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Jardine House, Central District, Hong Kong, November 2018
This 52-storey building was the tallest building in Hong Kong, in fact the first true skyscraper, when it was built in 1973. It has since been dwarfed by many, but still stands out clearly, partly because of an agreement made with the government to limit the height of any buildings to its north i.e. between it and the harbour.
It’s porthole-inspired design has earned it an easily remembered nickname: “House of a Thousand Arseholes”
Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own circle post.
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Thanks to everyone who joined in for our puzzling week. A big thank you to Tom who puzzled us all with something entirely unpuzzling; to Elaine for a beautiful shot of a real puzzle; to Yvette for a book full of puzzling questions that will challenge your brain (plus some lovely art to calm it down); and to Brian who should be proud of koalifications..
If you didn’t have chance to check them out, the links are below.
Brian at Bushboy’s World
David Meredith’s Photo Blog
Eklastic at Pictures Imperfect
Elaine at I Used to be Indecisive
Geriatri’x’ Fotogallery
Heart to Heart
Jackie at JunkBoat Travels
Janet at Sustanabilitea
Jason at Proscenium
Just Snaps
Little Pieces of Me
Maria at Kamerapromenader
Nicole at Une photo, un poème
Pictures without Film
Sandy at Out of My Write Mind
The Blog of Hammad Rais
Tom at Beyond the Sphere
Yvette at Priorhouse Blog
Next week’s theme will be row – I’ll leave you to decide whether that rhymes with toe or with bough (you can’t say the English language is boring or predictable!).
Other forthcoming themes are listed here, and to see previous weeks of this challenge, click here
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 17 March 2019
Posted as part of One Word Sunday
Travel with Intent 
pingback: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2019/03/24/one-word-sunday-circle/
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Nice photo of your building! Here’s mine https://travel-with-tech.blog/2019/03/22/one-word-sunday/
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Thanks for your different angle on circles, and some great colours
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Hi Debbie, I adore your photo for this week.
Here are my circles.
https://ceenphotography.com/2019/03/21/one-word-sunday-circle/
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I’ve been here! It is quite a recognisable landmark! I never knew it’s nickname – so funny!
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Wow 1973 – a year after I got married! The nickname “works” in English, but I wonder if it does in Mandarin:) Telling that it was in Hong Kong, and not at the mainland:) Great find Debbie, and thank you so much for showing the tree moving with the wind for All Seasons! I see that often here – very noisy when the leaves are on the trees! Have a lovely week:)
https://wp.me/p9EWyp-DP
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hi debbie, interesting pictures you have chosen for the theme,
here is my post for this week, https://wp.me/p2AvI7-33D.
greetings robert
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I enjoyed your multiple circles – thanks Robert
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Love the photo, there is a good effect as you scroll down the page too!
My interpretation: https://firehorse.world/2019/03/17/one-word-sunday-circle/
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I like those circles a lot, Debbie. Here are mine: https://outofmywritemind.com/2019/03/17/in-the-round/
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Great circles, Sandy – they are almost spinning!
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Yes, almost hypnotic.
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Cool building. hilarious nickname. Thanks for my Sunday Smile.
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Very cool building!
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2019/03/circle.html
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Its perfection stood out.
And thanks for the smile that your circle brought me, Jackie
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Wow! that’s a whole lot of circles… Here’s mine – https://myheart2heart.blog/2019/03/17/spikes-of-faith/
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Great circles – well done
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Thank you so much 😊
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That nickname is funny (and hopefully not completely apropos)! Looking up like that makes for a fascinating perspective. I’ve gone with much more intimate and cheerful. 🙂
https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/circle/
janet
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My first thought was that it might be a government building – but i think it’s big business.
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And I enjoyed the colourful image you gave us, Janet.
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Hmmmm…I wonder what type of business takes place in a building termed as it is.
https://littlepiecesofme1.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/ows-circle/
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Big business, I think.
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A quick circle post
Not an arsehole to be seen though 😀
http://bushboy.blog/2019/03/17/circle-3/
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I think they hide in their offices!
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You spelt it wrong….it’s orifices 😀
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ha ha!
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That building makes me think of some sort of game board for marbles or pegs.
I went for a summer theme after driving through snow yesterday.
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2019/03/17/circle/
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I’m glad about that – here it is gale force winds, rain and hail. So the bright yellow and perfect circle was much appreciated David
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I can see that it’s the name. The architect was asking for it, wasn’t he?
My offering today is rather more colourful: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/circles-in-my-mind/
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Very colourful – a delight!
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Love this! Most dizzying – I must see what I can find,….
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It was an impressive structure – not as glitzy as more recent additions to Hong Kong, but its repetitiveness stands out
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Indeed’
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Hahaha, I love the nickname!! Great shot, it almost makes me dizzy looking up at it like that!
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I love the name too 🙂
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My first International working trip was to HK, working with a law firm whose offices were in this building! Thanks for the flashback!
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Happy to oblige! I’d love to go inside it
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https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/circle-3/
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Wow!, It seems to go on forever. Nice angle!
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Amazing how I can feel dizzy looking up as well as down!
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hahahah – “House of a Thousand Arseholes”
and cool up shot – what a great building – and now off to check out my circles – 🙂
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Its name stuck in my memory as much as the building itself
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