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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:48:56 PM EDT
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I've worked and traveled all over the orient and Hong Kong is one of my two favorite places (the other being Singapore).
How long is the assignment? Indefinite? |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:50:08 PM EDT
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I've worked and traveled all over the orient and Hong Kong is one of my two favorite places (the other being Singapore). How long is the assignment? Indefinite? Yes. This composer pretty much gets all the major stuff being produced there. HK = Chinese Hollywood basically. I'm not sure if I'd consider moving there permanently, but the credit and experience would give me...alot of opportunities back in the States. |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:50:26 PM EDT
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Hong Kong is bad-ass looking city. So there's that.
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:50:34 PM EDT
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Just go man, not much going on here...
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:52:30 PM EDT
[#5]
Of course go! Go now!
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:53:29 PM EDT
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Hello yes. But in Hong Kong you must eat peeps with Chop Sticks.
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:53:53 PM EDT
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Go, and bring me back something.
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:53:59 PM EDT
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Hong Kong is a fun city, although tbh it gets on my nerves after 5-6 days what with the crush of ant people running around. Rent around there in good areas in not far off from SF class IIRC.
It's also a late to bed/late to rise city, and I remember many retail shops being open to 10pm or later. |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:54:20 PM EDT
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Hello yes. But in Hong Kong you must eat peeps with Chop Sticks. I'd miss my guns for sure but it probably wouldn't be a permanent thing. |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:54:34 PM EDT
[#10]
Do it! I lived there for awhile and it's a great city.
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:56:06 PM EDT
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Negotiate first class airfare out there. You don't wanna be in economy for 14 hours..
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:56:20 PM EDT
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Do it! I lived there for awhile and it's a great city. Wow, that's good to hear. What were you doing there? I'd love to know a bit more about your experience. |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:56:20 PM EDT
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What are your reasons to stay?
Sounds like an opportunity you'd regret not taking unless you have strong obligations here. |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:57:27 PM EDT
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Sounds fun to me. I once had the chance to move to Bulgaria - turned it down as I'd have to break up with my GF, get rid of my pets, and train 500 people to do the jobs of 100 people that I personally hired in the USA.
My roommate did it and is a blast at parties because of his stories, how cool he was. The 100 people I fired were super pissed, 2 had babies on the way |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:57:27 PM EDT
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My buddy went there. Came back 8 yrs later with a hot Chinese wife.
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:57:45 PM EDT
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I'd do it in another life. Fo
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:57:48 PM EDT
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Hong Kong is a fun city, although tbh it gets on my nerves after 5-6 days what with the crush of ant people running around. Rent around there in good areas in not far off from SF class IIRC. It's also a late to bed/late to rise city, and I remember many retail shops being open to 10pm or later. Yeah, I did NYC for a few months (short term job) and hated it at first but I adjusted quickly. I'm not a city person by any means but I can do well enough in that environment. |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:57:57 PM EDT
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Why not go for a while and try it? I was only there briefly and I wasn't crazy about it but if you haven't been it would probably be a good experience. Plus you might like it more than I did.
The airport is a little crazy. It looks like you're landing in the water. There are A LOT of taxis. |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:58:39 PM EDT
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I'd miss my guns for sure but it probably wouldn't be a permanent thing. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Hello yes. But in Hong Kong you must eat peeps with Chop Sticks. I'd miss my guns for sure but it probably wouldn't be a permanent thing. I say go, especially if you don't have family to worry about. You can always come back, if you're tired of the job. Would we know any of the movies you, or the composer, have worked on? Good luck. Chris |
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Posted: 8/24/2016 11:59:50 PM EDT
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You will always regret it if you don't.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:00:16 AM EDT
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Hong Kong is an awesome place, cool mixture of eastern and western culture. It's also extremely crowded/dense and the cost of living is very high.
If you can deal with the urban setting and are getting paid enough to live comfortably out there, I'd fo. I would have been more interested in living there when it was still a British colony, though. 
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:00:33 AM EDT
[#22]
Go ahead. You will never forget it.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:05:47 AM EDT
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I agree with the pirate, I would jump on that opportunity. Even if you only stay for a year it sounds like a great opportunity. I love to visit HK, I could become a huge fat guy there with all of the great food, it is a modern city with everything you could need but it is crowded* and it's expensive to live there. Fortunately it's easy to get anywhere from there i.e. Thailand and you can do that cheaply. Even mainland China has some beautiful places and despite how screwed up it is in general it's worth visiting.
*Do a Google map search for Hong Kong and also one for Hong Kong nature and you'll see that most people live in and around the city proper but much of the island is relatively sparcely populated. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:06:41 AM EDT
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Hong Kong is a great city - though some mandarin will smooth your path.
If the opportunity is legit, and the upside major, I'd FO. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:07:09 AM EDT
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I say go, especially if you don't have family to worry about. You can always come back, if you're tired of the job. Would we know any of the movies you, or the composer, have worked on? Good luck. Chris Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Hello yes. But in Hong Kong you must eat peeps with Chop Sticks. I'd miss my guns for sure but it probably wouldn't be a permanent thing. I say go, especially if you don't have family to worry about. You can always come back, if you're tired of the job. Would we know any of the movies you, or the composer, have worked on? Good luck. Chris You've seen quite a few of them on Rotten Tomatoes recently, but I can't really say more than that as I'm technically a ghostwriter. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:07:56 AM EDT
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I'd miss my guns for sure but it probably wouldn't be a permanent thing. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Hello yes. But in Hong Kong you must eat peeps with Chop Sticks. I'd miss my guns for sure but it probably wouldn't be a permanent thing. You have to go. If you have the opportunity, the money's good, and you don't have a wife and kids to worry about, why are you even asking this? |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:08:34 AM EDT
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Be gone! And love it!
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:09:18 AM EDT
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I've been to Hong Kong many many times.
Think of a very clean New York City but with only Chinese people and a very few whites. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:10:11 AM EDT
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Wow, that's good to hear. What were you doing there? I'd love to know a bit more about your experience. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Do it! I lived there for awhile and it's a great city. Wow, that's good to hear. What were you doing there? I'd love to know a bit more about your experience. I did study abroad there and lived in Kowloon Tong. I was lucky because I had local room mates to show me all the cool local shit/food and lots of cool British exchange students to party with. 
I also worked in Tokyo after college and I prefer Hong Kong, Tokyo girls are hotter and sluttier though.
What's cool about HK, so much of South East Asia is close and cheap to visit, including quick train rides up to Shenzhen or boat rides to Macau, Bangkok, etc. Going to Shenzhen is fucking awesome if you leave the tourist area and get out and explore it too. If you like adventures, then definitely do it and don't think twice about it. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:10:50 AM EDT
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More money? More prestige? Wife? Kids? GF?
Can you slide back state-side without much of a hitch if you absolutely hated it there? ETA: Do you have a touch of yellow fever? If the money was right, I'd be gone in an instant, but I'd have to have a plan for my return. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:10:53 AM EDT
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Go and learn Mandarin Chinese (and not the Cantonese used in Hong Kong). It will prove useful in your career.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:14:50 AM EDT
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Make sure you change your screen name to "Patient Zero" so we'll remember who you were.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:16:38 AM EDT
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Go and learn Mandarin Chinese (and not the Cantonese used in Hong Kong). It will prove useful in your career. Yeah, that's easy to just pick up.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:18:06 AM EDT
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... what are you going to do with your firearms?
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:18:58 AM EDT
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Hk is awesome. I went for a wedding but stayed an extra 2 weeks. It's like a miniature sci-fi channel version of nyc.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:47:19 AM EDT
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My brother in law worked in China for a few years. It was a great experience for him professionally and personally. He still talks about it every time I see him.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:48:44 AM EDT
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Fuck y'all aren't making this any easier...this is not exactly what I was expecting
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:54:46 AM EDT
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Hong Kong is a great city - though some mandarin will smooth your path. If the opportunity is legit, and the upside major, I'd FO. They don't speak Mandarin in Hong Kong and most of the locals wouldn't understand WTF you try to say. However, being a former Brit Colony, English (the real one) is/was used as 2nd language. So, English works better than Mandarin. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:55:55 AM EDT
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Fuck y'all aren't making this any easier...this is not exactly what I was expecting Pretty much a no brainer if you don't have strong ties holding you down. Even if you have a wife and kids it would be a great experience for them; possibly setting them up for excellent job opportunities as well. I would not worry about the schools there as you can find some very good ones, the better the school the more expensive though. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 12:56:19 AM EDT
[#40]
you WILL regret it, if you don't go.
from HK you can hop a plane to any Asian country for a few days. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 1:03:08 AM EDT
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They don't speak Mandarin in Hong Kong and most of the locals wouldn't understand WTF you try to say. However, being a former Brit Colony, English (the real one) is/was used as 2nd language. So, English works better than Mandarin. I shay-shay'd my way there for a week on several occasions. Guess Engrish and money was enough. BTW, Uber is better than cabs, depending on surge rate. During business day, cab probably cheaper than uber. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 1:04:42 AM EDT
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His name was Bizzarolibe. Hong Kong has him now, and she’ll never let him go.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 1:06:35 AM EDT
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Go do it! Working overseas was great for me. I went to an English speaking country, but I'd do Hong Kong as well.
I had nothing holding me back, and I knew it wasn't permanent if I didn't want it to be. Had lots of great experiences that just wouldn't have happened if I didn't go. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 1:12:31 AM EDT
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Yeah, I did NYC for a few months (short term job) and hated it at first but I adjusted quickly. I'm not a city person by any means but I can do well enough in that environment. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Hong Kong is a fun city, although tbh it gets on my nerves after 5-6 days what with the crush of ant people running around. Rent around there in good areas in not far off from SF class IIRC. It's also a late to bed/late to rise city, and I remember many retail shops being open to 10pm or later. Yeah, I did NYC for a few months (short term job) and hated it at first but I adjusted quickly. I'm not a city person by any means but I can do well enough in that environment. I live in downtown SF and HK is an entirely different animal. It's still a neat city. Go eat breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental; table #21 is my regular. |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 1:14:51 AM EDT
[#45]
I heard it's sideways.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 1:29:47 AM EDT
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Experience the world, see new cultures and how another part of it lives.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 1:37:50 AM EDT
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Go for it.
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Posted: 8/25/2016 1:46:33 AM EDT
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How old are you and do you ever get laid?
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Posted: 8/25/2016 2:01:54 AM EDT
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Great place. signs in english. menus in english at most places. lot of foreigners live there. Cost of living is high though so they better compensate you well . Some of the best food in the world
GOOOOOOOOOOOO |
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Posted: 8/25/2016 2:37:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I shay-shay'd my way there for a week on several occasions. Guess Engrish and money was enough. BTW, Uber is better than cabs, depending on surge rate. During business day, cab probably cheaper than uber. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They don't speak Mandarin in Hong Kong and most of the locals wouldn't understand WTF you try to say. However, being a former Brit Colony, English (the real one) is/was used as 2nd language. So, English works better than Mandarin. I shay-shay'd my way there for a week on several occasions. Guess Engrish and money was enough. BTW, Uber is better than cabs, depending on surge rate. During business day, cab probably cheaper than uber. |
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