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EDITOR’S NOTE
REBECCABISSET
Editor-in-Chief
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY!
THROUGHOUT JUNE The Faust Festival
2015.
6 JUNE Summer Holiday Shopping at The
Fringe Club.
21 JUNE Father’s Day various restaurants
and venues throughout Hong Kong
1 JULY Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region Establishment Day
3–5 JULY July Hong Kong Dragon Boat
Carnival.
10 JULY–16 AUGUST International Arts
Carnival 2015, various locations.
15–21 JULY Hong Kong Book Fair.
23 SEPTEMBER Robbie Williams Live in
Hong Kong, AsiaWorld Arena. hkticketing.
It takes me a while with some songs to hear certain
lyrics correctly. For example, with Taylor Swift’s “22”,
there were a few weeks when I would sing gaily that it
was a “perfect night to dress up like hamsters”.
For those familiar with the song, you’ll know it’s
supposed to be “hipsters”. It’s not the only song I’ve
done it to, but luckily most of my singing is done in
my car, and the only people that can hear me are
my daughters. They think it’s very amusing and they
generally wait a few weeks before they correct me.
The other day I was stopped at a red traffic
light having a lovely sing when I realised that a
man in a van to the right of me was watching me
and laughing. I stopped and smiled sheepishly at him – luckily the light
changed to green so I could escape. It’s supposed to be good to make
people laugh, though, right?
It’s definitely my mother’s genes; she once shouted out quite loudly at
a quiz that the galaxy in question was “the Milky Tray”.
We can all get the wrong end of the stick and misinterpret things, and
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