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The library where you can borrow a person
Animal voluntourism, annoying HK commuters, Singapore human library
Japanese beer popsicle, Singapore human library, Bangkok Viagra scandal
Win tickets to the 2011 Shanghai Sevens
Beer popsicle alert as ice beer hits Japan
Wang Fangqing: Why Xintiandi isn't Shanghainese
Jeepneys fading out, Angry Bird moon cakes, Bondi wintry swims
曼谷最佳泰式按摩
30시간안에 재벌남과 결혼하는 법
Philippine jeepneys nearing end of a colorful road

The library where you can borrow a person

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:09 AM PDT

This Sunday Singapore will host a Human Library event -- it will make you think of libraries as more than quiet spaces filled with dusty books.

Think of it as a library with a human touch, where 'books' come in the form of human beings whom you can borrow for a one-to-one conversation.

Inspired by a quirky idea that started out in 2000 in Denmark at the Roskilde Festival, a group of young people have organized Singapore's first Human Library.

The 'books' include an alternative healing practitioner, members of the Singapore Contemporary Young Artists, a member of the Singapore Association for the Deaf, a poet, parkour enthusiasts, as well as a rural development social worker.

Animal voluntourism, annoying HK commuters, Singapore human library

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 02:05 AM PDT

Japanese beer popsicle, Singapore human library, Bangkok Viagra scandal

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 01:35 AM PDT

Win tickets to the 2011 Shanghai Sevens

Posted: 03 Aug 2011 12:36 AM PDT

CNNGo has 15 pairs of tickets to give away for the Shanghai Sevens rugby event at the Yuanshen Sports Center (源深体育中心) on August 27-28.

Use this opportunity to get familiar with this Olympic sport and cheer on the Chinese team. The event will also include live music, face painting for kids, great games with prizes and a beer garden.

To enter, submit your answer to the question mentioned in the form below. Five contestants with the best answers will be selected every week until August 24, and awarded two tickets each.

Beer popsicle alert as ice beer hits Japan

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:30 PM PDT

We have some good news and some weird news for beer purists.

The good news is, Kirin has announced a new addition to its suds lineup, and for once it's actual beer, not that "happoshu" blend of liquor and goodness-knows-what that Japanese breweries cook up to benefit from tax breaks.

The weird news is, Kirin's Ice Plus Beer is designed to be consumed on ice. Yes -- in a glass, over a stack of fresh cubes of frozen water.

Wang Fangqing: Why Xintiandi isn't Shanghainese

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 09:27 PM PDT

During Shanghai's massive Shikumen demolitions in the 1990s, a few blocks of traditional residential buildings near Taiping Bridge (太平桥) dodged the destruction, due to a US$150 million investment by the Hong Kong-based real estate behemoth Shui On.

A decade later, these buildings are known as Xintiandi (新天地), which translates as "New Heaven and Earth". It's Shanghai's signature entertainment and tourist destination, and it doesn't hesitate to brag about its Shikumen theme.

Jeepneys fading out, Angry Bird moon cakes, Bondi wintry swims

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 08:31 PM PDT

曼谷最佳泰式按摩

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 04:32 PM PDT

曼谷的傳統泰式按摩，由米路的 180 泰銖一小時擦背，到高級酒店裡收費令人咋舌的奢華 SPA 都有。

然而，在首都有許多中價的獨立 SPA，提供物有所值的服務，舒緩疲勞後還有閒錢坐的士回去。

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按摩常讓人聯想到放縱的個人享受，可是大部份好的按摩店亦設私人情侶房，讓夫妻情侶一齊體驗按摩或分別嘗試兩種不同療法加以比較。

以下在曼谷享受傳統泰式按摩的六大好去處。

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服務: 泰式鬆弛按摩

收費: 950 泰銖 90 分鐘

30시간안에 재벌남과 결혼하는 법

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT

재벌남을 만났다. 그의 마음을 훔칠 수 있는 방법은?

한국의 드라마나 만화 같았다면 뺨을 때리거나 "난 네가 싫어!"라고 외치는 방법이 쓰였겠지만 현실에서는 조금 더 현실적인 방법이 필요하지 않을까?

베이징의 한 여성 도덕 교육원은 수강료 2만 위안($3,090)을 받고 30시간짜리 강의 코스를 진행하는데 강의의 제목은 "돈 많은 싱글남 유혹하기"이다. 상하의의 공식 홈페이지에 소개된 내용이라고 하니 눈길을 끌만하다.

이 강의에서는 돈 많은 남자를 유혹하기 위한 대화 기술, 성격 개발, 화장 팁, 전통 다도 등을 가르친다.

안정적인 삶을 위해

이 곳 강사로도 일하는 이 교육원 설립자 샤오 통 (Shao Tong)은 남자의 특징과 인품을 이해하고 특히 거짓말을 판별하는 방법을 학생들을 가르치고 있다고 한다.

Philippine jeepneys nearing end of a colorful road

Posted: 02 Aug 2011 03:00 PM PDT

The iconic Filipino people carrier is losing its luster as owners ditch art to save cash

Candice L. Quimpo

In a dusty workshop in the town of Angono, just outside Manila, an artist glances up at a poster from the Disney animation "Tangled."

He compares it with the image of the film's strong-jawed hero, which he is airbrushing onto the side of an old jeepney.

The artwork has been commissioned by the owner of the jeepney, and will be a brash, ostentatious statement that he no doubt hopes will mark his vehicle out from every other.

"This will be finished later today," says Damaso Reyes, owner of Dasoy Motors, the small auto workshop charged with completing the design.

Reyes will make a small profit for his work. For some, however, the scene here is a sign of the decay that is affecting Filipino jeepney art.