{"id":1188,"date":"2023-05-26T19:23:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T11:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2023-05-27T19:45:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T11:45:49","slug":"kinzie-2023-05-27-happy-birthday-buddha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/kinzie-2023-05-27-happy-birthday-buddha\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday, Buddha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/the-directory\/kinzieology\/\">Kinzie <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally published 7 May 2003 on <a href=\"https:\/\/heartbeat.com.hk\/this-week.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HK heartbeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In celebration of Buddha\u2019s birthday, I invite you to share my vision for our city\u2019s bright future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Consider that every one of our buildings, roads, parks and public works began with an idea in one person\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that everything we create comes from an agreement between many people sharing the same vision at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine clean streets filled with electric vehicles whizzing around quietly transporting and people goods.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine amazing modern buildings with rooftop gardens, comfortable common areas and efficient energy systems.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a series of pedestrian-only retail districts connected by our super-efficient transportation system.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine a fragrant harbourfront where residents and visitors stroll along a picture-perfect promenade.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine seaside villages with terraced restaurants and waterfront homes overlooking sparkling waters.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine pristine sandy beaches with shady palm trees and picnic tables and play areas and modern facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine hydro-cell water taxis and ferries skimming the sea and delivering their passengers to private nature escapes.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine green spaces in the city and whole-island country parks where we enjoy time in nature and leave behind only footprints.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine the energy buzz coming from humans not machines as we tap into the boundless creative energy of people.<\/p>\n<p>If we can dream it we can achieve it.<\/p>\n<p>Do you see ?<\/p>\n<p>Naturally,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kinzie.com\/fresh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heartbeat.com.hk\/images\/kinziesignature.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Listen to your own heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/annual\/2023\/South-Lantau-Life-2023-05-26-happy-birthday-buddha-insta..png\" alt=\"Happy birthday, Buddha.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/the-directory\/kinzieology\/\">Kinzie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we can dream it we can achieve it. (Click on title to read post)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}