Been in Hong Kong since Friday, trying to stay in 1 city for at least a week now. Since mid May I have been to West Coast , USA for 2 weeks, back to Shenzhen, then Guangzhou Startup weekend, Shenzhen a week, then to Shanghai for 2 weeks, back to Shenzhen for a week, and now almost a full week …
Hong Kong Hackers coming to Shenzhen, Sat Feb 18!
So many events…I really need a solution to showing everyone all the upcoming events. Saturday, Feb 18th, the Hong Kong hackers group (HK HackJam) are organizing an event to Shenzhen, China electronics market (Hua Qiang Bei)….being the “resident HK representative” here in Shenzhen, I can’t wait to meet Hong Kong people “taking the risk to come into dangerous China!!!” (for …
Amazing! Lost Mobile Phone in China, Was Returned to Me!
Traveling around like a madman, sometimes its hard to keep track of all your things in transit! I went to Hong Kong on Thursday for a daytrip (my buddy Chris told me about a special rate of 150rmb for a round trip day pass on the shekou ferry to central pier), and had booked tons of meetings, HSBC checkup, stopover …
Attending China Daily Workshop: China + Asia Global Business Partnership
Been trying to calm down my traveling, sticking to Shenzhen, China – but lately have had a few draws to get to Hong Kong. Today I planned a day trip, mostly for the below China Daily meeting and forum I was invited to on uniting Asian countries to China, in a partnership. China and Asia: Global Business Partnership 5F-G (Room …
Analytics Session in Hong Kong by expert Kenneth Kwok @flybirdkk
Earlier this week I was able to get to Hong Kong for a couple days, and by luck I happened to attend a Startup Monday in by startupsHK, at the infamous Boot.hk I’m always hanging out at. This was was quite awesome. Kenneth Kwok one of only a few web analytics experts in Hong Kong / South China, was there …
Recap of Startup Saturday Hong Kong 2011 #sus2011
A very impressive turnout, the guys at startups hk have done an awesome job building out the startup and entrepreneur community in Hong Kong! I would say over 200 people came to today’s event. Doing my best as a blogger, for those who wished they could go and missed it, I took notes from the keynote speaker, Dave McClure from …
American Friend Selling NYC Real Estate to Hong Kong + Asia
End of last week I took a trip to Hong Kong and Macau to be “tour guide” for my college buddy Ish. I have done this in the past for friends from America visiting, like Hasan coming to HK from Pakistan travels and I really am excited to be able to meet my American buddies here on the other side …
Mobile App Challenge – Hong Kong Web Wednesday!
Came to Hong Kong last night to take care of some business meetings and finishing up the Hong Kong apartment deal, I ended up sticking around Hong Kong another day! Heading to Dongguan bright and early tomorrow morning (7am leaving Hong Kong) to visit the team there and discuss more ecommerce warehousing and fulfillment cooperations. But by sticking around another …
Startup Monday in Hong Kong – Traditional Media Isn’t Dead!
Made it to Hong Kong for a couple days for meetings with the fiveislands ecommerce center and catching up with the boot hk crew, also discussing cooperation with Boot Hk and the new SZteam Shenzhen coworking space. Tonight, being Monday, Startups HK held their weekly startup Monday event at boot. We went around the room and did self introductions….there were …
Focusing + Organizing Upcoming Week: Shenzhen, Dongguan, Hong Kong, Philippines
Maybe its insanity to say this, but bouncing around these places is getting to be normal life for me. I did take a break last week and “stay in Hong Kong” for 7 solid days straight. The chaos is being tamed….or I’m just getting used to it. I’m taking the weekend in Shenzhen now, been trying to cut down meetings …
How Overseas Filipino Maids Get Jobs In Hong Kong
Being an open minded guy, I have been talking to a Filipina live-in maid who just quit her job with an “employer”. She is a nice 26 year old girl, here in Hong Kong maybe 1 year. She has been working for an Indian household, and she said it was a horrible experience…being treated poorly..I don’t have much details, but …
Couchsurfer Visitor in Hong Kong from Cebu Philippines
I have been sometimes questioning if its worth taking time for these meetups, they do take time when some friends say I could be sitting behind computer working. But then things like meeting old friends in new places come up, using social media to exponentially grow trust and relationships all around the globe. So this week, my friend Dann Diez …
Witnessing a Friend Having a Baby in Hong Kong
Yesterday spent the afternoon with Leon picking up his newborn baby, Emma K, in St. Teresa’s Hospital 聖德肋撒醫院 Hong Kong. Also to note, he is an Australian citizen, and his wife is Japanese, not holding a Hong Kong ID or passport. I’ve been learning about the process alongside him the past few months here in Hong Kong, and I thought …
Motivational Speaker For Startup Monday Hong Kong #SUMHK
Startups Hong Kong has been growing to be sooo packed, this photo was from William Liang tonight. There are more organized speakers coming, tonight Derek Kwik attended, a venture capitalist in technology and mobile payments. A very ambitious, sports bugg, having running across 4 deserts. He compares running across a desert like like running a business, very difficult, takes perseverance …
Visit To The Hong Kong Entrepreneur Day Expo
My buddy @AndreMartin luckily alerted me about the HKTDC entrepreneur fair that is going on in Wan Chai expo center today and tomorrow. And even more lucky is that I happened to be in Hong Kong! Very fortunate, granted that I didn’t plan for this. I asked around, this is a yearly event, and some people advised it may not …