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Mandelbulb Maniac!
Oct 11 -
A few of my recent artworks, all 3D fractals intensively mutated, tweaked
and Photoshopped...
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Huge Tree Collapse
Oct 10
- "Thank you,
police, Lamma Fire Station and FEHD staff for assistance."
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Did Thor Get Hammered?
Oct 6
- "Thor", a Danish world traveler, has visited
194 countries so far without flying.
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Oct 29:
Click above to find out or add
your own language(s).
Oct 28:
I never get tired of this view:
Our
Tsui Wah ferry
with its very friendly & helpful
crew arriving at Pak Kok ferry
pier to take us to work, school,
shopping, a meal or just a day
out, away from our stay-at-home
routines and our no-restaurant,
no-public/no-private transport,
only 1 part-time mini-shop
secluded subtropical island
idyll. Just 20 leisurely,
comfortably seated minutes to
noisy, crowded, all-face-masked
HK Island.
New ferry pier construction
barge dwarfing the actual ferry.
Zooming out on this barge at
sunset from our home's rooftop:
Oct 24:
Living Lamma:
"Biodiversity Survey:
We have started the biodiversity
check with birds on Lamma Island
ten years ago, throughout the
time, we have expanded the
categories to plants,
butterflies, dragonflies, moths,
insects, amphibians, reptiles
and inhabitants in intertidal
zone and streams. To
date, we have recorded 1,118
species of fauna and flora, some
of which are even firstly
discovered.
A total of 119 butterfly species
were recorded in the Lamma
Island, including 12 uncommon, 6
rare and 7 very rare species. As
nearly 50% of Hong Kong’s
butterfly species were recorded,
indicate that Lamma Island is an
important butterly hotspot in
Hong Kong."
In the meantime,
Living Lamma's beach cleanups
continue, following Covid-19
restrictions, but still having
fun while doing good. Join them!
Oct 23:
"HK
Electric launches a new
one-stop 'Smart Power EV
Charging Solution' service for
free in support of the
Government's $2 billion
'EV-charging at Home Subsidy
Scheme' to help install electric
vehicle charging-enabling
infrastructure in car parks of
private residential buildings."
"HK Electric customers
interested in applying for the
Government's subsidy scheme are
welcome to call the new "Smart
Power Services Hotline"
(2510-2701) or fill in an online
form available on the company
website (www.hkelectric.com/EV-en )
or email to ev@hkelectric.com.
Meanwhile, HK Electric's EV
fleet will reach 166 by the end
of this year, representing about
50 per cent of the present
contingent, a vast improvement
from the two electric vans that
were introduced in the 1980s. By
the end of 2020 all operational
sedan cars in the current fleet
will be replaced by EVs or
hybrid vehicles to further help
curb roadside emissions."
This press release from HK
Electric is kind of exotic for
Lammaites, as so very few of us
own any cars. They can never
drive them on Lamma itself, as
we're public/private-traffic-free
(except a few dozen VVs for
goods deliveries).
But HK
Electric's Lamma
Powerstation provides ALL
electric power to HK Island,
including recharging all
electric vehicles there.
They're also using a few electric
vehicles on Lamma, but they're only permitted
to drive them inside their
Powerstation and on their own
two
cable roads across N. Lamma.
P.S. Some more
good news:
CLP Power and HK Electric Launch
Funds to Support
Marine
Conservation and Sustainable
Fisheries
Oct 16:
Linda White:
"Spotted in the garden this
morning - a sleepover Lamma
style:
This is what I woke up to
three years ago on my way to
work. I love how Princess has
managed to find herself a proper
mattress (possibly with peas
underneath) and Frette sheets
while all the sleepover guests
have to make do with various
uncomfortable cushion
arrangements and Ikea blankets.
The discarded beer can bottom
right, the discarded tutu center
left! What's not to like?"
Oct 14:
Pete Spurrier:
"You are undistinguished and
dreadful, I'm afraid, according
to a beautifully opinionated
1969 guidebook."
Lots of comments in
Lamma Island Uncensored...
(Private group, apply to join if
you're a current resident.)
Oct 11:
Oct 10:
Oct 9:
Sooty-headed Bulbul, 1 Oct. '20,
by Karim Babakishi
More fantastic Lamma Birds
photo...
Oct 6:
"Thor", a Danish world traveler
has visited 194 countries so far
without flying:
Once Upon a Saga.
He has become stuck in HK for
many months now due to Covid-19.
Thor has visited Lamma several
times and taken the mandatory
photos with Nick who hasn't left
HK since 1986, but loves to
travel in his mind via reading
many books.
SCMP story on Thor
& another world traveler who's
based in HK.
Thor
emailed photos to Nick
(cc to me, Nick's social media
assistant). He wrote
"You are a very interesting man.
Please stay that way."
Adding a bit of colour to these
2 colourful characters:
P.S.: Answering
the question in the title:
No,
Thor did NOT get hammered on
Lamma. He left his mighty hammer
Mjolnir at home, 6 years ago.
P.S. II:
Thor replied to my email,
linking to
his interview by
fellow world traveller
Drew Binsky: 1+
million Youtube views! We
thought that Drew's video
interview with Nick
was amazing with 100K+ views. We
were wrong, but not too shabby
for a guy who hasn't left HK
since 1984!
This makes the
3rd world traveller to almost
all countries worldwide who all
got interrupted by Covid-19
shortly before completing their
records. All have met Nick and
one of them, David, is still
based in HK, and another one,
Thor, has been stuck in HK all
year.
P.S. III:
Thor has posted
about his encounter with Nick:
"I recently had the pleasure of
paying Lamma Island yet another
visit.
I describe it as a
hippieish/creative island with
regular local Hongkongers as
well. And it predictably took
less than five minutes to find
someone on Lamma Island with a
longer beard than mine.
"Nick
the Book" was happy to take a
photo with me. He is a former
journalist and definite
intellectual. And yet within a
few minutes of our meeting he
went into a rant about aliens
living on the far side of the
moon harvesting energy directly
from the sun....
...Upon scratching the
surface I've found that Nick is
a truly interesting man. He
doesn't own a phone or a laptop.
A friend helps him stay
connected to the world. Nick has
also met and spent time with a
long list of A-list
celebrities...."
Guess who's that friend helping
Nick as his volunteer
Social Media Assistant?
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