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Well, I don't know. The market sucks. I'm an offshore banking and finance ex partner. I'm in a practice area that is doing poorly in Hong Kong, I don't speak Cantonese or Mandarin and I'm in a very niched sector.
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For our recent summer trip to Europe we flew with Air France KLM. On our way to Europe we flew KLM, with a 4 day stopover in Amsterdam, then onto London. On the way back to Hong Kong we flew with Air France, with a layover in Paris. All flights
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I have not written publicly for years. I did write publicly sporadically previously, but now I want to see if I can keep it up. Someone recently had said that we consume more than we produce and we should be looking to produce more than we consume and the best
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About six months ago I tested out a product called KnowRoaming. Conclusion was I wasn't sure if this product was for me, especially with the issues I faced with my phone. KnowRoaming did contact me and looked to improve the product. I haven't tried it since
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Intro Several years ago I decided to get a Google Apps (GApps) account. Back then a GApps for domains account was free. I was swayed by various articles of purchasing my own domain and having my own “unique” email address: Why You Should Use Google Apps With a Personal Domain
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Saw this on Android Police: [Deal Alert] Get Unlimited Mobile Cloud Backup From IDrive For $10 Basically you pay US$9 (price is US$10, but then you use "HAPPYCM10" code for an extra US$1 off). The deal is via StackSocial. You are supposed to get "
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About four years ago I noted that Hong Kong mobile operators were offering what I thought was something quite innovative, daily data roaming rates: Hong Kong mobile daily data roaming. When you are travelling and you want to use data, rather than paying the high roaming per MB rate, you
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Hong Kong has historically been known as a shopping paradise, partly due to the fact that there are not sales taxes in Hong Kong. However, very often, things are much cheaper in other countries and/or you can't get certain products in Hong Kong, but this is not
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As most people know credit card companies normally charge a fee when you use your credit card abroad (this is normally about 1% charged by Amex/Visa/Mastercard and another 0.95% charged by your credit card company) and you DON'T get charged when you use your credit
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OK, so its not happened for a few months, but just want to check what my rights are when I get stopped and searched. As a person of the slightly darker complexion I do get stopped and searched once in a while. Obviously it is not because I am brown
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Google announced some major updates to its Nexus range and the new Android version yesterday: Android: be together, not the same. Basically announced a new phone (Nexus 6), a new tablet (Nexus 9), a new streaming device (Nexus Player) and an update to Android (Lolipop). Apart from the Nexus Player,