grandfather clock

the grandfather clock is almost 80 years-old.
i have no idea who owns it when it was young.
it is a product of seiko and made in japan.

i remember my grandmother's place has a striking clock of this kind.
but the sound was rather haunting.
maybe something wrong with the mechanics or anything.
the noise did not affect her much because she could hardly hear.
her clock was not always accurate.
sometimes, it was faster; sometimes, it was slower.
so, everyday, she checked the time from the electronic clock
then, she put the arms of the clock to the right time.
i don't know why i have this vivid image of her fixing the arms everyday.

this clock brings a lot of memories.
it was fixed to the living room's wall.
for unknown reasons, i find it enjoyable to look at the swinging pendulum and to hear its tick tock noise.

victoria prison open day

i am curious about what's inside the victoria prison.
the prison has been decommissed.
it would be interesting to pay a visit.
historical houses like this will disappear very quickly,
in particular, in hong kong.
we are too eager to erase everything which is old and historical.

central police station

i went through the passage from victoria prison to central police station.
this is the gate to o'bailey street.
i often got in the station through through the gate when i was young.


the central police station.
it used to have a tiger skin hanged at the lobby.


the guard door where i like most.

i often visited the police clinic when i was young.
the clinic was just next to the main gate.
the entrance had very steep cases.
it was closed.
i had no way to get in.
i still remembered the wooden floor,
the cracking noise from the dentist,
and the weird doctor at the clinic.