# ![@TheGrouchHK Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::269220968.png) @TheGrouchHK The Grouch

The Grouch posts on X about hong kong, china, singapore, france the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [finance](/list/finance)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [currencies](/list/currencies)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 

**Social topic influence**
[hong kong](/topic/hong-kong) #1683, [china](/topic/china), [singapore](/topic/singapore) #1381, [france](/topic/france), [wechat](/topic/wechat), [seoul](/topic/seoul), [money](/topic/money), [in the](/topic/in-the), [macao](/topic/macao), [thailand](/topic/thailand)

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@chefmiew](/creator/undefined) [@transitjam](/creator/undefined) [@hkpoliceforce](/creator/undefined) [@historianzhang](/creator/undefined) [@farsino](/creator/undefined) [@chiuchiyin](/creator/undefined) [@thisischaniece](/creator/undefined) [@curtexplores](/creator/undefined) [@toxxygen](/creator/undefined) [@b2rkn](/creator/undefined) [@thinkingpanda](/creator/undefined) [@notxiangyu](/creator/undefined) [@angelina1828](/creator/undefined) [@hohochan657](/creator/undefined) [@mp97440](/creator/undefined) [@longshortgamma](/creator/undefined) [@jrurbanenetwork](/creator/undefined) [@andybxxx](/creator/undefined) [@shenzhenpages](/creator/undefined) [@lp1980aa](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Marriott International Inc (MAR)](/topic/$mar) [Mastercard, Inc. (MA)](/topic/$ma) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/uber) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [Reddit, Inc.  (RDDT)](/topic/reddit)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Fire breaks out on yacht belonging to 57-year-old French owner in Sai Kung A yacht caught fire and emitted thick smoke at approximately 12.52pm yesterday afterniib. afterniib bien sr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1702909149137477923)  2023-09-16T04:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"When the rich float the law: Hong Kongs housing inequality Poor Dim Dim you meant flout"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1702915640158556299)  2023-09-16T05:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Mp97440 @vetcook Chiang Mai de ce ct"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1703052600919380094)  2023-09-16T14:25Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Business leaders urge Hong Kong authorities to step up efforts to get people to spend locally after Shenzhen targets visitors from HK Macau. Heh why would anyone be surprised. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3234816/business-leaders-urge-hong-kong-authorities-step-efforts-get-people-spend-locally-after-shenzhen https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3234816/business-leaders-urge-hong-kong-authorities-step-efforts-get-people-spend-locally-after-shenzhen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1703278941556080897)  2023-09-17T05:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I repair a Lenovo Ideapad Slim [--] backlight using the wrong part By @FixTechStuff1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1703435488911360171)  2023-09-17T15:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"My mom every time I told her no"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1703661422507593980)  2023-09-18T06:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"The comments in Chinese (for the main code) and Japanese (for the LovyanGFX code) could do with some translation (and Ill do that when I have a little more time) but all in all its good enough"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1703916932163117300)  2023-09-18T23:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"The code that came preloaded on the board and the code on github are similar but not identical something that bothers me to no end (thanks mild OCD). But it taught me quickly how to draw check touch events so its Saul Goodman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1703916934398664849)  2023-09-18T23:40Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"All-electric taxi fleet. And I skipped the line and boarded an electric bus. #Shenzhen #HK is still living in the past thinking it's still the big boss lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1704102540500189464)  2023-09-19T11:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"The grocery stores will be run by Chicago PD. Cut the middleman: from shoplifting to jail in one swift move"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1704266238304870416)  2023-09-19T22:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""Among the victims was a female teacher who lost HK$600000." It's only when the regular Joes and Janes are badly hurt that people will understand how bad a scam that was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1704723667853471757)  2023-09-21T05:06Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Parked in a blind spot on double lines on a hashed area. But it's ok .@hkpoliceforce doesn't care and never fines them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1704823428166058169)  2023-09-21T11:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@matt_trentini The STM32H743 yeah. Been busy lately so memory is a bit foggy but yeah. I have a WeAct_H743.hex build"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1704835924440617327)  2023-09-21T12:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"On my way to @SeeedStudio taxi driver is a proud member of the alien dialect tribe. He's exchanging voice messages with his pals. The only reason I know it's some kind of Chinese is because I'm in a Shenzhen taxi 🤣😅🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1705032391780380819)  2023-09-22T01:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@longshortgamma For a Renault it is lol 🤣😇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1705187902890955242)  2023-09-22T11:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@AsianTrainGuide Not really. Sill cheaper than the same trip by air in coach. Shenzhen-Beijing [----] km [----] hours from 1k to 3k CNY depending on the class of travel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1705407725671465312)  2023-09-23T02:24Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Wild rave party held in front of Tin Hau Temple in Clear Water Bay irks local residents raising concerns of security risks Wanna bet it was mostly expats and waakiu https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/wild-rave-party-held-in-front-of-tin-hau-temple-in-clear-water-bay-irks-local-residents-raising-concerns-of-security-risks/ https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/wild-rave-party-held-in-front-of-tin-hau-temple-in-clear-water-bay-irks-local-residents-raising-concerns-of-security-risks/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1706121913112961076)  2023-09-25T01:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Park on double lines so that you can smoke in a no-smoking area(the can has a plate on top that has a no-smoking sign too). This @hkpoliceforce should be [--] fines [---] + [----]. But since you guys dun care"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1706218553735798968)  2023-09-25T08:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Two CX planes arriving [--] from Singapore [--] from KL at the same and another plane on the same belt. A recipe for disaster. But my luggage came right out. Yay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1708077915332882895)  2023-09-30T11:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Local travel agency reports suspension of Indian tourist visas for Hong Kong SAR passport holders BN(O) visas unaffected"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1708371941726556415)  2023-10-01T06:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""2 key figures in JPEX case arrested in Macao returned to Hong Kong in the evening for investigation" We should be soon hearing the 0.8% lament about extradition no. https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/2-key-figures-in-jpex-case-arrested-in-macao-returned-to-hong-kong-in-the-evening-for-investigation/ https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/2-key-figures-in-jpex-case-arrested-in-macao-returned-to-hong-kong-in-the-evening-for-investigation/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1708372195746127878)  2023-10-01T06:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


""Macao law enforcement officers arrested two men in a hotel room in Macaus Inner Harbor on Thursday" Ah. This means they were probably trying to get smuggled to the Mainland You can see the inner harbour on this photo and how close it is to Zhuhai"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1708378804689989799)  2023-10-01T07:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@thinking_panda The fact S. Korea has a former prostitute as a First Lsdy sats it all about the state of that country. What a mess"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1708903219257335919)  2023-10-02T17:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Imnothere202300 @przidnt1 Reminds me of an "incident" I think it was in Perak where a man driving an expensive car Mercedes or BMW was car-jacked and because it had a biometric lock they cut his thumb and drove away. Proton better lah"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1709085023146856539)  2023-10-03T05:56Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ChefMiew @RazvenHK I can definitely say that YL cops are NOT enforcing parking. Once when talking to a cop in Traffic North Tai Po he said "It is bad everywhere Not just YL" Yeah but at least in other districts you guys at least try. In YL your guys sleep. He wasn't pleased"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1709097204827509010)  2023-10-03T06:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Instead of taxing this company here and there (import tax income tax GST etc) they're scaring it away. Majulah Indonesia as usual"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1709116192802406779)  2023-10-03T08:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Sunday I sent an email to a couple of potential suppliers in Portugal. I have since exchanged [--] emails with one of these companies nothing with the other. One is doing very well in Macao the other not so much. Guess which is which. 😅"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1709167216766410861)  2023-10-03T11:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Also speaking of taxing here and there. Once you get all the permits and licenses you need to buy an import quota. Which was before Covid in the [--] figures USD. And when you run out you either buy a new quota or stop importing. Highway robbery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1709168792180605153)  2023-10-03T11:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@r0_hw I miss you so much Alex"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1709217987369296222)  2023-10-03T14:44Z [----] followers, 26K engagements


"@joan_poh @AhBoard TBF I'm pretty sure Singapore wants to keep JB behind a fence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1709830614189510796)  2023-10-05T07:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"What I see here - and I know exactly where it is - is badly maintained buildings by landlords who don't give af about their property as long as they can charge insane rent. What I don't see here contrary to pre Covid is a bunch of entitled obnoxious expats making a mess./. This is precisely how you know HK is fucked beyond belief https://t.co/BRzieWBroo This is precisely how you know HK is fucked beyond belief https://t.co/BRzieWBroo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1710074991587553462)  2023-10-05T23:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@xiongmaoxuanchn Quite a few places in Asia are like that. I leave my stuff at the coffee shop in SZ when I go to the loo. I leave my stuff including my mobile phone on the table when I go pick up my food from SZ to Singapore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1710100527927951372)  2023-10-06T01:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@xiongmaoxuanchn Once in Singapore I was with [--] Frenchies. I leave my phone and go pick up our food. One of the Frenchies comes running holding my phone. "Dude Don't leave your phone on the table" I laugh. "You're not in France Toto. Out stuff is safe here." He looked at me pissed. 🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1710101196613267511)  2023-10-06T01:14Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"I did a small favor to my friends in Malaysia and they paid for the stuff I brought them in Ringgit. Okay no worries. Standard Chartered doesn't take MYR aiya. I go to Worldwide House in Central that mostly Pinay "mall" and check the exchange rate. [---] ouch. Anyway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1710129651686035637)  2023-10-06T03:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@winoinbordeaux Turkey having a local popcorn time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1710213844982026451)  2023-10-06T08:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Armored truck patked like every day several times a day on double lines engine on driver and at least one more guy relaxing inside. Their money pickup usually lasts 20+ mn. For the first time a guy saw me and came out asking me what I was doing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1710283986734620721)  2023-10-06T13:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Of course there's always the odd possibility that one of these guys resorts to violence but considering the reaction of that guy when I lifted my camera I think it's pretty safe to say that while these guys are not afraid of Traffic Police but regular popo maybe slightly more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1710289999193669981)  2023-10-06T13:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@kaangoksal @BarrettYouTube Only for socially dysfunctional GenZ. The rest of society knows how to deal with long forms and documenting a trip properly. I got a multi-entry 6-month visa in [--] days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1710513977229504527)  2023-10-07T04:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@BarrettYouTube Overall for first-timers I would recommend landing in HK and do everything there. Visa get a prepaid Unicom SIM or eSIM. Install AliPay HK and WeChat. Link WeChat and AliPay HK to Mastercard or Visa. Then you're ready to enter the Mainland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1710527454518165579)  2023-10-07T05:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"New acquisition. STM32H7B0. Another rocket of a board. Probably going to add an ESP to it and make a LoRa gateway with it. There's enough power 😉😄"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1711392771133829608)  2023-10-09T14:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"One of the MANY reasons I love @BBEdit. It is so good at manipulating text encodings. Here's a code file from the many examples they provided for the STM32H7B. Chinese text is broken. Reopen using Encoding. Chinese GB18030. Oh Chang CRLF to LF. Save as UTF8. DONE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1711652216808034313)  2023-10-10T07:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@thinking_panda So. The US (and France) build nuclear power plants in Korea. Making oodles of money. Bueno. Korea makes steel using electricity from US power plants and tech from Japan. Smart people. US: hey buddy not like that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1711706311703015463)  2023-10-10T11:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"la @Mp97440. Rome Italy Featuring the Stadio dei Marmi. Something modern descriptions feature as "old Roman style" whatever. No. This is a Mussolini-era grandiose thing. It used to have huge marble slabs inscribed with the many things Benito did. #PlacesKongduinoVisited"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1711911744057065843)  2023-10-11T01:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Block [--] of Aegean Coast in Tuen Mun reaches sale prices of [--] years ago selling 20% below market value in less than a year [----] mln for [---] ft is still too much but there's hope for HK. That's Gold Coast the other expat ghetto"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1712400008769843273)  2023-10-12T09:29Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Chinese woman rescued after being detained for [--] hours over unpaid gambling debt in Macao Don't gamble and especially more than you can afford. Easy peasy. I have a gruesome story about gambling debt. Maybe one day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1712443952492916750)  2023-10-12T12:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Dear friends and mutuals. A small point of vocabulary for us non-Muricans (and specially for those of us crossing the border with the Mainland). Passport control is called "Immigration" (and is a service of the Police). Customs is baggage/cargo inspection tax people with guns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1712456415078670463)  2023-10-12T13:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"In the Mainland Customs is called General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China and is a ministry-level administrative agency"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1712476862402933005)  2023-10-12T14:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Immigration is Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China () a sub-ministry level executive agency under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Passport cops :-) It's responsible for immigration policies border control etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1712477503112335779)  2023-10-12T14:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Catri_catcat Was for a couple of years. College students who by and large didn't want to study only to graduate which back then in Korea was a Sure Thing. We were not allowed to fail students. So mostly I shook my head and moved on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1713397379398012931)  2023-10-15T03:32Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Signal Will Leave the UK Rather Than Add a Backdoor We would leave the U.K. or any jurisdiction if it came down to the choice between backdooring our encryption and betraying the people who count on us for privacy or leaving Whittaker said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1713502813849043090)  2023-10-15T10:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@drew_pavlou Greece"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1713875192450339320)  2023-10-16T11:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@thisischaniece This is kind of an extreme case. The latge majority of flats in HK in KLN and the NT are [---] to [---] sq ft. This young woman probably wanted to live absolutely on the island and paid the price"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1713878257874198790)  2023-10-16T11:23Z [---] followers, 13.6K engagements


"@zapatas_mom @thisischaniece [---] mln KRW sounds like a lot. You may have been on the receiving end of a bad deal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1713879055358124046)  2023-10-16T11:26Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"One of the many projects ahhh pending. I have for my Sharp #pokekon is a storage center. We had a similar project with Alex he had made a full board for it with OLED STM32F103 etc. I will get back to it. BUT. A simple ESP32 could do the trick"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1714159007416586386)  2023-10-17T05:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@thisischaniece I have an interesting "Where are you from" story but it's a bit long. TL;DR: North Korean who used to be in a slave labor camp in Siberia only knew East Bloc countries. Romania Bulgaria Russia etc Yep. France England Nope"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1714527637581009347)  2023-10-18T06:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"You mean US Consulate Hong Kong. Thank you for admitting CIA has a black site in HK. #Expend4bles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1714552735197286873)  2023-10-18T08:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


""Tsang Chi-kin who was [--] at the time of the protests was left in critical condition after being shot in his left lung during clashes with police in 2019." Tsang Chi-kin was shot but survived while assaulting a cop with a steel rod during the [----] riots. Fixed it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1714554710420811999)  2023-10-18T08:11Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Cargo truck overturns at Lion Rock Tunnel entrance medical professionals offered hospitalization to the driver. However the driver declined the offer and refused to be transported to a medical facility. Because he would fail a drug/alcohol test"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1714888103624950191)  2023-10-19T06:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Good evening from wait why are the main colours blue and yellow tonight 😅🤣"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1715309521286095109)  2023-10-20T10:10Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@NickFisherAU Eh First it's LoRa. Short for Long Rang. Not *LoRA. Second. In this case it's LoRaWAN. The protocol built on top of LoRa. Third. You guys are the other one. We were here first. And own the StackOverflow lora tag. 😇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1715348848481288520)  2023-10-20T12:46Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Angelina1828 @Mp97440 20+ times. This is where I met my friend whose untimely death I mentioned recently"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1715930461409837511)  2023-10-22T03:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Angelina1828 @Mp97440 Yes. You can get an eVisa online for [--] USD. Grrr. Funny thing is that the evisa website is hosted in Singapore whose citizens are visa-free"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1715931109840875696)  2023-10-22T03:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Angelina1828 @Mp97440 I met quite a few Myanmar people with a second (supposedly illegal) citizenship often Singapore. It seems like the city-state has a blind spot for the sons and daughters of generals and drug dealers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1715932606137774548)  2023-10-22T03:26Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@thisischaniece Taobao price + commissions + freight cost + taxes + more commissions = Amazon price 😉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1715936678458851405)  2023-10-22T03:42Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@thisischaniece Although I read somewhere that Amazon imports their cargo straight through to Mexico right on the border have workers unpack and repack everything in small parcels and sends them back tax-free to the US"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1715937123923275997)  2023-10-22T03:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""United Airlines is rolling out a plan to speed up flight boarding times. Window seats first." "The plan saved about [--] minutes of boarding time." [--] minutes. BAHAHAHA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1716053432342397316)  2023-10-22T11:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Late October right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1716360550580703726)  2023-10-23T07:46Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@nikstankovic_ @AlexSad75177637 I often get only 4G in the metro even though it pops back to 5G on the platforms. Fishing village heh. 😉"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1716597072370307522)  2023-10-23T23:26Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"la @Mp97440. Muk Wu HK Frontier Closed Area. I had to use Google Street images since I didn't document this visit. For. reasons. #PlacesKongduinoVisited"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1717051544028446797)  2023-10-25T05:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"This village is in the FCA which requires a permit to visit. Depending on where in the FCA the permit can be easy to get (as long as a resident invites you) or bloody hard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1717053882080403843)  2023-10-25T05:42Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""Wilson noted that while his pistol was not registered in Hong Kong it is properly registered in Washington state and that he holds a concealed pistol license." Yeah bud but you're not in WA. That license doesn't mean shit here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1717385290120069508)  2023-10-26T03:38Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"la @Mp97440. Bangkok Thailand #PlacesKongduinoVisited"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1717709949847871604)  2023-10-27T01:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@nanontongue @jesuistouareg Obviously you know very little. Bu then again if you can't even spell the party's acronym properly one shouldn't expect much from you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1718095523964666086)  2023-10-28T02:41Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"100+ foreigners at Shenzhen Bay Immigration. Tell me again how nobody wants to go to China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1718200458744041522)  2023-10-28T09:38Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"New toy sent by @dfrobotcn has finally arrived (it had been waiting for me since October [--] at the kuaidi center. They forgot to notify me.) Expect a blog post soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1718260137977434551)  2023-10-28T13:35Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"la @Mp97440. Seoul South Korea #PlacesKongduinoVisited (and lived in a long time)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1719159501256098189)  2023-10-31T01:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Because Clarie needs motivation. 😅"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1719252663412654244)  2023-10-31T07:19Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


""those not admitted to South Korea would feel bad because they had already paid for their tickets to visit their dream destination." Many seeing SK as a "dream" destination was also part of the problem the wakeup call may be brutal but not necessarily a bad thing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1719949349139214563)  2023-11-02T05:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"A short thread about programming the RAK3272S (or any other version of RAK3172) without a USB connection. First: an unfortunate decision by my friend Bernd led to this form factor. An XBee like shape that has neither the XBee pinout nor the correct pin spacing. Unlike RAK4260"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1720676676760437084)  2023-11-04T05:37Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@bitcoin_badger_ @kjoules Taxis have been resisting the idea for [--] years. They won't be convinced easily"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1720853221114278358)  2023-11-04T17:19Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@eliasthemessl It's not an ESP at all. It's a BK7231T (as you can see on the chip) an Arm Cortex M5 chip with Wifi/BLE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1722026194978455938)  2023-11-07T23:00Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@thisischaniece Panama-born though and dual citizen. Not that it changes anything"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1723151780413145472)  2023-11-11T01:32Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@longshortgamma Jimmy Choo (Choes)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1723543702952653212)  2023-11-12T03:30Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@neo_antiquarian @Rushdenkop @sfchronicle "you just want to be aware of your surroundings and dont leave anything visible in your car." That's the very definition of a dangerous place"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1724366657475514784)  2023-11-14T10:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Shower thought (actually potty break thought but anyway). Before Covid a certain demographics of HK called Mainlanders coming to HK to shop "locusts". Now that hongkies are shopping and dining in Shenzhen what should we call them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1724698919635169430)  2023-11-15T08:00Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@Angelina1828 When's the last time you swapped a mobile phone battery 😅 Me it was probably [--] years ago. Since then they're locked in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1724976777284743659)  2023-11-16T02:24Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"I dug out my @SipeedIO Amigo and resurrected my SPMOD LoRa project. Support for the Maix Amigo its MicroPython port is not always stellar but this is probably the fastest MP on an IoT machine. Every click I make on the UI triggers a complete redraw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1726105876602421608)  2023-11-19T05:11Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@CurtExplores @arrowintheblue Yeah short of going to Mongolia and immerse yourself. And I'm not even sure that Middle Mongolian would be that helpful. like knowing Latin and starting to learn Romanian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1726426927609905368)  2023-11-20T02:27Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Mystery package from France (not really there are only a couple of people who have my address). What could ot possibly be. 😇"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1726852688271606204)  2023-11-21T06:38Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Oh you live in HK Must be tough to live in a concrete jungle. Well about that jungle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1726858499785904633)  2023-11-21T07:02Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@MulhollandLynne @archankei I have yet to meet a taxi driver who could speak English. [--] years and still waiting (not)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1727595224967643583)  2023-11-23T07:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@thatshirleylee I can't beat that but I have a couple of neighbors with parrots that they walk so to speak on their shoulder"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1728007786825728242)  2023-11-24T11:08Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@topduks @ChinaDaily Also I've been fingerprinted and photographed in France (again last week at the Consulate) South Korea Japan Taiwan Singapore Malaysia Thailand HK. Not exactly unique to the PRC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1728017580601082085)  2023-11-24T11:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@hkrob @Ajarncom Before Covid I used to travel [--] weeks per month. I've been a Cathay Gold member for 10+ years. Cathay was nice enough to renew every year my status despite no travel and this year with a lower threshold"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1728258515414987211)  2023-11-25T03:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@MalikTemple60 @fishmoding @SecondRingSZN @_thienie @prietodyke Heck I ordered food did business and chatted with people in Cantonese in Shanghai Yangon East Malaysia Cambodia Singapore Manila Bangkok"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1728400472250450135)  2023-11-25T13:09Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@USA_BaoziLover Xinjiang bread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1728422704183947573)  2023-11-25T14:37Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@VaporWaffles I tried Billions twice. The Metallica concert was nice :-) Couldn't finish season [--] though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1728748599973118459)  2023-11-26T12:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@tillingfolk @Angelina1828 @ChefMiew @chan_chinese There are so many. But you can't say you've visited Pinang of you didn't have: . Char kway teow (fried noodles) . Cendol (shaved ice with red bean paste and more) . Nasi kandar (Malay food) There are so many good places. But Angelina knows best 🤣🤟"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1729038165678395396)  2023-11-27T07:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Huge queues at SZBay again. Groups of Indian and Japanese tourists. Plus various other nations. I manage to squeeze in a newly opened queue or it could have taken a LONG time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1729041104060965130)  2023-11-27T07:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Winning team and all that jazz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1729109306795229403)  2023-11-27T12:05Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@quirkytwice I'm probably the worst person to ask as I'm not your typical tourist and prefer to stay away from people 😇. Also I go to SZ to do the same things I'd do in HK. Seaworld was a place I liked before Covid but it's very crowded now. Haiyue offers a nice mix of moden & quiet(ish)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1729352590679511498)  2023-11-28T04:12Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ruima Foreign WeChat Pay + credit card work. But there's a caveat. WeChat Pay is not the same as . Taxis and other vendors will show you a QR code which will not work. However scanning a restaurant mini app QR code and paying with WeChat Pay works"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1729476098734600378)  2023-11-28T12:23Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@MadinManhattan @ruima AliPay + foreign Visa or MasterCard works well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1729640063892336787)  2023-11-28T23:15Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@citcsmobile @BreakIntoProg @SipeedIO @GOWIN_SEMI Indeed. I've been looking at the Tang Primer 25K Dock. Have you tried it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1729783654803448008)  2023-11-29T08:45Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"On a more serious note today the restaurant was full of Uyghurs including family of the staff and clients. Usually it's mostly Han clients but today the restaurant was full of Uyghur voices. And the food was great as usual"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1730980951478644871)  2023-12-02T16:03Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@otickete @ZhaoKeke9 lol. I lived [--] years in Korea and about [--] years around Koreans. Back when I traveled a lot for work ie before Covid I had so much fun surprising Korean and Japanese travellers :-) "How do you know I am Japanese/Korean" It's written on your face"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1731281919546138767)  2023-12-03T11:59Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Hong Kong authorities clamp down on triad activity arresting [---] and uncovering money laundering scheme How many will be released within a day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1731294631957332176)  2023-12-03T12:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Hong Kong Court finds actor Joseph Ng and [--] others guilty of rioting during Lunch with You protest in Central And until sentencing they will lunch with prison guards. https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/hong-kong-court-finds-actor-joseph-ng-and-7-others-guilty-of-rioting-during-lunch-with-you-protest-in-central/ https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/hong-kong-court-finds-actor-joseph-ng-and-7-others-guilty-of-rioting-during-lunch-with-you-protest-in-central/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1731297001269235994)  2023-12-03T12:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Hong Kong opposition activist Agnes Chow living in Canada no plans to return despite needing to report to police over national security law case So Canada accepts convicted felons now https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3243702/hong-kong-opposition-activist-agnes-chow-living-canada-no-plans-returning-despite-requirement-report https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3243702/hong-kong-opposition-activist-agnes-chow-living-canada-no-plans-returning-despite-requirement-report"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1731475696369971629)  2023-12-04T00:49Z [----] followers, 20.8K engagements


"@seanzkwok @CTankie1917 Bahahahahahaha"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1731606319868919906)  2023-12-04T09:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@thisischaniece /me explaining to GenZ and Millenials that I didn't learn Korean because of KPop and didn't use "an app" to learn it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1731659133697614064)  2023-12-04T12:58Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Also I wonder how she can afford college in Toronto. Middle-class chick no work experience no income how's that even possible. /s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1731776447725896044)  2023-12-04T20:44Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Wonder what these taxis are doing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1731981810111037937)  2023-12-05T10:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@engineer_bob_sz Actually no. Waiting for walk-ins (it's outside a shopping mall). And the ones passing by sometimes slow down - it's a bus station and sometimes people are tired of waiting. Plenty of taxis in Shenzhen and contrary to before Covid they're always around"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1731987542147313980)  2023-12-05T10:43Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@engineer_bob_sz Used to be a time between [----] and [--] pm it was almost impossible to catch a cab. They were all busy. With Didi Chuxing they're not so busy 😇😬"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1731987793885413657)  2023-12-05T10:44Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"AA Property Auctioneers Ltd. sells affordable low-priced properties [---] sqf unit at Hong Kong Mansion in Causeway Bay transacted at only HK$ [---] m Affordable low-price and [---] million do not belong in the same sentence especially not for [---] ft"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1732173319783559330)  2023-12-05T23:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Angelina1828 @ZetaDaddy @JustCherry__ @hellosnoopy8 @goto_matthew @Macro_Core_View"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1732414594659049842)  2023-12-06T15:00Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Good morning pwetty sky edition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1732903990764212283)  2023-12-07T23:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@CurtExplores Would carrying a printout of your AliPay and WeChat Pay QR codes At least you can pay with these. Just. don't lose them lol"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1733443010963394671)  2023-12-09T11:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Oh indeed brother. Calls were made TownGas came two people among which a very friendly sifu and they had to wake up the neighbours who had no clue that's their gas line. Emergency fix next week some people will come to my flat change the pipe: only access if from my flat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1733746811121336751)  2023-12-10T07:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Neighbour who has always been friendly if reserved was very sorry and kept apologizing. Not her fault of course. And she's going to have to fork over [----] HKD for the repair works. Which is a bit befuddling. They don't own the pipe why isn't TownGas paying for the repairs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1733746813403066657)  2023-12-10T07:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Angelina1828 haha. I think around [--] HKD for a ten-pack or something. I'll check"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1734163100075749577)  2023-12-11T10:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@CurtExplores Slacker. 😬 I just cked my camera roll. The day off is June 10"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1734216549559665057)  2023-12-11T14:20Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@markbishopuk @benedictrogers @JGBartholomew @SCMPNews HK's population is 92% ethnic Chinese. Sino.what now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1734454318798094468)  2023-12-12T06:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Starving in Shenzhen be like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1734817528273395922)  2023-12-13T06:08Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"This afternoon when leaving SZ the Immigration officer a young blood (1 bar one dot) asked me in halting but functional English: "Why did you use the visa You are visa free" Yes well I have a visa so might as well use it. 😇 She nodded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1734892450605654514)  2023-12-13T11:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"And since she was in a talking mood I asked: About that. As you can see I come very often. Is it possible to do this visa-free Like 2/3 times a week Apparently yes. Quick round trips can. Longer trips use the visa. Good to know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1734892453248065868)  2023-12-13T11:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"That young woman has completely switched off. Deep slow (and fortunately quiet) breaths. Her phone on the table her purse and bag across the table on the bench. When she wakes up her stuff will be there. In what other country can this happen 100%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1735551199846535299)  2023-12-15T06:43Z [----] followers, 19.8K engagements


"Lived in a few of those too. Bangkok should probably be in the list"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1735991445537096025)  2023-12-16T11:53Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@wwwYQ6661308579 @MrBiswaz @MayaWintersSMS I do. Lived there [--] years. Slums is not the word I would use for it no. I did see some slums in the 1990s. They're gone. Please stick to what you know and leave Korea alone. It has its own problems just. not that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1736013360439890172)  2023-12-16T13:20Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"If Germany is on the list with [--] cities Kln should be one of them. Of course there should also be one other Chinese city at least (probably not Shanghai though got a personal beef with that city). Rome is beautiful for sure but wtf Palermo please"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1736062876341961205)  2023-12-16T16:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Paris is a hot dirty mess at least put Bordeaux on the list. Budapest please too. Amsterdam can go back down [---] spots. Moscow of course if we're ranking cities by their beauty. Shuddup St Petersburg your time will come"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1736062878200090950)  2023-12-16T16:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Mp97440 En Chine du Sud 😁 A HK moins du fait de l'urbanisation mais tous les ans mme une grande ville comme Shenzhen est couverte de lychees. S'il y a un parc y'a des lychees. Et les marchs en vendent la tonne pendant eviron 6-8 semaines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1736074529422835880)  2023-12-16T17:23Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"While exiting SZ I was queuing up at the x-ray station. Hongkie about my age arrives jumps the queue right ahead of me drops his bag on the conveyor and runs. I grabbed his bag dropped it on the floor. He's probably still waiting for his bag"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1736678691713991088)  2023-12-18T09:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@CurtExplores Guangzhou Chengdu Taipei. Been to Beijing and Shanghai. And many other smaller cities in Guangdong Guangxi Fujian Taiwan (see a commonality here 🤪)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737002045276934639)  2023-12-19T06:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@B2RKN *Narrator's voice:* It was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737024706262487149)  2023-12-19T08:18Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@quirkytwice Anbernic RG353M. It emulates I don't know how many game consoles. This is Crash Bandicoot [--] they also have [--] and 3) running on the PlayStation emulator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737129958156501296)  2023-12-19T15:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Opdiner He knew exactly what he was doing and that the law more than frowns on that shit. And the Saudi Arabia of SEA is Brunei rather. Try bringing in liquor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737369026404421683)  2023-12-20T07:07Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Opdiner As for drugs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737375872536162321)  2023-12-20T07:34Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Things to do in Korea as a first-time tourist for @ChefMiew. [--]. Avoid winter if you're from warm regions. You'll die. [--]. Avoid summer if you're from cold regions. No joke. [--]. Autumn is probably the best season albeit a very short one. The colors are wonderful. 1/x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737398353770745888)  2023-12-20T09:03Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@ChefMiew Gyeongbokgung Palace The main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty and the largest. 4/x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737398570431779187)  2023-12-20T09:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChefMiew Universities One should visit at least one of the top Unis as their campus are usually huge and some of them are basically parks with buildings here and there. My favorite for the scenery not the Uni is Seoul National U. Although Yonsei is (was) quite nice too. 5/x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737398662484181101)  2023-12-20T09:04Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChefMiew Shopping I know nothing about shopping but even I know about Myeong-dong. Plus it's the old Chinatown in Seoul although it's now microscopic and not the easiest to find. SK had diplomatic relationships with the ROC until [----] 6/x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737398814171161032)  2023-12-20T09:05Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChefMiew so the neighbourhood around the then ROC now PRC embassy is Taiwanese. There used to be a wonderful place now gone. 7/x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1737398880596287819)  2023-12-20T09:05Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChefMiew What I know about shopping is duty-free which is a huge business in Korea (before Covid Incheon airport was the biggest DF in the world). The big operators have DF **malls** downtown and are usually worth it. You buy at the mall and pick up your goods at the airport. 8/x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737399112981725411)  2023-12-20T09:06Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChefMiew I don't know if Gangnam is such a good deal for shopping but it does seem to be a magnet for shoppers anyway. Plus I suppose you can't go to Seoul and not go to Gangnam anyway. Big markets like Namdaemun and Dongdaemun are an interesting experience. 9/x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737399324546593270)  2023-12-20T09:07Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChefMiew Religious buildings Myeong-dong cathedral. Nowhere near my favorite but possibly worth a visit. Bongeunsa  Buddhist temple. Jogyesa  The main Buddhist temple of the Jogye order. 13/x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737402762969890891)  2023-12-20T09:21Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChefMiew Outside Seoul Songgwangsa . My favorite temple far far far away from Seoul east of Gwangju. You'll need a couple of days to do the round trip. I can provide details if tempted. 14/x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737402848068211112)  2023-12-20T09:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Even though my Samsung's camera is really good it doesn't do this sunset justice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737417673385111798)  2023-12-20T10:20Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@babywhitemonkey Hong Kong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737696883391512815)  2023-12-21T04:49Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Simple TASTY lunch at @RAKwireless factory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1737697513619235248)  2023-12-21T04:52Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Off to Fujian no tok me I busee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1738048088152178976)  2023-12-22T04:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Mehlee kwissmass cookies for my moots"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1738088724758438002)  2023-12-22T06:46Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Since I don't celebrate Christmas yesterday's dinner was simple but tasty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1739185564539355588)  2023-12-25T07:25Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


""More Hong Kong border checkpoints with mainland China to operate around the clock" I wouldn't mind having SZ Bay opened 24/7 as long as the public buses also run 24/7. No point getting stranded with only taxis and long-distance coaches"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1739605739507941684)  2023-12-26T11:15Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


""Hong Kong records [----] million outbound trips by residents over past [--] days of Christmas holidays industry leader warns city consumption affected""  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1739608556347994409)  2023-12-26T11:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChefMiew Two. Huanggang and the Zhuhai-Macao Port"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1739611092345934005)  2023-12-26T11:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@AMLalancette @DragonTimmy @MKUltraBased1 @HaraldinChina [--]. You're changing the subject because sticking to it would be uncomfortable for you 🤡 [--]. HK was never promised independence but a measure of autonomy and that hasn't changed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1739743902561865841)  2023-12-26T20:24Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


""Turkey sets stage for final vote approving Swedens Nato bid" That's the same NATO that promised it would never expand right That one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1739889273900601743)  2023-12-27T06:01Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@otickete Xiamen is seafood-heavy so if that's your thing it's a great deal. Probably the cleanest city in China. Amazing. They're lagging a bit on the electric vehicles front though. But bonus: no army of bicycles blocking the pavements and rushing into pedestrians like in Shenzhen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1739924480049426503)  2023-12-27T08:21Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ChefMiew @thatshirleylee I still need to plan my LoRa distance from home to Ngong Ping. Been pushing back and back. This needs to happen. [--] years in HK [--] of which in Tung Chung and I've never been"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1739926303367909838)  2023-12-27T08:28Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@HohoChan657 @ChefMiew @thatshirleylee Me neither. No reason to. Same for any other Disneyland in cities I've visited"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1739927479580827907)  2023-12-27T08:33Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Hong Kong tourism officials too passive in efforts to attract mainland Chinese visitors former city leader CY Leung says Snort. Fool is looking at the finger not the moon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740241308747501687)  2023-12-28T05:20Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"And my rent isn't exactly sky high for HK anyway even if it is on the high side in this hood. Meanwhile the riot leaders escaped with millions. I bet they feel bad for the poor in HK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1740332932517318873)  2023-12-28T11:24Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"City I dislike: very long list. #1 is probably Paris City I begrudgingly respect: can't respect if there's a grudge City I think is overrated: HK City I think is underrated: Xiamen City I like: Shenzhen City I love: love is for humans and pets City I'd dream of living in: Penang City I dislike: San Jose City I begrudgingly respect: Chicago City I think is overrated: Philly City I think is underrated: Minneapolis City I like: DC City I love: New Orleans City I'd dream of living in: Boston City I dislike: San Jose City I begrudgingly respect: Chicago City I think is overrated: Philly City I"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1740543103742992771)  2023-12-29T01:19Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@Lumpenpancakes Paris deserves and then some. I used to live there (went to Uni and Mom was Paris born and raised). My last few trips there confirmed it. Shithole with lipstick on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1740587353004261605)  2023-12-29T04:15Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@GeoPoliticalNo1 I really enjoy it there. Food's marvelous people are laid back and friendly city (Georgetown) is beautiful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1740587742776750200)  2023-12-29T04:17Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Water is a human right not an option. Basic utilities should be government run and not for profit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1740636736869548171)  2023-12-29T07:31Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""Hong Kong can axe seafood ban show contrast with mainland: Japanese Consul General Okada Kenichi" OR. HKGov could tell Okada to go climb a tree and eat Fukushima poisoned fish. Sounds like a much better plan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1740641148103008450)  2023-12-29T07:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"OTOH I will have two very small RAK3172 boards to use for. something else later on. Always a win. That nad my bank account getting an injection of funds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1740641543902703895)  2023-12-29T07:50Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"China Myanmar revive hopes for Bay of Bengal deep water port in Kyaukphyu under Belt and Road Initiative The main concern is not so much Rakhine which has been hmmm tamed but the crossing from China into Myanmar. That part of the world is wild"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740644049395286226)  2023-12-29T08:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@Masonch31178202 When I am there I rotate between Chinese Peranakan Malay and Indian. :-) heaven"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740644809629659406)  2023-12-29T08:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@icgee The one weakness in the MRT system is the lack of a dedicated airport train line like HK Taipei Seoul etc. I use the MRT a lot except for the airport. Too much hassle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1740693251802517651)  2023-12-29T11:16Z [----] followers, 69.3K engagements


"Language I dislike: Java Language I begrudgingly respect: Perl Language I think is overrated: Rust Language I think is underrated: JS Languages I like: ASM z80 @Xojo Python JS C C++ Language I dream of writing in: ARM ASM. Language I dislike: Clojure Language I begrudgingly respect: Zig Language I think is overrated: Typescript Language I think is underrated: C Languages I like: Go JavaScript Java (with @vertx_project only) @golo_lang Language I dream of writing in: Rust Language I dislike: Clojure Language I begrudgingly respect: Zig Language I think is overrated: Typescript Language I think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1741023501426057385)  2023-12-30T09:08Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Language I dislike: None Language I begrudgingly respect: Cantonese Language I think is overrated: None Language I think is underrated: Italian Languages I REALLY like: (I like them all) Korean German Italian Languages I dream of speaking Myanmar Russian Hakka"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1741024577134919931)  2023-12-30T09:13Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@ChefMiew And the local F&B industry has relied so far on overpopulation. You don't like my (lack of) service go eat shit [--] people want your seat anyway. So yeah Shenzhen people are in no hurry to be yelled at"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1741115290212061302)  2023-12-30T15:13Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@ChefMiew This would solve so many things in one go. After all even if your waiters are stupid rude clueless fucks if you don't have to interact with them the experience will be enhanced"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1741121150783312166)  2023-12-30T15:36Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


""Beijing should allow mainland Chinese to visit Hong Kong more easily increase duty-free goods quota Starry Lee says" Funny how seemingly reasonably intelligent people can suddenly become dumb-dumb when it comes to cross-border relations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1741315527203865009)  2023-12-31T04:29Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"Fireworks courtesy of the bandits in Ha Tsuen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741490570651218304)  2023-12-31T16:04Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@xiongmaoxuanchn Nah brio January [--] is no choice 😇😁"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1741699149802999925)  2024-01-01T05:53Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"AQI in Shenzhen and HK. Explains the smog I see out there and the weird smell/taste of the air"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1741738056368234707)  2024-01-01T08:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Crowds of people gather at Sheung Shui station awaiting first train to cross the border on Monday morning Lol. [--] km west of Sheung Shui [--] km east and south of Lok Ma Chau is San Tin Interchange with a 24/7 shuttle bus to Huanggang also open 24/7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1741758310007861549)  2024-01-01T09:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


""Its very quiet: Hong Kong restaurants dealt double blow by New Years Eve weak tourist influx trend of residents spending across border" None of this should be even remotely a surprise by now. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3247048/its-very-quiet-hong-kong-restaurants-dealt-double-blow-new-years-eve-weak-tourist-influx-trend https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3247048/its-very-quiet-hong-kong-restaurants-dealt-double-blow-new-years-eve-weak-tourist-influx-trend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742334631050084455)  2024-01-02T23:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Macro_Core_View @cosmopolit43 @sartorial_groot Ben Olmsted aka @bentonton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1742347226578575376)  2024-01-03T00:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Taipei as a "desination dupe" for Seoul Only i you're looking to see again 1980s Seoul. Who writes those things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1742402321039216747)  2024-01-03T04:27Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@bovensiepen The first trains were built in France and re-assembled later ones in Korea. A long chunk of the tracks had to be dismantled and rebuilt because of shoddy construction + corruption (la 1990s/2000s Korea)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1742470223226404947)  2024-01-03T08:57Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@bovensiepen In the large team that translated Korea's bid for the World Cup in both English and French luck would have it that I was the one who translated the paragraph about the airport train. A TGV HSR would connect by the time of the opening ceremony in [----] IIA to City Hall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1742484624935473203)  2024-01-03T09:54Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@bovensiepen AREX opened in [----] between ICN and GMP and between ICN and Seoul Station in [----]. They ran KTX between [----] and [----] but gave up due to low ridership. Too expensive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1742484996131287318)  2024-01-03T09:56Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@presidenRI2014 "compared to other countries around it like japan and s. korea." [--]. HK's not a country. No need for "other". [--]. JP and SK are nowhere near "around" HK. Food cost comparison is not that straightforward. Places like chachanteng are quite cheap in HK. JP and SK are expensive too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742534507214131234)  2024-01-03T13:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Cyclist ran well pedaled right into a group of pedestrians crossing the street. Not a beep a ring a yell (like they usually do demanding pedestrians let him yeah always a him pass). Nope. Silent terror. Except he went right for me. Mistake"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1742807840375648706)  2024-01-04T07:19Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@thisischaniece Ah yes Shanghai as I remember it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1743451963579052353)  2024-01-06T01:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@Shinpath @thisischaniece Sounds a lot like Seoul in the 1990s and 2000s. 🤣😅"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1743468106784330059)  2024-01-06T03:02Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Hong Kong to sell rubbish bags with special labels to ensure only approved ones used for waste charging New business opportunity for "enterprising" people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1743854080861380905)  2024-01-07T04:36Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Hong Kongs Cathay will merge flights to ease Lunar New Year holiday strain "merge flights" Novlang for "cancel flights and rebook passengers""  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1743854564695220449)  2024-01-07T04:38Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


""Hong Kong property: will residents rent or buy this year" Lol like people have a choice. They can buy. or not (most probably not.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1743857216929907116)  2024-01-07T04:48Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@thinking_panda Xinxiang That's where they genocide the waigers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743878311619772610)  2024-01-07T06:12Z [--] followers, 11.9K engagements


""stating that he served Hong Kong daily and was a law-abiding citizen." While parking illegally not abiding with the oh law"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1743881661941752318)  2024-01-07T06:26Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Still working on the smart water meter for a company in Africa. I have updated my @Xojo setup application and it seems to cover all the needs. The @RAKwireless RAK3172 can be set up in a few clicks and the firmware uploaded seamlessly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/TheGrouchHK/status/1744140493418828051)  2024-01-07T23:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

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