THE Lowly Peon

hong kong: the subtle delights 
27 April 2008, 8:11am

I've been in hong kong now for about a week. sadly, I've been a bit out of touch with reality as my hong kong sim doesnt have GPRS (the data connection for my iPhone). I guess GPRS is so expensive here that no one has it, so no stores have the sim cards for it. so email has been rough, peterdot limited to before/after bed. no online Chinese dictionary. no google to help solve arguments about the population of Chicago and Hangzhou. no last.fm scrobbles. the world can be a scary place. every now and then of check for wifi signals. since this city has a bajillion people, they have a zillion wifi networks. all secure. darn*. but pccw, the hong kong cell company, has a wifi network virtually everywhere. it requires a registration, so I never bothered. but I just found out it's free! (for 30 days, but I leave Tuesday!)so now I have data nearly everywhere! woot woot!