January 30th, 2008
The Top 3 Fashion Designer Restaurants in Tokyo By Floor
It's not what you eat but where you eat that matters in Tokyo.
#1)
Armani Ginza Tower, 12 floors: Italian restaurant and a members-only bar.
#2) -tie-
Chanel's boutique , 10 floors: French restaurant
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January 29th, 2008
Preparing for Stock Index Futures: Shanghai-Shenzhen 300 Index
The first Chinese Stock Index Futures will be benchmarked on Shanghai-Shenzhen 300 Index (SHSZ300 Index).
There's a discrepancy between SHSZ300 Index and the Shanghai Composite Index (SHCI).
Domestic market investors are likely to use SHCI as their key frames of reference
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January 29th, 2008
I could have used this advice the time I passed an unmarked police car.
5 Ways to get away from Japanese cops.
1. Wait for your protester friends who are not being arrested to confuse thecop who's putting handcuffs on you. Run away with one hand in cuffs. Tuesday, 06 November 2007
2. Jump over unwatched apartment […]
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January 29th, 2008
The post has been moved to: 44th Golden Horse Award Nominees - Lust Caution
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January 29th, 2008
For the first time, basketball professionals were allowed to play in the Olympics.
The U.S. sent their Dream team -
Magic Johnson
Larry Bird
Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippin
Charles Barkley
The team averaged 117 points and NEVER took a time out.
Last time we checked, they were still playing.
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January 29th, 2008
才 cai 说 shuo 曹 cao 操 cao 曹cao 操 cao 就 jiu 到 dao Speaking of Cao Cao, he showed up.
A certain general, Cao Cao, was tricked into leading a futile attack on a city.
Upon finding out Cao Cao planned some deception himself.
Just as another general was asking about Cao Cao, he showed up.
The […]
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January 28th, 2008
NBC Universal is expecting to rake in a record $1.1 billion in ad sales for the Beijing Summer Games.
NBC Universal says they will broadcast some 3,600 hours of coverage of the Beijing Games.
This number of hours is more than the combined total of ALL Summer Olympics ever televised stateside.
More hours = more sales = more […]
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January 28th, 2008
The movie THE HOME SONG STORIES was nominated in seven categories at the 44th Golden Horse Awards.
The nominations were for:
-Best Feature Film (dir: Tony Ayres)
-Best Leading Actress (Joan Chen)
-Best Supporting Actor (Joel Lok)
-Best New Performer (Joel Lok)
-Best Original Screenplay (Tony Ayres)
The 99 minutes drama tells the true story of the Rose, a glamorous Shanghai […]
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January 28th, 2008
A Stock Express: A Red Friday
It's different from the US's market, red means the index is up, and green is down.
More or less, red is a lucky color for the Chinese culture.
So was the Friday's market.
The Shanghai Composite Index reached 4761 when the market closed; the max points were 4806, […]
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January 28th, 2008
Beautiful Name has commented several times via the comments that past Chinese beauties are to be preferred over the current lot.
I am not so sure, though, by age, I would fall into the past, maybe before.
At any rate -
A link to his past beauties.
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