Playwright and author W. Somerset Maugham was a man who faced his
challenges head on. Having served in WWII, he also spied in Russia for
Mother England and travelled the world, chronicling his endeavors. When
it came to gambling, there was only one game in town. “Poker's the only
game fit for a grown man,” he said. “Then, your hand is against every
man's, and every man's is against yours. "
Twenty-four hours can seem like a moment, a flash of the eye. Or it can
seem like an age, a vast desert of time and space cast before you - it
all depends on where you are and what you’re doing. With 24 hours, you
can scream around France’s Le Mans circuit, kill three terrorists and
one Washington mole (apparently), have refractive eye surgery in
Bangkok, mow the lawns at Arlington Memorial Cemetery, mix 1,200
martinis, and fly from Newark to Beijing return. And for that you’ll
need the right luggage.
Despite all the discussion and negativity over smoking, especially with
the recent in-door ban here in Hong Kong, cigars seem to have gotten
off scot free. There is something utterly elegant about a well-rolled
Cohiba – so long as you’re not in a confined space with non smokers,
Colombian drug lord limo styles. Cigars have a heritage that
you don’t get with a cigarette, and matched with a nice cognac or
single malt and a well stuffed Chesterfield, there are few better
things in life for a gentleman at leisure.
Feeling good in a pair of prescription glasses doesn't come easy; even
models wearing the trendiest of labels in photo shoots seem to be
struggling, and don’t give the impression they wear a pair normally.
That’s not to say some people don’t pull it off – very few of us don’t
have ... Read more...
Kow Hoo Shoe Company
Written by NecesCity Hong Kong,
on 14-12-2009 01:59
You know what they say about men with big feet, right? They’ve got big
socks. And while buying socks in Hong Kong doesn’t seem to be a
life-threatening dilemma, finding shoes that fit, for many of us, is
like finding a Hong Kong politician with a local passport – trickier
than ... Read more...
