Friday, November 19, 2010

Two interesting signs and one to prevent road kill

Sign in men's locker room
Karen and I joined a local gym and this is a sign in the men's locker room.  It appears that it is fairly common here for men to dye their hair, and even attempt to do so in public areas.  While traditional Chinese culture honors elders, it appears that men here do not want to look the part.  I often seen men on the street who are clearly in their 60s with a full head of black hair. Today I saw a blond haired Chinese man who appeared to be in his late 60s. 




Sign in a stall of a bathroom at HKU

Ok, so this one has me stymied.  I found this sign in a stall of the men's washroom (what they call restrooms here) of HKU.  Perhaps there are so many students here who have not used a Western toilet that these signs are needed. Luckily I have not heard any splashes when I have been in a washroom.



All streets have signs of which way to look for traffic

Many of the streets in Hong Kong are one way, though the only way to determine in which direction is to look at the sign painted on the street.  That is the direction the car, bus, van or taxi will be coming that will try run you down if you are in the street.  I was crossing the street the other day and it looked to me like the driver of a police car speed up when he saw me in his cross hairs.  Drivers in Hong Kong like to speed and do not stop for people in a crosswalk.  Pedestrians in Hong Kong do not have the right of way.  I was told never to trust a car that stops for you in crosswalk, it is a "trap".

1 comment:

  1. Mark and Karen - these are great pictures and
    an excellent shapshot of some of the cultural
    differences. Receiving goods in the afterlife was
    especially interesting as well as eating snakes.
    These are very different ideals than what we
    hold in the West - what a great adventure you
    are having. Continue to enjoy

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