Week One

Here are a couple of snapshots, mostly of the office, which is in a really nice office building right in the center of town, amid all the skyscrapers. I was staying in a great, inexpensive hotel called Bishop Lei International House up on Robinson Road, in the Mid-Levels, and I would often take the escalator back up the hill to the hotel.

The escalators run down the mountain in the morning and then back up the rest of the day. It's really fun, and I like watching the shop signs go by as it carries me up.

This is the view from the Forbes offices in Hutchison House. We're on the 18th floor and overlook the harbor. This is, alas, not the view from my office. There are eight of us total. But, hey, I *have* an office!

That is it! I have a chair that someone can sit in! And also a bookshelf that's to the right that is not in the photo.

Robyn framed my first cover story! It was such an awesome surprise. And next to it is an artistic drawing of the NYC skyline that Zack and Jon bought for me in Union Square, so that I won't forget where I come from. (Don't worry, you guys.) That long black thing is a business card holder. In HK, everybody exchanges business cards. All the time. I have already amassed quite a collection.


I have two screen, so I feel like a super-cool copy editor. But it really does help with promotions and with writing markets stories. Also in this photo is my bamboo plant and -- ta-da -- my brand-new BlackBerry. I sold out and I love it. It is such a cool device.


Someone I love sent flowers all the way to HK. Very impressive, and very beautiful.