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 soldiers
to those just starting out.
When the solemn music started up with trumpets and bagpipe solos, I was glad I was wearing sunglasses. The tears were streaming down my face as I thought of those who had sacrificed their lives.
Some guys from ‘We are not Chinese, we are Hong Kong People’-movement turned up with their blue flags which act as red flags to a certain bull.
They were very nice and let me have a go:
Then they even broke into God Save The Queen! Excellent.
We have so much to be thankful for and so many to be thankful to; all the heroes who just got on with it and did what they had to do.
Here is a film about one of the people I admire most in this world, my uncle Egil who survived the war against all odds. I’m going to the Cenotaph again next year.
Cecilie that photo of you with the flag is classic.
For some reason I have never found out success administrations since the Handover completely ignore this ceremony and dont even bother sending a representative or even a wreath which is plain wrong. Can anyone enlighten me on why this is the case ??
They don’t want anything to remind them of the outrage of the British having once ruled Hong Kong, is my guess.