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Autumn Outing Companions
Lifestyle / Buy the Way
Written by : Sammi Zhou, photos by Tim Huang
Nov 5, 2008
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Limited-edition Sunglasses 3900RMB/Bvlgari, La
Perle Plaza
A pair of over-sized sunglasses can make you more in-style, impressive,
and mysterious this season.
Woolen hat 570RMB/Jessica, Sky Galleria
You may have heard of seamless underwear, but a seamless hat? Its simple
design, made available in earth color tones, places you close to nature
and autumn.
Italian Silk Scarves 3680RMB/Sammy, 1/F,Sky
Galleria, Citic Plaza, 223 Tianhe Bei Lu,Guangzhou广州
市天河北路223号中信广场中天购物城
It is not cold quite yet, but it's getting there. These Italian silk scarves are a
simple and elegant way to keep warm without having to bundle up.
Colorful Bracelets 238RMB/Pair Qggle, Updated
Mall, Zhongshan San Lu, Guangzhou广州市中山三路流行
前线
Nothing spells trendy better than some stand-out accessories for your casual
outings. Made of colorful, striped plastic with touches of gold-colored
metal, these bring out the best in any outfit. T ... ... |
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Welcome to the French
Art+Culture / Cinema
Written by : Shane Qin
Mar 11, 2008
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| A new documentary searches for the lost Chinese ancestors of two French-Caribbean islands. No, really.
Something strange happened two days before the Chinese New Year. At a Hakka habitat in Shenzhen's Henggang area, life became a bit more exciting than usual, not because of the upcoming festival, but by the presence of some exotic visitors who flew all the way from French Guiana and Martinique to the Pearl River Delta.
Seeing everything of this ancient oriental country with new and curious eyes, Jeanne Yang-Ting and her companions, Jacqueline Ho-A-Sim and Marc Ho-A-Chuck, were not really in the tourist's mood. In fact, they were looking for every scrap of possible information about their family origins. Hard to tell from outside, you might think, but beneath their unmistakably African appearance there runs a quarter of blood from their Cantonese ancestors.
This is no strange thing for French Guiana and Martinique, where there exists a huge number of mixed-blood people, j ... ... |
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How to …have good table manners
Lifestyle / Local Customs
Written by : Lena Gidwani
Mar 11, 2008
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seating
chopstick
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| All it really takes is some courtesy and common sense
Just as Chinese food seems to taste better when eaten with chopsticks, a whole meal can be more enjoyable if one knows a little of the ancient traditions and beliefs that place the meal in a 5,000-year-old culinary heritage. So here is a short guide to Chinese dining etiquette...
Seating
First of all, don't sit! Wait for your host to seat you. The guest of honor will usually be seated facing the door or furthest away from the door. The younges will be closest to the door.
Serving
After being seated, wash your cutlery in the bowl of tea. Also wash the lip of the bowl. Before eating, the host may offer you words of greeting. Guests should not start to eat until the host says, "enjoy yourself!", otherwise it suggests disrespect.
Pecking Order
The practice of presenting the best or finest foods first to the senior members of the family has been observed for countless generations. With a fis ... ... |
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