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...celebrity culture, adored by young and old, men and women, straight and gay. Last week ace trend spotter Marian Salzman of the advertising agency Euro RCSG Worldwide identified Beckham--who likes to say how comfortable he is with his feminine side and who has been known to wear a sarong--as the epitome of "metrosexuality," which, since you ask, is the characteristic of heterosexual men who spend time and money on their appearance and enjoy shopping...
...celebrity culture, adored by young and old, men and women, straight and gay. Last week ace trend spotter Marian Salzman of the advertising agency Euro RCSG Worldwide identified Beckham - who likes to say how comfortable he is with his feminine side and who has been known to wear a sarong - as the epitome of "metrosexuality," which, since you ask, is the characteristic of heterosexual men who spend time and money on their appearance and enjoy shopping...
High on the checklist of asian travel is the perfect beach?a sun-drenched Elysium unsullied by the footprints of backpackers and sarong vendors. The standard ensemble of white sand, stately palms and sapphire sea is lovely, no doubt, but it gives the visitor little sense of place. For that, you need people, preferably local. Some travelers look at a funky beer joint on the beach as an eyesore; to me, it's a sign of life?not always intelligent life, but holidays aren't meant for heavy thinking...
...family saga centered on the tempestuous relationships between mothers and their children. Her central female character undergoes horrible suffering but triumphs in such a way that professors will undoubtedly be including Rice Mother on the reading list for Gender Empowerment 101. But Rice Mother is more than a sarong saga. Its characters are original, its canvas broad, and Manicka's radiant prose brings out all the dark lushness of her ultimately tragic tale. Manicka's Malaysia is an exotically magical land, where ghosts and gods walk together hand in hand...
...cheerfully calls "my terrible past." The documents indicate he was once a low-level agent for the Indonesian military intelligence service in East Timor, a group blamed by human rights activists for hundreds of killings and disappearances. Hasan, a small man who on this day is wearing a cotton sarong, tracksuit top and traditional pillbox hat, is proud of his service as an informer. He seems puzzled as to why others might not be. In fact, he says, it was through the military that he first set out on the path to conversion. One day when he was about nine...