Friday, July 31, 2009

Hong Kong, China SAR, 23-26 Jul 2009: Food Chronicle
Eats, Shoots & Leaves

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Was in HK for another whirlwind meeting. Checked in at the Sheraton, Tsim Sha Tsui. Went for midnight rice porridge meal near Woo Sung Road....
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Friday, October 03, 2008

Shanghai, China, 25-28 Sep 2008: Street Food
Cheap & Good

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In Shanghai for a short trip. The street food is great, and prices are really kind to the wallet. My favourites are juicy Xiaolongbao and Sh...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Berlin, Germany, 11-15 Oct 2006: Pergamon Museum
Processional Way & Ishtar Gate

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New Year Feast Day, 200 BC. Ancient Babylonians parade on the Processional Way towards the Ishtar Gate . Fortress walls surround the city, ...
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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Chicago, USA, 28 Mar-2 Apr 2008: Art Institute
Pictures at an Exhibition

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 7-9 Mar 2008: Petronas Twin Towers
Dare To Dream

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In KL over the weekend of the Malaysian General Elections on 8th March. It is an unusually quiet and tense Saturday night. The ruling party...
Monday, March 10, 2008

Beijing, China, 2 Mar 2008: The Great Wall DIY
To Badaling By Public Bus

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I was determined to visit the Great Wall on this, my third business trip to Beijing. Discouraged by horror tales of tours with time-wasting ...
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Sunday, March 09, 2008

Beijing, China, 29 Feb-2 Mar 2008: 老百姓
Common Folk

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Less than 6 months to the Summer Olympic Games, Beijing is a hive of construction activities. In the Forbidden Palace, scaffoldings clad the...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

Malaysia, Penang, 17-19 Nov 2007: Living With Thalassaemia
Drugs, Needles & Syringes

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Thalassaemia is the commonest gene disorder in the world. In South-East Asia, about 1 in 20 persons carry the genes that can cause the disea...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

London, United Kingdom, 16-20 Nov 2006: Bassae Frieze
Amazonomachy & Centauromachy

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The Temple of Apollo Epikourios the Helper/Saviour) was built as a thanksgiving to Apollo for deliverance from a plague in c 430 BC. Ictinu...
Thursday, November 08, 2007

Berlin, Germany, 11-15 Oct 2006: Pergamon Altar
Gigantomachy & Telephos Frieze

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Pergamonmuseum was built to house the amazing marbles excavated from the site of the Zeus Altar in present-day Bergama, Turkey. The Pergam...
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Saturday, November 03, 2007

Berlin, Germany, 11-15 Oct 2006: Neighbourhoods & Buildings
Neoclassic East & Postmodern West

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Berlin sprawls: a giant city of several distinct boroughs. Since the fall of the Wall, the city centre moved to the historic heart of the Ge...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

Bali, Indonesia, 18-23 Apr 2007: Island Escape
South To North & Back Again

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Had to give a lecture in Nusa Dua, a tourist development of 5-star hotels at the southern tip of Bali, about 20 minutes from Denpasar airpor...