Friday, October 29, 2010

Nothing Loss Nothing Gain

As we walk along the sidewalks full of people, we've noticed a good portion of them have on T-shirts with words, slogans, or pictures. There's the predictable assortment of Hollister, Abercrombie, and Aeropostale, but there are others, too, such as the title of this post. If it weren't rude to take pictures of people as they walked by, we would be tempted to do it, but being respectful, and honestly not wanting to make fun of them, we just enjoy the wacky translations they wear. 
Can you name 33 fresh vegetable?
We've actually been impressed with the ability of most Hong Kong people to speak English; we certainly wouldn't want to have to learn it, it's so unpredictable compared to Cantonese. Some usage makes us wonder, though, such as this napkin from KFC: are they referring to the chicken, the napkin, or something else?!





This is supposed to attract customers. . . .
Looks like an inviting store, right? But what
they sell is. . . alcohol!
We had a fun adventure shopping recently at the Wanchai Market and thought you would enjoy some of what we saw.
These were dried--appetizing, huh?

1 comment:

  1. Your descriptions and photos constantly remind of my year in Korea. I loved it for all of the details, big and small, that made it so different from anywhere else I'd lived to that point. All those "uniquenesses" certainly tickled the writer in me!
    Diann

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