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Right now, I should be somewhere in a skyscraper in Hong Kong, cheering for 2009 with a mainly nordic group of friends, and about to party the new year. It is unlikely, therefore, that I am eating 12 grapes, like all my compatriots will do in 7 hours, and I will not run San Silvestre race like last year, but I hope that does not mean I will get a bad 2009, and my wishes are still valid.

I wish you all the best for 2009. Feliz Año Nuevo!

PD: I have realized that 2008 would have been the shortest year of my life… for 7 hours if it had not been a leap year… Who cares, right?

Walking in the street today I saw this sign in a park in Hong Kong.

It might seem a bit strange to you, but there is some foundation for this. In China, spitting is normal, extended and generally accepted; at least in all three cities I have been before, and I do know than in many others too.

Hong Kong is really close to mainland China, and in fact, it is part of China, but they still have many english ways of living, and one of them is that spitting is not something socially accepted, as in the rest of the country, so they have set up local penalties to fight against that.