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Home design after the pandemic focuses on self-care using art, AI and smart devices
Smart beds, filters, lighting, even art connect with the Internet of Things to keep a virtual finger on our pulse and adjust to our rhythms The work-from-home phenomenon has led to people forging a different kind of relationship with the places they live in. Although lockdowns in the pandemic triggered a feeling of claustrophobia and a manic desire...
LifestyleThai KOL hails bare hand opening of spiky durians by China live-streamers ‘new kung fu’
Thai woman marries Chinese man, posts videos sharing cultural quirks A key opinion leader from Thailand has been captivated by durian sellers in China who open the fruit with their bare hands and estimate its weight - calling their skills the "new kung fu". Mina, who is in her 20s, married a Chinese man five years ago and settled in Beijing. She of...
LifestyleHow Macau birthed the world’s first fusion cuisine, mixing Portuguese and Chinese traditions
Classic dishes like minchi, tacho and galinha a Africana have not travelled further because 'there are not many cooks who can do it properly' In the mid-16th century, China's Ming dynasty leased Macau as a trading post to Portugal. In doing so, it sowed the seeds that would sprout into one of the world's first and most compelling fusion cuisines. T...
LifestyleTransgender China actress makes historic debut in UK television drama
Jaylin Ye plays the character Karis in Netflix show, critics praise her performance as 'downright hilarious' Actress Jaylin Ye has made history by becoming the first Chinese transgender female character to appear on British television with her debut in the Amazon Prime series Dead Hot. The six-episode comedy thriller follows friends and amateur det...
LifestyleMeet Hong Kong cocktail competition winner Lok Cheung of Coa, Master Mixologist champion
Lok Cheung, bar manager at three-time Asia's 50 Best Bars winner Coa, says connecting his drinks to Hong Kong helped him win ViuTV's series Master Mixologist, Hong Kong's first televised cocktail-making competition, set the bar high. Running from June 10 to 21 on ViuTV and featuring 32 participants - from professional bartenders to amateur talent -...
LifestyleSingaporeans praise tourist who spent US$100/day for “showing the world that it doesn’t cost thousands”
SINGAPORE: Canadian travel vlogger Aline Macleod has won praise from Singaporeans after she showed how... The post Singaporeans praise tourist who spent US$100/day for “showing the world that it doesn’t cost thousands” appeared first on The Independent Singapore News - Latest Breaking News
Lifestyle‘Teeth playing’: China’s most terrifying folk art in which artists sing with wild boar tusks in mouths
Traditional performance exposes exponent's mouths to painful damage, despite listing as intangible heritage, act is facing extinction A performer with a fierce makeup conceals the tusks of several wild boars in their mouth, flipping them up and down with their tongue and teeth. Throughout this process, they need to sing, read and dance. It could we...
LifestyleAcademic paper by top China actress triggers ability debate, bribery claims debunked
Writing for academic journals requires strong skills, substantial research, mentorship, critics ask if actress had time and ability to do so Yang Mi, one of China's most renowned actresses, faced a backlash after writing an article on acting for a prestigious academic journal. She was accused of using a ghostwriter and urged her to "focus on improv...
LifestyleNetflix movie review: The Imaginary – unimaginative animation from Japan’s Studio Ponoc
The Imaginary follows Rudger (voiced by Kokoro Terada), an imaginary friend who is separated from his human companion Amanda (Rio Suzuki) 2/5 stars Audiences have been inundated this year with stories about imaginary friends, from John Krasinski's effects-heavy IF, to insidious Blumhouse horror film Imaginary and Benedict Cumberbatch's lumbering, M...
LifestyleUsing hand grenade as hammer, elderly woman in China defies death for 20 years
Unsuspecting elderly woman uses hand grenade as a tool for cracking nuts, hammering nails for 2 decades An elderly woman in China who thought she was using a simple hammer to crack nuts and embed nails for 20 years was shocked to discover that the tool was actually a hand grenade. The astonishing story began two decades ago when the woman, surnamed...
LifestyleMarried Vietnam man with 2 daughters to become a woman with wife’s full support
Software engineer embraces yearning he has had since childhood, pending gender reassignment surgery, has started dressing in women's clothes A married man in Vietnam has decided to transition to a woman, with the full support of his wife, after eight years of wedlock. Software engineer Thuy Tien, 41, formerly known as Van Tien, is from Da Nang in c...
LifestyleMeet Yu Donglai ‘silliest boss’ in China who puts staff happiness ahead of making money
Supermarket chain boss is making waves by introducing 'unhappy leave', puts staff happiness at top of list of priorities The boss of a supermarket chain in China has been dubbed the country's "silliest boss" for putting staff happiness at the top of his list of priorities. In March, Yu Donglai, the president of the Pang Dong Lai chain, announced th...
LifestyleAmerican vlogger in China goes viral with ‘city or not city’ meme, imitated by celebrities
US vlogger in Shanghai becomes online sensation with travel meme which ranks places by trendiness, thrills An American vlogger in China has shot to fame on mainland social media - and attracted the interest of celebrities - with his invention of the "city or not city" meme. Among the stars Shanghai resident Paul Mike Ashton has grabbed the interest...
LifestyleHe went from club nights to a Hong Kong restaurant empire: meet Leading Nation’s Gerald Li
Gerald Li, co-founder of Leading Nation, the group behind Forty-Five, talks about his path to the top of Hong Kong's fine-dining scene Forty-Five is one of the most ambitious dining concepts to open in Hong Kong since the end of the coronavirus pandemic. The three restaurants, rooftop bar and private members' club high above the Landmark luxury mal...
LifestyleAccidental Burgundy winemaker mines Asia, US business experience to innovate on tradition
Brice de La MorandiEre was working in China when he got the call to take on the family's biodynamic winery. He soon began making changes It is not quite as dramatic as a plot line in the TV drama Succession, but Brice de La MorandiEre came to be the head of the family winery Domaine Leflaive thanks to a rather sudden change of circumstances. It was...
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