So I reiterate here, the bill is dead.
The story of this great city is about the years before this.
Night we are free. Hey everybody, it's a new
episode of Hong Kong. I'm sitting here with my newly
single buddy. Congrats.
Hey, finally. Yeah.
Well, technically single, you should say.
Technically, yeah, yeah. Newly technically single.
Yeah, so Gloria is right now is on in the literally the Southern
hemisphere, correct. So normally people go like, oh,
you know, different continent, you know, different rules.
For us, it's like a different hemisphere, different rules.
Yes. And by different rules, we
simply mean that I get to do whatever I want without her ever
knowing or judging at home. I am so happy for you.
Yeah, yeah. Which is why like like at home
like. It's trashed completely.
It looks like you had like a frat body.
Yeah, and the best thing is like is trash with what is like
gadgets, equipment, cables. Cool you.
Think, Oh yeah, like wrappers and like, let's say, let's say
bottles and shit. Yeah, none of that like, oh, is
that Ausb 3.2 cable? Oh, that's because you're going
to take that to yourself to Australia to maximize 1 cable
doing all the functions. That is correct.
What is that thing over there? Is that a pouch to store your
your lenses So that way it's an easy access when you have to
take it out during the show. Oh, wow, Viv, you are awesome.
Well prepared. Yeah, dude, like I, I have to
say that is actually literally what's been happening where I'm
sitting here optimizing everything because I know what
will happen, right. Yeah.
So Gloria's in Melbourne right now.
She's she went one week early. For two reasons, this comes out.
You're also there. I'm also there.
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, with the power.
And back to being not single, yeah.
Yeah, well, the floor might still be trashed.
Oh, actually, that's who knows. Yeah, maybe she's trashing her
floor. I don't have no idea.
Right. So she went there one week early
because there was a big coffee exhibition Expo thing over
there. So she's like, might as well go
down there too. Yeah.
So she went down there for all that to see if she can look at
different type of coffees and yeah, maybe even think about,
you know, getting some Australian beans into Hong Kong,
whatever. Oh yeah, Yeah, all that stuff.
So she's over there doing that. And I was given strict
instructions slash common sense of come with as empty as a
suitcase as possible. Right, because you fill it with.
With whatever you, whatever this is and that yeah, I'm like fair
enough. The only issue is that Melbourne
have first stop so Oh yeah, we have like a week and a half of
everywhere else, no. You can probably get in touch
with our friends there and just leave whatever you buy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Simon. Take it Do you fly out of
Melbourne as. Well, man, from Perth.
Oh, no problem. So it's OK.
I mean, like, you compromise to do what you can, you know, pray
tell the roasters, hey, could you roast it like a day before
we leave? Oh, yeah, You know, somehow give
us the freshest ones. So we know that two weeks later.
Perfect. That's the time to start using
it. Yeah, but either way, whatever.
You know the cool thing is that this has given me a new
challenge. While I'm quote UN quote single
is to see what can I squeeze into minimum space.
Yes, I literally am using my girlfriend's weighing skill that
she uses for coffee beans to weigh everything from cables.
Yeah, you weigh cables. Yeah, I was with my cables.
OK, that means you're just not like the single.
You're losing your mind. That is all I'm over optimizing
now, now that there's one less variable weighing cables.
Dude, I was weighing like USBC cables going like, all right,
this is a 3.2, yes, that's a three-point O Do I want the
fastest speed? The lighter weight?
Right. What I wanna do?
Like what the fuck? Are you also just standing there
by yourself like the absolute psycho dude?
Yeah, for. Sure.
And I'm using like a like a top quality coffee bean weighing
scale, right, Right. Yeah, to weigh.
You know what the the cool people weigh what they weigh
with it. Their hands, No drugs.
I hate that as well. This is giving me a lot of
dopamine, man. Yes, yeah.
So for those of you out there who also weigh cables, yeah.
Nobody that's you already lost the entire audience.
Yeah. So you weigh cables in case, in
case you were looking for a hobby, that is actually
something you could consider weighing cables.
That's a fun thing to do. Like, you know, where you lift
up two cables and say, like, which cable do I think is
heavier? Yes.
And then you weigh them. Yeah.
And then you have to do the whole pros and cons, like do I
want speed or do I want weight? Oh my God.
This is that. This is in case you're flying
like, you know, Air Asia or whatever.
You're really, really squeezing. Everything but I have domestic
flights. That's the problem.
Yeah, you get it. I have that.
So I'm like these guys are not going to let me go.
So I like OK, I'll tell you this man, I was waiting.
I wait to the point my SD cards. No.
Yeah, that's all right. I wonder.
OK, someone should tell this guy something like seriously?
Dude I wonder if one terabyte SD card is heavier than a 250 gig
TB. I don't think so.
It's not, not yet or it's not enough to make it like just like
I did four of these versus one of those.
Yeah. So I was, I was quite impressed.
I mean think about just the idea of a same an item of the same
weight, yes, but now can store 4 times the capacity of digital.
Weight. So why do they make even smaller
ones? They should all be huge.
I think it's a conspiracy. Right.
I agree. You get that because yeah, they
already know that they can have it like much bigger.
Yeah, but they're selling you the smaller one first and then
releasing the bigger one later. Yeah, exactly.
And. You're like, oh, I want more.
Yeah, you're right. Right.
And then The thing is that, so technically the whole the shell
of the SD card, yeah, it's pretty the same.
It's just inside that little whatever is storing the data.
Yes. The the the the plate or
whatever is storing it like that's the one that's doubling
the price. I don't get it.
Right. Yeah, yeah.
Well, someone should, someone should explain to us.
Exactly. Yes, yes.
Why? Why?
Yeah, exactly. Why not all the SD cards are
maximum. Yeah, why are they not all
equal? They.
They should be, I guess, yeah, the conspiracy obviously that
they knew from the beginning, not that the more common sense
one, which is like as time goes, they.
Can add more. Yeah, you know how to the
technology Yeah, yeah, yeah but I also want to know what the
technology is Yeah, but like yeah, why?
Also the same thing for the computers like obviously like
you know the laptops even like 10-15 years ago and like the
maximum you can get like maybe 100 gig if you're.
Lucky. Yeah, now it's like insane. 2
terabytes. Easy then like the batteries,
like so much smaller yeah and then inside if you open up the
laptop, a lot of the times it's like kind of empty you know what
the. Idea of stuff.
I bet you those geniuses, those people with the futures in their
in their destiny, Yes, we're priced sitting in the lab.
They took an old hard drive. They put on a coffee wing scale.
And how can we keep that weight the same?
Yes. Do I want the weight or do I
want the speed? Yeah.
You see what I want to do. I'm going to somehow manage to
take a 500 square foot apartment and turn to 1000 square.
Foot well you are doing that, except that it's a high hazard
trip. Well, I mean yeah, there you go
so I think I think I think a monster something man like we
have the gross value of an apartment, which is like they
include all that window sills and all shit.
You got the saleable yes, which is like the actual thing I.
Don't know what's happening to your English, but it's gross and
sealable. A sealable.
Saleable.
Is like seal from. Seal seal.
Really. It's not sale seal.
No, it's seal. Oh shit, OK and they'll.
Be the and the first one is gross, like gross weight or.
Yeah, yeah. The gross thing.
Yeah, gross not. Grass, yeah.
Yeah, that thing, man, you know, and.
I'm Donuts fasting. Yeah no Donuts.
Been eating like a cow all. Day exactly Speaking of eating a
cow. Exactly Speaking of eating a
cow. Man, I just want to say today I
was walking up the escalator and I was like, there's no line at
Bakehouse. Dude it was also no line like a
few days ago I think. Hopefully I don't know what's
happening. Do they, do they practice
Ramadan in Korea? What's going on like in the
mainland? I mean, yeah.
Yeah, maybe so there was no there's.
No line and you walked in. I walked in on my I'll take 2
chocolate cookies. I'll take an egg tart.
I don't know. Yeah, I'm in Danish and my mom,
like my mom loves it. I'm gonna get around Danish.
You'll be the good son to. The last what time?
This was around 2:00 PM. Yeah, that's like usually.
Yeah, crazy. Yeah, I, I was like, OK, and I
went there and I was like, wow. No lying though.
Like yeah, boss doesn't like it, but you do.
I'm like, I'm not the boss. So I'm happy.
Exactly. I get that stuff.
I go on home with that bag at my big house.
Yeah, I come home. That's today.
Today. Yeah, fucking 5 minutes ago.
My mom got pay cast as well. She got 2 cookies.
Another thing I was like oh shit we have 4 chocolate cookies at
home. My God, I've eaten 2 already.
One with me. Home I I've already cleared it
off yeah yeah, I've already so I was like this on let's make this
happen. Man, all of them, dude, all.
You had two. I had two in an afternoon.
Yeah, I did that and one at dinner time just now.
They had another half is done downstairs a little.
I was like this guy's got to go fresh man.
Yeah. Yeah, you're right.
And also, who don't? Who knows when it's going to be
empty again, Yeah? Exactly.
You know, on the other hand, had this been Visio on cookies, I'd
give you all four. I'd give you all four, man.
I would have thrown them out of here.
Out of there. Out of the.
Two. Yeah, exactly.
Yeah. I mean, the best thing is that
technically there will never be Visio on cookies because it's
not optimized to be wasting my space at home.
I put it on the Wayne scale. The Wayne scale is like no
someone. Listening now go like, here they
go again. Like a break for.
A few weeks, yeah. We did I try OD on bakehouse.
Well, they. Also, like the episode when we
completely transfers your visions in the title.
Yeah, but we also left it like I left it vague.
I just left a review. Yeah, so.
Yeah. I wonder if they'd like it.
Maybe they've changed their mind.
I have no idea. So that's actually, yeah, that's
what's been going on for the last.
I think she left on Saturday. So today's what?
Today's Tuesday. OK.
So that what is what are the things that you would recommend
for someone who is like, girlfriend is away?
Yeah. And that does not lead to your
divorce. All right.
First of all, you have to do the late night before bed TV until
you fall asleep. That's that's fine, that's good,
right? Because obviously you can never
do it you. Can never do that even.
If you have like the earphones, she's like, ah, the light.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good.
Just. I need to sleep.
You don't understand. I'm like, excuse me, bitch.
Yeah. Yeah.
OK. So that's for sure How.
How gentle you are, yeah. Exactly.
So that for sure, that was like the first thing I was because
like, ever since we moved in together, I haven't had that
happen ever. Although to her benefit, Gloria
does every time. If you want, just watch it.
I'm like, I don't, I'm not. I've been a man for 42 years.
Right, Right. Not stupid, OK?
I'm not falling for that, exactly.
Yeah. What means don't fucking?
Yeah, if you want shut the fuck. Up.
Go be grumpy. Yeah, yeah, we should find a
time how, you know, meet? We should hang out sometime.
No, we shouldn't. All right, That's what it is.
OK Same equivalent. OK, So, yeah, that's the first
TV in bed. TV in bed, right #2 is I
believe, obviously you do the whole, you lie all over the bed
and all that shit. So that's the usual starfish,
starfish, all that shit, that's all been done.
Then you can also have it where you have the bathroom, the
towel, all that shit. Just like there, the doors open.
You're like, I mean, I'm gonna go get my bathroom.
I'm gonna go shower out, come out.
You know I want to do this thing over here, right?
All that stuff. Yeah.
And the best part is that there's no need of like, oh, you
know, I better put this over here before it gets in her way.
Oh, yeah, There's none of that shit.
There's no harm. There's nothing in anyone's way.
Yes. If it's there, it's the correct
place it's gonna be. In your way, maybe at.
You know what, the fact that I put it there, it's not my way,
OK, yeah, by default is on my way.
So hence why a lot of things like I have developed in the
last four days is that also I'm trying to overdo too many things
anyway, as usual. But I was like, I want to do
that now. OK, this stays here.
I'm going to go and do that now. Yeah.
And like which is why. Everything is staying there,
yeah. That is being done, yeah.
Like literally could push it on the floor.
Meanwhile, you're weighing cable the way cable, dude.
I. I walked there and there's like
a suit jacket on the floor. Yeah.
Oh, did you get? Robbed.
I'm like. No, I'm hearing it out, man.
That's what's happening over here.
I use it up, let it air out for a bit.
Why not put it on the chair? I don't want to put it on chair.
Yeah, on the floor. You know why?
Because I won't step there. It's OK.
Yeah. So you have that.
I've done all that shit. I'm trying to think what else?
Yeah, Okay, so if you, if you know that my office is right
next to the bedroom and to the wall between them.
Actually, I designed it where there's like a big window that
you could open it up if you want to do I normally have to close
the window up, you know, pull the blind, all that shit.
Now it's wide open. Yeah, I'm a bed.
I'm like, you know, it's all good.
There's that. And yeah, I think that's pretty
much all the things I've been doing amazing fast four days.
And obviously, like I said, it's just anything I want to.
Like for example, if you look at this room right now, yes shit's
on the table and random stuff, but in front.
Of the cameras look so clean. Oh yeah, obviously we were.
We were just watching the raffle.
Yeah, the luck, the raffle, the lucky, the magic, the magic.
Like, yeah, a few episodes ago, maybe a few months ago.
So we talked about how it works because I did a deep dive for
some reason. Yeah.
And we're I didn't know they played on TV and it was just
catching music. So I think since I was a kid,
they always first of all have that song.
It's always like maybe back then, like MIDI and all that.
The 8 bit music, yeah. Maybe they now like, yeah.
You can imagine that would work with all video games, right?
And now they have sounds. Very much like a video game for
sure. Yeah, I was very lame, cheapy
open towards me, just kept it. Yeah, I became the theme, I
guess. And.
Funny enough they have two guys who don't say a one word.
It just. Witnesses, they're just.
Witnesses to the ball selection. Around making sure there was no
hanky panky over here. So honestly, though, let me ask
you this. If they did ask you to come up
as a witness, like just sit there, Yeah.
Would you go? Yeah, I would totally do.
Yeah. Of.
Course that is so cool, but even for even if there's no money,
just fun dude. It's a fun.
It's a fun thing. I'm watching the Marxist happen
live. Yeah.
The best thing is I will buy a ticket.
Yeah, I guess you can't. Maybe the company.
No. In every way you can, yeah, but.
Like what I would do, I would probably.
I'm sure they'll have some rules where you have to be super like
neutral. Yeah, like every episode.
They always do. So you.
Can you? Can you know there is an amp?
You don't have to go anywhere. You don't.
Know what I'm saying? Like the witnesses to sit there,
you know, you have to look like you can't have any sort of
interest in this. Yeah, this is cheating, right?
So I'm sure you have that those guys.
Don't say anything at all. I don't say.
One word, I guess they're just told to just watch.
That's it. We don't want No, there was a.
Guy who looks like he is just part of the furniture now yeah,
he's been watching since the invented lottery I'm.
Sure man, like he probably marks this.
They did mark 6 maybe? He is Mark, yeah.
Maybe he's Mark, book number six or whatever.
You know, back in the day that was his chapter in the Bible or
something. Hey, you had you had a fun gig
recently with the the the so Christian action started what is
called a diversity. Yes, so Christian Action Center
for Refugees is located in Chunkin Mansion.
Blocky was on. Fire a few years ago, a few.
Years ago, but people raise money and redid it even better
than before. Amazing an odd blessing in the
sky and they have this thing called a diversity hub where it
was like A1 plus year project and they've been doing and the
launch was on thirty 21st of March 22, 1025, the day for
elimination of racial discrimination.
That that day, right actually. Back home, it's their Mother's
Day. Wait, 21st of March?
Yeah, what? Yeah.
Yeah, on a Friday. It's just 21st of March,
whenever it is really. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Cuz like Mother's Day is like on a Sunday.
It's no for us. It's just 21st of March,
whenever that is. It's Mother's Day in Egypt.
Oh. When did that start like?
Since. Cleopatra forever.
OK, I don't know. When who started it but since I
was a child, I. Guess the Pharaoh got it wrong
and everyone, nobody wanted to correct it.
Yeah, yeah, I guess. Your Mama.
Sure, if you say so, Pharaoh. OK, I had no idea about that.
OK, OK, OK. But.
But in the rest of the world, 21st of March is supposed to be
the start of spring, right? Officially.
I have no idea, but that's apparently the day you should
eliminate the racial discrimination.
Oh yeah. OK, so that was also the the
reason for that day being the launch date and stuff.
And did you? Eliminate it well.
I've eliminated a long time ago, man, you have.
I totally have. OK, how do you?
Eliminate. It because vision is not a race,
so I can discriminate that. Yeah, but you don't
discriminating the people who buy vision.
Yes, I discriminate the vision itself.
Yeah, OK. I've limited that inclusive.
Of the people, but exclusive of the place.
Yes, I see. Exactly.
It makes sense. Yeah.
So unless there's a day for the eliminate elimination of racial
placement, yes, then I'll stop there.
Fair enough. So go pay.
So. That day, basically.
All right, so let me tell you this.
That day, my schedule was as crazy as usual.
Yeah, I wake up, I had to do some stuff and I had a school
talk in Kuaichung. I go to quite Chung, I do that
school talk. Yeah.
And then I have to go to Chimps Ashuri Chunking Mansions to go
to the deficit up thing. Now, initially I told him I was
like, hey, you know, what I'll do is I'll get an Uber taxi,
pick me up and go straight there.
But because I knew the event starts at 7730 and I was like,
I'm sure we won't do rehearsal to anything time before 5.
And I finished the school talk at 3:15.
Yeah, I was doing the math in my head.
I'm like, so I could actually take an Uber taxi, zoom all the
way down there and probably be like, hanging out for a bit.
Yeah. Or I could just take the MTR
from Kuai Chung all the way to the Choy, save $100, maybe
donate it. Yeah.
You know, And I think that may be a good idea.
Right. So I ended up taking the MTR.
I forgot to donate the money, you know?
But hey, you know what? It is what it is.
Yeah. Instead, it's a thought.
That count? It's a thought.
That count, you know. Like I said, the best thoughts
and prayers saved the day. This is actual action.
Okay, let's be honest. Well, they're.
Called they have Christian in the name and they.
Give thoughts and press, and their action is thoughts and
press. Yes, yeah, the actions are
louder than words. Exactly.
Yeah, exactly. All right, So I get there.
And first of all, anybody please go check out the diversity hub.
OK, yeah, I'm not saying what do they do there?
What's the So it's like, think of it like a museum, right?
It's like a it's like a one room museum.
But every wall has some sort of story, some sort of meaning.
Like they have this one called Pathways of Diversity, which was
the big reveal wall where they have the history from I think
the 1800 something Hong Kong time when like for example, the
first bank account at HSBC was belongs to I believe a Parsi
family, the first HSBC. Bank account account number one
account. Number one, do you know how
badass that would be when you tell someone what's your bank
account like 1? One what and they're.
Like 001, they're like we had to fill the form 000 yeah. 000001
yeah like holy shit, you. Are actually, yeah, I think they
should just give him equity in the bank if he probably has.
Equity in the bank, the fact that the money's been sitting
there for that long, he probably rose.
His money probably inflated just with the bank as well, yeah.
That's true, you know. But just the idea like, dude,
really like a global, global HSBC.
Started like 1800s, is it that something?
Like that maybe. Maybe.
No. 160 years. Oh yeah, A. 160 years, right,
OK, yeah, so it. Is yeah.
So my yeah 1818 I didn't. Even know they had banks and
like the I thought you'd just go like give someone like half a
chicken. Maybe that's what it.
Was maybe they ate my friend, my friend, my friend, my friend.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll give you a good.
Deal. Yeah, yeah.
Exactly so literally I think they found the picture or the
book where or when they went to the HSBC museum.
It has the actual book with the Ledger.
Wow. So cool, so all.
That stuff actions. And so, yeah.
You know, and that's the best thing is that, and I, they, they
also could tell how much money they put in that for some, I, I
can remember what it's all there and the whole history of like
the, the, the, the army coming to Hong Kong, the Gurkhas and
all that stuff. And it's just so fascinating.
And it comes all the way to let's say 2014.
Sorry, no, 20/20/2022 or something like that.
It goes to and like one of the, the, the final thing is this, I
call it the Hong Kong soccer team.
Now, the reason why is because Jeffrey Andrews the the, the
main person behind centre of refugees in Christian National,
I believe he's like the, I guess managing director, what he's
called. I mean, he's a, he's a the box,
the box right of that centre. Yeah, he's a big Manchester
United fan. So therefore that was a really
cool thing to show that there were, I believe, three African
players in the official Hong Kong National Football team.
Oh yeah. Nice.
Yeah, yeah, I saw. I saw one actually when I went
to a game. Yeah, yeah, there was one guy
playing. Yeah.
So. That itself makes you go like,
whoa, yeah. Yeah, yeah, you know what I
mean. Like that makes you go like you
see, it's not about please. Include us.
Keep going. I got emotional, man.
I got emotional, yes. Because of the African players,
of course. Man, I mean like kicking balls
around. That makes me, you know, Yeah.
So, but you're right, it does reflect obviously, because, you
know, it's not easy to see on the surface, Yeah, but once,
yeah, you understand the history, you're like, Oh yeah, a
lot of people, because you might think they're just like tours or
whatever, but a lot of people are from here and they.
Represent, dude, yeah. So while you're sitting home,
you're going to get these foreigners coming into like,
dude, what are you doing for this place?
Yeah, you ain't doing shit. You're paying taxes maybe.
Yeah. How do you likely, if you have
that kind of attitude, you're not being that much taxes
anyway, right? Yeah.
So that's one of the walls,
right. Then you've got a picture, which
is awesome, where they have a little raised up stage.
When you go straight in at the deeper end, there's a raised up
stage. Behind that, there's a printing
of the old chunking arcade. Where?
Chunking arcade? Yeah, Yeah, it was an arcade
before. It was a round circular arcade.
That was the original Chunking Mansions area.
Cool. And then with the same building,
same area. Yeah, Yeah.
They broke down that thing, rebuilt the whole building.
Oh. So.
Same area, but not the same building.
Yeah, so Chunking Arcade became Chunking Mansions.
So the cool thing is that they have that image that's kind of
printed on a roll up thing that comes down.
Yes. And then you can roll that thing
up and reveal the chunking mansions behind it.
Nice. That's so bad ass, man.
Yeah. That's awesome, right?
You have that. Nice.
Then you've. Got like all these, a lot of
anecdotes of like, for example, pictures of police constables
who are Indians. You've got another wall of
people putting like passports and everything showing you like
this, all this kind of stuff. And my favorite thing is if you
go there, look at the floor. The floor is the actual floor
plan of the Chunking Arcade. Nice.
They've drawn that all out. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
All the stalls and everything. She's like holy shit, this is
what the arcade was so. We should recommend like
everyone should. How do people just?
Is it free people? Just I?
Believe in Contact Christian National Center of Refugees.
Go contact them on either Instagram or Facebook.
You just search Christian Action Center for refugees you'll.
Find it, but the diversity hub, anyone can just go and like look
at it technically. Yeah, but I, when I asked
Jeffrey Andrews last time, I think he said because he just
opened it up. Yeah, they probably had can't
just like probably just walk in like that.
Yeah. Because they not that they don't
want you to come in, it's that they may at that time have a
private viewing or they're using the room for, let's say sort of
event. Yeah.
Like they might have one of
these discussions or they have schools coming in to your talk
and stuff like that. So they don't want you to come
in like, oh, I can't go in right now.
So they're busy with it, you know, So it's better to have to
just contact them. 1st. Yeah, yeah, OK.
And then yeah, all that stuff. And and yeah, all I can say is
that it's just so cool. What are you doing there?
I was the MC. OK, so this is our inauguration
of the Yes, but what happens there?
You take the lift and go to the 16th floor, right.
So you walk in a chunking mansion, you know, chunking
mansion on study or a blocky. You take the lift 64, whatever,
and you have to walk up one flight of stairs to get to the
floor with the center right. Normally the the the if you've
ever been in a chunking mansion, the stairs like no big deal,
like crummy whatever. And they've redone the walls,
painted it, done like some artwork, murals, beautiful.
Yeah. You get in there and you go
like, holy shit. Which is why like that night we
have some like, you know, let's say higher level people and
society over there. So they.
Really clean they. They clean that.
They had to, Right. It was a big deal.
Yeah. And the coolest thing is like,
I'm up there and I welcome everybody.
So they look around the room and stuff, like, in case you've
forgotten, like you look around and being impressed and
everything. Just want to remind you you're
still in Chunking Mansions. Yes, OK.
Like, don't get confused. Yeah.
Don't be like, there's a bridge to Holiday Inn.
What's going on? You're like, no, we are still in
Chunking Mansions. People let it go, Right.
There's a bridge. To Mirador mention.
Exactly. Yeah, Yeah, right next door,
which clearly took Imagine. At least this area is nicer than
Mirador mentioned. In that sense, yes.
Yeah. And then the kicker is that they
can use a rooftop. Is 16th floor the the highest?
So 16 plus, so 16th floor is the lift and then the 17 and then
the roof. OK, yeah, that's it.
Wow. I didn't know it's like that
short. Yeah, so.
Anybody who goes to Diversity Hub, if you are allowed, if they
let you and everything, you have to go to the roof, of course.
The the view must be amazing. It is.
Insane to see shrimps actually from that angle.
Yeah, it's not like a harbor view fully.
Yeah, like you're like, Oh my God.
Yeah, this is. Crazy that sheer size of it's.
360 dude, yes, 360 view yeah, right over there.
So that in itself. And then we had the party over
there. I've been there a few times
because there were other events as well.
I hoped it, but I've been there a few times, like, wow, this is
this is gorgeous, amazing. And it's just ridiculous where
you're like, oh, choking matches.
You like to look over here, man. Yeah, this is beautiful.
So again, everybody, diversity help.
Go check it out. Even if you're not into like
even if you're into racial discrimination, you're racist,
even you're racist. It's just cool to know what
you're racisting against. Yes.
You know, you learn about your enemy.
Yeah, and. Like, like, yeah, exactly.
Yeah. You know, keep your friends
close, enemies closer, right. So you go there.
Pretend to like other races just.
Like, literally go to the wall and be like, fuck these goddamn
prices with the goddamn account, man.
Yeah, look, account number one, fuck you #1 you know, you know,
I hope you only have $1.00, you know, whatever you want to say,
you know, just go in there and then, like, like, even when they
had the donation box, like fuck you with the $500.00 bill.
You. Know exactly.
Just donate out of spite, yeah? Yeah, exactly.
You know, just like like what you want to do, you want to put
the money in and jam the the mouth of the box, Yes.
So, so technically people can't really don't anymore.
You're fucking blocked with and honestly, the more notes you put
in, yes, the more it gets jammed.
Of course that. Just make sure that you put a
lot of notes I. Would say that so other.
People would not donate they. Can't you have stopped them?
You've racially discriminated in higher level people.
You're. Racist, discriminated with
different colors of notes just. To annoy the shit out of them.
So they're confused, like, I don't know which one to pull out
first. Is is that what they expect?
Yeah. I don't really.
I don't, I don't understand, you know, like do that and then like
if you want like literally like take photos and post it on
Instagram and tell them. And make sure that you tag them
as well. Yeah, fucking diversity.
I bet you everybody should visit a piece of shit.
You know you. Should come and see how shitty
and ugly exactly. Yeah, for yourself and read
everything and just look, see if you find a typo or whatever you
want to do. You know, best promo.
Yeah, do it. Out of pure hatred for the for
the non Chinese community. If you want that's OK man.
Like it's a lot. Of like the the shareable, the
guy from Beirut Bistro. Yeah, Yeah.
They have Hong Kong passports as well.
Oh, there you go. They're not like born like,
they're not like you. Yeah.
But they're like, this is still like not just PR but like
citizens. Yeah, Yeah, as well.
So they still qualify like he can play for the rest of the if
he wants to. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I'll tell you this though, the trend of people embracing
non Chinese people as Hong Kongers I think has changed a
lot in a very good way. Yeah, for example, the first of
all, you know, non Chinese people now go to mainland China
with a little fast pass whatever.
We got that on top of that, because the new generation of
kids growing up in Hong Kong were not Chinese.
A lot of them are now going to local Chinese schools where
their Cantonese level may not be good for writing and reading,
but sufficient enough to communicate where now it's
getting more and more common. I've done more and more youth
gigs. Like I said, I think last time
we were talking about the podcast where I was hosting the
EM Got Talent show and like the Co MC was this girl who could
speak good great Cantonese right on top of that she is.
White No. She's the Pakistani.
Oh yeah. That's right.
Yes, yes. Yes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Amazing.
So all that, you know? And then yeah.
And it's just fascinating. However, I still tell people the
sad thing is that till today people still think that's like
wow, this big cat is like you. Know yeah, at this point you
should. Not be surprised anymore, right?
So that's why you need to go to the diversity hub, so you can do
it out of spite or out of being impressed by it or simply just
just literally information where you're like, what?
I had no idea. Wow, that's really cool.
Oh, dude, it's insane. Does it?
Does it do you feel like it represents all the minorities?
Represents a lot? Yeah.
Like they. Really like these they really
did a good job with this like buddy, like I've seen many
exhibitions like, you know, non Chinese people, all of our
household help build Hong Kong. I'm like, that's very general
thing. Yeah, this is solid fact.
Yeah. Like literally to the point is
like, how do we not know this? Yeah.
How is school not talking about this Well.
That's a good thing. Is that, like, they have a place
like this now where, Yeah, it's good.
Kids like, can come? That's the idea.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that that was what I was
doing. And then so Jeff, Jeffrey
Andrews is good friends with Jeff, wrote Meyer, who's with
Impact HK ironically on Friday night.
I see Jeff, wrote Meyer. Oh, by the way, when you go to
the diversity, by the way, there is a wall of different faces of
people. Yeah.
And yours truly is on. Wow.
Yeah, Yeah. Nice.
Is it like what Prominent champions?
Of the community, that kind of stuff.
You know, yeah, that's awesome. One of.
Many. One of many, yes, yes.
So OK, I go over there. I do the whole thing, Jeff
wrote. Meyer from Impact HK is also
there. Ironically, I'm actually hosting
the gala next night. Yeah, right.
For Impact. For impact.
HK in the region as well right so I on Saturday, which is the
impact HK 1 you know all good I pick my stuff up I'm on the way
there I'm still on auto it's not even 24 hours yeah I'm so
autopilot I get a chimp I go to chunky really I literally go to
I actually. Entered the building I.
Entered the building. I'm like, that was yesterday
dude, what the hell am I doing? Like at that point there's.
Just some diversity NGO thing, I don't know which.
One, yeah, whatever. They're all trying to help save
the world. To me, it's the same.
You know, The funny thing is like, like part of me when I
went in chunky Mash and I was a bit like, I hope this was purely
because I thought I was doing the diversity of gig.
Yeah. And not that I developed the
muscle memory. Oh yes.
Of I'm guessing we're going on. Yeah, You know, well, I'm like,
wait, wait, maybe. Maybe I'll just want samosas.
Maybe part of you is like I want really good samosas.
Yeah, you know, but the weird thing is like, even though like
it's Ramadan and everything, but like when I go in there, people
are like, yeah, you want some, some food?
I'm like why not don't look Muslim 0.
Yeah. They don't care though.
Like yeah, yeah, they just want I was.
Like, why would you do that to me if I really was driving
Ramadan, Yes, yes. They don't really champed me,
man. Like it?
Would be like because for them making money now is better than
making. Money in the Yeah, yeah, yeah,
exactly. Dude, I was like, that's a big
move, man. Yes, it is.
If I were hungry and thirsty and you do that like fuck you, man.
Yeah, yeah, it has been. It has.
Been like it got, I want to say it got a bit tougher, yeah, like
towards like because there is like a cruising period in the
middle. Yeah.
And now we just get impatient. Like today we're recording on
the 26th, 5th, whatever. Yeah.
And that's like, yeah, we still have 5 days of like, come on,
yeah. Yeah, yeah, you.
Just get to the third. Week kind of thing where you're
like come on man, let's get I get it, I get it.
Yeah, yeah, I was. I'm grateful for what I have.
I get this shit, yeah, but it's also.
Like, some withdrawals as well. Like, coffee is really hard.
Yeah. Because obviously you're not
going to have coffee at 7:00 PM Yeah, people back home do, like,
they don't give a shit. Like, they just have like,
Arabic coffee, like what what Westerners called Turkish
coffee, like a really, really thick, strong one.
Yeah. And people have like 2-3 coffees
after breakfast. Wow, breakfast beef.
Oh yeah. Yeah, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And it's. Like that's what breakfast comes
from. Breaking your fuck yeah.
Yeah, yeah, right. And they don't care.
Obviously if I do that I will just bounce off the.
Wall not a good idea. Oh man, that.
Caffeine withdrawal thing is real.
It's really it sucks. I can imagine just wake.
Up like grumpy, I mean. I, I, I, I get that when I come
back from Melbourne every year, I'm from Australia, but not I,
I, I think maybe because when I go there, I don't have more than
let's say 1 cup. I'll have like, say, Gloria will
have like, two or three cups because she's there.
Normally, she'll have one maximum 1 1/2 a day, Right.
But I'll have sips from her cups each time.
And yeah, I do definitely sense, I don't feel the grumpiness.
Yeah. But I do sense the disoriented,
like a comedy focus problem. Yes.
And when I'm like, something,
something's missing over here. Yeah.
So lucky for me, I've never
developed that kind of a level of addiction.
It's unfortunately since I worked for Decent that that that
really got me hooked. And then that's yeah, well,
that's kind of the point of Ramadan is that you're supposed
to like kind of win your like again, practice.
So the problem. Is this like after Ramadan is
done, then you're going to go back and have coffee?
Yeah. You know, So what's the point, I
think. You're just kind of showing
yourself that you can. Dude, what the fuck you want to
prove to the world? I can do it, but I'm not the
word to yourself. Yourself.
Yeah, but that's, I mean, I think an alcoholic thing.
I could stop anytime, no? But people say I can stop
anytime and they don't. That's the difference, yeah.
But I mean like but. People are just like, Oh yeah, I
can stop anytime. Everyone says says that and they
never do. Yeah.
But I mean but you but then you did.
But then you then you didn't. Well, it's up to you after that,
the fact that you know now that you can, yes.
I don't know. I think, I think this Ramadan
thing, the packaging is what's letting you to do it.
I don't think what's the packaging that is Ramadan.
No, I don't think so. I don't think so.
I don't like What? Because you're bored?
You're going to quit coffee. Community.
That's the community. Yeah.
It's the community thing where everyone's doing.
OK, All right, You know? No, but.
It's a good thing, but if you do it disorganized, everyone's just
not going to be like I don't want to do.
Motivation because they don't exactly.
That's something so you can't really do it.
You can only do it because everyone else is doing it.
No, you can't by. Yourself, it's kind of boring or
lame or whatever, but that's. The point is that you should be
able to do it regardless of other people, yes.
I agree with you, Yeah, in theory, yeah.
But no one does that. That's.
My point? Kind of.
Need to be forced a little bit or nudged, and that's in a good
way, yeah. Yeah.
You see? Yeah.
But I mean, that defeats the fucking purpose.
The point doesn't no, the point I know you can do it, but you
still rely on having the community kind of force you.
You should be at such a high level where you're like, I can
do it for me. Yeah, but.
That's what, if you're going to go that route, people shouldn't
drink alcohol because it's poison and people shouldn't be
eating fucking chocolate cookies, Yeah.
But I never said I wanted to stop.
I never made a big fucking thing like, oh, I am going to love my
body with the lack of. I'm like, I am hurting myself.
I guess I am then, yeah. OK, yeah, See you are at peace
with that. I'm.
Like it's like it's like you losing your shit by me wing
cables. I'm very a piece of that, but
this is this is great. I think there's this is genius.
I say 5 grams there, another 20 grams there.
I can buy another half packet of coffee right there.
I have my relationship with Gloria improves because she's
like, Oh my God, you can fit so much coffee into your suitcase.
I'm like, you know why I could fucking do that?
Because I have the UV 3.0 cable. I had to transfer my files at
100 megabytes per second when I could do 120 megabytes per
second. All right, it's all for you.
Also, I can put like 4 fucking more beans in here so you can
make your goddamn espresso one more time, do you understand?
Now for you, you need a whole community of good boyfriends and
stuff to do something like that, yes.
I on the other hand do it because I'm a good person.
You see the difference here? I'm.
Doing it now for myself because it's just me yeah I can also not
do it and no one is watching so my.
Question is this for God? Yeah, Well, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So my point is this like, so after ramen has done, why go
back to coffee then? I don't have.
To see. No, you don't.
Have to, but you choose to choose.
I choose to it's. Like me, I don't have to wait
those cables, I don't need to add that another one more
serving of coffee because I've OK, I'm we're already going to
fit let's say 1 bag of 200 grams of coffee.
Yes, I know every time she makes an espresso, it's 18 grams of
coffee. If I'm kind of the 18 grams
worth of the cables and this is a that that's another serving of
espresso yes, that's another day where she's like, well, I get to
enjoy this. It's all because I without any
peer pressure, yes, clearly no one else in Hong Kong is doing
this cable weighing. Yes, right, because there's no
religion. God is not in Hong Kong.
Are busy and they have actual normal things to.
Do God is not looking that I'm going like this fucking guy,
man, he is awesome. So I'm not doing to impress God.
Yes, this is purely OK. Me being the fucking virtuous
guy that I am, of course trying to squeeze out the maximize the
happiness I'm for. Your girlfriend not for me.
Yes I'm stressing myself out trying to be like oh fuck man
can I? Maybe I don't use a use a white
so that's another gram gone. You know I'm losing my shit.
Here's what I will say maybe for me, for people who are doing
Ramadan every month of every year, you're cutting all the
toxins out every. Month of every one month?
Every one month. Of every year you're cutting all
the toxins out, you are actually prolonging your life.
Yeah, but I'm prolonging the joy that we're achieving within the
short long in my life. Yeah.
But you see the the month of Ramadan, you're getting that
frustration of like, no. Yeah, exactly.
Not having. I'm avoiding that frustration so
that one month your happiness level is maybe 3 out of 10, Yes.
It's very, it's very low. I cannot agree more.
It's on the floor. What I'm saying is that, OK, so
let's say you have, let's just use 12 months as the duration,
right out of which one month the happiness is at 3 out of 10,
yes. So for that one month, your
happiness scored very low, yes. But my my health score is very
high. But you're not happy.
Yeah, yeah. So that's that's that.
Now we're going into philosophical.
Yeah, yeah. Versus versus, I only can live
for let's say 10 months, Yes, because I didn't do the Ramadan.
Yes, yes, yes. However, with those ten months,
my average happiness level is at 8, right?
You had an average happiness of eight.
However, one month went to three, pulling you down to
seven. Yes.
So you now have 12 months but averaging at 7 per month.
I have 10 months, 8 per month, yes.
So technically, I had a better life than you I.
See, that's up for debate because you only lived for 10
months, but I enjoyed my seven for 12, yes.
But the point is that we're looking at that because after
I'm dead at month #10 yes, 11 and 12 are irrelevant because
I'm not there to quote and quote.
Enjoy them. No, you.
Might as well just die at month 3 then.
That that, that's goofy. It's like saying a comedy show.
I did 60 minutes worth of comedy.
Yes, I got 20 laughs. I'm a better comedian because
You did 10 is a comedy on 18 laughs.
Yeah, I know that scale is different.
I think I think you're changing the goal post.
Now it's the same duration using time, but that's.
Also, that's also assuming that you know that you have 10.
Do you know that you have 10 months and then you know?
Well, that I at least have until I get to Melbourne with that
empty suitcase to come back with those beans after I come back
from Mongol from from Australia with those beans and unpack.
I will be. Here, having the coffee, yeah, I
have no. Guarantee of liveliness, yes,
but I am not allowed to die until I bring book back.
Those fucking me OK? Well, advice for you, do not fly
Malaysia. I said die, not disappear.
All right, so, so OK, so, but I'm, I'm simply, I'm using the
mathematics of like, we don't know how long our duration is,
so why let even one month have a low happiness score?
Well. It's not because you're making
yourself miserable. It's because you're investing in
your time. Yeah, on on Earth.
Yeah, See, so you're investing. There's no point to like live
longer when you're like obese and have diabetes.
That's. What I mean, so you're living
longer by doing the Ramadan, but you're you're now lowering your.
Life is Ramadan, see but. One month just.
Go to the gym if. You're 80 if you're 80 years
old, yes, that's eighty months of your life where you're like,
fuck this shit. I don't say that because if you
say that, there's no point. In.
You just say what? I'm saying, is that so now
that's eighty months, yes, right.
Eighty months. That's divided by 12.
That's a good well, not 80. Months because you start fasting
at like 12 or 14. Oh.
OK, this you're 80 to 70, right? So basically 70, let's just say
a good sixty months, yes, that's five years of your life, Yes.
And you're miserable, which tells you you just lowered your
so your life expectancy is 75 now, not 80 anymore.
Sure. Right.
Yeah, because you're just dismissing the five years
completely because. It was terrible anyway.
Terrible. Yeah.
Whereas I had a good 76 years,
no. Not really, because for the last
15, probably because of your bad habits.
Yeah, you're suffering. See.
Oh, you see, my health goes bad from like, let's say 60 onwards
to 25, yeah. Yeah, so those last 15 years,
you're not as happy as you were. You were really happy until 50,
and then your diabetes kicked in and now you're like, Oh no, my
toes are falling. Now you're really sad for 15.
Years. But then let's think about it.
Let's average that out again in the last 10 years, 15 years of
life. How much of that toe are you
using? Probably none because you can't
walk. No, but like.
Even if you're like when you're 6 years old, how you doubt
you're doing like fucking lunges?
No, you. Are because you took care of
your body for that 50 but. No, you did.
Ramadan, yeah, but. You can, but you probably won't.
You know well are. You lunging now?
I don't see lunging now. I literally.
Came from yoga. Yeah, actually now how many?
Lunges like oh wow, Wario 1 more at home, right Yeah.
You think that when you're 6 years old you won't be lunging
all day. So like let's say during your
whole day, maybe there'll be 5 minutes worth your time when you
need a big toe. Yes right.
So there's 5 minutes of like, I have a lesser happiness because
now you can use a big toe. But after out of 24 hours, 5
minutes of that loss, I'm like, the average is that I think.
The toe is not going to be the only problem if you continue
living the way you are. Yeah, it's not going to be just
a toe. It's going to be like if you
look at this cookie, you will pass away.
So you really have to. Yeah, but then you'll just be.
Eating porridge for 15 years? See, that's miserable.
Yeah. But I mean, OK, but but I'm
pretty sure I have faith that in 20 years time they will have
some sort of technology to reverse that's what.
Everyone says actually, so I'm. Banking on that fact, I'm
actually. Also banking on that by the way,
you're. Using an old traditional way,
old traditional method of staying healthy or fasting, we
should get fair. Nothing's wrong.
It works. It works, I admit it.
What I am saying is that see. You can't even talk anymore
because of your all the fucking sugar you're eating.
No, it's because I've been making so much fucking sense.
My saliva is like, dude, there's so many things that just spit
out. Sure.
Let's let's lubricate your mouth.
Smart ideas are coming out. It's way too much.
Man, let's lubricate that the the the jaw.
So you're ready to rock'n'roll. OK, So what I'm saying is that
right now it's kind of like saying I'm investing in AI 20
years ago. Yeah, like fuck that AI dude
you're talking about, man. You can invest in property, man.
I'm like, no, man, AI dude, I'm talking 20 years.
You're like you all say, man, yeah, the last 5500 years,
properties are shit, right? And I'm like, no man, I know
it's always been, but I'm telling you like, you know, open
your mind in the future, right, Right.
And forward to here. Yes, I own, let's say 70% of
NVIDIA. Yes, you own Sun Hong Kai, which
is like at what, like 40% loss, right?
Because they're not selling apartment.
Yeah, GameStop. Yeah.
GameStop, whatever, right? You know, and I'm certainly
going like, oh, I'm sorry, yeah. Did you not say property right?
But that's why you're yeah, you're saying that assuming that
in 20 years that they're going to have the technology that
saves your ass. But that's.
What I'm saying is I am thinking like 20 years later, yeah, I
know. I'm thinking where I'm like,
alright, hold on, a 2nd 20 In 20 years time, the technology we'll
have is that your health level no longer matters about
physical. It's all mental, right?
So I'm working so hard on the mental where I'm weighing
fucking wires and shit so I can have a good mental.
You're going to have So what you're saying now is that
you're, you're banking on them like taking your brain and like
planting it on a thing or whatever that.
They will find some sort of way where it turns out that your
whole health, your physical health, is all banked on how
well you're doing emotionally. Oh, right, just.
Just. Like they found like your health
is also based on your gut health, right?
Yes, you have good gut bacteria. You're a healthier person.
Yes, back then they would have no idea.
They would think, you know, bigger muscles health Sure,
sure. Now there is no, it's got
nothing to do with that. That's why people who had yogurt
and probiotics such a big deal, whereas the kids who were like
fucking steroids all day are in trouble, right?
You get it. So I'm saying I'm looking as
where I'm like, I've foresee that in 20 years time, the
health we will realize that the body functions physically is a
secondary to the primary emotional happiness level where
you're not suffering through. I'm hungry, but I want to show
the community. I'm not showing the community.
But also I have news for you, buddy.
This lives on the Internet, which is a literal forever.
So I would live all of humanity. So people are going to listen to
this in 20 years. I go like, oh, that that guy was
talking so much. That's a genius.
Why did he die of this is diabetes?
Exactly. Hey, there is our big house had
cocaine in its food. Maybe that's why, hey, you know.
What if they do? I would not be surprised.
No mean the fucking level of addiction I have dude. 4 cookies
man Okay like I normally get 2 and go like dude I think that's
enough. Huge huge man.
The size of my fucking mom, dude.
And like these motherfuckers, like I don't know what they've
done where I'm like God damn, now they've improved where the
edges are crispy and the middles are soft again.
Like you used to make a shit in the evenings, man.
But I bought it at 1:00 PM which?
Is prime time. Yeah, yeah.
Like usually at 6:00 PM when I buy it, I'm like kind of soggy,
whatever. Sure, 1:32 PM prime time, fresh
out, sitting there, cool enough but not too hot to melt and
soggy ate it. I'm like, shit, that's.
Too good. Yeah, so.
Again, the conclusion is rather than discriminate those who are
fasting or those who are just trying to have a better I.
Love how you spent 15 minutes shooting or people are fasting
right after. Go diversity.
Make your own decision. Read about how they used to, you
know, do their own struggles in the 1800s or 1900s or whatever.
Yeah, Make your decision about who's right, who's wrong.
Yes. And hopefully in 20 years time
you will realize that actually happiness is the key to good
health. And what Mohammed is doing right
now is basically peer pressuring himself.
And do I have to do it? Because I want to have a bunch
of people go like, man, fucking you did it, man, I don't tell.
Anybody just tell you because we have to catch up on this.
I don't know. No, it's just my dog looking at
me like why is no one eating? It's very sad, yeah.
It's very sad how I can eat exactly, I know.
I forced her to faster with me too.
No, no, no, no, no, no. That's animal cruelty.
Yeah. That's also against fasting if
you are cruel to animal. Really.
Yeah, well, it's the general rules of like, you have to like,
yeah. Yeah, not harm things.
Yeah, exactly. Fair enough, man.
I. Know something that would make
me happy Yeah. Is patreonpatreon.com/a whole
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new Patreon members. Let's see if I can pull them up
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I. Come back in May but I have end
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Yeah. So we don't know if we're at the
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But after that, we have Hong Kong stories coming up, Hong
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I am headlining on May 17th and then we have Daniel Fernandez is
coming from India on May 23rd. We have Jackie in coming from
Singapore June 7th and then my Trace headlining June 21st.
Hong Kong is fuck again guarantee headlining in July.
A bunch of other people are confirmed for September.
We are fucking packing the. Calendar it's going to.
Be really busy, come to a backstage comedy show.
It's going to be a lot of fun. And thanks for all the
support.patreon.com/showpod See you back on the road.
See me in Hong Kong and see you all next week.