The interest in the pastime had been waning for some time, and when I woke up on Sunday afternoon after being back in Hong Kong for a few days and seeing how the rest of the world lives and not just survives, the usual weekend horse races were on. I wasn’t the least bit interested in who was riding what and even thinking of having a bet. All it did was make me wonder if gambling on horse racing is the most exciting consumer product the city has and where it rates with young H

Let’s maybe start with a little pimple therapy and build from here to things more multi dimensional and actually relevant to life, especially in Hong Kong where I have lived for over fifty years- important things like the costs of living with happiness instead of surviving with worry and fear because this city is STILL struggling with a locked down mindset… I’ve been asked about why turnover at the Hong Kong races last Wednesday night was down by over 13 percent. Think I care

It’s not only about  standing in the spotlight  and always  taking the applause  It’s about knowing how to  turn things around  when the lights go out  And charting a new course  Don’t keep playing the tiresome blame game  when fingers are  pointing your way  As history has taught  many of us  Even the big dog  always has his day Karma is a strange beast  Bridges should  never be burned  Friendship is a very  fragile thing  It cannot accept  serial lies  And deflections  at e