At the end of this trip to Hong Kong

I've been busy.....I've been spectacularly inefficient and lazy when not busy.....I didn't go to the blog as much as I had intended.....so what else is new??

The Rakuten Golden Eagles lead the Yomiuri Giants 2 games to 1, having won game 3 last night at the Tokyo Dome by a 5-1 score.  The Eagles pitching - not just Tanaka - has been great, thus far!  I have been wearing my Eagles Jersey (through the wonderful gift of jersey from 'akajoeboy'), starting right after the Dodgers elimination from the NL Series and I will continue to wear it for the duration of the Japan Series.....and just might wear it again in Taiwan, if the Eagles win Japan and go on for the Asia Series.....

It is the World Series, end of game 3, though, that stands out in my mind.  This one last out of the game made it a 'world' series as Uehara, bull pen fireman supreme, picked off Wong (Chinese-American from Hawaii) at first to end the game.  What an Asian baseball moment:  Uehara picking off Wong!!!

Back in Hong Kong

Actually, this is the third day I've been here.  It is Sunday, early afternoon, and I am proving once again, that membership has its privileges:  that members only table at the FCC, always vacant, was just what I needed to set up the iPad and order a lighter lunch, knowing that I will pig out at Oktoberfest in Hong Kong, tonight.

It is a wonderful autumn day, today.  There's sun and blue sky and temperature of 26 degrees.  I am seated, waiting for wonton soup and noodles.  The Cards won the third game of the Series on an obstruction call by the umpires.  Rules or no rules - this is a really chicken shit way to win a Series game!

Once again I am wearing my Rakuten Eagles jersey.  They lost to the Giants, last night, in game one of the Japan Series in Sendai.  They play again, tonight, in Sendai.  Will Tanaka be pitching???

I've got work to do this afternoon but I have no desire to do it and am going to see the extent to which I can possibly 'postpone' the inevitable.

I cooked, this week, first time in a long while.  I wanted to make fudge brownies.  The result, alas, was a burnt, hard , tasteless cookie.....got to experiment again  based upon the learning curve from this week's  cooking fiasco.  The problem is that I am not quite sure where I went wrong.....such is life.

Later - I'll write again, tomorrow!!

2-0 in the 6th

All right!  Here we are, tuesday morning, the first business day of the week since yesterday was a holiday in Hong Kong - go climb a mountain day.

I started out with a breakfast meeting, this morning.  Soon, I'm off to the bank.  Then some morning chores before finally getting back to my apartment from which I have to leave before 3pm as there will be no power in the building  between 3-5pm.

It  will be hot today....but the morning started off at 26 degrees outside - quite refreshing!

Dodgers are leading........will get back to the game, now.....this is it for today.

Post-game Columbus Day edition

Yeah, it is tough to lose a 13 inning game.....but it would have been tougher to lose a 13 inning game at home.....to push the Cards to 13 innings, in St Louis, ain't nothin' to sneeze at!

I'm wearing my cap and jersey throughout this year's Dodger duration........

Such is life.........

Columbus Day in Hong Kong

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue......and true, so true, it is true - no one gives a rat's rear end (justifiably so) in Hong Kong!

Who cares??

I am sitting in my underwear, reading emails and newspapers in Hong Kong, soon to get dressed to go to the FCC for my morning appointment.  I'll watch the ballgame there, too - each day the Dodgers play, I'll don the Jersey.....if I wear it, they'll win.  They'll lose if I don't wear it.   That's my baseball jinx for the year.

We're off to Shenzhen, this afternoon, Katherine returning home to Guangzhou, tomorrow while I come back to Hong Kong.

Go Dodgers!!

LL     8:31am     HK

Dodger jersey wearing time.....

All right, we are in the league championship series.  We're playing our old league championship nemesis, the St. Louis Cardinals.  Do we take this series lightly?  Hell, no!

We've got two 'real' starting pitchers.....work with them.  We've got relief and a decent mid-game pitching staff....use them with flexibility to supplement the two starters.....and hopefully our hitters will hit.

I have mixed emotions regarding the Boston-Detroit series.  I'd love to see our ex-Red Soxers play the Red Sox.....do I want to face Detroit?   The Detroit hitters (but for Cabrera) I think can be contained.....

It is late afternoon in Hong Kong.  It is Friday.  It is really nice outside.

I finished the work I had hoped to finish, today and am waiting for my wife to arrive from Guangzhou.  We're going to a movie, tonight and then, mid-day, tomorrow, off to Shenzhen where we'll spend the night, attending a charitable fund raising event.   I'll bring my iPad with me and write the balance (I hope) of a Tax Analysts article.  That which I do not complete tomorrow morning or Sunday morning in Shenzhen, I'll complete on Sunday afternoon, back in Hong Kong.  I'm relatively up-to-date and have even started harmonica lessons!  Now is the time of year to actively work upon the non-tax areas of life!!