Cultural Differences

henry tang, the front-runner for the next dear leader of hong kong has blamed his wife for an illegal underground palace in her home.  he said, ""it was my wife's idea and i knew they were illegal. since we were experiencing a low ebb in our marriage...i did not handle the matter swiftly."  the apple daily, which is an anti-beijing paper had the headline of "sells out wife for power."

haha, i have to love it.  it just so perfectly encapsulates the pass-the-buck mentality that goes on here as well the do-whatever-it-takes to get money/power.

this is allegedly what it looks like - with an entrance via the pool floor as well...

between the us and china, greece and ireland, this world is one crazy place...

anyway, enough politics for one day as i have better things to do like think about my next trip.  weve decided to go to taipei for the 7s weekend and avoid the madness.  another couple is coming along and it will be good fun!  until then, its just plugging along in my regular role plus a new global role which i am very excited about!