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Election Day
Two weeks ago on November 6, the Hong Kong District Councils election was held in Hong Kong. In all 18 districts of Hong Kong, people could vote for selecting a council member to represent their...
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Wind or no wind, the Dutch guy goes to work...
A couple of weeks ago, when the weather was still hot and humid in Hong Kong, my alarm woke me at the usual time of 7.00am. After taking a shower, having breakfast and all the other morning activities,...
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Civilization at its best?
Some of you might already know that Macau is a place that is special to me. Macau, an sort-of-island (as it is so attached to the mainland) is located one hour away from Hong Kong and is like Hong Kong...
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2011: A year of challenge
2011 was certainly a challenging year. First of all, a lot of things have happened in the world: The global economic crisis, the euro close to it's collapse, occupy (fill in)-movements, unrest in...
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Transportation in China: Not for the faint-hearted
One thing I learned during my travels in China is that using any kind of transportation such as Car, Bus or even motorcycle is an unforgettable and sometimes even regrettable event. Every time I need...
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Chinese New Year, A period full of traditions
Last week I experienced one of the most important Chinese holidays: Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival or Lunar New Year. I heard about the Chinese new year before, and before I experienced...
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Madison, the founder of the company Spot on Idea recently sent us a link of his new video project. In his video he shows us the 24 hour non-stop Hong Kong life with its crazy traffic, rushing people...
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Chinese Creativity...
My friend Scott sent me a picture he recently took with his mobile phone in Shenzhen, China. On an ordinary day while going to work, he suddenly spotted something weird in the distance. It was a car.....
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Who is next ruler of China?
I expect that the years 2012 and 2013 will become very interesting for the Asian region, as China will appoint a new general secretary for the Communist Party this year, and a new president of the...
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How to extend your house in a creative way
During the last week I discovered a new phenomenon going on in my neighborhood. I'm not sure if it has been going around for longer, but at least I discovered it myself during last week.Every evening...
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Chinese Creativity... Part 2
On my way to our factory in Shenzhen I recently came across this fellow, who obviously didn't want to drive more than once to deliver his packages.Click on the image to zoom inI hope he is not the same...
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Chinese Creativity... Part 3
Dear All,Unfortunately I do not have time to write any new blog entry this week, as my family from The Netherlands is currently visiting me in Hong Kong. (And of course you understand that after I...
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Coffee House Generation
When I first came to Hong Kong I was wondering why there were so many coffee houses in the city. I thought that as an Asian country, Hong Kong citizens would prefer drinking tea instead of coffee. So...
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BeingDutchinAsia reviewed by Hong Kong Blog Review
I recently discovered that BeingDutchinAsia has been recommended by Hong-Kong-Blogs-Review.com, a site that reviews Hong Kong related blogs in essay-style.Hong Kong Blogs Review is known for their...
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Chinese Creativity... Part 4
This weekend I deserved some time off from my busy Hong Kong life, and stayed over on Lamma Island for a night.Lamma Island is just half an hour away by boat from central Hong Kong, but provides a real...
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Monday morning and my near death experience
"A typical Monday morning" I thought, when getting myself a cup of coffee and a left over pancake from Saturday. I spent the whole weekend on Lamma island, and I felt totally relaxed after two days...
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BeingDutchinAsia featured by InterNations.org
I'm glad to announce that BeingDutchinAsia has been featured by InterNations.org.InterNations is a community for expatriates living in Hong Kong and 180 other countries in the world.You can read the...
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Scammed!
Just before I went to Thailand for my holidays, I received a notice that the Hong Kong Post had tried to deliver a package to my home. The green-coloured note that they have left behind stated that...
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Time to go home!
I wake up and turn on the TV screen in front of me. The map on the screen shows Nizhny Novgorod. (Some city that actually brings a lot of memories to my mind.. which some day I need to write about in a...
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Getting used to being "Back"
Several weeks have passed since my last blog-post in which I announced my (temporary) return to Holland.It had been about a year ago since I had been back to my home country, and it was about time to...
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