Tea In the Afternoon
Rain clouds brooding over Victoria Peak, HK Island, seen from the Kowloon Peninsular Men are known for bragging and of course size is always important. In the time-honoured anecdote about the rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma, a Texan guy says he can drive all day and still be driving on his own land. In fact with a little coffee he can drive all night and at daybreak he will still be driving on his own land. The guy from Oklahoma spits his chewing tobacco at his dog and admits to the Texan that he can just about remember a time when they used to have cars like that in Oklahoma too. The amount of land you own or the space you live in are indicators of your personal freedom and for many these have come to mean more than money in the bank, cars in the garage or implants in the erogenous zones. Space in the city gives you the freedom to make as much noise as you like without upsetting the neighbors. Likewise space in the country allows you to shoot things whi...