scamming without borders.
was that someone / many people trying to steal my whatsapp conversations by claiming a change in phone number? amazingly, these scumbags collaborate across time zones but in a sequential and synchronized way to make you fall into their traps. technology is no free lunch. use at your own risk.
兩條友一先一後發短訊要求提升、加密安全云云。一不小心，也許已墮陷阱。不要對社交媒體太依賴，別焦急，再加一點常識，即王道也！
whatsapp icon on their numbers
preaching bilingually for their scam!
passing of tv personality and anchor
hugh downs and regis philbin both passed away in July 2020. i am writing this not because i m a tv junkie. i am writing this because they were on the small screen when i first set foot in the usa. one was in more serious reporting as anchor of a news magazine, with his pre- and post-retirement years venturing more into issues relating to senior citizens and gerontology. the latter was a staple of morning tv for years, the 9am eastern time slot on wabc tv in nyc. if i had any acculturation into the so-called american society, these two personalities did play their part. people who appear on tv look like they are immortalized, but they aren’t. next year with be the 30th anniversary of my first arrival in the usa. thank you for informing and entertaining me in those early years.
encore des fers à repasser (Flatiron)
another “flatiron” in Vancouver, BC, Canada 加拿大溫哥華一"熨斗"樓宇
cette bâtisse dans un coin anciennement défavorisé a vécu la gentrification (c’est à dire l’embourgeoisement) du quartier. Il y a de plus en plus des touristes qui la passent pour aller aux boutiques, aux cafés ou aux restos.
本土九龍的，更人來人往
九龍大角咀也有熨斗唄 ONE of the Flatirons in Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, HK
可悲是有特色，而不太高的舊樓在市建局的陰影下生存空間越來越窄，跟熨斗一樣窄！
為什麼前者（溫哥華的）可以留下來？但這大角咀的呢，多半會在一、兩年內消失。
看看以前這博客提及過的熨斗樓吧
more flatirons in this blog from the past
qui se ressemble s’assemble 6
畫廊裡，受盡高溫折磨，但非烤鴨者
燒出來的陶瓷光屁股
看著瘦骨嶙峋的有點納悶，那麼 on s’en va vers l’exterieur
quelques derrières en plein air
mais in front of the behinds, or should it be behind their front? sits a sofa, marvelled by the seemingly mal-nourished.
how come no one dare to put their butts on that chesterfield?
Is this another mockery at the Haves vs. the Have Nots? If I were the owner, I wouldn’t have a peace of mind sitting there, with the prying eyes behind me!
How would you interpret this? 你會怎樣評論這作品？
之前的 anciennement à qui se ressemble s’assemble 物以類聚
separated at birth VI 物以類聚 6
Certaine tour résidentielle à Taipei, à quelques pas du centre-ville.
臺北承德路附近的一棟居住用舊樓
臺北一舊樓
太平洋的另一端蒙特利爾的商業樓宇 l’autre coté en Amérique du Nord
une édifice pas loin du Quartier des spectacles, sur Sainte-Catherine, à Montréal
une édifice pleine de couleurs
Les deux édifices sont suffisamment mignonnes, situées à quelques pas du centre-ville, leurs destins dans les prochaines années porteraient des surprises. On les revisitera!
more “separated at birth” 更多“物以類聚” les anciens “qui se ressemble s’assemble”：
Continuing the wùyǐlèijù 物以類聚 theme, end of year means light pollution everywhere, literally! First in Beijing:
off WangFuJing in Beijing, Nov 2010
JoyCity, XiDan, Beijing 北京西單 大悅城 每年皆有大型燈飾。
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JoyCity, XiDan, Beijing 北京西單 大悅城 2010-11
pouring holiday spirit onto the pavement:
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Is that Willy Wonka's hat?
and then there is Hong Kong
in Tsuen Wan
City Walk, Tsuen Wan
as well as in Langham Place, a mall in the extremely dense Mongkok 旺角朗豪坊
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Ferris Wheel, part of a London theme installation, Mongkok 摩天輪 主題
au milieu de Landmark à Central
Bisous à Lanmark, Central, HKG 置地廣場的吻
a touch of white on the roof:
Hut
occasionally money saving displays give new meanings to “two birds with one stone”. Oh I really meant “two festivals in one set of lights”. Can you guess the second fest to come?
2 fests in one
by the Star Ferry in Tsim Sha Tsui
la foule à l'Ocean Terminal
Last but not the least, the conceptual artists must be reading my Gaudi related entries here and there.
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Sagrada Familia in HKG?
so much for the decorations and happy 2011 everyone!
C’était le 5ème qui se ressemble s’assemble (birds of a feather 5 物以類聚)
Les affiches partout pour le scrutin en novembre 2010 à Taiwan.
鋪天蓋地的選舉廣告！
The omnipresent election billboards in Taiwan.
C’était le 4ème qui se ressemble s’assemble birds of a feather 物以類聚
先有2008奧運，再有2010世博，接著是廣州的亞運。海峽對岸有花博，你不知道吧？但在臺北的市中心逛逛，我驚訝的發現花博也有倒數。這也許是華人對數字的著迷和執著。
剩下不到二十四小時 less than 24hr left
先是2008年8月7日拍到的北京奧運剩下不到二十四小時的倒數 first, less than 24 hours left on the clock before Beijing Olympics were to start. Photo taken on 7 Aug 2008.
visitors' counter, Shanghai Expo Aug 2010
Then came the very pride Shanghai Expo with regard to their filling beyond capacity most of the days throughout the half-year run, except when typhoons came by to say hi.
上海世博天天數人頭，主辦單位當然十分自豪啦！
臺北的花博也不甘後人 Not to be left hanging in the dust, Taipei will host
Across the Taiwan Strait, Taipei International Flora Exposition 臺北國際花卉博覽會 opens its doors in ONE day’s time!
臺北花博倒數 Countdown to Taipei Flora Expo
Bien sur, les jeux asiatiques 2010 à Canton ont leur propre compte à rebours. Les portes ouvriront le 12 novembre 2010. 當然還有下星期開幕的2010廣州亞運。
Compte à rebours - XVIe Jeux asiatiques à Canton 2010 廣州亞運倒數
我想起在紐約市的財赤鐘，像是第六大道的吧。如果那亦是倒數的話，美國便不必不負責地大印銀紙，世界和平“指日可望”也。Only if the National Debt Clock of the USA is also one of countdown, we wouldn’t have the Iraqi invasion, nor the American government printing Greenback IRRESPONSIBLY. We would have gotten world peace then hahaha.
USA national debt clock 紐約的美國國債鐘
previously on 之前的 物以類聚 birds of a feather
This has been birds of a feather 3 物以類聚. (qui se ressemble s’assemble 3)
繼物以類聚 (1)後
這次咱們猜猜同一條街可容納多少書店呢?
Défi de qui se ressemble s’assemble 2: devine combien de librairies se trouvent dans une rue?
書局1
要知道這兩張照片是在不到100米的範圍拍的
書局2
un asiatique et son charabia 某亞裔噏得就噏 an Asian Guy's rigmarole 