Tennis great Andre Agassi has admitted he tested positive for hard drugs during his career and lied to sporting authorities to escape a ban. Reports said that Agassi, one of the world’s greatest tennis players with eight Grand Slam titles, reveals in his autobiography to testing positive for the highly addictive drug crystal methamphetamine. The champion, now 39, also says that he has always secretly hated playing tennis and lived in fear of his bad-tempered and violent father.
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Archive for October, 2009
Agassi admits to drug use
Friday, October 30th, 2009Single Malt Tasting in Lan Kwai Fong
Friday, October 30th, 2009
Single Malt Whisky
Experience exquisite single malts from the various regions of Scotland with spirit tasting professional Ron Taylor.
Date:
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Time:
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Mr. Ron Taylor is a AIWS, WSET Recommended Tutor, Part‐time Lecturer of The Open University of Hong Kong and has been a wine educator for more than 10 years teaching all levels of WSET programs together with developing and delivering lectures for the ʹProfessional Diploma Programme in Wine Assessmentʹ of The Open University of Hong Kong.
Tasting Range
The Macallan
- Sherry Oak 12yo
- Fine Oak 15yo
The Glenrothes
-Select Reserve
Highland Park
- Highland Park 12yo
- Highland Park 18yo
Laphroaig
- Laphroaig 10yo
- Laphroaig 18yo
Pi Halloween Party In Lan Kwai Fong
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Pi Halloween Party in Lan Kwai Fong
The undead had been burnt, chained and tied up for now but they are determined to break free and ruin our civilization! Fight with us to reclaim order and peace!!!
FREE ENTRANCE FOR COSTUME DRESSER or HK$120 with 1 Wymborowa Drink.
Limited tables available for bookings, pls call 2868 1162.
Start Time:
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:10pm
End Time:
Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 5:10am
Pi, 28/F, 8 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Travel System Notifies People About Approaching Typhoons
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009Hong Kong – Officials in Hong Kong issued an amber travel warning for the Philippines on Wednesday, advising people to exercise caution when travelling to the country because of severe typhoon Lupit, which could hit the Philippines next week. The warning was issued a day after the new system was introduced by the Security Bureau. The colour-coded warning scheme was launched on Tuesday to help travellers better understand the risks to personal safety when visiting overseas. A Security Bureau spokesman said the system, which uses amber, red and black warnings to differentiate between different levels of risk, covers 60 countries that are popular travel destinations for Hong Kong residents.
Twitter Users Click on News Links 28% of The Time
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009Online ad network Chitika recently broke down a sample of users from their network to see what Twitter users want. By categorizing the sites that get links from Twitter, Chitika determined that the thing that Twitterers want the most is news, with over 28% of all traffic going to news sites. Movie sites took second place with 22.56% of Twitter traffic, followed by tech and gadget sites with 13.39%. Medical sites rounded out the top 4 with 7.98%.
Fed chief wants Chinese to spend
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
The United States Federal Reserve Chairman has called on China to ask consumers to spend more and to help address the trade imbalances that contributed to the financial tsunami. He also said the United States should reduce the budget deficit in the long term. Days before the Chairman’s remarks at a conference in California, the US government reported a US $1.42 trillion deficit for the budget year that ended on September 30.
Activists demand help for the poor
Sunday, October 18th, 2009About 100 people have staged a protest outside the Central Government Offices, calling for measures to alleviate poverty in the territory. The protestors said the Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, had ignored the needs of the poor in his policy address on Wednesday. Sze Lai-shan, the spokeswoman for the Society for Community Organisation, said working class people would not find much employment in the so-called six pillar industries the government planned to develop. She said they would be of greater benefit to professionals and the middle class.
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Why do Women Have Sex?
Saturday, October 17th, 2009The author of “Why Women Have Sex,” a relationship expert and sex educator, discusses the causes of individual differences in physical and behavioral traits from a sociological and psychological perspective.
Six in ten university students said they slept with a man who was not, in fact, their boyfriend. But many women have different motives, with financial or material rewards a major factor. In many cases the explanations were far more mundane, with a large proportion admitting to having sex just to ensure a quiet life or to bargain for household chores.
October 2009 New Aphex Twin Track
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
October 2009 sees a new track by Aphex Twin, who has been described by The Guardian newspaper as “the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music.”
The new track is very dark and brooding and just over five minutes long.
Mid-Levels flat sells for HK$439m
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Henderson Land has sold a duplex in Mid-Levels for HK$439 million. This made the 6,100-square-foot unit on Conduit Road one of the most expensive flats in the world – at more than HK$71,000 per square foot. The developer sold another duplex in the same building for just under HK$400 million. The Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, said officials would closely monitor market changes in the coming months. But he clarified that he wasn’t concerned about overheating in the luxury market.
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