Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Sukhwinder Singh & Sapna Awasthi: Chaiyya Chaiyya
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Today's the day for an all-singin', all-dancin' Bollywood train trip . . .
Today's the day for an all-singin', all-dancin' Bollywood train trip . . .
Labels:
Bollywood,
music,
Sapna Awasth,
Sukhwinder Singh
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Symphony of Science: The Unbroken Thread
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Featuring David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, Carl Sagan, and Life . . .
Featuring David Attenborough, Jane Goodall, Carl Sagan, and Life . . .
Labels:
Carl Sagan,
David Attenborough,
Jane Goodall,
Life,
music,
Symphony of Science
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Siege of Legco on Sunday 17 January 2010
Daisann McLane (hi, Daisann!) has a most excellent and exemplary report on Sunday's "siege of Legco" plus a youtube link: Learning Cantonese
Labels:
Daisann McLane,
economy,
Hong Kong,
Learning Cantonese,
LegCo,
politics
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Haiti Didn't Become a Poor Nation All on Its Own
What You're Not Hearing about Haiti (But Should Be), by Carl Lindskoog: common dreams
Labels:
capitalism,
Carl Lindskoog,
common dreams,
economy,
Haiti,
politics
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Bill Haley & The Comets: See You Later Alligator
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Crazy, man, crazy, from the film Rock Around the Clock . . .
Crazy, man, crazy, from the film Rock Around the Clock . . .
Friday, January 15, 2010
Haiti cherie
Haiti earthquake relief, local online donations:
Hong Kong Red Cross or HSBC: 002-205490-006 or any 7-11 shop
Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders or HSBC: 002-6-398222
Oxfam Hong Kong or HSBC: 001-537000-012
Salvation Army (Hong Kong)
Save The Children (Hong Kong)
World Vision (Hong Kong) or HSBC: 018-377077-003 or Hang Seng Bank: 286-364385-003
Google crisis response (for donations to UNICEF, CARE and others)
Thursday, January 14, 2010
South China Morning Post
More cuts at Hong Kong's SCMP: asia sentinel
Thanks, Gavin!
Thanks, Gavin!
Labels:
culture,
newspaper,
reading,
scmp,
South China Morning Post
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Sally Yeh: Night Breeze (晚風)
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
Sally Yeh singing a hit from the 1940s, Night Breeze. The clip is from Tsui Hark's 1984 film Shanghai Blues:
Sally Yeh singing a hit from the 1940s, Night Breeze. The clip is from Tsui Hark's 1984 film Shanghai Blues:
Friday, January 08, 2010
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Reading matters
The decade's top 10 American quotations: salon
Why do so many terrorists have engineering degrees? By Benjamin Popper: slate
Photoshop Disasters: PS
Why do so many terrorists have engineering degrees? By Benjamin Popper: slate
Photoshop Disasters: PS
Labels:
Benjamin Popper,
culture,
David Sirota,
economics,
photoshop,
politics,
Salon,
slate,
terrorism
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Monday, January 04, 2010
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Frank Sinatra: Fly Me To The Moon
For the weekend, a guilty pleasure.
As good a way as any to start the year. Over to you, Mr Frank:
As good a way as any to start the year. Over to you, Mr Frank:
Friday, January 01, 2010
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