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Thor1987
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31 December 2011 at 5:09am | IP Logged 
http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-12-27/article-284 9091/UPDATED%3A-Hong-Kong-
police-probe-whether-body-found-is-missing-Newfoundland-man/ 1



Just found out a guy I knew from college/the music scene, died/might of been murdered
in hong kong. He was found with two syringe holes in his arm and the police told the
family he overdosed, however his brother in law said they found no trace of opiates in
his body.

Didn't know the guy well enough to truly miss him, but he was an a very nice and
friendly guy and knew pretty much everyone. And yes they always say that about everyone
but with this guy it's for real.


Anyhow the reason I'm posting this here, is A as a warning, and B because although I
didn't know him well, he was a fellow language learner from my old school, who studied
classics(something I regret dropping out of), and move to hong kong 3 years ago to
become fluent in cantonese. Anyhow share your language related deaths/ immersion horror
stories.
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hrhenry
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 Message 2 of 17
31 December 2011 at 6:09am | IP Logged 
I'll probably come off as insensitive, but other than him being in Hong Kong to learn Cantonese, what does this have to do with immersion? Without knowing any details, it could have happened anywhere, no language-learning required.

R.
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Edited by hrhenry on 31 December 2011 at 6:10am
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Thor1987
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 Message 3 of 17
31 December 2011 at 6:13am | IP Logged 
hrhenry wrote:
I'll probably come off as insensitive, but other than him being in Hong
Kong to learn Cantonese, what does this have to do with immersion? Without knowing any
details, it could have happened anywhere, no language-learning required.

R.
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Are you kidding,this would never happen where were from, murdered, having his
family going half way around the world, fighting with doctors just to get a autopsy.
Everything about this wreaks of foriigner taking advantage of by locals.

Anyhow when someone you know lives your language learning dream I think it be relevant.
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Serpent
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31 December 2011 at 6:22am | IP Logged 
it would even be slightly more likely to happen if he had been there for a different reason and/or didn't speak Cantonese...
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leosmith
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31 December 2011 at 6:44am | IP Logged 
Thor1987 wrote:
Are you kidding,this would never happen where were from, murdered, having his
family going half way around the world, fighting with doctors just to get a autopsy.
Everything about this wreaks of foriigner taking advantage of by locals.

Anyhow when someone you know lives your language learning dream I think it be relevant.

Totally disagree. BTW - please check your spelling and grammar.
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hrhenry
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31 December 2011 at 6:46am | IP Logged 
leosmith wrote:

Totally disagree. BTW - please check your spelling and grammar.

I'm going to go on the hunch that he's grieving and leave it at that.

My condolences, Thor1987.

R.
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Thor1987
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31 December 2011 at 6:48am | IP Logged 
Serpent wrote:
it would even be slightly more likely to happen if he had been there for
a different reason and/or didn't speak Cantonese...
Alright whatever dude, people
die all the time, espeically in russia, I was just sharing a story on language immersion
whatever.
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Serpent
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 Message 8 of 17
31 December 2011 at 6:58am | IP Logged 
1) i'm not a dude.
2) yes, they do. as we say here: living is dangerous, people die from it. (жить вредно, от этого умирают)
3) my condolences.

Edited by Serpent on 31 December 2011 at 6:59am


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