6 Nov 2011 ~ Hong Kong Park - Part II

Listening to: Nine Inch Nails ~ Head Like A Hole

What's this song really about? "It's about the overwhelming obsession with money that capitalist societies end up developing, and the control that it has over PEOPLE once it does."  Reznor is basically saying "God Money is not going to be the driving force in my life." To think it was released in 1989....

Good luck all you Occupy participants. Be safe and don't resort to violence.

LORDY, LORDY, Look Who's 40!!!!

Hong Kong does not recognize Daylight Savings, so I am now 13 hours later than the East Coast, 14 hours later than Central, and 16 hours than Pacific time.

Back to HK Park...some interesting factoids I learned are that:
1. There have been 100 species of dragonflies identified here (I didn't see any...)
2. Of the 16,000 recorded species of butterflies in the world, 1300 are in China, of which 235 are in Hong Kong, 48 of which can be found in urban parks (I saw one...)

Ah well, maybe next time.

There is an interesting plant exhibit, where I saw various cacti and trees...

 including Golden Ball Cactus

Spiral Ginger

and Cacao.

Up next...the Aviary....