Category Archives: Movies

Cool Yule!

Posted on December 20, 2012 by cecilie

I’m posting a Christmas Extravaganza from Yules of yore, wishing everybody a beautiful, fun and meaningful Christmas.

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Lest We Forget

Posted on November 11, 2012 by cecilie

Today I did something I for some reason have never done before: Went to the Cenotaph in Central to watch the Remembrance Day ceremony. It was beautiful, solemn and dignified, and lots of people had turned out; everyone from former … Continue reading →

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Down With Simplified Characters

Posted on July 28, 2012 by cecilie

The simplified characters menace is growing. Businesses all over Hong Kong are falling over themselves to accommodate mainlanders only, showing in a not very subtle manner that they’re not interested in local customers: by using only simplified, ‘crippled’ characters. Only … Continue reading →

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IKEA Epiphany

Posted on June 24, 2012 by cecilie

Last Friday I went to IKEA (pronounced Ee-Keh-Ah by the way) (that’s right, I have a secret pass to Swedish) and as usual said to my client that day: “Wish me luck. I’m going into the bowels of hell.” So … Continue reading →

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To Boldly and Stupidly Go

Posted on April 14, 2012 by cecilie

On Ching Ming I continued my chronicling of the coastline of Hong Kong Island for my video Conquering Hongkie, and boldly went etc. with my faith-and skillful camerawoman L. And verily, the coastline is full of surprises when one cares … Continue reading →

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Journey To The West (of Hong Kong Island)

Posted on April 3, 2012 by cecilie

The game – is on! I’m starting mini-adventures combined with work: I’m shooting everything about Hong Kong for tourists and people who want to settle here. The first thing I’m doing is walking around the entire Hong Kong Island (not … Continue reading →

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…And It’s Back!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by cecilie

Thanks to Eleanor Levett the mad professor is back on the screen is all his mouth-frothing glory! Hong Kong people are thieves and dogs! We should all speak mandarin and shut up! Yes, this interview (or should I say “interview” … Continue reading →

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Flogging That Tome

Posted on February 27, 2012 by cecilie

Hoi hoi, everybody everywhere, who has arms! Did you know that I have just published my second book, Don’t Joke on the Stairs, on Blacksmith Book publishing house. It is about how much fun and laughter, surrealism and weirdness you … Continue reading →

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Meet the Dragon Year Head On With Cantonese

Posted on January 26, 2012 by cecilie

So it’s a new year again, this time rather more important than just old 2012 – it’s the year of the DRAGON. Full of upheavals and excitement, it is also the luckiest year in the Chinese zodiac. With only a … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong and Norway – Almost Identical?

Posted on January 16, 2012 by cecilie

So I have this new book, right? Don’t Joke on the Stairs (available from www.happyjellyfish.com and Dymocks etc) In it, I describe how Norway and China are almost identical. Both are situated on the edge of a continent. The inhabitants … Continue reading →

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