Hainan Highlights and Playing on a Swing

Last night I had a wonderful time in Central with my friend formerly known as J. Yes, I said ‘formerly’! For that was her name in the many South China Morning Post columns she appeared in. But that column is no more, and it IRKS me. No, not irks. Hurts. I miss my column so much. What’s the point of even going to the mainland now?

Anyway, J is still here – thank God! – and sometimes available for a spot of VV (vite vine, as some people think we say in Norwegian) and we had it last night sitting on a swing. Fun! Especially because the swing was inside a bar…

No, not this bar. A completely different bar. With a swing!

Anyway, she told me about a trip she was planning, to Hainan. And suddenly I felt myself transported back to the Christmas before last…

Hilarious island, great people, beautiful and slightly surreal. I want to go there again right away.

打鞦韆 － Da tsin tsau (play on a swing)
海南島 – Hoi Laam Dou (Sea South Island/Hainan)
南華早報 – Laam Wah Jou Bou (South China Morning Post)