No jokes this time. As you all know, the rather degrading term ‘The Dark Side’ is coined by us gweilos and ABC’s when referring to Kowloon and the N.T., as we find these areas a bit too ‘Chinese.’ And indeed, some places are pretty scary or just plain weird. Yet what’s truly shocking is the fact that of the 1.3 million Hong Kongers living below the poverty line (almost 19% of the entire population, wtf) in this metropolitan city, approximately 100.000 elders, women, recent immigrants, children and handicapped folks have to live in cages, cubicles or small partitioned flats. Last March a cage home ‘exhibition’ took place at Schoeni gallery in Central, co-organized by SoCo, the non-profit organization that has been supporting these grassroots people since 1972. For a peak into their living conditions, check out this Youtube video. Pretty f*cked up indeed. We suggest you make a donation to SoCo NOW to redeem yourself for all that suddenly pointless pimping in DI, M1NT and Volar.

See, we can be serious. We know our already über-intelligent readers can appreciate a bit of guidance now and then. Put that in your pipe and smoke it Sham-Shui-Po Boy.

Update: Sham-Shui Po Boy (the dude behind http://hong-kong-blogs-review.com) was apparently a little offended by the above, resulting in the removal of our review. The above link now leads to a page claiming The Dark Side is an insecure website and that you should restart your computer ASAP. Be very afraid! Muhaha.