Tag: Girl About Globe
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Girl About Globe | Braids? Beware the doublecrossing Dutch
Strategies to avoid heatstroke during Hong Kong’s summer are much discussed. But there’s another issue: how to dodge heatwaves. You know, the kind that hair crinkles ... -
Girl About Globe | Paying up pronto in Europe
Compassion for British Prime Minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson? How is this possible? Paying up in Europe, that’s how. They face Brexit bills, ... -
Girl About Globe | Murder and an Orient success?
Hercule Poirot. A name many of us know but we are perhaps uncertain of further detail. If he were to have a Tinder profile (unlikely, but ... -
Girl About Globe | T8 from Pyongyang
If there’s something coming at you from the sky, and it’s from North Korea, no need to worry. It’s just a typhoon. Hong Kong Observatory recently ... -
Girl About Globe | Floorplan #taupefail
I was trying to get to Nepal but ended up in leggings. Or rather, I was trying to get to ‘Nepal’ and ended up in ‘leggings’. ... -
Girl About Globe | ‘El man-spreading’ and ‘ein gin and tonic’
I’m off on holiday to Europe soon, and fearing what I am going to find. Reports suggest everything has changed. The Spanish are feminist and the ... -
Girl About Globe | Parasol rage
An exchange between two parasol-holding ladies, parading in different directions on a Beijing pavement. ‘Yours up?’ ‘Up YOURS!’ Ah, yes, the recent harsh sun in Hong ... -
Girl About Globe | The desk grab: office colonialism
There’s a lot to swallow in a modern office. Rage when logged out of a hot-desk. And Marks and Spencer miniature food in buckets. I don’t ... -
Girl About Globe | Making up is hard to do
I’m going to make eyes at you. Better ones than ever before – because of a pencil pilfered from a Macau hotel room. There it was, ... -
Girl About Globe | Shanghai’s auto motto: go feminism!
From G-strings at the Shanghai Auto Show to Pyongyang Pilates, this is my round up of global quirky events. First, a new drink is to be ... -
Girl About Globe | Rucksack Attack
It’s daylight, on a tram in the busiest part of Hong Kong. The risk of assault is high. Eh? We all know the usual tram risks. ... -
Girl About Globe | Daiquiri Daleks
Sci fi has not been good to the female waiting at the bar. It’s when women dematerialize. We’ve all been there. Endlessly lingering. Hopelessly waving. It ... -
Girl About Globe | Man tights
It’s 9.30a.m. and 11 degrees at Yuen Long MTR station in Hong Kong. And there are a lot of men in tights. Super hero convention? Upon ... -
Girl About Globe | Toilet Paper Tiger
Trump is round the bend, and it’s nothing to do with his odd behavior. Let’s imagine a perfectly feasible conversation in the White House. Sean Spicer: ... -
Girl About Globe | ‘Brexit Brow’ and Peak eyelash
Pluck off? No, say British women, holding on tight to their eyebrows. Things are really happening in the field of facial hair. The ‘Brexit brow’ is ... -
Girl About Globe | Squire for hire
China’s rented boyfriends have a role in eroding Donald Trump’s support base. Here’s how. During Chinese New Year, millions of workers travel home to their families, ... -
Girl About Globe | Ken‘techy fried chicken
As the Year of the Rooster looms, KFC is turning into Ken’techy Fried Chicken. A Beijing branch of the fast food chain has introduced facial recognition ... -
Girl About Globe | Hic from the sticks
This is not a sophisticated column. I may be called a hic from the sticks. But here goes. The problem began on a festive night out ... -
Girl About Globe | Big Bang Fury
I AM TYPING THIS OVER CONSTRUCTION NOISE. Oh, they’ve taken a break, I can stop shouting. People talk about a New York minute. Fewer refer to ... -
Girl About Globe | Macau SAR noir
I was at Macau Ferry terminal. An amiable young man in a uniform loomed up and asked: ‘Will you take part in a survey?’ I answered: ... -
Girl About Globe | Finally, a bulletin without balls?
Men care less about their balls – because of Donald Trump. Damsels, we have a chance for realignment of popular culture. Grab hard! Football TV viewing ... -
Girl About Globe | Trump and Typhoons
If you can hashtag a nightmare, I just had #MakeAHurricaneEightAgain. A bad dream about Donald Trump and typhoons. The cause was the proximity of Typhoon Haima ... -
Girl About Globe | China triumphs in Chardonnay Olympics
China just trounced snooty sommeliers in the 100ml final of the Chardonnay Olympics. That’s millilitres. China’s medal haul in Rio was judged poor – but they ... -
Girl About Globe | A trainer no-brainer
I have two left feet. They came in a box, from Adidas. This formed part of the hassle involved in the purchase of trainers. Did you ... -
Girl About Globe | Moonshot for mooncakes
I spent much of last week at a fashion event in Hong Kong, where Chinese domestic style brands talked of global ambitions. But, at this time ... -
Girl About Globe | Glam balm, thank you ma’am.
If Estee Lauder were Asian, we would have fragranced insect repellent by now. It might be called ‘Banish’ and packaged in a shimmering ‘atomiseur’. It would ... -
Girl About Globe | Zing Zing Ding Ding
Bullet trains are advancing across Asia. Malaysia and Singapore recently announced new bullet trains. India has a high-speed rail network on order. My big fear: a ... -
Girl About Globe | Stop Umbrella Thief!
How about a new Olympic event? Asian Umbrella Throwing. It would be similar to the javelin, but brollies would be hurled. Skill in this sport could ... -
Girl About Globe | If the shoe fits
A high-heeled fight is on the horizon. Between Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan. At stake: becoming THE destination for female tourists in Asia. Get it on. ... -
Girl About Globe | Of beehives and gender in obituaries
RIP the ultimate tease. The woman who invented the beehive hairstyle has died. The news of Margaret Vinci Heldt’s passing, aged 98 in Chicago, appeared in ... -
Girl About Globe | Darker shades of pink
Let’s talk pink parking spaces for women. Please help me, gents, to get into this debate. It’s so hard. A service station in Hangzhou has created ...
