well, as we found out in our recent stay there, they camp under the hsbc building and on parks and empty streets in central for the purpose of socializing. they’re literally everywhere you can look at!
we had a bit of a hard time “understanding” why so many people were there (especially hsbc’s plaza?), but as we discovered, they stay there all day, doing each others nails, having picnics, chatting, dancing and singing, exercising, knitting, doing business, playing cards… it’s really quite something and a big surprise to see that the government actually cuts some roads for them to “occupy” on that day!
we didn’t get any good pictures of the phenomena, but here are a few from flickr (by furiousgeorge and ljubisa):
impressive, isn’t it?
6 replies on “what do all the filipino girls in hong kong do on their day off?”
O grande mistério de Hong Kong :)
Absolutely … I think that’s why the oriental women are considered with the best skills on doing nails :-)
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Ana estou deliciada com as tuas fotografia. Decididamente vou-me fazer de convidada e qualquer dia faço-te uma visita e prometo que te levo um café Sical e bebemos juntas uma meia de leite :-) :-)
que engraçado!
this blew my mind when i was last in hong kong. just so many woman EVERYWHERE picnicking, chatting, and just enjoying themselves. glad to see you brought it up.
how odd?!
melhor q estar em casa a aborrecer-se!
[…] after the clouds cleared out on sunday, we made our way to the thai park. the park would be a very normal (and boring) park, if it wasn’t for the the thai community, who gathers here weekly to mingle. the whole thing reminds us so much of the filipino ladies in hong kong! […]