OIHK!

I just attended a friend's birthday dinner at D17, a small seafood restaurant in Hong Kong. It was good food, good company and overall a good experience. But there was one experience that I had to snap a pic of and document.

That experience would be when I went to the men's room which is represented in picture to the left. While snapping it, I thought how Hong Kong this image is. Only in Hong Kong where space is at a premium would I see them fit such a narrow door in a tiny corner. Hong Kong is nothing if efficient. But in most other cities this space would barely be enough for a closet much less an entire bathroom with a working urinal, toilet and sink.

The restaurant staff told me no one has ever had trouble going to the men's room. But I would imagine any large or overweight person would have to use the ladies room.

In the mainland, several Westerners told me they have a shorthand saying, OIC or Only in China. While Hong Kong is part of China, there's still a menality the Hong Kong is a not China. So perhaps I can start a new term, OIHK! I prounounce that like a pig's oink, only with a silent "n".

Yeah, it's late. Time for bed.