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toptacos · 2 years

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Fish Tacos, Gourmet Taco Shop, Sonoma, CA

#sonoma #mexican food #fish tacos #norcal #bay area #greater bay area #taqueria #taco shop

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hongkongartman-mlee · 1 year

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The Interplay Of 3 Theories ‘Pareto Principle’, ‘Pendulum Effect’ And ‘Spiritual Awakening’ Among The Young People: A Positive Hong Kong Future!

I am a believer of Galileo’s ‘pendulum effect’ and Pareto’s ‘80/20 rule’. I particularly believe so after the social disturbance of 2019 and COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 22 in Hong Kong.

Life swings like pendulum backward and forward: between happiness and pain, hope and frustration, and activeness and passiveness. Some said the past 4 years have been the worst time in Hong Kong since World War II. The human brain starts swinging the moment when we are down, and moves back to the position after we stand up again. Life will open up if we swing.

The ‘pendulum effect’ theory teaches us that life, as well as luck, both swing back and forth between 2 opposite extremes; and melodramatically between the hell and heaven.

The ‘80/20 rule’ lets us observe a group of the young who get the nerve to head for the sun. Ever since 2019, some young people have been complaining that Hong Kong is a society of injustice. They waited a long time without finding opportunity for any social or economic mobility. The political situation in Hong Kong made them angry. Their unfinished business was to leave Hong Kong as soon as possible.

‘No cross, no crown’. In the pessimistic world, there are however 20% young people who think differently. There are also those who swing, under the ‘pendulum effect’, from the mentality of giving up to now working hard again. During the past few years while the others just followed suit, the 20% were critical-minded and went through a process of ‘spiritual awakening’. They started to notice the light around themselves and the tunnel ahead. Real freedom of life for them became not dwelling in complaints or empty talks, and they just put courage into the head.

This group of young minorities overcame the challenge of learning how to better manage the frustration in life and the fear that Hong Kong would be doomed to fail. They roll up the sleeves, take a deep breath and run. Some bravely chase their business dreams by putting money in ‘startups’. Some proudly take care of the modest family business such as fish monger, butcher and vegetable seller without feeling diffident. Some adventurously go to the new economic zone in the Mainland ‘Greater Bay Area’ to look for ‘Tech’ jobs.

I know a few young people, in an attempt to rebuild livelihoods, swing from office job to working in construction sites and funeral parlours. Some set up small workshops to pursue their personal passion such as making leather tote bags and independent watch brands.

It was said that to be different from others is the only way to become distinguished from the common herd. Let us be glad, therefore, that we differ from one another in form and in disposition. Variety is the spice of life, and I am sure the young people are now various enough to enjoy one another’s unique realm.

There are 2 interesting findings from the statistics reports made by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups and Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board. More and more young people agree that vocational schooling and on-the-job training are more useful than general education. An increasing number of young people want to save more money so that they can give better support to the family. What a good change!

Youth is a worthwhile phase of one’s life. It is an age to develop traits of heroism, toughness, curiosity and wisdom. There are many good reasons why young people rebel against parents and society. In fact, some rebellions later become great causes for social changes. Youth is bold. But soon, some will learn and become leaders of tomorrow. We must become introspective, involving our own youth to try to understand the youth presently before us. The youth before us will swing between 2 values. The 20% will surely awaken during the journey of life and let go of fear and anger when the 80% are still un-alert. A writer said, “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

You saw Hong Kong and asked, “Why?” The important 20% now see Hong Kong and exclaim, “Why not?” Hong Kong is actually full of beauty, apart from her ugly sides. This is however what all big cities in the world are like. A small group of people now fight for dreams when the majorities may be still going the ‘goblin mode’. I am nevertheless optimistic that they will change too.

People do something primarily because other people are doing it, regardless of their own beliefs. When the strong ‘bandwagon effect’ led by the critical 20% takes place as the force of locomotion, Hong Kong will transform…

Maurice Lee

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Food Program “Dai Pai Dong” https://youtu.be/fl8djSuEuTk Acknowledgement-TVB USA Official

Movie “The Narrow Road” Trailer https://youtu.be/glrHhdTHDew Acknowledgement-mm2 Studios Hong Kong The Legend of Sir Run Run Shaw https://youtu.be/kXJ65XI7GBk Acknowledgement-LearnEnglishByNews

Song【Sorry Boss 不想��班】by Namewee https://youtu.be/hoXiIyTvjTI Acknowledgement-Namewee

Goblin Mode Definition https://youtu.be/gVKKKgd6cIo Acknowledgement-侃哥侃英

#Galileo #Pareto #Pandemic #Startups #Goblin Mode #Bandwagon Effect #80/20 Rule #Spiritual Awakening #Greater Bay Area #No Cross No Crown #Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board #The Hong Kong Federation Of Youth Groups

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dnt123456 · 1 year

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Greater Bay Area — Tannet Group Introduction

#greater bay area #enterprise service

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anotherdescentintomadness · 10 months

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Xiao Zhan closed out Pride Month by wearing a rainbow suit from a queer designer on June 29.

That is all.

See my rainbow boys post 🌈💚❤️

Happy Pride, everyone.

#xiao zhan #rainbow suit #alexander mcqueen #fashion icon #greater Bay Area film concert #pride month #happy pride 🌈#queer fashion #queer designer

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p-h03n1-x · 10 months

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Source 木子小木crescentmoon丶

#xiao zhan #Xiao Zhan so handsome #Xiao Zhan Xiao Zhan Xiao Zhan #Xiao Zhan The Greater Bay Area Film Concert 2023

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chineseredcarpet · 5 months

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Zhong Chuxi for The Popular Movies Greater Bay Area Concert 2023

#zhong chuxi #fashion #the popular movies greater bay area concert 2023

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yibo-best · 10 months

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live broadcast The Greater Bay Area Film Concert in Hong Kong. ggdd at one concert))) Yibo performs in the second part with the OST to Wuming, Zhan performs in the fifth part with the song "Run Without Care"

link to weibo👇

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#The Greater Bay Area Film Concert in Hong Kong

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gwarp · 10 months

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Wang Yibo - Greater Bay Area Film Concert photoshoot

#wang yibo #yibo official douyin #greater bay area film concert #wow wang laoshi🥵

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xiaozhan-appreciation · 10 months

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Xiao Zhan singing Walk Gracefully Once (潇洒走一回) at The Greater Bay Area Film Concert 2023

#xiao zhan #肖战 #xz updates #xz events #xz live #xz singing #The Greater Bay Area Film Concert 2023 #Youtube

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or-dhuilleag · 1 year

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“These days, he lived in a tiny room above the St. Agnes rectory. The entire place had been built in the late seventeenth century and looked it."

ooohhh m*ggie why would you do this to me. not only is the oldest Catholic church in Virginia is from 1795, the late eighteenth century, but the colony of Virginia was founded by Anglicans with no0o0o0 interest in religious plurality until compelled by, like, the first amendment. idk about virginia but there's still cultural differences between catholic and protestant communities in MA (especially irish catholic and protestants!) which might have been really interesting to explore in lynch family mythology, assimilation, etc... but no.

Virginia has fewer than twenty extant pre-1700 structures, all in the eastern part of the state. Even if the structure were that old -- say, a first-period Protestant church later converted to a Catholic one; not common but not unthinkable, if not accurate to this setting -- any extant seventeenth-century structure would be listed as an historic property, probably as a national historic landmark, almost certainly maintained to a decent standard by a nonprofit trust and board. and not really on the market for a broke seventeen-year-old to rent out.

i truly love st. agnes as a setting but the only info she gives us about it RIPS me right out of there. move the setting for the whole series to massachusetts and we're good to go tho!

#im so sorry but this is who i am #i just can't suspend my disbelief about historic ecclesiastical preservation #adam is living the historic property caretaker dream #and summoning vines in the lead pipes #maybe that's part of his problem #st. agnes #the best thing about TDT: heartfelt emotional breakdowns in the greater boston metropolitan area 495 corridor!#this is why i almost never read fiction and instead reread abbot lowell cummings' seminal framed houses of the massachusetts bay colony #TRC

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thejewofkansas · 3 months

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Awards Season 2023-24: Awards Round-Up 1/15

The Oscar nominations are a week from tomorrow and the BAFTA nominations are Thursday. It’s crunch time. This week I’m covering a whopping 14 groups: African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA)/nominees DiscussingFilm Critic Awards (DFCA) Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) Greater Western New York Film Critics…

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#2023 Films #2023 in Film #African-American Film Critics Association #Austin Film Critics Association #Awards Season 2023-24 #Critics Choice Awards #Denver Film Critics Society #DiscussingFilm Critics Association #Film Awards #Greater Western New York Critics #Hawaii Film Critics Society #Hollywood Creative Alliance #Music City Film Critics Association #National Society of Film Critics #Portland Critics Association #San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle #Seattle Film Critics Society #Utah Film Critics Association

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wyeobo · 10 months

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Youku VIP Member weibo 20230629 Caption in vid: Mr Ye In Hongkong, dreaming of Wang Yibo back in Hidden Blade Yibo bringing Mr Ye back to Hongkong for Greater Bay Area Film Concert 2023 and singing Hidden Blade OST there, I feel you, Youku I feel you 💚

#wang yibo #王一博 #greater bay area film concert 2023 #wu ming #hidden blade

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hongkongartman-mlee · 2 years

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3 Future Changes Are Certain In Hong Kong. Moving to Another City May Be A Choice Between Opportunity and Lifestyle

Bad choice dresses like your good choice, and good luck usually follows bad luck. Some people are leaving Hong Kong for their Xanadu. It is a pity that an entire sense of doom now hangs over the group of people who do not like the present situation. It was reported that currently, about 100,000 left Hong Kong for settlement in other countries every year. A lifestyle is what you long for, but a life is what you may end up with. My pleasure of a foreign place lasts but a week. Love of Hong Kong, for many, may be vulnerable but it is everlasting and true. Hope is being able to see that there will be light in Hong Kong after all the turmoils in 2019.

Since 1997, Hong Kong has been more and more ruthlessly capitalistic. Money and well-being are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the poor little ones get caught. Young people feel trapped in a society which is less and less comfortable, fair or familiar. They feel housing is too expensive, jobs are fewer in terms of nature and choice; and future prospects are uncertain. A social survey suggested that many people think the poor family background is the critical factor which will hinder one’s success. It was said that one of the causes of the Hong Kong riot in 2019 was such social discontent. The misfortune was again blamed on the government for its failure to resolve the ‘deep-rooted social conflicts’.

When stuck, people thought about change and moving out of Hong Kong as a detour to happiness. Change can be a bad or good choice. People either hate or love it at the same time. Does moving out of Hong Kong mean opening new doors or closing a gate?

Drastic change is the raw material of desperation. Some people hate the changes in our city. They however fail to appreciate that it is also the only reason that will bring future reform and progress of our city of Hong Kong. Scholar Peter Drucker said, “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence—it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” If we had not gone through the raging sea in 2019, could Hong Kong have had the wisdom of hitting the nail on the head this time?

President Xi Jinping (習近平) defended the vision of Hong Kong in his speech marking 25 years since the city became a ‘special administrative region’ of the country following its handover from Britain in 1997:

(1) China is determined to maintain ‘One Country Two Systems’ principle; and Hong Kong will continue to enjoy its unique status and remain free, vibrant and open;

(2) Hong Kong can only maintain its long-term stability by ensuring ‘patriots governing Hong Kong’; and any force threatening the national security of China will not be tolerated under whatever circumstances; and

(3) Hong Kong shall break new ground and launch a new takeoff including better governance, solving housing problems, improved lives for ordinary people, creating economic opportunities for the young and stronger development cooperation with the Greater Bay Area(大灣區) adjacent to the Pearl River. The area has a population of 80 million, as big as that of a country.

What will happen from now on will be different from what has previously happened—but, at least, the present greater political predictability will transform into greater stability and prosperity for the city of Hong Kong.

It is now clear what we can or cannot do politically as a national citizen of the country. The new security law criminalises secession of Hong Kong, subversion against the national government, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces. Those who aspire to make Hong Kong another western political system are falling from great heights. When they are seriously unhappy here, it may be their Hobson’s choice to leave Hong Kong.

When Hong Kong is a small city, the economic and social growth can depend on very limited factors. The Greater Bay Area (GBA) will add rich diversity and possibility to Hong Kong. The challenge will be that we have to learn to face a lot of people from different backgrounds and with different styles. We can only hope that those who are ‘Hongkie’, and those who are not, to come together to adapt and build a greater future in the biggest new development zone in the world. We will all have two kinds of lives: Hong Kong life and GBA one. The policies on integrating Hong Kong into GBA continue vigorously and will continue. For those who do not like the future of such close interaction, their emigration usually suggests unhappiness of some kind about Hong Kong which is their reason of departure. They will lose career opportunities but we wish they could find a peaceful inner journey outside.

The latest death trend in Hong Kong is about 60,000 annually. Our population grows roughly by 37,000 newborn babies every year. There are more deaths than births. In 20 years’ time, 1 in every 4 Hong Kong residents will be 65 or above. To sustain our economy to grow, we will need more young immigrants from Mainland China and other countries to keep the energy level. The keen competition from such energetic ‘new Hongkongese’ will mean that the young people here can no longer reject a rat race or embrace the usual ‘lying flat’(躺平) attitude. Couch potatoes will be knocked out. For those who are not good enough to stand against the influx of talents, a quiet and simple life overseas in Canada or Australia could be a very attractive idea.

Transformation literally means going from one form to the other, and you are bound to lose some or gain some. Hong Kong will be for the optimists and venturers to stay. Any unease during the current political, economic and social transformation can actually be a fertile time for the adventurous people to plant new seeds for a new chapter of life. Life is a moving thing and for the brave young ones, why are you not willing to try to stay and turn things around?

MLee

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Classic Hong Kong Song《Family Trouble》 https://youtu.be/7oJlaVEreUU Acknowledgement - 忘了!忘不了

Movie《No. 7 Cherry Lane》 https://youtu.be/RZpYbtNw8IM Acknowledgement – Far Sun Film Co Ltd

Beautiful Hong Kong https://youtu.be/dRHVb4ybua0 Acknowledgement-Drone Snap

Hong Kong – living in a crowded place https://youtu.be/3xQKogpt0Cg Acknowledgement – BBC

Introduction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) https://youtu.be/gCKWS7PYe4A Acknowledgement – HKTDC

Hong Kong People in the UK https://youtu.be/aN74yFz4XjE Acknowledgement – Yahoo Hong Kong