Hong Kong/ Macau funnies 2012

I couldn't finish a post on my holidays without mention of some of the funnies I saw on my trip.


 Firstly, the following was spotted near Central. The great thing about HK once being under british rule is that they had English street signs. I can imagine that this one was named after the famous Australian band of the 80's:

Ice House Street - Near Hong Kong Central

On my trip to Victoria Peak, I noticed the the following recycling station, with an interesting typo.

Taken at Victoria peak - They recycle everything down that way!

Macau was not unscathed. The below was a drink shop. Needless to say, I was not a consumer. 

San Ma Lo Macau. This place sold drinks.

I think the beow was seen on Wan Chai Road near Causeway Bay. I never went into this shop and have no idea wha it was, but it has an interesting English translation.

What is this place?

And last but not least, the following was a picture of a Nikon as campaign that was seen in Hong Kong and Macau. There were a few in the series, but if that girl was older, this would certainly look like what is commonly known around these parts as a Sanchez.

Nikon ad seen at a bus stop in HK

And that is a wrap for me.

Singapore Funnies

If this blog had readers, they would probably be as bored reading about my Singapore holiday as I am writing about it, but as it is fresh in my mind, I have one last post on it.

As should be plainly obvious, I'm not one to take loads of photos, but am very good at taking photos of signs or ads I see overseas that I am not likely to see in Australia.

Firstly, one from my hotel. Stayed at the V in Lavender. It was on top of a MTR station which was good but the room smelt of cigarette smoke. Rated as 4-star, but felt closer to a 3-star. There were 3 things banned in the lifts.

Lift sign at V hotel

 Now Smoking I would have guessed, pets I may have guessed but Durian? How smelly must it be for it to be banned in a hotel lift?

Onto a toilet sign. Now I come from a country where squatting is rare, so was not overly suprised to see a sign warning not to squat. What did suprise me was the element of humour used to illustrate the point

Dont Squat for your own splashing safety!

Now at a food court there was an ad for what I can only assume is a vegetarian feast. I didn't eat this one, but was tempted to, only because I liked the name

Buddha jumps Over The Wall

 Now I don't know if this one is deliberate or not, but this one has a very different meaning in OZ, particularly for men:

Jeweler in Little India - pity they were closed!

Last one, Singapore is a very clean place. In the airport toilets there were touchscreens requesting you to evaluate how clean you felt the toilets were. Don't worry people, sign is sanitised every hour.

Chanfi Airport cleanliness evaluation

For the record, I gave an Excellent :) .