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1108 days ago
I tagged along with my hubby on a business trip to Singapore last week. It wasn't super exciting. It never really is, but it was cool to stay at the Fullerton Hotel on the company coin ( It was voted best hotel in the world last year, I think) One night we had dinner with a French banker friend of my husband's and he wanted to take us to this authentic Italian restaurant in the middle of nowhere. We met him at his house. It was 6000 square foot, 5 bedrooms with a private swimming pool. It was the same price we will be paying for our two bedroom flat in Hong Kong. ARRRGGGHH! (you have no idea how much this frustrates me) Anyway, we squeezed into his little red MG convertible and took a breezy drive to some random street in the burbs. Valentino's restaurant is a house that was converted into a restaurant and it's run by a really nice Italian family. It's truly a grass-roots place. It's unpretentious and out of the way and as soon as you walk in, you feel like you've arrived in ...
1113 days ago
Let's face it, balls are usually boring stuffy affairs where you get all gussied up and have a civilized conversation over dinner. If you're lucky, you might end up doing some ballroom dance moves with some feisty seniors. The yacht club ball was nothing like that. It was actually fun! (Maybe this is "the real world?") The crowd was young-ish (mid twenties-mid forties) and there were at least 1000 people there. The Yacht Club is a stunning venue. It’s a nautical/colonial building with roofs, terraces and a swimming pool overlooking Victoria Harbour and the twinkling city lights. On top of that, it was the night of the full moon. The theme of the ball was “Shanghaied- Pirates of the South China Seas”. Everyone looked so glam in their tuxes and gowns. Alternately, some people came in costumes (and I thought Halloween was over). Some people were wearing Chinese cheongsams, some were dressed like 17 th century pirates with wigs and feather hats and one guy even ...
1114 days ago
People tell me I’ve been brainwashed in Korea and that Hong Kong is the “real world”. “Welcome back to the “real world”-you must be happy!” people say. But I’m not happy. In fact, I think I’m being brainwashed here in Hong Kong. I keep seeing billboards that send really strong subliminal messages. They have taglines like- “Be the Legend” (Work your ass off so you can be rich and die with the most toys- hence people will remember you.) Or, “Explore the Possibilities”- This billboard featured a leggy blonde with long hair sitting in a tub surrounded by jewels. She was blowing bubbles made with pearls. While this tagline could be innocuous, the image really sends a strong message: Only by having money and stuff can you have ‘possibilities’ (or gorgeous leggy blondes bestrewn with jewels) My personal favorite is this one: “Money- Too Exciting to Keep in a Safe” This billboard has a couple running happily through some barren field, (possibly a beach or a desert) in search of adventure. In ...
1120 days ago
I started blogging on myspace recently instead of here, but then I realized you actually have to be a memeber to read other people's blogs. This is my myspace adress in case anyone is a member there: www.myspace.com/seoulstylista Anyway, here are few blogs from the past couple of weeks: Thursday, November 02, 2006 Commiting the Ultimate Sin (at the mall) So we're in Hong Kong land of 'flash the cash'. I figured I'd give up on trying to save the world for a night and just go with the flow. Anyway, before we even arrived in Hong Kong, one of my friends had already reserved us seats at her table at the Yacht Club ball. The problem is I had to piece together an outfit in two days (sans the Tongdaemun night market and the Itaewon underground market! Wahhh.. You guys are lucky to live in Korea!) On top of that, I had to find a new tux for my husband who was away on a business trip in Kuala Lumpur. His tux is a sorry relic from the early 90's ...
1137 days ago
Here are a few pics from the past couple of weeks: http://www.liza-world.com/lizaGalleries/hkg/computer.htm Tuesday, October 17, 2006 Un-hip Hong Kong Hong Kong is like a Ferrari. Slick, flashy, fast, expensive. They say that most people who drive Ferraris have small peniuses, hence they need to overcompensate by making lots of money. Is this true? I can only theorize. Personally, I think Ferraris are so nineties. Come to think of it, I thought they were awful even in the nineties! But, I'm the kind of girl who would prefer a vintage convertible to a slick new ferrari any day of the week. Does this garish display of wealth appeal to women? In Hong Kong, unfortunately, it does. Hence my conclusion- Hong Kong is not hip. I have a ...
