August 2, 2011
台风
I get to dash around the globe quite a lot, and there are always lots of interesting things in different parts of the world worth looking at. Since I’ve always got my camera with me, I naturally tend to take some snaps…
After a series of busy events – SAS 2011, Kozmodemyansk and the Macau conference – I decided to take some time out and chill on a beach for a while near Macao. And it turns out we got the timing just perfect for a bit of excitement – at exactly the time when the Nock-ten hurricane hit (a quick lesson in Chinese: 台风 – hurricane, (literally – strong wind)). I say the timing was ideal as thankfully we were able to observe the typhoon from the safety of the hotel room balcony – how the wind became stronger and stronger, the sea whiter and whiter, and how the coconuts only just managed to stay attached to the palm trees.
Then the hurricane passed, leaving behind it a blanket of palm leaves and rubbish, waves on the sea and a light rain.
But my last hurricane was more fun. I was on the 64th floor of the Q1 in Australia and the building actually shook quite noticeably – like a plane in a strong turbulence.
That’s about it for now. Until next time!…
