Thursday, July 28, 2011

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Viral this month: Parody video of Hong Kong luxury property

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 03:31 AM PDT

Unlike its name, the "King's Cube" featured in Hong Kong's latest viral video is a residential unit that bears no resemblance to a royal mansion.

The video is a satirical take on promotional videos for luxury properties in Hong Kong and has garnered more than 200,000 viewers in less than three weeks.

The six-minute clip is student Joe Yiu's final project for her Master of Fine Arts program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Although a satire, King's Cube is based on an actual rentable unit.

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Business travelers: Who spends the most?

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 11:36 PM PDT

Accor Business Traveler survey 2011

Australian business travelers are the most lavish hotel spenders while their Indian counterparts are the most likely to use hotel gyms, a report on business travelers shows.

"The Accor Business Traveler Survey 2011," a joint effort by Accor, operator of Novotel hotels, and Cimigo Limited, a research consultancy firm based in Hong Kong, surveyed more than 10,000 business travelers across the Asia Pacific region from June 28 to July 7 2011.

It gauged three areas of interest: business travel in 2011 (completed and planned), business trip planning and usage of hotel facilities. 

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Where to shop for vinyl in Bangkok

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 08:57 PM PDT

Vintage is the rage in Bangkok, sounds included. 

My own newfound obsession with old school music started a few months ago, when I asked a relative to bring over a faux-vintage record player from the United States.

The hardest part wasn't carrying of a kilo of fragile equipment over the ocean. It was finding those large black disks to play on it.

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China’s algae attack, hunt Bangkok vinyl, best quipao tailors

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 07:44 PM PDT

全球 50 大美食排行榜

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 04:32 PM PDT

蕭伯納曾經說:「沒有一種愛比對美食的愛好更真誠。」 從世上眾多珍饈佳餚看來,他是對的。 

可是那些最美味呢? 我們搜羅世界各地食品,選出我們認為最美味的 50 種食物。

想必會有讀者質疑說: 「XXX 竟然沒有上榜?!」因此我們歡迎大家透過 Facebook 投票選出各自的心頭好。

看完我們介紹精選的 50 強後,立即登入 Facebook,選出你最喜愛的美食

全球最佳美食現在揭曉,先不要流口水,用眼睛飽嚐這頓 50 道菜的盛宴吧。

 

50. 美國牛油爆谷

全球產量最高的糧食 —粟米之最佳食法,就是加添牛油烘焗至爆裂製成甜爆谷。晚上一邊看 《Commando》 一邊把香脆的爆谷塞進口裡好不滋味。

49. 印度稻米薄餅 Masala dosa

包著香料品,是為 Masala dosa。 是很棒很飽肚的早餐,或許中午時你又不禁把它當午餐。

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Traditional Korean wrestling faces its toughest bout yet

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:58 PM PDT

Given the manic following of baseball and soccer in Korea these days, it is difficult to believe that ssireum used to be the most popular sport in Korea as recently as the 1990s.

Ssireum is a sport quite similar to Japanese sumo. While the two athletes try to push the other out of the ring in sumo, ssireum athletes use various techniques with their legs, arms and torso to bring the other down on the sand. 

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Best qipao tailors in Shanghai

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:57 PM PDT

Of all the dresses to have been worn in Shanghai, none can come close to matching the iconic status of the qipao (旗袍).

Get yourself a piece of this feminine, figure-hugging symbol of eternal sensuality at one of Shanghai's best qipao tailors. They don't claim to be the cheapest, but they do stand by their reputation as the very best.

Han Yi (瀚艺)

Hanyi is one of the most famous qipao destinations in Shanghai, in no small part thanks to 93-year-old tailor Chu Hongsheng (褚宏生).

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Learning lessons from Chernobyl to Fukushima

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:55 PM PDT

The sites of the world's nuclear accidents -- Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima -- cast a pall far beyond national boundaries. 

An irradiated 2,850-square-meter zone around Chernobyl's single reactor plant, which exploded in 1986 showering much of Europe in cesium and other toxins, still remains almost devoid of people.

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北京で共産主義を体感する方法

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT

中国共産党は、7 月で発足 90 年を迎える。祝賀行事にさきがけ、中国共産党 は、過去の革命的な歴史や偉大なる毛沢東を称える運動を強化している。

「北京で毛沢東をめぐる」と題したこのツアーは、非公式ではあるが、この運動の精神にふれることができる。

 

1. 毛主席紀念堂


コンクリートの壮大な敷地、天安門広場。モスクワの広場なんぞここに比べれば中庭のようなものである。ここで眠る毛沢東をじっくりと見るため、列に並ぶ赤い帽子の群集に加わってみよう。

1976 年の彼の死後、腐敗処理された毛沢東の遺体は、旧ソ連風のこの霊廟で公開された。当然ビジターは脱帽し静粛にがマナーであるため、憤慨した様子の白い手袋の監視人は、携帯電話でおしゃべりを止めない無遠慮な観光客を叱り付けるという大仕事を抱えている。

霊廟は昼に閉まるため、朝早く行くこと。

開館時間:午前 8 時~正午、住所:Tiananmen Square, Chang'an Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing

 

2. The Writers Bar、ラッフルズ北京ホテル


およそ 1 世紀の間、「北京飯店」は、政変の波がこのカーペットの廊下も襲っていったときも毅然として見守り続けた。

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The naked truth: Airport X-ray scanners

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Word from the American tarmac says the fun's over for airport security workers. For years, they've been able to undress passengers with their red eyes.

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