Somehow this tree on the Discovery Bay plaza looks a bit sad. It’s just not big enough is it? Or is it the dodgy decoration?

Had a good day of meetings and presentations in Singapore yesterday. The end result of our hard work for the past 6 months.

Singapore and Hong Kong are similar in many ways. But I think people in general in Singapore are more relaxed and less stressed than in Hong Kong. That’s probably culturally driven and not due to the economic reasons. Both cities are prosperous and both have the same need to re-invent itself when reliance on ports, trade and logistics reduces and economies become more service and knowledge work oriented.
Singapore just has this nice Southeast Asian culture and mentality which makes people seem more friendly than in North Asian countries (at least to me).

Having said that; I’m happy to go back to Hong Kong today.

They’re building up a fun fair in Admiralty. Some nice looking rides are being built.

I thought it was interesting to see just half of the Ferris Wheel sitting there today

Gloomy day today…

Subway is open again in DB. Great so we can have meatball sandwiches again.

And next door is the good old Ebeneezer’s so we can eat roast lamb and kebabs again.

It’s taken a good year since all the DB renovations have been done and these great icons of Hong Kong / Dbay take-out food could return. For the most part of the past year we had just two options to go out for diner; resident’s club, or Jaspa’s. You can imagine that after a year you get pretty bored with this selection, so it’s great to see choices such as Hemingway’s, McSorley’s, and the old Ebeneezer’s.

There’s also a “Cafe de Paris” (a tiny place) and “Wildfire” but I haven’t tried those yet - soon will!

Discovery Bay is shaping up well with all these new restaurants.