{"id":2259,"date":"2013-09-05T12:18:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T04:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2013-09-06T15:13:48","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T07:13:48","slug":"the-other-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=2259","title":{"rendered":"The Other Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/wpid-IMG_20130823_130859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full \" title=\"IMG_20130823_130859.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/wpid-IMG_20130823_130859.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old man and the sea<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I work near the IFC building in Central now. To avoid the lunch crowds and get a breather, I like heading to the Central ferry pier for a walk. It was at the extreme left end of the pier that I first spotted this old man fishing away at this breezy, shaded spot.<\/p>\n<p>I liked how relaxed he seemed to be, just enjoying the day with a simple activity. Contrast that with the corporate warriors battling it out in the skyscrapers looming behind the pier. The contrast couldn&#8217;t be more stark.<\/p>\n<p>I have since spotted this man on many other occasions. I think, he, like me, just wants to get away for a short while from the crazy crowds. But as he continues to fish his day away, I soon have to make my way back to my work station in one of the many skyscrapers in Central.<\/p>\n<p>So many ways to live life huh?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I work near the IFC building in Central now. To avoid the lunch crowds and get a breather, I like heading to the Central ferry pier for a walk. It was at the extreme left end of the pier that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/?p=2259\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8,9],"tags":[107,108],"class_list":["post-2259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hong-kong","category-musings-mullings","category-photography","tag-hklife","tag-lunch-hour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2264,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimsumdolly.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}