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- Seoul Doll Fair 2011: Freaky and fantastical
- Watch out, Jamie Oliver: The Chinese are coming
- Shanghai's rising stars, India on Rs. 32, Luxury Aussie farms
- OK the resort’s green, but is it good?
- マニラの墓地で生きる人々
- 50個香港冬日消遣好節目
- Hong Kong hot pot: Gourmet gimmicks we can't resist
- Shanghai Hot List 2012
| Seoul Doll Fair 2011: Freaky and fantastical Posted: 11 Dec 2011 11:36 PM PST Stare at dolls that stare right back The annual Seoul Doll Fair is back for its fourth year, opening on December 23 at the Samsung-dong Coex, Hall A. Around 10,000 dolls made by hundreds of participating artists will be on display until January 2, 2012. To many, the word "dolls" brings to mind fuzzy beribboned teddy bears or a sweet-faced Raggedy Ann in calico -- i.e. toys -- but the works on display at the Seoul Doll Fair are a bit pricier than your average Barbie. "More than 90 percent of our dolls are handmade," said Seoul Doll Fair manager Shin Jong-hoon. "They range in price from a thousand to several hundred million won." The variety is as diverse as the price.      |
| Watch out, Jamie Oliver: The Chinese are coming Posted: 11 Dec 2011 07:51 PM PST  Food doesn't get more Brit than fish-and-chips. Except when it's dished up by a trio of 20-something Chinese finance majors-turned-entrepreneurs who learnt to cook via the web. Shanghai residents have been flocking to The Sailors on buzzing Yongkang Lu since it opened at the end of November, lured by both the authentic fare and the chutzpah of its novice owners. The eight-seater is co-owned by three Fudan University finance major graduates: Sean Xue, Paul Zhu and Tommy Tang, all 25 years old. "We knew nothing about cooking, we learned everything from the Internet," explained Xue.    |
| Shanghai's rising stars, India on Rs. 32, Luxury Aussie farms Posted: 11 Dec 2011 07:43 PM PST Newsletter Date: 12 December 2011    |
| OK the resort’s green, but is it good? Posted: 11 Dec 2011 07:32 PM PST  Open up a tourism brochure and chances are they'll be there. "Eco," "green," "sustainable," "environmentally friendly": the growing litany of buzzwords that punctuate the path of righteous holidaymakers. "Tips for green traveling" are offered by lodges now deemed Mother Nature-compliant enough to carry the prefix "eco." Other establishments speak about organic this and that. But with all this emphasis on sustainability, aren't resorts and hotels in danger of neglecting what most of us go on holiday for -- good old-fashioned fun? Any resort that declares itself to be "employing grassroots practices" certainly sounds like you're opting into more of a muddy field-based, Woodstock experience than one of pampered R&R.    |
| Posted: 11 Dec 2011 05:50 PM PST 推計１万人の人々が、墓地を住処としている。 十分な住居のないフィリピンの首都マニラ。多くの移民者たちは市営墓地という一般的とは言えない場所を選ぶことを余儀なくされている。 中でも最大となる市営北部墓地は、村のような様相を呈しはじめているのだ。 霊廟は死者のむくろを安置するだけでなく、家族の生活の場となっている。 鬼籍に入る人はもちろん減少することはなく、職を求めて外部からマニラへやってくる労働者も増えているため、墓場のスペース不足は日々その深刻度を増している。 マリオ ポーメールズさん（52歳）は数年前に北部墓地へ引っ越してきた。墓石の石工兼墓守という仕事柄、職住近接を求めた結果だという。 彼は墓標をひとつ作るごとにUS$10を受け取るので、場合によっては週にUS$150稼ぐこともある。マニラの通貨に換算すると相当な金額となる。 54ヘクタールもあるこの墓地は、19世紀からあるフィリピン最古の墓地である。1万人もの人々が市営の北部墓地で生活しているといわれている。 歴史上の人物、文豪や芸術家、政治家、戦功の誉れ高い勇者から、歴代大統領まで、彼らはきわめてまっとうな人生を送ったわけだが、彼らの墓石と死体安置所だけは残念なことにそうはいかなかったのだ。 墓場で生きる霊廟は、飴やイワシの缶詰、袋麺や蝋燭、携帯用プリペイドカードなどを売るショップへと様変わりしている。またある一角では、食べ物や飲み物を供する非公式の小さなレストランまであるのだ。 住民たちは墓地の外壁にかけられた、その場しのぎのはしごを登り下りして大通りへ出る。そこからジープニーに乗って外出するという。    |
| Posted: 11 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST  1. 雪中溜冰那是在香港體驗飄雪紛飛的最佳地方。 「 冰紛樂園」位於尖沙咀海傍，設有戶外溜冰場及人造降雪。 在繽紛的聖誕燈飾襯托下，再加一點想像力，我們彷彿與聖誕老人更親近了些。 樂園開放至一月一日。 2. 為香港公開賽的高爾夫球手拍掌12月1日至4日，在粉嶺香港高爾夫球會舉行的高爾夫球賽，冠軍獎金達250萬美元。 美國公開賽冠軍Rory McIlroy 及其他選手，將光臨新界高爾夫球場，參與瑞銀香港高爾夫球公開賽。 3. 唱，或聽，聖誕歌雖然每年我們給商場播放的聖誕歌轟炸得快要瘋似的，但沒什麼比正宗的聖誕佳音更有節日氣氛。 12月2日至4日，香港小交響樂團特別呈獻《快樂聖誕》，演奏許多耳熟能詳的經典歌曲，並舉行聖誕造型比賽，讓一家大小齊慶聖誕。 4. 秒乾啤酒錯過了慕尼黑十月啤酒節？ 12月3日參加比利時啤酒節一解憂愁吧。    |
| Hong Kong hot pot: Gourmet gimmicks we can't resist Posted: 11 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST  Hot pot -- diners sit around a bubbling pot of communal broth and dunk raw pieces of food. Once the morsels are cooked they are slathered in various sauces and eaten immediately. Hot pot is the Chinese socio-gastro activity of choice. It is a low-maintenance meal that feeds a lot of people. Having to cook each piece of food individually before we can eat it turns hot pot into the slowest of slow food meals. Cooking time becomes bonding time. Besides, in the winter the steaming cooking pot doubles as a room heater. Where there's demand, there is crazy competition. Hong Kong hot pot restaurateurs try to out do each other with wackier combinations of broth-plus-meat each year.    |
| Posted: 11 Dec 2011 01:57 PM PST  They are talented, they are influential and, most importantly, they are young -- none of them is older than 30. Meet or, at least, try to follow these 20 faces on your next Shanghai trip. They are the hands to create and deliver the best Shanghai experience, and will also play a significant role in shaping the city's future. This list is in no particular order. Dive in and enjoy. 1. Apple Wang (王玉萍), 28, conciergeAmong all the hot names on this list, Apple Wang is the most useful for first-time travelers.    |
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