Good afternoon dear readers. While we at this website do admit to spending a great deal of time discussing tragedies such as rape, drug abuse, suicide, hostage taking, murder, and Gillian Chung’s pubic hair, there is some good news on the Dark Side today. Yes, against the wishes of Hong Kong’s Social Welfare Department and society at large, one of our very own writers has just unleashed a child upon the world! The child is already reaching for beer instead of breast milk, and is also said to already be disillusioned and cynical. Oddly enough, it is also black, but we’ll blame that on the soy sauce the wife has been consuming her entire life.
But here’s the thing. Since the mother of this child comes from an old school Chinese family, there are certain cultural rites that must be observed. Sure, there’s the issue of setting up the house according to the tenets of Feng Shui, but the thing that has commanded all of our attention (and sympathy) is the need for the mother to consume a certain foul concoction called “豬腳薑.” In English this roughly translates to “pig’s feet and ginger” (pictures here). If the mother can force it down, it is said to help her build her qi back up after child birth. Our Dark Side writer’s main problem with all this is the vomit factor and we were just wondering if anyone out there has mad enough chef skills to help us make this stuff palatable. Here’s the recipe, just in time for lunch. And don’t say we never did anything to advance Chinese culture: (more…)
Night life in Hong Kong can be dangerous. Apart from hungry ghosts and the possibility of getting stabbed, rape has never been unusual in one of the most civilized cities of Asia. Last week, we read about another case. A 35-year-old American called Antonio Lorenzo Hasbun allegedly raped a 26-year-old local chick who lives alone in Quarry Bay. They reportedly met in Mes Amis, Wan Chai one night last year and exchanged email addresses and numbers. After more than a year of online chatting, the cross-cultural friendship between the two ended with the chick text messaging “you fucking asshole” to Antonio after the alleged rape. Let’s take a look at what happened in between and perhaps you can pick up some TDS advice up in the process: (more…)
Are you tired yet of all the news about the bus hijacking-turned-massacre yet? Indeed, neither are we. The slain victims may have returned to our fair city earlier this week, but not before our Filipino friends allowed the paparazzi a few good shots of the coffins. While they were open. OK, now before you watch the below video (credit: Reuters), do you solemnly swear to leave (your) Filipino helper(s) alone and distance yourself from ridiculous shit like this? Good boy/girl. Here goes: (more…)
Early yesterday we put up an image featuring a group of Filipina kids posing for pictures in front of the death-trap on which eight Hong Kongers were killed this week (full story here).
Still of a tender age however, their lack of sensitivity is perhaps understandable. Now if only we could say the same for these guys:
Offended? Wait till you see this.
From today’s Standard. Good to know right? Unfortunately the Almighty decided that little 14-year old Jessie and 21-year old Doris were unworthy of rescue. But perhaps they weren’t good Buddhists Christians. F*cking religious morons.
Offended? Check out the update.
