Life in HK (with cats)

Hi, I'm an UK expat living in HK who loves photography and drawing. I've still got a lot to learn but I am trying to draw everyday and take pitures every weekend to improve my skills. I mainly photograph old parts of the country ... and cats, lots of cats. I think they're just so cute! Anyway all of the stuff that I post here is my own work, so please ask me if you want to use it. Thanks. I have an instagram account where I post my pictures too:

[halorvic]

opinion on dr who kid james from derry girls?

[dwgif]

DOCTOR WHO - Revolution of the Daleks

[giulialibard]

[stunningpicture]

[social-justice-stuff]

I don’t know shit about photography, but the person who took this shot must be given the highest award of them all.

this is breathtaking

This is now one of my top three favorite photos of all time. 

another one of my favorites

[theemotionmachine]

[oephelia]

a reminder fr the me of last night and this morning & every day from now on ! a reminder fr everyone who wants better !

this place could be beautiful, right ? you could make this place beautiful.

[saytwocents]

wow

[botanical-artistry]

📷 by @pottedelephant from #blackbotanistsweek 2020

[mielmelon]

ikea released introductions on how to build different furniture forts

[kenta-nikki]

本日の小首です。

[artofgaryyeung]

Doodle time! Hong Kong Pharmacy Cat. It’s quite a common sight to see a cat or two guarding a traditional Hong Kong pharmacy which sells both oriental and western medicine and daily necessities. Besides inking and colouring the cat, it’s fun to look for references of some of the most popular and yet unusual medicated ointments and oil available in the market. 

https://www.instagram.com/sketchergaryyeung/

http://studiogario.blogspot.com

[halorvic]

Dose.

[lluviagf]

RB FOR GOOD LUCK!

[shrimpu-art]

MTG-inspired cat portraits commissioned by a redditor. 

[shrimpu-art]

keeper of constellations

my submission for @luminossy’s draw this in your style challenge on instagram.

[thunderstruck9]

Carmen Ng (Hong Kong, b. 1988), Sleepless Night, 2020. Watercolour on paper,  51 x 32 cm.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[esoteric-merit]

And it’s way cheaper to do all of that than to continue to fund the police.

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.