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nicolejoy

#25
February 01, 2007, 09:42:42 AM
Quote from: SippinTea on February 01, 2007, 07:03:41 AM
A month at Easter?....

That's tempting! If I was gone at Easter, then I couldn't very well be the director for any Easter programs, now could I?   :biglaugh:

:beret:

And my brother will be in Hong Kong at that time too!!

Actually - I think maybe Kim only has 2 weeks off - I forget... *shrugs* But still!! Come for 2 weeks!! ;)

SippinTea

#26
February 01, 2007, 07:58:04 PM
It's nice to be so wanted...but I'm going to have think that through.  :)

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

newkris

#27
February 02, 2007, 01:11:19 PM
we'll help you pray about it, right, nic?  i'm all about seeing people expand their borders . . . .    :walking:

in the meantime, might i suggest a couple of titles for helping you to understand some people groups . . .

1.     
Frommer's Hong Kong (Frommer's Complete) 8th Editon by Beth Reiber (Paperback - Feb 25, 2005)
Buy new:  $16.99 $12.06    Used & new from $6.95
Get it by Monday, Feb. 5, if you order in the next 10 hours and 35 minutes.
Excerpt - page 1: "... information on getting to know Hong Kong, see chapter ... them to travel to Hong Kong on their ..."
› See more references to hong kong travel in this book.
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.

Books: See all 1090 items


2.     
Lonely Planet Best Of Hong Kong (Lonely Planet Best of Series) by Steve Fallon (Paperback - April 30, 2005)
Buy new:  $14.99 $10.94    Used & new from $7.75
Get it by Monday, Feb. 5, if you order in the next 10 hours and 35 minutes.
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3.     
Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides: Hong Kong (Eyewitness Travel Top 10) by DK Publishing (Paperback - Jul 1, 2002)
Buy new:  $12.00 $8.30    Used & new from $2.48
Get it by Monday, Feb. 5, if you order in the next 10 hours and 5 minutes.
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4.     
Lonely Planet Hong Kong & Macau (Lonely Planet Hong Kong and Macau) by Steve Fallon (Paperback - Jan 2006)
Buy new:  $19.99 $14.19    Used & new from $12.74
Get it by Monday, Feb. 5, if you order in the next 10 hours and 5 minutes.
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5.     
Insight City Guide Hong Kong: Macau & Guangzhou (Insight Guides) by Tom Le Bas (Turtleback - Nov 30, 2005)
Buy new:  $15.95 $11.32    Used & new from $9.57
Get it by Monday, Feb. 5, if you order in the next 10 hours and 35 minutes.
Excerpt - page 40: "... However, Hong Kong residents are free to travel on foreign passports, since attempts ..."
› See more references to hong kong travel in this book.
Surprise me! See a random page in this book.

Books: See all 1090 items


6.     
Suzy Gershman's Born to Shop Hong Kong, Shanghai & Beijing: The Ultimate Guide for Travelers Who Love to Shop (Born To Shop) by Suzy Gershman (Paperback - Sep 16, 2005)
Buy new:  $15.99 $10.87    Used & new from $8.00
Get it by Monday, Feb. 5, if you order in the next 10 hours and 35 minutes.
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7.     
Three Perfect Days: Hong Kong by Three Perfect Days (VHS Tape - Oct 12, 1999)
Used & new from $7.88
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8.     
Weekend Explorer Hong Kong, City Of Life by Barnstormer Productions (DVD - Dec 1, 2006)
Buy new:  $14.95 $12.99    Used & new from $12.99
Get it by Monday, Feb. 5, if you order in the next 7 hours and 5 minutes.
DVD: See all 8 items

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nicolejoy

#28
February 02, 2007, 03:42:49 PM
I've browsed through a couple of those books at the bookstore - but none of them REALLY jumped out at me...

There are a bunch of books that are things like "Living in Hong Kong for expats" - and a few other biographies of white people who grew up in Hong Kong etc - the biography ones seem more interesting to me!! There's this one called Gweilo (which is literally "ghost man" but has come to mean the Expat foreigners who live over here) - that book looks really interesting too!!

Here's the amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Gweilo-Memories-Hong-Kong-Childhood/dp/0553816721

Here's a page with a review of it: http://www.ordinarygweilo.com/2004/12/martin_booth_gw.html

Melody

#29
February 02, 2007, 06:12:51 PM
have you looked on Amazon or EBAY?  I've gotten brand new books for under a $1 before....

SippinTea

#30
February 02, 2007, 08:00:48 PM
Kris and Nic, you're both bad!!!  :pound:

:biglaugh: Nothing like a little push in the direction of HK, eh?

But wouldn't you really rather go to Italy with me?  :P

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

newkris

#31
February 02, 2007, 10:43:34 PM
oh, sure, italy in the autumn sounds lovely to me.  though autumn of which YEAR is the question begging.
\\\\\\\"i want to say more than words when i write\\\\\\\" - kent d. curry
me, too.


myspace.com\\\\\\\\krisknowshim
there are times in the whirlwind of my fragile life that i have hidden under your words, your voice.

SippinTea

#32
February 02, 2007, 10:45:55 PM
The sooner the better, of course.  ;)  And Nicole is funding the trip.  :biglaugh:

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#33
February 03, 2007, 02:59:24 AM
GREAT! Can I come too?
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

nicolejoy

#34
February 03, 2007, 04:52:49 AM
Quote from: SippinTea on February 02, 2007, 10:45:55 PM
The sooner the better, of course.  ;)  And Nicole is funding the trip.  :biglaugh:

:beret:

Now, IIIFFFF I was funding a trip at all, (which I'm not), it would definitely be to Hong Kong, NOT Italy!! Unless I was coming to Italy too ;)

MelodyB

#35
February 03, 2007, 05:29:27 AM
Hear that yall...Nicole is paying for us to go to Hong Kong instead!
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

SippinTea

#36
February 03, 2007, 07:03:30 AM
Woo hoo! I'm gettin' on the plane tomorrow!  ;)  Hong Kong first, and then...Italy, here I come! (I mean, as long as Nicole is paying...)

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#37
February 03, 2007, 07:06:12 AM
Do you want me to meet you in HK or come to your airport first so we can fly together?
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

SippinTea

#38
February 03, 2007, 07:14:41 AM
Oh, definitely come here first. Then we can chat on the way there.  ;)

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#39
February 03, 2007, 07:21:22 AM
Dont forget to bring a thermos of hot water, and Ill bring some tea....
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

SippinTea

#40
February 03, 2007, 07:25:33 AM
 :thumbsup2:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#41
February 03, 2007, 07:26:46 AM
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

SippinTea

#42
February 03, 2007, 07:30:56 AM
Yup.  ;)  Realized it after I clicked 'post'. Here's an extra for good measure:

:beret: :beret:

Oh, boy. Now I've got a split personality.

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#43
February 03, 2007, 07:39:02 AM
So why are you always up so late...I have an excuse...whats yours?
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

SippinTea

#44
February 03, 2007, 08:33:38 AM
Um....no good excuse, I guess. The only time this house is quiet is after everyone else is in bed, which is part of it. Another factor would be that I got in a habit of staying up late while Surf was here for Cmas, and I'm not back on my usual schedule.

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

apsurf

#45
February 03, 2007, 08:44:56 AM
Isn't your curfew around 7 pm though?   :P

SippinTea

#46
February 03, 2007, 08:50:49 AM
 :kermit:

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air

MelodyB

#47
February 03, 2007, 08:56:08 AM
Im being nosey....and I guess I missed the info....

Where did Surf go and why?
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

nicolejoy

#48
February 03, 2007, 09:38:44 AM
He lives in the SURFDAWORLD state, not in "freeze your toes off" land - and he came home for his white christmas, then went back to surf da world ;)

SippinTea

#49
February 03, 2007, 04:53:19 PM
Sorry, Mel Mel. I closed down my computer last night before I saw this. But Nicole did a nice job of answering for me.  ;)

:beret:
"Going somewhere means leaving somewhere. Choosing something means choosing against other things. Gaining something means losing something else. And between the old and new--the 'was' and the 'not yet'--there exists only one thing: a very frightening journey called faith."
--taken from the book Coming Up For Air
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