There is a great commonality between rainy days and vacations: both lend the insistence that it is OK to relax, vegetate, and underachieve by sunnier days’ standards. CNY falls within…
Bali is known for its surfing. It attracts surfers of all skill levels the world overflow its consistent waves, beautiful shores and friendly locals. My first full day here on…
From my days driving across the country, I remember a few times having to make an overnight stop in an unplanned city and needing to penny up some cash for…
Here’s wishing you and yours a prosperous new year, as we see the year of the rabbit come to a close and Enter The (year of the) Dragon. As one…
There’s a lot of fun local bands in Hong Kong. Some are made of locals only; others only expats; still others are mixed up. Now there’s another. First mini-gig was…
For you archaic PC or MAC readers out there who use a big bulky laptop or (god forbid) desktop computer to access my site,you may not even want to read…
First resolution of 2012 that I broke: no more buying books. There’s the library, there’s online books – it seemed like a good way to save a few extra bucks.…
Dear Occupy Central, Hello. I hope you are warm, as the mercury has been hanging low the past week. I’m not sure if it’s colder inside my flat than on…
I had heard this was good, nay: great, in fact. I had the audio book version of it as well, but waited to listen. I waited, because it was a…
Hi, Jon. It’s me, Michael. Thanks for the laughs – but tonight it kind of hurt. Not in a mushy emotional way. Laughing at the show physically hurt, as noodles…
Twitter is silly. Of all the programs that should be cut from the federal budget in the United States, keeping all messages sent over Twitter in the library of Congress…
The fourth comedian’s audiobook autobiography for me to enjoy is Craig Ferguson’s American on Purpose. (see previous reviews of Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey’s books, and future review of George…
When I find a new comedy Biography, I buy it. When the comedian is still alive, I immediately look for the audiobook. After having discovered the great pleasure of the…
I just got home from watching the new rape of Nanking war film “Flowers of War”. The film is very powerful, and definitely not for everybody. I think Saving Private…
In 2010, a French firm purchased the Hong Kong tram service, ancient transportation which traverses Hong Kong island for next to nothing (HK2.3/ride) except 1/2 the time it takes to…
Chinese New Year is on its way. To be more accurate we ought to call it Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, to use the Chinglish. Everything turns red to…
His funny take on S’pore, zombies (The New Paper, Thurs, 22 December 2011) – Gerald Goh BLOOD and bullets. These are the selling points of Hsien of the Dead, touted…
TV gets to Hong Kong slowly. Ok – that’s not true. Popular TV gets to Hong Kong a season or two behind, but GREAT TV rarely makes it to local…
All you need is cash. Well… and the right opportunity. You’re in luck, because that opportunity has come, and you are dying to part with your cash! Holiday money? Holiday…
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