I disapprove of graffiti and consider people who create them a nuisance.

I still remember the mid-night of several years ago, when I discovered the graffiti written over Yong’s car that was parked in front of the house. I woke Yong up, and the whole family went to check it out, only to find that almost all the cars parked in our stretch of Botany street, including that of Yvonne’s colleague’s, were sprayed with graffiti. We called the police and while waiting for them to arrive, we jotted down the registration numbers of all the cars involved, in case the police needed them. Yang knocked on one of our neighbour’s door to tell them about it, but I don’t remember they came out to have a look. We didn’t wake up other neighbours as we realised we might be the only ones concerned about it. The police arrived later, and we were hoping that they might go round the neighbourhood to check if the culprits were still committing the crime somewhere else. They asked a few questions and left, telling us that they would get back to us if they found anything. But I don’t think they did a thing, because we never heard from them again. I thought we might have taken some pictures, and I thought I had seen them not too long ago somewhere, but I could not find them now.

The King of Kowloon has just passed away recently. He has become a legend with his graffiti that he had created in a span of about 50 years. I wonder if Wei and JacQ have seen any of his work. The following are the links that I have found on the net about his stories.

It is an amazing story, but I still disapprove of graffiti.

http://www.zaobao.com/zg/zg070729_502_1.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070727/en_afp/hongkongsocialartdead

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9B%BE%E7%81%B6%E8%B2%A1

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/070725/60/2c9l9.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/selph/927283628/

http://espvisuals.blogspot.com/2007/07/rip-king-of-kowloon.html

http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/03/24/the-king-of-kowloon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/facts/904439674/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t0-lHkwTes&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOwWcSP4ZZ0&mode=related&search=

http://www.pbase.com/frankomania/tsang

http://stage6.divx.com/user/cityben/video/1220457/King-Of-Kowloon