 Keep an eye on fish pricesWHEN it comes to fish, it pays to know your soon hock from your sultan. Wild-caught species of the latter are exceedingly rare, and can cost more than $300 per kg at restaurants here. Now, a debate is brewing about whether customers should be told upfront if an item they order comes with a price tag that is off the charts. Read More Man upset at $1,200 fish dish at RWSThey feasted on a fish named sultan ? and were made to pay a king’s ransom for it. Read More As Housing Sales Hit Record Low in May, New Book Focuses on Secrets to SellingAs a result of the Home Buyer Tax Credit expiring, housing sales throughout the country hit a record low in May. Newly released book, Sell Your Home Fast in a Buyer’s Market: Secrets from an Expert Green Feng Shui Staging Designer is here to help! The seller will learn how to sell homes quickly and for the best price possible in a buyer’s market. There are hundreds of tips in this book, and many … Read More After the feng shui master threw beer in my face, I understoodI’ve read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being and positive energy to a homesame as beer. Curious, I arranged to have dinner with a feng shui master so I could interview him and write off the meal on my taxes. (He ordered a beer!) Read More Something for every womanFrom belly dancing, feng shui, qi gong , self-defence, anti-ageing treatment to cooking – FemmeCity has it all. Visitors to The Star ’s upcoming women’s fair and exhibition can choose to attend a wide range of workshops offered by experts in their respective fields. Read More 16 nations sending topEast Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta arrived in Manila Monday (June 28) night for the inauguration Wednesday (June 30) of Philippine president-elect Benigno Aquino III at Rizal Park. Fifteen other countries are sending high-level delegations to the event. Read More Studio to host talk on vasthu sastraTHE Padma Yoga Studio will hold a talk on Indian Feng Shui and Art of Living at Auditorium MBKS in Jalan Padungan, Kuching, at 7.30pm on July 8. International speaker on vasthu sastra and ancient Indian wisdom, T. Selva from Kuala Lumpur, will present the talk. Read More May contain SSERemember when men were men, women were women, and chicken was fried? Not grilled, not oven-baked. Fried. And peddled by a goatee-wearing guy in a bow-tie. And did we have a problem with that? Well, I certainly didn’t . We loved our Kentucky Fried Chicken, our K-fry, didn’t we? Read More Good luck, good health or good fashion? Some ballplayers don’t care, as long as they have their necklacesTo the players who wear them, the nylon necklaces with titanium particles are more feng shui for the soul than Boys of Summer chic. Read More 4. Something for every womanPETALING JAYA: From belly dancing, feng shui, qi gong , self-defence, anti-ageing treatment to cooking – FemmeCity has it all. Read More |