You know you have been an expat in Hong Kong for too long when ;
• The smog clears and you look out your mid levels window and you see a place across the harbour, which your maid calls Kowloon
• Your children are speaking English with a Filipino accent
• You have to burn your photo albums when your Chinese ex-girlfriend is appointed as your CEO
• Your Chinese mistress dumps you for a CCP princeling, because his Ferrari is classier than your Beamer
• You stumble into a supermarket and find that some people still cook their own food
• You visit your mum at her place in Sydney at Christmas and you have an agoraphobic hissy fit when confronted by a tree
• You expect to have your underwear ironed
• You go to an Alumni dinner and learn that in Australia, people catch the bus to work
• You think that Lee Kuan Yew's ideas about democracy are really quite sensible
• You hear the term "creative industries" and think it applies to Banking and the Law
Further suggestions would be appreciated.
3 comments:
Too many to mention but here are some:
You actually think about having a safari suit made.
You get to like Lai Cha.
You really stop worrying if you can't remember even a pretty girlfriend's name. There's bound to be another one along and you had so many already.
You buy the SCMP to see if you are in it.
Your favourite way to spend a public holiday is home reading Private Eye or a hardback book.
You get to like listening to Ray Cordiero.
You think about joining the FCC.
You groan when you have to leave HK Island.
So many more....
I hope to add some to your list maybe a few years down the road. Right now, I'm just hoping I can get in the place.
Interesting blog... seems like you've been having a bit of trouble keeping it up though :)
That reminds me. You know you have been an expat in Hong Kong for too long when...you have trouble keeping it up.
I use dog penis capsules myself.
Ralph Pixton
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