I HOPE ..

MAKE NO MISTAKE .. I FULLY REALIZE HOW BLESSED AND HOW LUCKY AND HOW FORTUNATE I AM TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AS I DO. THE ENTIRE POINT OF MY WEBSITE HERE IS TO REALIZE MY DESIRE THAT .. IN SOME SMALL WAY .. ONE OF MY POSTS OR ONE OF MY PHOTOGRAPHS WILL MAKE ONE PERSON'S DAY JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

TO FEEL GOOD .. DO GOOD !

I HOPE THAT SOMEONE VISITING MY WEBSITE WILL SEE SOMETHING ON IT THAT THEY WILL NOT EVER BE ABLE TO SEE OR TO DO OTHERWISE .. AND THAT THIS EXPERIENCE WILL MAKE THEIR DAY OR THEIR LIFE JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER !


IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH AND ADEQUATE MONEY TO FOLLOW-YOUR-DREAM .. WITH DISCERNMENT .. FIND THE COURAGE AND HAVE THE GUTS TO DO WHAT GOD IS CALLING YOU TO DO!


TRULY THIS IS MY DOXOLOGY .. MY PRAISE TO GOD!

YOU CAN ALSO VISIT .. http://babakaps.net .. TO SEE MY OTHER WEBSITE.

Wednesday 30 December 2015

DEC 30, 15 .. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 ..

Tomorrow .. Thursday the 31st of December .. Patti and I will fly to India ..

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016 !!

May it be a grand and happy year .. Cap and Patti ..

Wednesday 23 December 2015

DEC 23, 15 .. CHRISTMAS IN HONG KONG 2015

CHRISTMAS IN HONG KONG 2015!

JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!

With Shaddy's permission I am posting the below Haiku Verses she wrote to celebrate Christmas:

Christmas is Christmas
No matter where we may be.
'Tis Christ we honor.

In snow or in sand
We are secure in knowing
Christ's birth is at hand.

Voices sing, bells ring
In celebration we turn
With thanks for God's gift.

Hope in a manger
God's promise humbly bestowed.
We bow, we kneel down.

In weakness we come
To accept the greatest joy,
With Jesus we're strong. 


Shaddy THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! http://papercutscreams.blogspot.hk/2015/12/siesta-key-journal-my-christmas-haiku.html

How the time she flies past each and everyone of us. It seems like yesterday that I published my HONG KONG CHRISTMAS 2014 post and one full year has now passed.

Here we go with CHRISTMAS IN HONG KONG 2015 ..

In response to a question I am asked here is Today's Rhetorical Question: "Cap do they celebrate Christmas in Hong Kong?" 

As I believe that you are going to see below .. CHRISTMAS IN HONG KONG SEEMS TO BE VERY MUCH ALIVE AND WELL!!

I will show one direct comparison between CHRISTMAS 2014 and CHRISTMAS 2015 showing that .. Yes indeed the Christmas decorations change from one year to the next.

The most dramatic example of this are the decorations at the 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING in Kowloon. 

The first five photos below will show several views as they were last year in 2014.

CHRISTMAS 2014 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON .. One of the absolutely finest Christmas displays in all of Hong Kong!
 CHRISTMAS 2014 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
 CHRISTMAS 2014 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
 CHRISTMAS 2014 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..

The below magical photo of Patti is one of my favorite photos of Patti .. Be it Winter Summer Spring or Fall ..

CHRISTMAS 2014 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..

Now we will move forward to 2015. You will certainly note that the year 2015 decorations are totally new and different from year 2014!

CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
 CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. 1881 HERITAGE BUILDING .. KOWLOON ..
Now we are going from Kowloon across Victoria Harbor to Hong Kong Island and look at the decorations in and around Statue Square in the heart of downtown Hong Kong Central.

CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
 CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
 CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
 CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
 CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STATUE SQUARE .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..

CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STANDARD CHARTERED BLDG  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STANDARD CHARTERED BLDG  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STANDARD CHARTERED BLDG  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STANDARD CHARTERED BLDG  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STANDARD CHARTERED BLDG  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STANDARD CHARTERED BLDG  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STANDARD CHARTERED BLDG  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STANDARD CHARTERED BLDG  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. STANDARD CHARTERED BLDG  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..

CHRISTMAS 2015 .. HSBC BUILDING  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. HSBC BUILDING  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. HSBC BUILDING  .. DOWNTOWN HONG KONG ..


The below photos were taken as I entered into one of the 
Hong Kong MTR Subway Stations.

CHRISTMAS 2015 .. HONG KONG MTR SUBWAY STATION ENTRANCE AREA ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. HONG KONG MTR SUBWAY STATION ENTRANCE AREA ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. HONG KONG MTR SUBWAY STATION ENTRANCE AREA ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. HONG KONG MTR SUBWAY STATION ENTRANCE AREA .. Can you see Santa Claus way down below on the lowest level ..
WELL HELLO SANTA CLAUS HERE IN HONG KONG ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. HONG KONG MTR SUBWAY STATION ENTRANCE AREA ..

Now I am going to show you CHRISTMAS PHOTOS that I have snapped at random as I have walked around Hong Kong the past several weeks.













DAD .. I KNOW I AM NOT THE BRIGHTEST CHRISTMAS TREE IN HONG KONG BUT DAD .. I AM DOING MY VERY BEST .. PLEASE SNAP MY PHOTO DAD ..


 DOWN HERE DAD .. DON'T FORGET US DAD ..

Oh Yes! Hong Kong's Trams are also celebrating Christmas!
Above and below are photos of Hong Kong's Tram Nr 80. 
Well 'What do you know!'  In the next two photos below you see Hong Kong's Tram Nr. 10.
 As you can see Tram Nr. 10 was photographed in the daylight at an entirely different stop.
"I know'Zilla .. Go figure!" ..  "You pay your money and you take your chances 'Zilla!"

 Hong Kong Tram Nr. 125 your blue coloring is very nice indeed.

Oh Come On! Christmas is not even here and you are having a SALE!
Just in case you were wondering .. NOT all of the Hong Kong Trams are decked out for the holidays.
Oh Come On Mick Jagger and all of you Rolling Stones fans .. How could I NOT photograph this Hong Kong Tram!

'OUR' Special Room in Hong Kong .. Nr. 12 Borrett Road in the Mid-Levels.
Hello Lychee!

Moving right along here ..

































The LIPPO CENTRE in HONG KONG ADMIRALTY is a showpiece building.


CHRISTMAS 2015 .. THE LIPPO CENTRE .. HONG KONG ADMIRALTY ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. THE LIPPO CENTRE .. HONG KONG ADMIRALTY ..
Notice in the above photo the sculptured mural in the right background. Below is a close-up photo of this sculptured mural.
Below is a photo of a second of these sculptured murals. Each are too magnificent to not show you. 
The above sculptured mural is in the right background of the below photo.
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. THE LIPPO CENTRE .. HONG KONG ADMIRALTY ..
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. THE LIPPO CENTRE .. HONG KONG ADMIRALTY ..
 As happens with me I could NOT stop taking photos of these magnificent displays.
CHRISTMAS 2015 .. THE LIPPO CENTRE .. HONG KONG ADMIRALTY ..

MERRY CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO ALL PASSING BY!














Do any of you remember my Rhetorical Question at the beginning of this post?

Here is my Rhetorical Question again: "Cap do they celebrate Christmas in Hong Kong?"


In closing now that you have viewed this post I will let you all decide for yourself the answer to my question.


WE WISH EACH AND WE WISH EVERY ONE OF YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2016!

WITH JOY .. Cap and Patti ..