“A kiss may be grand but it wont pay the rental on your humble flat” so the song goes as in Diamonds are a girls best friend. Now if diamonds are a girl’s best friend what is their worst enemy? (Ok apart from myself that is)
Speaking of diamonds, a recent sale of a certain diamond (as pictured) sold for several million US dollars in New York it seems some people at least have no problem paying the rent or buying 10 carat diamonds.
In Hong Kong there seems to be no shortage of flash and cash and a bit of fling for some bling. With so many local yokels stashed up on the cash and their Tai Tai’s in tow LV embossed one really does wonder if the place ever did suffer from dare I say the R word……Recession. (there I said it) Hong Kong’s idea of a recession are outlet malls and posh restaurants only 80% full. With bankers going bonkers both in Lan Kwai Fong and Wanchai, with the former being with their wives and girlfriends and the latter being for more fun on the side than you can poke a wad of cash at. Ok more on Wanchai later but in the meantime what about all that bling around town? We simply cannot be that affected by a downturn, business and first class flights are full as is the lounge and it cant all be upgrades on points? Actually from what I hear it’s the airlines cutting back on flights and just squeezing more people in. Now talking about squeeze, even patrons on the MTR have a bit of bling on their ring fingers and more diamond's that you can blink at (and that’s just the men!). Here in HK absolutely everything has a bit of bling to it. Fancy a diamond encrusted Vertu phone? All yours and readily available, (crap now wont you be really pissed off if you left that one in a cab!) Yes from diamond phones to bejeweled door bell buttons (well Swarovski crystal at least and yes they do exist!) there is a bit of sparkle all over Hong Kong. Be it the sparkling light show over the city dubbed the Symphony of lights as its set to classical music or the crystal meth on the streets a bit of bling lights up the city somewhere at some time. As I look out from my humble flat albeit with a Harbour view, the city’s lights, light up each and every evening from 8pm sharp!. Of particular note is the newly completed “Masterpiece” building, lit up in the shape of giant M. All 80 stories of it complete with the newest Hyatt Hotel in Asia occupying the top floors, and all of course with a sparkling view of Hong Kong Harbour.
So like scattered diamonds twinkling on both sides of the Harbour the lights of Hong Kong truly do reflect the bling of city in every possible way. Meanwhile we wont mention the blight over the city…..being the pollution ah…. Hong Kong beautiful one day …hazy the next it truly does light up my life.
Anthony Arrigo is a seasoned expat living and working in Hong Kong and has (apparently) a sparking personality.
Speaking of diamonds, a recent sale of a certain diamond (as pictured) sold for several million US dollars in New York it seems some people at least have no problem paying the rent or buying 10 carat diamonds.
In Hong Kong there seems to be no shortage of flash and cash and a bit of fling for some bling. With so many local yokels stashed up on the cash and their Tai Tai’s in tow LV embossed one really does wonder if the place ever did suffer from dare I say the R word……Recession. (there I said it) Hong Kong’s idea of a recession are outlet malls and posh restaurants only 80% full. With bankers going bonkers both in Lan Kwai Fong and Wanchai, with the former being with their wives and girlfriends and the latter being for more fun on the side than you can poke a wad of cash at. Ok more on Wanchai later but in the meantime what about all that bling around town? We simply cannot be that affected by a downturn, business and first class flights are full as is the lounge and it cant all be upgrades on points? Actually from what I hear it’s the airlines cutting back on flights and just squeezing more people in. Now talking about squeeze, even patrons on the MTR have a bit of bling on their ring fingers and more diamond's that you can blink at (and that’s just the men!). Here in HK absolutely everything has a bit of bling to it. Fancy a diamond encrusted Vertu phone? All yours and readily available, (crap now wont you be really pissed off if you left that one in a cab!) Yes from diamond phones to bejeweled door bell buttons (well Swarovski crystal at least and yes they do exist!) there is a bit of sparkle all over Hong Kong. Be it the sparkling light show over the city dubbed the Symphony of lights as its set to classical music or the crystal meth on the streets a bit of bling lights up the city somewhere at some time. As I look out from my humble flat albeit with a Harbour view, the city’s lights, light up each and every evening from 8pm sharp!. Of particular note is the newly completed “Masterpiece” building, lit up in the shape of giant M. All 80 stories of it complete with the newest Hyatt Hotel in Asia occupying the top floors, and all of course with a sparkling view of Hong Kong Harbour.
So like scattered diamonds twinkling on both sides of the Harbour the lights of Hong Kong truly do reflect the bling of city in every possible way. Meanwhile we wont mention the blight over the city…..being the pollution ah…. Hong Kong beautiful one day …hazy the next it truly does light up my life.
Anthony Arrigo is a seasoned expat living and working in Hong Kong and has (apparently) a sparking personality.
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