Geographical Overlords
This morning I listened to the song Geographical Overlord by MastaMic and Titus Chan. What immediately grabbed my attention was that the song's lyrics are a series of questions and statements that might be found in a school geography exam about Hong Kong, e.g., "Is Lion Rock higher than Fei Ngo Shan? Is Tai Mo Shan higher than Phoenix Mountain? ... Gascoigne Road to Hung Hom Tunnel is incredibly congested, but widening the road won't improve the situation because it will only attract more cars. Therefore, controlling traffic flow is the only way out." After a little research, I discovered that in Hong Kong, celebrity cram-school tutors (or "Tutor Kings") are treated like pop stars, and that Titus Chan is something of a geography tutor legend for creating easy-to-remember shortcuts to handle difficult, time-pressured geographical questions on the HKDSE (Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education). In 2011, Titus Chan collaborated with MastaMic - one of Hong Ko...
