Culture – Angelina Hue

July 22, 2020July 28, 2020

Old Places in Kennedy Town: Sun Hing Restaurant 新興食家

The place in Kennedy Town to go to for hearty, no-frills dim sum

July 13, 2020September 12, 2020

Old Places in Kennedy Town

A dim sum restaurant, a cha chaan teng (Hong Kong-style cafe), and a fishball shop. These three family businesses have been operating in Kennedy Town for several decades. Faced with challenges such as increasing operating costs, competition, and changing customers’ preferences, will they continue past the current generation?

June 25, 2018March 16, 2019

Shenyang 沈阳: Imperial capital turned industrial pioneer

Located in northeast China, Shenyang has a rich cultural history. It was the former imperial capital of the Qing Dynasty as well as one of the cities that led China’s industrial revolution.

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018

Just a few temples in Kyoto

Kyoto is home to more than 1,600 temples and some 500 Shinto shrines. Many of the city’s best and notable gardens can be found within the temple grounds.

March 13, 2018March 20, 2018

Making washi in the mountains

Kurotani in rural Kyoto is one of the oldest paper-making villages in Japan. For more than eight centuries, the villagers have transformed the mulberry plant into elegant washi (Japanese paper) products.

October 3, 2016October 9, 2016

How are you?

Life is too short for superficial “how are you”s and small talk.

April 23, 2016October 1, 2016

Passing through Oran, Algeria

A brief glimpse of the streets and European influences in Algeria’s second largest city

April 17, 2016October 1, 2016

Back in Brussels

I was in Doha on 22 March. A colleague told me that there had been an explosion at the airport when we stepped out during a break at the conference. I thought she was joking or maybe I had misheard something. It didn’t seem real.

But I wasn’t surprised that this had happened. It was only a matter of time.

February 28, 2016October 1, 2016

Catel & Bocquet: Kiki de Montparnasse

Kiki de Montparnasse by Catel Muller and Jose-Luis Bocquet is one of the few French books that I’ve read from cover to cover. Spanning more than 400 pages, this graphic novel offers a colourful glimpse into les Années Folles (the Roaring Twenties) in Montparnasse, Paris through the life of Alice Prin. Better known as Kiki de Montparnasse, or simply Kiki, she was the muse…