Crowds packed Hong Kong's biggest Lunar New Year flower market on Tuesday on the eve of the start of the Year of the Snake.

my relationship with my family had started to become strained because of my interest. For a while, I stopped socialising with other bus fans, and tried to take part in other activities.

Other than collecting Barbies, my first notable hobby was piano—one that my parents coaxed me into and a stereotypical rite ...