HK → UK → US → ?
From RichardDawkins.net:
Most Americans appear to believe that without faith in God, we would
have no durable reasons to treat one another well. The political
version of this morality claim is that our country was founded on
"Judeo-Christian principles,” the implication being that without these
principles we would have no way to write just laws.
What is your earliest memory?
Submitted by Megan.
I think my earliest memory was when we were living in Hong Kong. I must have been very young because I was getting milk in bottle in the evening. We were poor then, my dad was a junior traffic policeman while my mom worked as an office admin in a small advertisement company. We were sub-letting a one bedroom apartment from an old lady who owned a restaurant nearby. I remembered that I kept asking for cold milk instead of warm so one evening my dad went and got an ice cube from the fridge. But it won't go down into the bottle because the ice cube, being non-circular, was just slightly larger than the milk bottle opening. Not having any patient, I think I made my parents put the whole bottle into the fridge to cool it down.
Did I enjoy it? I don't remember. I don't think I asked for cold milk again though.
What was your very first job?
Submitted by Laurel.
My first ever paid job was in the summer of 1990. I was 15 then and really I was underage as far as labor law was concerned in Hong Kong at that point. But a blind eye and a special handshake later my best friend Kenny and I were working at a video production company stuffing envelopes for a mass mailing. We were so organized and efficient that we finished way ahead of schedule and so they put us onto warehouse duties, stacking karaoke video tapes from boxes onto shelves. The tour de force was when they put us on a 'secret' assignment where Kenny and I were to survey all the 7-11 stores* in Hong Kong for the availability and placement of the said karaoke video tapes. We were paid extra money for all the walking and extra working hours and for a 15 years old teenagers, they are great! My mom was opposed to it for reasons she kept to herself (as most parents do) but I won't take no for answer so Kenny and I spent 4 days walking around the city, visiting as many 7-11 stores as we could. I got to see parts of Hong Kong that I've never seen before and would never have if not for that assignment. We even created a questionnaire printout using WordStar 6! Now, that is ancient technology.
But that was not the most memorable part of that job. The young and beautiful female receptionist working there definitely capture more of our attention of any assignments. Of course, she did not give us the time of the day despite Kenny persistent attempts!
* To give a scale of the assignment, think the density of all the Starbucks, CVS, and Duane Reade stores combined in Manhattan and you'll get the general idea.
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What's the best way to spend a rainy day?
Submitted by Vee.
Inside my apartment, watching DVD, HDTV, play Halo 2, and eat nice hot food.
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