{"id":858,"date":"2008-06-05T05:10:22","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T21:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianramblings.com\/?p=858"},"modified":"2008-06-05T05:10:22","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T21:10:22","slug":"waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/waiting\/","title":{"rendered":"waiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"527\" data-attachment-id=\"859\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/kowloon-station-three\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg?fit=414%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"414,527\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1212244825&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kowloon-station-three\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;kowloon-station-three&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;kowloon-station-three&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg?fit=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg?fit=414%2C527&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-859 aligncenter\" title=\"kowloon-station-three\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg?resize=414%2C527\" alt=\"kowloon-station-three\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg?w=414&amp;ssl=1 414w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg?resize=236%2C300&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg?resize=250%2C318&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg?resize=141%2C180&amp;ssl=1 141w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stevepeer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/kowloon-station-three.jpg?resize=393%2C500&amp;ssl=1 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had a dozen better things to do last Saturday than go to Hong Kong, but go to Hong Kong I did. The guest house wanted a deposit on the rooms for our upcoming staff excursion. They didn&#8217;t mention they were unlicenced. Giving 3000 Hong Kong Dollars to an unlicenced Guest House is not the wisest move, so I didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>As I sat in the bus station attached to the Kowloon MTR station, wondering if every former British colony is full of snotty people, I looked around for stuff to shoot. This sign grabbed my eye, probably because I like The Count and it&#8217;s Seasame Street-esque.<\/p>\n<p>For <a title=\"Yes, Ron is The Captain\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.rtd13.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Captain<\/a> and <a title=\"Yes, Robin is Tennille\" href=\"http:\/\/bountifulhealing.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennille<\/a>: <a title=\"The Music\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uWobt9Zn_Ms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The music<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Captured: May 31, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a dozen better things to do last Saturday than go to Hong Kong, but go to Hong Kong I did. The guest house wanted a deposit on the rooms for our upcoming staff excursion. They didn&#8217;t mention they were unlicenced. 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