What school boy didn’t read comics, savoring every account of the lives
of fictional friends, from the adventures of Asterix and Obelix in
Gaul, to the globe-trotting journalist Tintin, and Marvel’s super-power
entrusted protagonists, many of whom ended up on the big screen. They
were our escape from mathematics, mean girls and disciplinarian adults.
So they remain today, but with the price tag in some cases dramatically
increased. Read more...
The Barber Shop
Written by NecesCity Hong Kong,
on 04-01-2010 11:48
Finding a truly male domain is becoming increasingly difficult. Sports
bars have ladies night, pool halls have all-girl competitions, even
Hong Kong Gentlemen’s Cub, Central’s bloke epicentre since 1846, has
been infiltrated. While we’re all about equality (it makes the staff
Christmas party less of a sausage fest), men do need a place in which
to lax out and embrace their Y chromosomes.
We all know that in a city like Hong Kong, how you present yourself
physically, from your tie to the shoes, is every bit as important as
all those expensive (if not sexually enlightening) years at university.
For good or ill, Hong Kong is a city where your urban amour ... Read more...
Chuan Spa
Written by NecesCity Hong Kong,
on 10-12-2009 10:59
Hundreds of years ago, burly men would strip off between bouts of
wrestling or the odd orgy, and soak themselves in geo-thermally heated
mineral pools, to ease their aches and pains. Somewhere along the way,
women developed the seemingly exclusive use of spas (as well the colour
pink and ... Read more...
Aardvark
Written by NecesCity Hong Kong,
on 20-11-2009 11:55
We’ve all participated in curry-hot debates at wine-glass strewn
restaurant tables, heated discussions that yearn for conclusion like a
teen with a Playboy magazine. Often ridiculous questions like... Read more...
