@oystergirl In Hong Kong, I doubt they understand our thoughts and experiences. They could well think that all these stupid Fruit and Calender names they call each other by are perfectly legitimate and are oblivious to the fact that in the West we would find them hilarious. It’s like the blind copying off the blind which can’t be helped with idols giving themselves dumb names(some intentional to stand out and some just uneducated). Maybe we are too harsh on them because they have an extra language to learn whilst we have less important European languages that are optional for us to learn.

@littlefish We all have valid reasons based our own experiences and circumstances. I would love to have high confidence children but my son is a low confidence kid but bright who learns everything from watching YouTube videos while I only come home 2 days a week due to work. Other family members who look after him can’t teach anything due to poor English and education. The low confidence can make the child refuse to greet others unless very close family members, take longer to make friends and refuse any risky activities such as climbing/swimming. I wish I could assert his confidence through speaking to him but I realise it can’t be effective overnight. I hope his confidence can gradually improve because as we know wisdom is important but good socialising skills and drive are essential for success.

@oystergirl I’m not offended by the ‘Ni hao’ because that usually comes from a random uneducated drunk guy or a group of giggling kids in the street. If someone says ‘your English is really good’, I would definitely be offended because that’s basically saying you are a Chinaman and I expected you to have a such good English. Once I got got offended and felt quite hurt when someone said that I had a Chinese accent. Liverpool born we do have strong local accent but she must have imagined my Chinese accent because of the colour of my skin. How would she know what a Chinese accent is anyway when I don’t even know mandarin and can speak some Cantonese....

@jimmyszeto that’s why I said your reasons before was very valid indeed :)

@jimmyszeto Yep, so not only do they assume you’re Chinese, but they also assume that all Chinese people speak Mandarin, which makes it even more offensive. It’s not just the ignorance that’s irritating, but the fact that half the time, it comes off as mockery more than anything. And while we’re on the subject (lol), I’ve also had people say things like, “Wow, your English is so good!” as if they expected me to have an Asian accent. *eye roll* No kidding, I grew up here (America), you dimwit. Okay, rant over, haha.

@oystergirl I agree. As adults or mature teenagers, we can sometimes brush it off. As kids,likely there won’t that experience nor understanding to ignore it without damage being done. I mean we ourselves are laughing at some of these idiotic names used by celebrities on themselves and plenty of us have advanced education but we still do it. Teaching our children about how names originate and promoting positivity are very admirable parenting. Whether it can work every time on a child is a big question. It’s a parent battling against countless people your child could meet who can harm him just by ridiculing the name. Nevermind, other possible reasons such as race, stature, appearance, wisdom etr...

@vodka They will use the money from the poor veterans to boost pay packets to hire stars and guest stars for their web series. So much competition that TVB need to hire non contracted stars such as Annie Liu, Irene Wan, Kent Tong etr. Simply having their own stable of unknown artistes won’t cut in China....

@oystergirl Ni Hao is probably the most used stranger greeting we get in the west. I usually respond in annoyance with I don’t understand mandarin which is the truth...

That money is probably going towards paying their future stars such Tony Hung and Shaun Tam...

@coralie Yeh. Repeating the same thing over and over then ignoring the points of other members to suit them are their tactics. It’s spamming but in a slightly smarter way than copy and paste...

@jimmyszeto yeah i'm going to avoid certain users going forward on these topics. i already know they're going to say, "mom should be moms. stay at home. do the babywork. your biology dictates what your role should be," etc.

@coralie Tbh I think both are trolling to try to make this site unattractive for us to use. Hence they are both posting 5-10 posts at a time instead of just 1. it won’t affect some of us because there are so many articles. They can’t dominate them all...

@lovepeace123 The feminist movement is getting outright dangerous if the leader wants old grandparents to take baby across the border to China to visit the mother twice a month rather than the mother come to Hong Kong to visit her child....

@jimmyszeto It all depends on what contract YM and Hawick laid down between themselves.

@lovepeace123 <<>> I call that trolling and trying take the piss....

@coralie If the parents name you 'Rafael' and you are English or Asian over here then your parents has pretty much screwed you over....

@littlefish Good job I can't read Chinese because I know there are plenty of sites with crazily, false headlines to attract users to click so creator can make cash automatically...

@littlefish Filming locations can in outskirts, trains can be delayed, studios will require walking even after getting off train. Any celebrity striving for efficiency won't travel by train unless it is a day off with time to kill...

@jimmyszeto sad thing is your reasons seem just as valid lol. Guess it’s matter whether you her fans or not, and can take this as positive or negative lol

@elizabeth I think Grace is travelling on a train just to enjoy the attention of getting noticed tbh. A celebrity when working will need to travel so many locations and studios so there no way is it more efficient travelling in a train than a chauffeured car. Also can't save much this way. Since Grace has married, she has tried ever harder to grab attention because she knows publicity is less once married....