. We got to see some of the Dragon Boat Races; apparently this is a pretty big deal here. Lots of teams on the river, and the cadence setter uses a drum in the front of the boat. Kind of cool, but a bit far for my camera phone.
How is this for a fish tank in a restaurant? See the person behind the tank, for reference. I felt like I was in the Boston Aquarium. They love their fish here.
All right, you engineers. What is wrong with this picture? Highly unHong Kong like, and worthy of a picture.
For those of you saying, huh?, think green means GO.Out the window of my motel in Taiyuan. Consequence of open market economies pushing industries like coal and steel producing to developing countries. Is that fog you note? Why yes, it just happens to be man made.
Think you could carry this into the passenger cabin on a US plane, after 2001? No problem here! This is in line to get on a plane. For the sake of my own harassment, I won't implicate the airline online.
2 comments:
I can't really read what it says on that picture of a green button, but I'm assuming it's an emergency shutoff of some kind. I remember having this discussion when we were designing a machine for someone a while back - you know where.
We (U.S.A) think red means stop, and green means go. But some folks think that red means danger and green means safe. Therefore, the light should be red while the machine is running (it's dangerous) and green when the machine is stopped (it's safe.)
Cultural differences are great, huh?
Your assumption is right. All buses over here have that E-stop button; that is the only one I have seen that is green. It is clear the standard over here is red for E-stop. This particular case seems to be more of an ignorance difference than a cultural difference. :)
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