Life & Style: Pros and Cons of the Foodie Phenomenon
The explosion of cooking and food-related shows today is staggering. Never before has food reached such a cult status and commanded global attention. The once “dump and stir” cooking shows, as...
View ArticleLife & Style: Time to Touch Hearts, Not Touch Screens
There is a generation today that is raised by portable screens or tablet computers. Parents have discovered the beauty of software that run on tablets dubbed apps — to educate and motivate their little...
View ArticlePerfect Diet Means No Cutting Corners
Let’s face it, exercising is hard even if it is a mere 30 minutes in a day. Putting on those sports shoes and hauling your lethargic body onto that treadmill, cross trainer or Pilates mat especially on...
View ArticleIn Counterfeits, Little Flattery to Be Found
Spending Rp 200 million ($16,700) on a premium handbag or purse is certainly not for the fainthearted, but to be told later that it is a fake would be a fate worse than death even for a seasoned...
View ArticleLife & Style: Mind Your X’s and O’s in Your Next Message
Are you loose with your x’s and o’s? Do you tack these digital hugs and kisses to the end of every e-mail, tweet and text, or is there an art to it? One x for an acquaintance, while two or more for...
View ArticleLife & Style: Third-Culture Kids Gel in a Global Village
“So where is home?” I asked a 15-year-old third-culture kid. “The airport, I guess,” she answered cheekily. Flippant as it may sound, there is some element of truth in it. Moving from one foreign...
View ArticleLove and Marriage in The Modern World
It was 1935, a young man went back to his hometown in Tellicherry, Kerala, South India. Embolden by the small fortune he had made whilst working in Singapore, he decided to pay a visit to the town’s...
View ArticleIndonesia, Meet the Local Dining Concept
Going local, or “localvore,” is the trend today. Once an exotic concept, locally made products have become a mainstream fixture in thousands of menus from fine dining to local sandwich shops in both...
View ArticleLife & Style: Living an Ordinary Life Extraordinarily
It is a Monday morning and your typical day at the office starts with clearing your e-mail inbox followed by back-to-back meetings and with luck, lunch at your desk. In the evening, it is dinner with...
View ArticleOn Mother’s Day, a Moment to Reflect
Marge, a homemaker in her 50s, dreads every Mother’s Day. When the month of May draws near, she braces herself for the slew of Mother’s Day advertisements and promotions that will engulf her. However,...
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