Doing a dark deed
When Rita couldn't fly out with me to Hong Kong, she gave me a mission (should I choose to accept it!). The mission was to contact one of the city's infamous 'villain-whippers'. These sorcerers are known for putting spells on villanous people - and Rita had a certain person in mind (think politician - not mentioning any names in an open forum!) Coming to Hong Kong, the question was, how to find these three sorcerers in a city of almost 8 million? Well - this IS magic, and last night, I just happened to walk past them. Purely by coincidence! There they sat. under an overpass in the Causeway Bay neighborhood. Three elderly women, doing the 'Da Siu Van' - whacking paper effigies of bad guys with their slippers. Surrounded by candles and burning sticks of incense, they looked like the three witches of 'Macbeth'. I sat down on a rickety plastic chair. Presented one of the women with a copied photo of the particular villain, Rita had...