HK Girl Talk

HK Girl Talk – by Jin Wong – is a blog of the author's randomness and her being fascinated by all the interesting cultural phenomena in Hong Kong and China.

Monthly Archives: August 2011

Top 5 Lame Cantonese Pickup Lines

29 Comments Posted by on August 26, 2011

Chilling out with a few friends last night, we discussed what Cantonese and English pick-up lines do guys use to hit on girls in Hong Kong. Before you officially hate me on spilling your secrets, please read it and make sure you wouldn’t say it again to any girls (with quality). I’ve done the translation [...]

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Jumping Queue in Subways: Comparison of the Chinese and Hong Kong Way

24 Comments Posted by on August 16, 2011

Have you ever experienced being squeezed into a train (without the need to ever move yourself) by a swarm of people anxiously wanting to get themselves inside? Have you been not able to get inside a train because of the same reason? Jumping queues and being rude are an universal problem, but this issue in Mainland [...]

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New Feature: Monthly Q&A Wednesday

9 Comments Posted by on August 10, 2011

I’m glad that I got my blog the name “HK Girl Talk” because people now think that I love talking (it’s true). People also think that I’m the answering machine to (informal) questions about Hong Kong (it’s also true). Except that you cannot just presse any buttons to make me answer your questions unless I [...]

Letter to Readers, Q&A Wednesday

Why There are So Many “Left-over” Single Females in Hong Kong?

34 Comments Posted by on August 2, 2011

Whenever you go to the MTR (the metro in Hong Kong), walk on the streets or eat in the restaurant, it’s not hard to hear girls talking about guys all the time. From teenage girls, young girls to middle-age women, every female loves discussing about guys. Most of the time, the conversations I overheard were [...]

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