Thursday, June 16, 2011

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iPhone app brings terracotta warriors to life

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Singapore-based Magma Studios has achieved what most would think impossible -- bringing 2,000-year-old warriors back to life. 

With the help of vision-based augmented reality, interactive storytelling and iPhones, the terracotta soldiers at the "Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy" exhibition -- staged at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore from June 24 to October 16 -- will scowl at you, shoot and reload crossbows, crawl out of a tunnel and let you give them rabbit ears for a happy snap.

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World's best bartenders fix us a strong one in Hong Kong

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 07:03 PM PDT

MO Bar masters of mixology

Five world-class mixologists from New York, Osaka and Melbourne will be making top-notch cocktails at Hong Kong's MO Bar until June 17.

The master bartenders made their names at hubs of cocktail connoisseurship around the world, such as New York's Pegu Club and Death & Co.

For the next three evenings, MO Bar's cocktail menu will take on special themes to showcase the visiting bartenders' skills.

Tonight Michael Madrusan will serve pre-Prohibition classics made with homemade bitters and hand-carved ice.

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10 coolest activities to stave off Shanghai’s sweltering summer

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 04:00 PM PDT

cool activity - summer

Alternating between sweltering heat and torrential downpours, the summer in Shanghai can be unrelenting. So take some time to kick back, chill and enjoy.

 

1. Ice Skating at the Mercedes-Benz Arena


Teenagers skating to blaring pop music, kids holding onto the glass as they slowly circumnavigate the rink and funky retro-shaped blue lights on the walls: this brand new facility is probably the best skating spot in the city. If the temperature is too low for you, be sure to warm up in the café that overlooks the ice after a lap or two.

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Yucky or what? Thailand's 13 most totally and utterly repulsive dishes

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:55 PM PDT

Not all Thai food arrives at the table with a seductive appearance and sensational aroma. In fact there are quite a few dishes that not just foreigners but many Thais gag at the thought of eating.

But as disgusting as the majority may find them, even the most horrifying of dishes have devout fans who consider them a delicacy they fantasize about daily.

In honor of these culinary mavericks, here's a list of the most repulsive Thai dishes out there. 

1. Goong Ten 

With a name that literally means "dancing shrimp," you'd better believe this dish is alive. 

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Pine no more for quality pints at Beerfest Asia 2011

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Benjamin Franklin once said that beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

If that is true then Singapore is hardly heaven for beer drinkers.

Singapore is more like purgatory for beer drinkers with a skimpy selection of stouts, ales and lagers available island-wide that are more often than not over-priced.

But salvation is here in the form of Beerfest Asia, the country's annual four-day festival puts the holy alcoholic beverage on a pedestal, allowing beer connoisseurs to enjoy more than 300 different beers brought in from all over and available at a reasonable cost, and packaged with an assortment of food, music and other beer-related stuff.

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To Japan from Iran, with love

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:55 PM PDT

In the months since Japan was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Afshin Valinejad has been running a one-man relief operation that would leave even the most earnest of volunteers in awe.

His mission has taken him on a 14,000-kilometer odyssey through clouds of radiation-laden air, over blizzard-stricken mountains and along deserted highways.

His goal: to bring supplies, and a smile, to people in Japan's devastated northeast. In both cases, he has succeeded admirably.

Taste of New Year

It all started in mid-March, a few days before the Persian New Year. Valinejad had just finished leading several overseas TV crews through the tsunami-whacked areas when an idea hit him.

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