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: October 2011

Q&A Wednesday: What Are the Weird English Names of Chinese People?

45 Comments Posted by on October 26, 2011

No matter it is Hong Kong, China or Taiwan, Chinese people seems to have very weird English names. Mainland Chinese, in particular, have very weird English names. Sometimes, a lot of people think that they get an English name just the the sake of having it, or perhaps the country is being invaded by western [...]

Language, Q&A Wednesday

3 Ridiculous Work Cultures in Hong Kong

14 Comments Posted by on October 17, 2011

When I ask my friends in accounting, “What are your normal working hours?” it doesn’t surprise me to hear them say, “Oh. I work from 9 to 5″, (by which they mean 9 in the morning to 5 the next morning). People also regularly work on holidays. So, don’t tell me it’s ridiculous to say [...]

Culture

People You Don’t Want to Meet on a Sunday Afternoon

11 Comments Posted by on October 14, 2011

It’s Friday today, my dear readers. Relax and listen to my boring stories. It was a Sunday afternoon. I was in Soho getting drinks with two male friends. We were sitting at a bar, facing the streets. There was two old guys (one of them is fat) sitting at the bar across from ours. Those [...]

Random Stories

5 Traits of Hong Kong’s Spoilt Children

14 Comments Posted by on October 6, 2011

Hong Kong people are materialistic, this is an undeniable truth. But are theses materialism genes also passed to the ultra young generation? It would be ridiculous to say no. Hong Kong children are among the top in the world who enjoy being fed, being served and owning expensive gadgets while living like a prince or princess. [...]

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