The story about BYOB (Bring Your Own Bag) seems like never-ending. While supermarkets in Singapore are still providing shoppers with free plastic bags, those in China have long stopped giving out free plastic bags. And Hong Kong is going to join in....

I wonder if it's too early to congratulate the class of 2009, since Commencement / Convocation hasn't started. But by now, those who are attending the ceremony should have gotten their academic dress. At first I was wondering if I can use my elder...

While at Beijing I visited the Tiananmen Square. Or known as Gate of the Heavenly Peace Square from direct Chinese translation (what a mouthful, sounds like some formula), it is the largest public open space in the World. It also packs the most...

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Hong Kong .... I beg your pardon... Welcome to Singapore. -- cabin crew announced on landing at Changi Airport So the Airbus A320 actually flew around in circles for 3 hours 20 minutes.

I was in China during the whole duration of their National College Entrance Examination, something like our GCE 'A' Level examination. It was amusing (and sadistic) enough to look at other people taking exam, but to see the whole nation stressed out...