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- Shanghai Tang moves into Mongolian yurts in Hong Kong
- Bangkok voted Asia's best food and wine destination
- Rocking Rajasthan palaces: Live with, not like, an Indian prince
- Phillippa Stewart: 別再說我肥
- 10 mountains for every kind of climber
- Gallery: How to take stunning city photographs
- Thailand's 18 Oscar picks: It's all about culture
- Retromania: Delving into Singapore’s endless love for the 1980s
| Shanghai Tang moves into Mongolian yurts in Hong Kong Posted: 07 Oct 2011 02:56 AM PDT Shanghai Tang will be moving into yurts -- the tents favored by Mongolian nomads -- by November. After 17 years at the Pedder Building in Central, Shanghai Tang lost the bid for the space to Abercrombie & Fitch, which agreed to pay two and half times the previous rent. Rent more than doubled to HK$7 million for the original flagship store space in the Pedder Building.      |
| Bangkok voted Asia's best food and wine destination Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:55 PM PDT  Travel website Tripadvisor.com has announced the winners of its "2011 Traveler's Choice Food and Wine Destinations" awards, with Bangkok beating out Hong Kong to claim top prize in the Asia category. But though Bangkok might be making great strides where wine appreciation is concerned, it's definitely the food and not the drink that earned this street food mega-city the top spot on the list. Here are the full lists of Asia, United States and European winners.    |
| Rocking Rajasthan palaces: Live with, not like, an Indian prince Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:39 PM PDT  1. Maharajah's Pavilion, Raj Palace, JaipurAsia's best suite and world's first in-suite museumThe Rajasthan palace called Raj Palace in Jaipur was awarded this year's World Travel Award for "Asia's leading suite" for its Maharajah's Pavilion presidential suite.    |
| Posted: 06 Oct 2011 03:00 PM PDT 女士們，先別吃生菜，好好聽我說。 今天我跟一位長得很美的同事聊天， 我問她要不要先吃午飯， 她說：「不，太忙了。」 平日「民以食為先」的她竟這樣回答，讓人不禁起疑。 於是我追問說： 「可是你怎也要吃點東西吧？」 「我太肥了。」她回答說。 什麼？ 等一下。 這個女生臉龐漂亮，嬌小苗條。 根本跟「肥」字沾不上邊兒。 我開玩笑說： 「那你肯定覺得我身型龐大得像鯨魚一樣了。」話說到這，鴉雀無聲。 這件事讓我想到以下兩點： 1. 我真的身型龐大得像鯨魚嗎？ 可能像小海象，鯨魚應該不至於吧？ 我的身形確實比你們一般的亞洲小女生大，可是我定時運動，肌肉強健，身材尚算中等。 2. 為什麼我在香港的朋友同事經常說她們有多肥呢？ 開懷一點不論哪裡，女士們總愛抱怨自己太重，可是我覺得這情況在香港好像特別嚴重。 這讓我有點納悶。 今早上班的路上，我最少看到 16 個標榜快速見效的豐胸纖體美臀廣告。 廣告牌上滿是宣傳纖體中心、減肥藥和整容。 只有健身中心的宣傳比較健康，但那一小個廣告也幾乎淹沒於電腦修飾的辣妹照片中。 更令人憂慮的是，相信這才是「完美」或「正常」身材的會令女性對自己的身材極度不滿。 這正是進食失調的原因之一，而香港患上進食失調的人數在過去 20 年間增加了一倍。    |
| 10 mountains for every kind of climber Posted: 06 Oct 2011 03:00 PM PDT Climbing pioneer George Mallory scaled some of the world's biggest peaks "because they're there." But with so many mountains and so little time, how does a climber know where to start? We've taken some of the guesswork out of picking the perfect peak, so whether you're the next Sir Edmund Hillary or more of a mountain man wannabe, you can focus on reaching the summit.
1. Hardcore junkies: K2, Pakistan/China
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| Gallery: How to take stunning city photographs Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:55 PM PDT Seven tips from a landscape photographer Photographing a city is no easy task. As a landscape photographer who has lately grown accustomed to photographing the iconic national parks of America and the feeling of humble self-realization that comes from such vast natural landscapes, my assignment of photographing the landscape of Seoul -- even though it was a city that I lived in for 25 years –- came as a challenge. If gray concrete buildings all start blurring together though the viewfinder, and there seem to be more cars and pedestrians around you than the nerve cells in your brain, it's time to put down your camera and think about a few things.    |
| Thailand's 18 Oscar picks: It's all about culture Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:55 PM PDT  The recent selection of the Thai traditional-dance melodrama "Kon Khon" (คนโขน) as Thailand's submission to next year's Academy Awards, while controversial because of lack of critical acclaim and box-office success, is hardly surprising. The Oscar committee of the Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand (FNFAT), with endorsement by the Culture Ministry, has traditionally favored movies that highlight Thai culture and historical events. But while critics noted the high-minded cultural-preservation ideals of director Sarunyu Wongkrachang, they lambasted "Kon Khon" -- a drama about rival masked-dance troupes -- for its one-dimensional characters, heavy-handed melodrama and an unfocused plot.    |
| Retromania: Delving into Singapore’s endless love for the 1980s Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:55 PM PDT  It's a Wednesday night. Outside Zouk, one of Singapore's biggest homegrown clubs, and a burgeoning queue snakes from the entrance as far as the adjacent hotel. The crowd, a mixture of under-20s hipsters and office-outfitted yuppies, waits impatiently to get past the velvet rope. Inside is a much more unique sight to behold: Zouk's weekly Mambo Jumbo night. Picture a dance floor brimming with 30- and 40-somethings and a cluster of incongruous youngsters dancing in synchrony.    |
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