Some more facts

Did you know that...

- Some rich Chinese send their children to boarding school when they're 6 months old?
They are very busy and don't know how to raise children. Therefore they send the kid to a private (and very expensive) school where it's brought up by professionals.

- Frederik was hit by a piece of pork at the market?
A bucher was getting enthusiastic in chopping up his chopsticks (it was actually the foot of a pig, but it sounds so nice...), and a small piece of meat hit Frederik right on the cheek. As it wasn't lunch time yet, he whiped it off

- 23 million Chinese men willnever find a wife? This is a consequence of the one-child policy introducedin the 80's, resulting in abortions and killing of baby girls. This now has caused that it is (officially) prohibited for doctors to inform future parents about the sexe of their unborn child.

- The internet is NOT CENSORED in HongKong? Hooray!!!! We love HK! Fromnow on,we will be able to react in the reactions, and we will also be able to see our own pictures and write some info with them,without having to install firefox and the specialextension.

- When entering HK, you are filmed with a heat-sensitive camera to see whether you're feverish? This is still because of the bird flu risk. It's a funny sight to see three people behind a screen with medical masks on, while everyone just passes by.

- Chinese men sometimes have long fingernails, especially thumb and little finger?

- Although Chinese eat superfast, it's of crucial social importance. While eating, they also talk (a lot) with food in their mouths. They think that Westerners are not very social, as they tend to keep conversations for after dinner. For Chinese, there is no after dinner.