Mr & Ms HK People

With all the events, creative individuals were given a lot of topics to work on. I only just came across the Mr & Ms HK People. Not only it is Mr and Ms, as supposed to Mr and Mrs, the characters are also very gender neutral, that is a bonus.  In tough time, at least we still have entertainment and freedom of speech.

Tiny Memory Card

Still convinced the new SD card is dodgy, I swapped the SD card with an old card.  I read 32 and I popped it in the camera.  When camera reckon it as space for only 5 pictures, I thought it was reading wrong, or there were other files in the card.  When it ran out of space, then it dawned on me, 32 means 32M, I cannot believe I still have this type of tiny cards in my collections!

Cork Shuttlecocks

There is plastic shuttlecocks, and there is plastic shuttlecocks.  Since I cannot get hold of normal feather shuttlecocks without taking out a mortgage in England, I resorted to plastic shuttlecocks.  I thought they were all shit.  Recently I got some new ones with cork base instead of plastic base, these are less shit, and response much better!

Desford Tropical Birdland

When we pulled in, I was sceptical of their offerings.  So it is like a Lotherton Hall Bird Garden except much bigger, I am pleasantly surprised.  The cup of tea was also nice, expect for the dirty teaspoons...

This is the first time I saw a Kea.  And the first time to see a baby parrot.

WhatsApp Fake News - India WhatsApp Lynchings

I have never been forwarding kind of person.  I rarely forward any chain emails, or messages.  And in social media and messaging groups, the information shared around is perceived to be an in-group information and treated with less suspicion.

The news on India WhatsApp Lynchings resulted in 46 deaths before this problem is brought under the spotlight, and WhatsApp has new guidelines and new limits on messaging forwarding.

At the end of the day, every user should be careful on what they are sharing.

Grow Wild

I was looking on Eventbrite and found a Eden Project Communities event.  I was noisy, so I popped along.  They talked a little about the Big Lunch, then a guy from Kew started talking about Grow Wild.  It is both interesting and important.  I am thinking where I can plant the seed pack!

Squires Summer Menu

I took the opportunity to take Flint to Squires on a sunny afternoon.  The place was heaving.  And I was not the only one hopping on tip toes which makes me feel better.

I always thought Squires is a greasy spoon, but they really have tried very hard to diversify in the past few years.  I noticed a lot of people were having salad rather than pub classic, and they were offering slushy and milkshake.  I stuck with the boring pub classic and had a fish and chip, it was actually very nice.