Andy's and Tai Peng shop, open every day (click to enlarge)

Which Lamma places are closed over Lunar New Year?

Years ago, most restaurants and shops were closed at least on the first day, tomorrow, often for several days. But nowadays it's hard to find any local place that closes over LNY. Andy's will be open every day, even the Tai Peng store is open every day.

Who is actually closing? A few more opening hours, as far as I've seen so far:

Pak Kok shop and Green Cottage (click to enlarge)

These 2 shops are the sole shops in their villages, so they are absolutely essential for their communities. Some people would have to forego our soy/almond/barley milk in their morning tea/coffee if these shops would ever close for more than 1 day w/o ample advance warning! It would be a major disaster for home office workers like myself, affecting our alertness and productivity negatively in a most serious way!

With the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan starting to spread across the world, quarantines have been implemented and considered in various places in China. What about HK and more specifically, Lamma?

Here's a foreboding, sickly-looking mobile phone sunset from Lamma today with a looming Coronavirus.

Brendan Sheridan (my biggest sunrise/sunset photos fan!?) writes:

"If Lamma were to be quarantined, how many days do you think we would last until complete societal collapse and abject barbarism?"

Various great answers in Lamma Island Uncensored (private group, membership required).

Best answer I've seen so far, from anon.:
"The closing of the Island Bar was the earliest sign that we were approaching the End of Days, and the continuing existence of all the pub quizzes is a clear signal that the Rapture will soon be upon us."

If you're not a LIU group member yet, you might guess some of the other replies? If booze, Internet access and other absolute essentials would ever run out, we'd have to resort to wanton piracy from our island lairs...

Another little Creative Experiment of mine, transplanting a Black-eared Kite into a virtual-only world of highrises.

The great Black-eared Kite (very common on Lamma) photo was shot by Mark Malby from his drone flying high, Lamma Island in the background. I love the contrast of these two images: natural photo ~ artificial CG, real-life ~ computer-virtual, grey-level ~ full-color, max. 3 floors ~ highrises...

My latest Creative Experiment, just completed. Suggest a title, please. What does it look like to YOU?

Lamma-based friends suggested "Mutant Turkey", "Fucked-up Phoenix", "Phoenix Tripping", "Cock in a Feeding Frenzy", "Cuckoo Centurian" and "Dragon Rooster", my personal favourite.

Lamma harbours quite an exotic, subtropical wildlife (Lamma Birds), but I haven't come across this specific creature yet while hiking, fortunately!

Deep AI's NeuralTalk program analysed this image as "a close up of a bunch of bananas". Artificial Intelligence has a long, long way to go...

Solo Exhibitions

Wonder, Whimsy, Weirdnes - Sarasen gallery, Lan Kwai Fong, HK Island -- Aug 15 - 31, 2008

Lamma Celebrity Cam PhotoArt - The Cyan Studio, Back Street, YSW, Lamma -- Nov 2007  (+stories on Nov 11, 12)

Computer fair, Mustermesse, Basel, Switzerland -- 1987

Grafische Computer-Fantasien - Galerie/Atelier E, Zurich, Switzerland --
Jun 5-Aug 23, 1986

Joint Art & Photo Exhibitions

SURVIVED in a tight corner - Lamma Art Collective, YSW - Sep 3-25, '22

LAZERARTI: Disc Reborn - Lamma Art Collective, YSW - Dec 6-31, '19: https://www.facebook.com/events/420347818626715/
https://www.facebook.com/Lamma.Gung.Art.Photos/posts https://www.facebook.com/Lamma.Gung.Art.Photos/photos

In Love With Lamma - photo exhibition -- Lamma Art Collective, YSW - Nov 3-17, '18

Lamma On Board-- Lamma Art Collective, YSW

HK Arts Centre -- 1990s

HK Cultural Centre lobby -- 1990s

40-year art/photo gallery - Google Deep Dreamer gallery
Check out my Facebook pages: Lamma Gung Albums ~ Lamma Gung Art & Photography
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What are YOUR FAVOURITE DISHES in Yung Shue Wan? Receiving a YSW restaurants mini-review, titled "Underwhelmed and Annoyed" from the Lamma-zine's "Official Court Glutton", I made my own personal shortlist of favourite dishes in YSW restaurants.
See the traditional Christmas special from Jing Jing Restaurant above, our own yearly indulgence.

What are yours and should be added to my list, titledd "Overwhelmed and Delighted"?

'Jimmy Shoe': Lamma Island's Beach Trash Curios

"Irish-born photographer Grainne Quinlan has spent the last few months scouring the Lamma shoreline for old footwear." - Ancient Lamma-zine story, in need for an update. Got some new photos of beach trash curios?