Since a lot of my teammates were spending the night in Kowloon, Hong Kong prior to entering the Chinese mainland the following day, we got in touch with the operator of several cheap but clean and tidy guest rooms. His e-mail was full of warnings about poseurs and dishonest middlemen, I was half-expecting him to mention Macau gambling lords and the Yakuza in the same breath.
Maybe because of the intense competition in the area and wanting to get our HK dollars all to himself, the owner, a Mr. Steve Chan, advised us not to trust people who try to pose as Mr. Steve Chan.
Unfortunately, this strategy backfired. Because when he (the real Mr. Chan) appeared to pick us up at the bus stop, we didn't believe him.
And so some of us ended up taking rooms not owned by Mr. Chan.
Lesson learned? Don't be greedy, Yah?
Maybe because of the intense competition in the area and wanting to get our HK dollars all to himself, the owner, a Mr. Steve Chan, advised us not to trust people who try to pose as Mr. Steve Chan.
Unfortunately, this strategy backfired. Because when he (the real Mr. Chan) appeared to pick us up at the bus stop, we didn't believe him.
And so some of us ended up taking rooms not owned by Mr. Chan.
Lesson learned? Don't be greedy, Yah?
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