On Hanging Around Upper Lascar Row

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If you want to find antique stuff, Upper Lascar Row (摩羅上街) and the vicinity of Hollywood Road are the best area for it.

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For me, it was a good hangout to take some photos and the vendors let you do it.

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Old coins.

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A lot of tourist…

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I like this one. Sun Tzu – Art of War.

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A close up on Sun Tzu – Art of War – Printed on bamboo stick.

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An old black and white pix of ancient Hong Kong.

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Police badge.

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Radio – still works.

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On Ladder Street (樓梯街) & Vicinity

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We were bumming around Sheung Wan to check some antique stuff and we came upon a street called Ladder Street.

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Man Mo temple on Hollywood Road.

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This is called Ladder Street. I know… It’s not a street but just a staircase. You see this a lot…from Central to Sheung Wan. I was once lost looking for a street called Pottinger Street. Took me 20 minutes to look for it. It was not a street. It a stretch of staircase. Same as this one.

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The surrounding has a lot old buildings and this one look so nostalgic.
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The street light bring me back to the recent Bodyguard & Assassin movie.

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Street lamp…
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On Christmas Decoration @ 1881 Heritage

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I passed by 1881 Heritage at Tsim Sha Tsui. Took a few interesting Christmas decoration.

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On weekend @ Ngong Ping 360 & Tai O – 2

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There were couple more places to check out at the Ngong Ping 360 but we did not go. We then took a bus down to Tai-O. Checking out the fishing village.

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A lot dried seafood…I am not a seafood fan…

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The walkway between the stores. The place was not packed because it was just a regular sunday. Not a public holiday. Most of the people went out there was hikers and taking pictures…

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Tofu-fa. The store claimed to be the best in tai-o.

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The stilt house…

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The wooden walkway…to go from house to house.

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Salted fish….

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There were some chairs lying around. I sat…taking a breather…

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A shaolin school in Tai-O. Interesting….

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Took this pix because I though it was funny…This dude was doing all kind of kung fu posture.

More pix on my slides for your enjoyment….

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On weekend @ Ngong Ping 360 & Tai O – 1

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We decided to spend a half day at Ngong Ping 360 and Tai O. Just to take pix and walk around. We decided to take MTR to Tung Chung. Take the cable cab up to Ngong Ping and then take a bus to Tai-O. Then from Tai-O take a bus back to the Tung Chung MTR.

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We wanted to take the crystal floor cabin but the ticket counter person told us the wait is 45 minutes. We took the regular cabin. The regular cabin was better because they shoved 10 person into the crystal cabin whereas our is only 5.

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Behind us was the crystal cabin. Tilted one side. Too many people inside.

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Arrived at the top. A lot of souvenirs stores.

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For us this is the main attraction. Took this pix from the bottom of the stairs. You want to see this dude up close. You have to walk up. No escalator or elevator. The way to heaven is walking up the stairs.

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Finally…up close. The view from above was spectacular.

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me..on the cable car cabin…

Below are some slides for your enjoyment…

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On attending wine tasting workshop

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Well, I went to a wine tasting workshop organize by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. It’s a one hour talk and the time is quite short for me because I did not have time absorbing most of the stuff….

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They open two types of wine. The chardonnay and the shiraz red wine.

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After testing the drink, this is what everyone should write down….

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The speaker…Kevin Tang.

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As we were leaving the Heritage Museum, took a shot a the sunset.

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This another shot…

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On Christmas Decoration @ Harbour City

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Well, Christmas is just right around the corner and this year I have a better camera than last year.
So, We went out and start snapping away.

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The theme for this year is Magical Journey. I can relate to the theme. My 2008 year is just like a magical journey.

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Awesome looking tree…

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Look at the rail track….just magical…

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A side on view…capturing the beauty of the lighting…

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Me…looking stupid….

Below…more picture in slide format…

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On my weekend at Window of The World, Shenzhen

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Last week, my family was in town and I accompanied them to Shenzhen. We cleared the immigration at Shenzhen Bay. I like this immigration check point. Not many people and when you cross over the China side. Not many people hassling you for taxi.

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We went out to the Window of World. A place that showcase miniature stuff of the world.

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Me…behind me was the Angkor Wat in miniature size.

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The hotel room. We stayed at Grand View Hotel at Nan Shan commercial district. The hotel location is very convenient. Next to a mall that have all kind of food. The only con about the this hotel is ….most of the room has no window.

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All kind of food…products…on this mall. You never feel you left hong kong. I found this blog talked about this Coastal City Mall…here

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On bumming around Lan Kwai Fong, Central

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I was bumming around Lan Kwai Fong area because I need to check out some baking pan prices for my sis. Not much happening lately… I am just lazying at home trying to revive my pda after a hard reset….

Took some pix that I want to share…

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At the traffic light, going up to D’Aguilar Street.

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Newspaper stands… there are lot of these newspaper stands. Some has been around on the same spot for the last 20 years or so…How they do it??? I wanna know…

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Trams…when your are in town, check it out. Their website is here.

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California Tower on Lan Kwai Fong street. This is where Webwednesday is held every month.

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Some huge signage in Hong Kong.

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Another shot on D’Aguilar street…

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On How To Setup PCCW 3G Web & Talk

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Recently, I signed up the PCCW 3G Web & Talk. They must have one of the worst support that I have ever had.

Their website does not tell you how to setup the GPRS setting, voicemail, email, and wifi. After a week of pestering PCCW customer service. Finally, they send me an email on how to do the setup.

So, I am posting it here in case someone has the same problem. I don’t how they sell their stuff without after sales support.

GPRS Setting

CLICK “START”  “SETTINGS”  “CONNECTIONS”  “CONNECTIONS”
 “ADVANCED” “SELECT NETWORKS”  “NEW”
Insert the below information:
Name: PCCW 3G

CHOOSE MODEM>NEW
1.) ENTER A NAME FOR THESE SETTINGS:
Name: PCCW 3G GPRS
2.) SELECT A MODEM:
Cellular Line (GPRS,3G)
3.) CLICK ” NEXT”
ACCESS POINT NAME: pccw
4.) CLICK ” NEXT”
USERNAME / PASSWORD / GATEWAY: (leave it blank)
5.) CLICK” FINISH”
6.) CLICK ” PROXY SETTING”
CHOOSE “THIS NETWORK CONNECTS TO THE INTERNET”&”THIS NETWORK USES A PROXY SERVER TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET”
7.) PROXY SERVER INSERT: 10.140.14.10
8.) CLICK ”ADVANCED”
HTTP>SERVER:10.140.14.10 PORT:8080
WAP>SERVER:10.140.14.10 PORT:9201
9.) ”FINISH”

MMS Setting

CLICK “START”  MESSAGE CENTERTOOLSMMS SETTINGMMS SERVER“NEW”
INSERT THE BELOW INFORMATIONS:
PROXY SERVER: PCCW MMS
GATEWAY:10.140.14.10
PORT: 9201
SERVER IP: http://3gmms.pccwmobile.com:8080/was
LIMIT: 250KB
DATA CONNECT: CHOOSE ”PCCW 3G”
WAP GATEWAY: CHOOSE ”WAP 1.2”

WIFI

I use PPC with WM5 and WM6. When you pick up the Wifi signal. Open your browser, sign using the monthly payment plan. There is drop-down box with the default ‘netvigator.com’. Click on the drop-down box and find the ‘pccw mobile’.

Your login id is your phone number and the password is your six digit HKID number.

or you can go to their website and download the user-guide. It’s pretty straight forward.


Voicemail

Call – 6388-8892 and just follow instruction.

Email

I received my first bill and I still don’t know the smtp for the outgoing email. I can received but I can’t send out.

Update
Email via GPRS – If you want to send email while connect with the GPRS, the smtp server should as the same as your domain name. Ex. smtp: mail.msn.com & incoming server: mail.msn.com. You need to tick the authentication required. That it and you can send it out.

Email via Wifi -This is troublesome. I would not encourage sending email while you are in Starbucks, Pacific Coffee or MTR because you need to be a Netvigator account holder. Meaning you need to have internet subscription at home. The smtp server – smtp.netvigator.com and incoming – mail.msn.com. Then you need to take TICK the authentication and you need to key in the netvigator account holder name and password.

So..don’t bother. Just enable your GPRS to send and receive email.

For me, the WiFi everywhere drawn me to this plan. PCCW has one of largest hotspots in Hong Kong. When you in need of WiFi, you can pick-up from MTR, Starbucks, Pacific Coffee, 7-Eleven, Circle K and others. It’s the support that I am quite tick-off.

Update: Sept 18,09

I no longer subscribed to the 3g Web & Talk. I move my number to Peoples(China Mobile). Unlimited GPRS for only $110. HKD. No contract needed to be sign.

I realized in Hong Kong, wifi in not important or relevant. When you are on the move. Always having a internet connection is essential. You can check your RSS, Twit, Facebook, Google maps(Gps), MSN and having email push to u in every 15 minutes without worrying if I max out on my 60MB or 100Mb. It’s not as fast as 3G but it’s good enough for what I want to do.

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