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From the airline

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GROUP CEO’S MESSAGE

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Updates

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Regulars

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News and announcements from Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines guide Everything you need to know about flying with us

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oneworld guide

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SELECT

The benefits of the oneworld alliance

Our inflight entertainment guide

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Ski, Snow & sup Japan’s Niseko beckons gourmands as much as winter sports enthusiasts

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check-in Indulge in luxury on board the five-star super yacht Sunborn Gibraltar, or sign up for a golf getaway at The Andaman in Langkawi

indulge Momofuku Milk Bar-Estée Lauder designer cookie; Australia’s good food month; and the world’s largest chocolate show in London

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inspire

International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico; Helsinki Baltic Herring Fair; and WWE Live in Malaysia

Berlin galleries and museums host European Month of Photography; and 150 of Barcelona’s most iconic buildings open their doors to the public

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Travel & features

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on the go

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must-haves

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remedy

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tracker

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12 Hours

Never leave home without these travel-friendly gadgets and accessories

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BEIJING OPERA

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Way of Life

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sweet indulgence

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Dim sum

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New Cool

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PEMBUAT PASTRI DIRAJA

Our selection of stylish yet comfortable shoes for men

Hassle-free spa treatments

by JW Marriott; and Ayurveda natural healing in Sri Lanka

Ghost tours to up the chill factor this Halloween

Getting the most out of 12 hours in the city of love, Paris

The iconic art form gets a new following

Guatemala’s beautiful people and landscape are a photographer’s dream

Muscat tempts with traditional feasts, inventive concepts, and ... sweets!

Small, delicious morsels that get you craving for more

Three hip and happening neighbourhoods in Singapore

Keenakan pastri buatan bekas krew kabin Malaysia Airlines menjadi sebutan keluarga kerabat diraja

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Discover California’s sunny and wealthy side

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group CEO'S MESSAGE

Dear Valued Guests, guests. Malaysia Airlines supports such improvements and positive change.

The recent weeks have been a very sad time for all of us in Malaysia Airlines.

Through it all, we have been greatly comforted by the wave of kind thoughts, support and words of encouragement that so many have sent to us. These make all the difference to our team who has also lost dear friends, so that we can be strong for our guests and colleagues alike.

Above all, we remember that we are here for you; because of you. For that, we say Thank You.

goingplaces WINNER OF THE KUALA LUMPUR MAYOR’S TOURISM AWARD 2014

OCTOBER 2014

It has been more than two months since the downing of our flight MH17 over Ukraine on 17 July 2014. Coming so soon after the earlier tragedy of MH370, dealing and coping with the totally unjust accident of MH17 have been very difficult for us all.

There are no words to express the sense of loss and disbelief that we felt then in those early hours and in the days that followed. My team and I, along with the whole world, continue to hold the families and friends of those who lost loved ones so suddenly in the tragedy of MH17, in our thoughts and prayers each day.

The twin tragedies of MH370 and MH17 cast a dark cloud over us and the aviation industry as a whole. This unprecedented turn of events has led the authorities to re-look at current processes to make air travel safer for you, our

Warmest regards, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya Group Chief Executive Officer

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On the cover Beijing Opera enjoys immense popularity in China among local theatre fans as well as tourists.

Read how this complex performing art is kept alive in our cover story on pages 40-46.

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Lounge

UPGRADED EXPERIENCE

The newly reopened Domestic Golden Lounge at KLIA offers an improved lounge experience for premium guests.

It features a new design concept, consistent with the look and feel of the Journey Gateway ticket offices, which are on par with the Golden Lounge at the Satellite Terminal. Facilities that guests can enjoy while awaiting departures or transit include a food-and-beverage buffet counter serving Malaysian delicacies, as well as a spa service, refurbished restrooms and international socket plugs.

New hours

REVISED OPERATING HOURS The KL Sentral Ticket Office has revised its operating hours to 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. This change is aimed at streamlining operational efficiency and optimising resources.

Partnership

TEE OFF! The CIMB Classic returns to Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club from 30 October to 2 November, with Malaysia Airlines as the Official Airline Partner. Watch the excitement unfold as 78 of the world’s top golfers battle it out for a USD7 million prize purse at South East Asia’s only PGA TOUR FedExCup event. cimbclassic.com

Short film

FLYING HIGH

The Social Media team of Malaysia Airlines has produced a short film called Terbang to represent the strong human spirit and Malaysian value of continuing to fly high in the face of adversity.

Accompanying the short film is a catchy and beautiful tune called Langit, specially written by Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna, who is also Malaysia Airlines’ Social Media Ambassador. The short film can be viewed from the airline’s Facebook page.

Partnership

COMMONWEALTH GATHERING Malaysia Airlines welcomes delegates to the 2014 conference of The Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM) to be held from October 19-21 in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Themed Public Service Transformation: A New Conversation, Malaysia Airlines is proud to be the strategic partner for this prestigious gathering of ministers, senior civil servants, academics, and public service practitioners from the Commonwealth nations aimed at stimulating dialogue, exchanging theoretical and practical knowledge, and networking.

Association

PHARMACISTS MEET Experts from the Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA) will meet in Kota Kinabalu on October 9-12 to discuss expanding the roles of pharmacists in wellness and sustainable health. Malaysia Airlines is proud to be part of the inaugural gathering of pharmacists and academicians from 18 FAPA nations.

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Gibraltar

Floating luxury

Sunborn Gibraltar, the custom-built selfcontained super yacht hotel, is the first five-star hotel in the famously exclusive peninsula located in the southernmost tip of Spain. Moored in the secured and sheltered Ocean Village Marina, the 142-metre floating hotel has 189 tastefully appointed rooms, conference and banqueting suites, fine-dining restaurants, bars, and a cocktail lounge, alongside a swimming pool, spa, and sundeck. It also provides full concierge services, 24-hour reception, and room service. Attached to the dockside by permanent mooring arms, which hold the vessel in a fixed and stable position, there is no need to worry about seasickness. sunbornhotels.com/gibraltar

Turkey

Ancient Meets Modern Raffles is Istanbul’s most exciting new hotel. Located at the heart of the cutting-edge Zorlu Center, a modern-day bazaar where fashion, fine food and the arts converge, Raffles is a fusion of skilled architecture, dazzling interiors, inspired food and deep luxury. Raffles Istanbul offers 132 guestrooms and 49 suites – all spacious and filled with light, blending Turkish and contemporary design. Floor-to-ceiling windows lead to furnished private terraces and balconies for lofty views over the Bosphorus and the city. raffles.com/Istanbul

Langkawi

Luxury Golf Getaway From now till 31 October 2014, The Andaman is offering an attractive package for avid golfers looking to make that perfect drive down a scenic fairway. Valid for a minimum one-night stay, golfers can now tee off at the brand new Els Club Teluk Datai redesigned by former world number one Ernie Els. The 18-holepar-72 bunkerless golf course meanders through a million-yearold rainforest and cascades down to the turquoise blue waters of the Andaman Sea. theandaman.com

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EAT

DESIGNER COOKIE

New York-based Momofuku Milk Bar doesn’t shy away from exotic experiments. Its ‘Estée Cookie’, created

by Christina Tosi in collaboration with Estée Lauder, is a designer delicacy that captures the essence of Estée’s ‘Private Collection’ fragrance - not by spraying perfume on it, but by using ingredients such as rose extract and freeze-dried strawberries. milkbarstore.com

EAT

COFFEE

CHOCOLATE SHOW

WINNING BLEND

Fancy indulging in a whole weekend filled with chocolate? Salon du Chocolate, the world’s largest chocolate show, returns to London’s Olympia West from 17 October to 19 October, bringing together the world’s best chocolatiers. Expect a host of talks, fashion shows, and interactive workshops (such as chocolate-eating sessions) hosted by acclaimed chocolatiers like Paul A Young Fine Chocolates. Tickets for adults are priced from GBP15 at the door.

The Japan-based Maruyama Coffee is fast gaining a reputation in creating an excellent blend, especially after its barista Hidenori Izaki won the 2014 World Barista Championship in Rimini, Italy. If you can’t make it to Nagano or Tokyo to have a cuppa, head to Exhibit Café in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. The first-floor lot is a hidden secret among coffee aficionados, who savour their coffee and conversations while lounging on Charles and Ray Eames-designed furniture pieces.

salonduchocolat.co.uk

facebook.com/exhibitcafe.ttdi

FEAST

AUSTRALIA GOOD FOOD MONTH Discover why Australia is the next great destination for gastronomes at The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Month.

Throughout October, Sydney’s top restaurants and streets will become the playground for the country’s best chefs. Keep an eye out for the popular Night Noodle Markets, Growers’ Market, Good Pub Grub, bar hops, as well as numerous pop-ups, parties, and cooking classes. goodfoodmonth.com

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COMMITTED, CONFIDENT, COURAGEOUS

STARLIGHT ILLUSIONS Catch Peter Marvey, the first magician to change costumes mid-air, at his Magician Without Limits show and brace for jaw-dropping signature acts such as the Ultimate Cut and Lumitec Levitation. The Swiss-born Marvey is a renowned figure in the world of magic and illusion, and is famous for his signature piece Dream Flying, an act broken down into seven different systems that took him seven years to perfect.

©Marita Haukemaa/Visit Helsinki

Now till 24 Nov at Genting International Show Room rwgenting.com

Finland

CELEBRATING FISH Since 1743, Helsinki has paid tribute to one of its most beloved foods – herring, which Finns eat pickled with rye bread, mashed potatoes, or with berry jams. Held every year, the Helsinki Baltic Herring Fair sees fishermen working on the Baltic Sea selling their salted produce alongside stalls selling dark, Archipelago-style bread, woollen clothing, and handicrafts.

5-11 Oct at Helsinki Market Square visithelsinki.fi/en

12 Oct at Dataran Merdeka kl-marathon.com

WRESTLING MANIA Professional wrestling fans are in for a treat with the staging of the WWE Live in Malaysia 2014 event this month. John Cena, Seth Rollins, and Bray Wyatt and the Wyatt Family are some of WWE’s biggest names scheduled to make an appearance at the two-nights-only show.

10-11 Oct at Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil stadiumastro.com/ wwelive

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Genting Highlands

The Standard Chartered KL Marathon, recognised as the city’s most iconic running event, returns this month and promises to be bigger and better.

USA

CANVAS OF COLOR

Witness 750 gas and hot-air balloons floating gracefully above the serene New Mexico landscape at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which takes place each year at the southern end of the fabled Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

4-12 Oct at Albuquerque, New Mexico balloonfiesta.com

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Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin: Divine Violence, 2013

Otto Stiehl: Ziyadi Atmin Ben Elhadj aus Meskana, Algier, aus dem Album Lager Weinberge bei Zossen, 1915–1918, Copyright: Museum Europäischer Kulturen, SMB

Food for thought

Exhibition

Over 100 galleries, museums and venues across Berlin are set to host the European Month Of Photography, a city-wide exhibition and one of the largest cultural events in Germany. This year, artists are invited to explore the theme Upheavals and Utopias. The Other Europe, which investigates how the continent has evolved over the past century.

16 Oct-16 Nov at various venues in Berlin, Germany mdf-berlin.de

Max Oppenheim

Impressions of the past

The Unseen is a British-based design collective that integrates the worlds of science and fashion by using chemical and technological innovations to create new materials. The collective recently collaborated with Swarovski in crafting a headpiece adorned with 4,000 Black Spinel gems.

The gemstones act as conducting insulators; when the headpiece is worn, they change colour with the release of energy through the head, mapping the wearer’s brain activity.

This October, the collective invites you to explore its world with an Emporium in the Vaults at Somerset House, London.

It’s an immersive exhibition of The Unseen’s work that showcases the methods of a very distinct approach to technology and design.

14 Oct at Emporium, Vault 2, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2 1LA seetheunseen.co.uk

Art installation

London remembers

Ceramic artist Paul Cummins’ breath-taking and emotive art installation, Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, marks 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. See 888,246 handmade ceramic poppies cascade from a window in the Tower of London and flow like a red river into the moat below. Poppies gather in pools and spill out onto paths like splashes of blood, with each flower representing every recorded death during the conflict. Cummins has cleverly created a poignant, awe-inspiring tribute to those who lost their lives; the monumental size of the installation brings the utterly devastating effects of war into perspective.

Until 11 Nov at The Tower Of London, EC3N 4AB hrp.org.uk

Copyright © 2014 ArtPrize, All rights reserved. Photo credit: Brian Kelly

Exhibition

City of art For 19 days, art will populate every corner of the downtown Grand Rapids area of Michigan, USA. Anyone can register as an exhibitor, making ArtPrize a uniquely inclusive occasion. Entrance to the exhibitions is free and visitors have a say in which artist’s work will win the event’s grand prize.

Antonio Navarro Wijkmark

Historic Royal Palaces

24 Sep-12 Oct at various venues in Michigan, USA artprize.org

Architecture

Barcelona unlocked Step inside over 150 of Barcelona’s most iconic buildings, which will be open to the public for just two days during the 48-hour Open House Barcelona event this month. It’s a wonderful opportunity to discover the city’s architecture, from Catalan Gothic to neo-classic and contemporary. Modern architecture features prominently this year, with the inclusion of the Hotel Park building by Don Antoni – one of the first examples of the Neo-Rationalist Movement – and a selection of work from modernist master Rafael Guastavino.

25-26 Oct at various venues in Barcelona, Spain 48hopenhousebarcelona.org

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Earphones

Cutting The Cord The Powerbeats2 Wireless is exceptionally light, yet it delivers the capabilities of dual-driver acoustics. Just connect it to handsets or other devices via Bluetooth, and enjoy some deep-bass tunes.

With an IPX-4 sweat- and waterresistance rating, the earphones are tough from earbud to the tangle-free cable wraparound.

They also come with a flexible ear hook to ensure a comfortable and secure fit.

Timepiece

Updating A Classic

Frédérique Constant has released two new Classics Manufacture Worldtimer models. Both are presented with highly polished, three-part stainless steel cases, convex sapphire crystals and an exceptionally popular see-through case back. The FC-718MC4H6B features a lustrous silver dial with a simple yet rich ‘guilloche’ decoration at the centre, and the FC-718WM4H6B, a detailed silver world map. Both also display - around the outside of the dial - the time Di Gi _ 7 4 5 7 9 _ 3 _ GP . p d f in 24 great cities.

Apparel

Form & Function The Autumn 2014 Nike Tech Pack collection offers increased functionality, classic silhouettes and time-honoured styles. The women’s Tech Butterfly Jacket elegantly plays with proportion, while the Tech Windrunner IRD for men has a water-resistant iridescent woven overlay, complemented by an extended hood bill and reflective zipper pulls.

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Priced For All With an affordable price tag (USD129, as indicated on the global site), the Motorola Moto E is said to be among the cheapest Android 4.4-powered smartphones around. It nevertheless offers a sharp display with Corning Gorilla Going places_Oct14.pdf 1 9/11/14 10:06 AM Glass protection and a water-repellent splash-guard for lasting durability. Technical features include 1GB RAM, 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 Cortex-A7 CPU by Qualcomm, 540×960 display resolution on a 4.3-inch screen, and 5MP rear camera.

Fashionable Business

Tod’s – with its bold design aesthetic – is well received by trendy gentlemen around the world. This exquisite tumbled leather document holder is a fine example.

It features an embossed central double leather band characteristic of the designer label’s Double Stripe collection, as well as a hot-stamped logo, zip-around fastening, lined interior and multiple pockets.

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Defining a gentleman’s quest for comfort and style The Flexx

Flexing Finesse The Flexx Venice series is made with the proprietary ‘Stitch and Turn’ technology that creates ultra-soft and highly flexible shoes. Above its comfortable nature, these sleek slip-ons are timeless in their Italian inspiration.

Cole Haan

Woven in Style Cole Haan’s Men’s Grant Woven Driver is a casual camp moccasin with soft leather uppers, lined in leather and fabric. Its ‘Wedge EVA’ midsole with ‘Vibram’ outsole offers both traction and comfort. colehaan.com

Salvatore Ferragamo

Shining Sleekness Carrying the design finesse and craftsmanship of the Salvatore Ferragamo brand name, this moccasin features elegant shapes and clean lines for an impeccable, streamlined sleekness.

It is made with calfskin on a cuir and rubber sole. ferragamo.com

Tod’s

Winter Classic Classically Italian with the comfort of a modern shoe, Tod’s Winter Gommino has been reimagined to become more streamlined and superbly light. It utilizes ultra-soft leathers in its manufacture. gommino.tods.com

Dior

Fashion Dots These calfskin sneakers feature distinctive embroidered polka dots that reflect the persona of Dior’s latest Fall/Winter ready-towear collection. Essential for a radical and fashionable look, with rubber soles that are practical for comfort. dior.com

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Spa

Rejuvenation Made Easy JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts has unveiled a new spa concept that’s designed to calm, indulge, invigorate and renew. The menu comprises both full-service and express treatments. Spa guests are able to browse a retail area that carries traditional and nontraditional products. These range from eye masks and meditation books to artisanal chocolates and wine. The first Spa by JW has opened at the JW Marriott Houston Downtown. jwmarriott.com

Beauty

Essential Protection The Red Wine Antioxidant Night Jelly from Taiwanese beauty brand, For Beloved One, is touted to help combat the causes of premature skin aging, as well as brighten the complexion. Key amongst the ingredients is red wine polyphenol and extract of Persian silk tree. The former protects skin cells against free radicals, and the latter helps maintain skin vitality.

Available at all Sephora stores in Malaysia

Scent

Embrace Passion

Wellness

Mind and Body Ayurveda is a 5,000-yearold system of natural healing that has its origins in the Indian subcontinent.

To experience the benefits of Ayurveda, try out the Barberyn Beach Ayurveda Resort in Sri Lanka. This beachfront establishment offers the services of a trained in-house team of Ayurvedic specialists, as well as yoga and tai chi classes, partnered with specially prepared healthy meals. barberynresorts.com

Midnight Romance is the latest fragrance by Ralph Lauren.

Fresh top notes include raspberry, Italian bergamot and lychee. The heart is a mix of peony, jasmine sambac and freesia, while black vanilla, iris and ambrox make up the base. ralphlauren.com

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United Kingdom

For a country that was home to Jack the Ripper, bloody queens and sinister kings, it’s no surprise that England boasts some of the world’s scariest secrets.

Fascinating ghost tours can be found in almost every major city, but a good place to start is in London itself. Tours of Excellence (toursofexcellence.com) organises Haunted Ghost Tours that cover haunted sites in the capital and travel out to parts of the country, including visits to creepy old castles, plus overnight stays and meals in haunted hotels and pubs.

If that’s too daunting, check out shorter tours in individual cities. You’ll find good ghost walks in England’s former capital York, which is full of history and spinetingling sites (theoriginalghostwalkofyork. co.uk). Or brave the City of the Dead Tours (cityofthedeadtours.com) farther north in Edinburgh, Scotland, which takes you into graveyards, prisons, underground tunnels and the Black Mausoleum, heavily haunted by the famous Mackenzie Poltergeist. Enter at your own peril!

USA

The nation that brought us everything from The Exorcist to Ghostbusters to The Blair Witch Project has plenty of ghost stories to tell. Head to the heart of witch city in Salem and join the Salem Witch Walk (witchwalk.com) to visit enchanted sites, learn about historical witch trials and even partake in a modern-day ritual. Then, up the scare-factor and travel to New Orleans, said to be America’s most haunted city (neworleansghosttour.com). Themed tours take you to top haunts, walk you through cemeteries and relive notorious stories about voodoo and vampires. If you’re after something more educational, join the candlelit walking ghost tours at Gettysburg (gettysburgghosttours. com) near the historical battlefields of the Civil War. You might catch an eerie formation of soldiers marching across those empty fields.

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Encounters

Sign up for one of these chilling ghost tours this Halloween Text Jamie Khoo

Australia

Don’t let the bright, shiny landscapes of Australia fool you.

Away from the big cities, this vast country holds its own ghostly legends and macabre history. The award-winning Lantern Ghost Tours (lanternghosttours.com) runs regular tours around Victoria and Queensland, including chilling trips to old jails, lunatic asylums and morgues.

Braver souls can also go for overnight experiences. If you’re looking for something more frightening, join a ghost tour in The Rocks, Sydney’s historic neighbourhood (ghosttours.com.au), where you’ll travel down cobblestoned lanes into Australia’s darker past of murders, suicide, hangings and hauntings. Or put your own ghost-hunting to the test in Tasmania – some ghost tours (ghosttoursofhobart.com.au) encourage guests to bring recording devices to try capturing other-worldly activity.

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Alluring Paris Visit the world’s most romantic city, where gorgeous architecture, chic style and gourmet dining are de rigueur Text Helen Ochyra Illustration Sio Yean

The best time to visit Paris is autumn, when the cultural calendar kicks off after a summer hiatus and the weather is warm and generally sunny

a 9.30am Start your day in Paris with something new – the Fondation Louis Vuitton (fondationlouisvuitton.fr), which opens this month in the Bois de Boulogne. Housed in a stirring glass building designed by Frank Gehry, this contemporary art museum focuses on 20th and 21st-century artistic movements and houses the corporate collection of LVMH. b 11am Contemporary art of a different kind is on display outside, as the famously fashionable Parisians show us how it’s done. Follow suit and get shopping on Les Champs-Elysées, where the flagship stores of brands such as Hugo Boss and Banana Republic line the boulevard.

Don’t miss Levi’s, where the

walls are lined floor to ceiling with blue jeans – you can’t fail to find the perfect pair here. c 12pm At the top end of Les ChampsElysées is the Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, (arc-de-triomphe. monuments-nationaux. fr) a world-famous arch that commemorates those who fought for France in the Napoleonic Wars. Climb the 40 steps to its top for Parisian views at half of the cost of those from the Eiffel Tower (EUR8 instead of EUR15) and don’t miss the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I, where the memorial flame still burns, 100 years on. d 1.30pm Hop on the metro – an underground railway with style, much of it art nouveau – to

reach Bastille and Bofinger (bofingerparis.com/en), the perfect Parisian brasserie. Order the fresh seafood platter, which heaves with everything from oysters to lobster, and wash it down with a cool, crisp bottle of meursault. Lunch doesn’t get much better than this. e 3pm Walk your meal off with a stroll down to the Seine and across the Ile Saint-Louis, the lesserknown of Paris’ two natural islands and a lovely place to wander away from the crowds.

Stop off at Le Flore en L’Ile for the city’s best ice cream – for a real treat, order chocolate, caramel and vanilla in one bowl. One small corner of Notre Dame (notredamedeparis. fr) beckons to diners on the terrace here, so follow the cobbled streets to check out

Europe’s finest Gothic cathedral – and one of the world’s largest religious buildings. f 5.30pm Notre Dame may have the size, but Sacre Coeur (sacre-coeurmontmartre.com/english) surely has the situation. Located on the city’s highest point, this brilliant white basilica is dashingly romantic. There’s nowhere better to watch the sun sink over Paris. g 7pm Saunter to Epicure for exquisite cuisine in exceptional surroundings in Hôtel le Bristol’s (lebristolparis.com) light-filled dining room. Let masterchef Eric Frechon tantalise your taste buds with langoustine and caviar, crab in tomato water or roasted blue lobster before selecting your favourite flavour from the macaron cabinet.

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PASADENA

American

Pasadena is a shining example of California’s exuberant and wealthy side

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The permanent collection at the Norton Simon Museum

Colorado Street Bridge at sunset

One Colorado at dusk

Lisa Snipes, an employee of Vroman's Bookstore

Admiring some of the collection at the Huntington Museum

The coffee shop at Vroman's Bookstore

Blackbean soup and coffee at Le Pain Quotidien

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veryone maintains a cerebral snapshot of Los Angeles, be it the pneumatic bodies and motley performance artists strung along Venice Beach, the totemic lettering on the hillside above Hollywood, or the zip code famously attached to Beverly Hills.

So if the manicured lawns, whispering glades and generally rarefied air of Pasadena tend to be obscured by ultraCalifornian icons, it’s not something that disgruntles the well-heeled and supremely well-placed residents here.

Northeast of central Los Angeles, at the base of the San Gabriel mountains, the city of Pasadena remains what its early, phenomenally flush settlers might have envisioned - liberally sprinkled with art galleries and museums, as well as a central strip carpeted with stores and restaurants whose excellence prompts even picky Angelenos living in other parts of the city to motor over here to browse and sluice.

“There is not much in downtown LA, except office buildings, and even restaurants close at 5pm, so a lot of people head for Pasadena,” says software engineer Leah Heiss, who has lived in Pasadena for seven years.

“The great thing about the area is it has tons of culture, ethnic restaurants, art galleries, arboretums and gardens. And you are right next to the Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains.”

Pasadena picked up speed early in the 20th century. In 1908, Charles and Henry Greene designed a house for Procter & Gamble’s David and Mary Gamble that remains an outstanding example of the American Arts and Crafts school of architecture. At about the same time, William Wrigley Jr shelled out for a mansion whose graceful lines, exotic wood panelling, marble staircase and crystal light fixtures echoed the Italian Renaissance.

In later years, Norton Simon, one of the founding fathers of Avis, chose Pasadena as the permanent home for his collection of art, which – following his marriage to actress Jennifer Jones in 1971 – had grown to embrace Asian as well as European sculptures and painting.

Most stunning of all is railroad magnate Henry Edwards Huntington’s phenomenal library and clutch of art

galleries surrounded by several hundred hectares of gardens. Thousands of visitors come daily to gape at Gainsborough’s Blue Boy, a Gutenberg Bible, a Chaucer manuscript, or simply to wander through the gardens, which feature a variety of themes and more than 14,000 different plants.

“As both a historic estate and a cultural institution, The Huntington (huntington. org) has been one of Pasadena's premier attractions and indeed, one of Southern

The great thing about Pasadena is it has tons of culture, ethnic restaurants, art galleries, and gardens, and you are right next to the Angeles National Forest

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California’s leading destinations for nearly a century,” says communications coordinator Lisa Blackburn. “The Huntington has deep roots linking it to the city’s storied past, and with its unrivalled collections and extensive botanical gardens, it’s one of the ‘mustsees’ for visitors to the Los Angeles area.”

If art and culture are Pasadena’s leitmotif, then the Rose Bowl flea market, held on the second Sunday of every month, is one of its best-known diversions. At this gargantuan mart, several thousand traders hawk everything from antique French movie posters to ethnic clothing and home spas.

Downtown, the flea market’s premise of shopping-as-rollicking-entertainment continues, most prominently at One Colorado (onecolorado.com), an imposing block centred on a brick courtyard that doubles as an outdoor film festival auditorium and is stuffed with

the likes of Kate Spade, Gap, Armani and Juicy Couture.

But if there’s a single store that sums up shopping in Pasadena, it’s the literary cornucopia that is Vroman’s (vromansbookstore.com) – staunchly independent, in business since 1894, its two storeys spread with shelf upon shelf of books valiantly trumpeting that the Kindle is little more than a flash in the pan.

Thanks to come-hither seating, eager staff, and authors like Nick Hornby, Candace Bushnell and Bill Clinton speaking and signing regularly, plus an adjoining coffee bar, the best part of a morning can disappear deliciously here.

“At a time when Internet competition has made brick-and-mortar bookstores somewhat of an endangered species, we’re thriving,” says Allison Hill, Vroman’s president. “We have 85,000 book titles, thousands of gift items, and over 400 free community events each year. Grandparents who shopped here as children bring their grandchildren here – it’s a very special place.”

While Pasadena regards such local institutions as the California Institute of Technology and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a proprietary air, its alma mater could well be the hotel that’s set

A Café Santorini waiter chatting with some diners

The owners of Café Santorini

Inside a Kate Spade store

The Langham Huntington at dusk

Staff manning the counter and kitchen of In-NOut Burger

The Tea Room at The Langham Huntington

Café Santorini's pan-seared Atlantic seabass with roast tomatoes and pea sauce

along leafy avenues away from downtown with a view over the valley. The Langham Huntington (pasadena.langhamhotels. com) is somewhere that Pasadenans consider more of a private club than a regular hostelry.

On top of the accommodation roster are eight private cottages. The hotel’s fitness machinery gets a day-long workout, and spa therapists are booked up weeks in advance. Couples plight their troth in the Japanese garden and kick up their heels beneath the gold-gilt vaulted ceilings of the Viennese and Georgian ballrooms afterward. Broad, soft-carpeted corridors lead to The Royce Wood-Fired Steakhouse, while there is much in the way of grain and grape in The Tap Room.

“I guess you could say that we are the quintessential Southern Californian hotel,” says managing director Steven Parker. “This has been a landmark ever since it opened, and while it continues to espouse the grace and elegance of a bygone era, it’s also a very lively social gathering point for the surrounding community.”

Visitors don’t have to journey far for entertainment. The Pasadena Symphony (pasadenasymphony-pops.org) blends classical with pop, while the Ice House Comedy Club (icehousecomedy.com) has been the proving ground for Steve Martin, the late Robin Williams, and Lily Tomlin amongst others. The Playhouse (pasadenaplayhouse.org) has been in business since 1917, and its productions usually move to Broadway. Pre- or post-show, there are something like 500 restaurants within the city limits,

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The café at dusk

Jazz performers at Red White + Bluezz located at the historic Pasadena Playhouse

A jazz set at Red White + Bluezz

a gallimaufry of global cuisine delivered with the genuine earnestness that California patented long before anywhere else.

Anywhere else, the In-N-Out Burger (inn-out.com), founded in 1948 and strongly resistant to change ever since, would be regarded as an all-too avoidable curiosity, but Pasadenans point to it with enthusiasm and pride, going into raptures about the simplicity of the menu (hamburger, cheeseburger, double burger, and fries) and a décor that would be retro, except that it’s barely changed in the course of six decades.

From a classic slice of Americana to somewhere with more of a European accent, Café Santorini (cafésantorini.com) spreads from the second floor of a historic brick building onto an open air terrace that’s chock-a-block with diners romping through risotto, pizzas & seared ahi tuna. One of the chief pleasures of dining in Pasadena is the abundance of fresh, high-quality ingredients, either sourced in California or off its coast.

Dorothy Parker may have quipped that Los Angeles was so many suburbs in search of a city, but it’s in Pasadena that Greater LA seems to have found itself a neatly packaged American Dream.

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Facing Up Modern Beijing Opera entertains a growing audience Text and Photos Daniel Allen

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ts high-pitched, piercing deliveries may be an acquired taste, but for many cultural aficionados, Beijing (or Peking) Opera represents the very pinnacle of Chinese entertainment. As a fresh-faced troupe of operatic stars prepare for their nightly show at Beijing’s Chang’an Grand Theatre, they follow in the footsteps of talented performers who once bewitched the likes of Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799) and the formidable Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908).

The full weight of Beijing Opera’s cultural significance is not lost on Zhou Jiaxin, director of the first troupe of the Beijing-based Jingju Theatre Company.

“Of the 100 or so types of operas that exist in China today, Beijing Opera is undoubtedly the finest,” says the mastermind behind many of the Chinese capital’s most popular and innovative contemporary pieces.

“Beijing Opera is nothing less than iconic,” continues Jiaxin. “Incredibly hard to master, it is such a multi-faceted and technical art form. Combining dance, singing, dialogue, mime, martial arts and acrobatics, the creative inspiration for each operatic piece is taken from China’s rich history, literature and folklore.”

While Jiaxin is onstage, overseeing last-minute tweaks to the theatre’s sound and lighting, performer Zhou Yan is equally hard at work in the labyrinthine basement. The 21-year-old has been applying make-up for more than half an hour, and takes a quick break to gobble a plate of chicken noodles and engage in frantic text messaging.

In a world where opera stars can perform well into their seventies, Yan is a relative novice. Despite her tender age, she is nevertheless already adept at transforming her unlined face with an array of cosmetics; up close, the effect of raspberry lips and scarlet cheekbones on a blanched face is intentionally striking.

The next step is for Yan and her assistant to collectively fashion the routine’s pièce de résistance - the so-called datou hairstyle - created with heavy strands of real human hair temporarily fixed in place with glue.

“Datou means ‘big head’ in Mandarin Chinese,” explains Yan with a grin, passing her assistant a pot of viscous adhesive. “This special hairstyle gives all the dan (female) roles in Beijing Opera a perfectly oval face. Together with curved eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, this is the Chinese ideal of feminine beauty.”

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Operatic rise and fall While its name may suggest otherwise, Beijing Opera started life far from China’s current capital. Derived from musical performances originally put on in the more southerly Chinese provinces of Anhui and Hubei, it was first seen when operatic troupes visited Beijing at the end of the eighteenth century. After taking root in the north, it took on a life of its own through the incorporation of other local musical genres and performance techniques.

From its early days, Beijing Opera was an art form that transcended class barriers.

Initially staged outside in public spaces, it was enjoyed by all segments of society, from the emperor to the peasantry. Performances had to be loud to counter background noise, while extravagant costumes were designed to capture the audience’s attention in frequently dim conditions.

Yet Beijing Opera’s long history and mass appeal were not enough to save it from years of decline during the 20th century. It became a propaganda tool during China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-76), while in the 1980s and 1990s, traditional opera lost its appeal amid competition from pop music, cinema, karaoke and computer games.

Theatres across Beijing were boarded up or demolished to make way for shopping malls and apartment blocks.

“I guess most Chinese at that time felt Beijing Opera had become irrelevant to their lives,” says Sisi Yang, marketing supervisor at the Zhengyici Theatre, another of the capital’s operatic bastions. “Shows were too long and the quality of performances was

A male performer takes a break from applying makeup Miniature Beijing Opera masks make a great souvenir

Beijing's Chang'an Grand Theatre

Opera performers employ a wide array of makeup A Beijing Opera skit at the Chang'an Grand Theatre

up and down. It was as if everyone was just going through the motions.”

“It got to the point where only those who had grown up with opera in some way were still interested in it,” adds hugely experienced performer Xue Yaping. “The true artistic profundity of Beijing opera was unsurprisingly lost on most Chinese. The art form was stale and in danger of disappearing forever. That would have been a tragedy.”

Monkey magic It was during Beijing Opera’s darkest days that one of its most talented and idiosyncratic performers experienced his biggest epiphany. Ghaffar Pourazar - a Briton of Iranian-Azerbaijani origin - first witnessed Beijing Opera in London two decades ago while employed as a computer animator and

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A male performer applies makeup at Zhengyici Theatre

Performing on stage at Zhengyici Theatre

Creating the datou hairstyle

The ornate interior of Zhengyici Theatre

part-time drama teacher. It was love at first sight.

“I was overawed by the power, the precision, the sheer beauty of it,” says Pourazar. “Here was an artistic genre that had been developing and honing itself for centuries. For the first time I saw a culture which treated theatre as a science as well as an art. For myself - a techie and theatre lover - it was the dream combination.”

Pourazar’s story is one of devotion and perseverance. Desperate to learn more, he followed the opera performance as it toured England, eventually ending up in Beijing, where he spontaneously enrolled in opera school. At the age of 32, he found himself training with precocious 12-year-olds.

“It was probably the most testing experience of my life,” Pourazar says with a slightly rueful laugh. “There I was, a lumbering foreign adult, attempting to learn moves alongside a bunch of energetic and extremely limber Chinese kids. Many of the people I encountered looked at me as if I had a screw loose.”

The reward for those years of gruelling training came when Pourazar was awarded the Great Wall Friendship Prize for the promotion of Beijing Opera recently.

Having graduated and gone on to master his art - entertaining Chinese, foreigners and dignitaries with countless performances - his most popular character remains Sun Wukong (the Monkey King) from the classical Chinese story Xiyouji (Journey to the West).

“Chinese people tell me I’ve captured the true spirit of the monkey in my performances,” says Pourazar. “I guess that’s the ultimate accolade.”

Something old, something new Pourazar understands the need for the art form to shed its somewhat staid image.

Keeping things fresh and exciting, if not

"To ensure that Beijing Opera not only survives but thrives, we must honour the old plays while also creating new markets"

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completely authentic, his modern interpretations of the operatic classics frequently mix in doses of rap, jazz, and rock-and-roll.

“To ensure that Beijing Opera not only survives but thrives, we must honour the old plays while also creating new markets,” he explains. “Neither can exist without the other. Of course some operatic old-timers and purists believe the genre has been sullied by the modernisation process. As someone who loves the classics, of course I can sympathise with this view.”

“Beijing Opera had to move with the times, like all types of entertainment,” says Jiaxin. “The Jingju Theatre Company has created numerous new plays since it was established. We don’t overlook tradition and our artistic roots, but we also try to move forward. We’re an art form, but also a business.”

Today, Beijing Opera is tentatively charting a new course. The government has introduced opera classes in schools across Beijing, while many theatres have received much-needed facelifts. A batch of new operas by young, innovative playwrights and directors is entertaining an increasingly appreciative public.

“Slowly but surely Beijing Opera is modernising,” says Jiaxin. “Who knows what it will look like in another 200 years. China is changing and so are her art forms.”

Zhou Jiaxin, director of the first troupe of the Jingju Theatre Company

Beijing Opera's vibrant and eyecatching costumes

SPECIAL FEATURE

Bio

Playing a role in Malaysia’s future James Thompson III is a true global citizen. Born in Yokohama and raised in Hong Kong, James has spent a large portion of his life in Asia. “My parents are American, they came to Asia in the 1960s and never went back,” said James, who spent the last 19 years working in China. Now in Malaysia, he is set to spearhead Crown Worldwide’s long-term development in the country.

How has Malaysia been for you so far?

What specifically brings you to this part of the world?

How would you rate the level of talent here?

Malaysia has always been one of the key markets for Crown Worldwide and I’m here specifically to oversee the expansion of our business. We’ve been here for over 40 years and we’re well established with facilities in Shah Alam, Penang, Bandar Enstek in Negeri Sembilan, and soon, in Johor as well.

It’s been excellent. Malaysia has some of the friendliest people and it’s blessed with nice weather and a good business environment. It is somewhat slower compared to China but the trade-off is the lifestyle. From a family perspective, the overall standard of living here is higher than what we had.

The level of talent here is good because Malaysians have a global mindset, are well educated, and multi-lingual. They also view the world from an international perspective. Those are qualities that are specific to a multicultural environment with a westernised education system, and that is unique.

Name James Thompson III Country of origin USA Company Crown Worldwide Group Position Managing Director, Malaysia

What’s the single best thing about the RP-T (Resident Pass-Talent) program?

It’s an enticing program because being granted a 10-year pass makes it a lot more attractive for me to want to work and stay here. In other countries, it is unheard of for a foreigner to get that sort of duration.

To me, this shows that Malaysia genuinely wants to attract foreign talent to come here.

The RP-T enables highly qualified expatriates to continue residing and working in Malaysia for up to ten years. As it is personal to holder, it provides greater flexibility in terms of employment. The RP-T is also extended to spouses and children (below 18 years old) of successful applicants, allowing their spouses to seek employment in Malaysia.

The Crown Worldwide Group was founded by James E. Thompson, James’ father, in 1965. The company’s Malaysian business has grown from strength to strength in the past 40 years, and is now managed by James.

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Ski,

snow and sup Cloaked in snowfall six months a year and blessed with fine fresh produce, Niseko beckons to both winter sports enthusiasts and gourmands Text Vivian Chong Photos YTL Hotels/Getty Images

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on’t forget the pizza!” the instructor reminds us yet again as we push off with our sticks, feet firmly strapped into heavy mid-calf high boots with knees slightly bent, and attempt to glide gracefully down the slope. It’s a crisp minus 8 degrees Celsius afternoon; the winter sun that greeted us in the morning is now tucked behind the clouds and the wind beats incessantly against our goggled faces, but we’re working up a sweat underneath well-padded ski suits.

It takes all our concentration to maintain balance, but that’s the easy part. The real lesson is mastering the stop technique, the aforementioned ‘pizza’ created by bringing the front tip of the skis together to form an inverted ‘V’ and cruise to a smooth finish. In theory, it’s a breeze. In practice, it’s a lot of knee-jerking, with legs wobbling and skis overlapping rather than merely meeting – a recipe for comedic relief from the muscle-gripping sport as we take turns falling flat on our behinds, sliding out of control and crashing to a clumsy end against the safety nets.

It’s not the most graceful way to finish but not a bad experience in itself, as Niseko is the recipient of

some of the world’s deepest snowfalls – between 12 and 16 metres annually, ranking it among the world’s snowiest resorts. Falling on the silky snow, which boasts a fine powdery quality, is not unlike flopping down on a giant cushy mattress. It’s tempting to stay down for a winter siesta while children as young as three whizz past nonchalantly and seasoned skiers zig-zag down the hill in no time.

Located approximately 100 kilometres south of Sapporo, the Niseko Annupuri mountain is home to several ski resorts and is ranked among the world’s top 10 ski destinations. An estimated 700,000 visitors come here annually during ski season from December to May, making a beeline for the Niseko Village Snow School. For half a year, the school is a flurry of winter sports activities as skiers, snowboarders and other enthusiasts have a go on the runs, their colourful ensembles speckling the all-white landscape like dots and blobs of moving – sometimes flying – colours.

The action doesn’t stop even after the sun sets, as some runs stay open for night skiing, when the experienced and the skilled can perfect their moves with far fewer crowds. For everyone else, it’s time to retreat to one of five resorts and soak in the outdoor

The Green Leaf onsen is a local favourite and has a great view of Mount Yotei

Skiing down the champagne powder snow

Wholesome family fun on the slopes

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The Niseko Annupuri mountain is home to several ski resorts and is ranked among the world's top 10 ski destinations onsen (natural hot springs) or get a rubdown at the spa before tucking into a fantastic meal prepared using the freshest premium seasonal produce that makes Hokkaido a gourmet’s haven.

Seafood and steaks Boiled, simmered in a hot pot, shredded and served over piping-hot noodles, steamed in silky chawanmushi – there are many ways to enjoy Hokkaido’s famed crabs, particularly the snow crabs in season during winter months. At Niseko, you don’t need to venture far for a taste of the orange-shelled crustaceans as the two resorts closest to the snow school, Hilton Niseko Village and Green Leaf Niseko Village, provide six fine-dining outlets to satiate your cravings for the delicacy as well as other popular Japanese dishes.

At Green Leaf ’s Goshiki, a casual all-day diner that recalls a modern yet cosy Swiss alpine cabin, you can tuck into a beautiful spaghetti pepperoncini with snow crab while enjoying spectacular views of the mountain and ski runs. Hilton’s Ezo Pub is popular at lunch, packed with hungry skiers refuelling after hours out in the biting cold by slurping up bowls of hot ramen in miso broth with snow corn and shredded snow crab meat. The ultimate crustacean

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A chef preparing noodles at The Green Leaf's Goshiki restaurant

The picturesque Otaru Canal is a nice stop en route to or from Niseko

Raw fish or sashimi to tempt diners at Goshiki

The Green Leaf's cozy lobby lounge, Tomioka White

cheer can be had at the dinner-only Crab Shack next to Green Leaf; here, the King Crab is served grilled and also in kaisen nabe (seafood hot pot) along with boiled hairy crabs and other seafood.

If you prefer your seafood sizzling rather than soupy, reserve a seat at Hilton’s Pirka teppanyaki bar, where seafood and other meat are cooked on hot plates in front of you and seasoned with six flavoured salts. Red-meat lovers will be pleased with the selection of wagyu fillet and sirloin; watch beautifully marbled slabs sizzle into a crisp skin while staying pink in the centre.

More bovine satisfaction can be enjoyed at Sisam, where you can cut into a melt-in-the-mouth grilled wagyu sirloin with vegetables and yama wasabi, a mountain radish with more zing than regular wasabi. The simplicity of the dish allows the meat to be enjoyed unadulterated as it stands very well on its own, being of A4 grade, the secondhighest for wagyu. Meanwhile, Melt Bar & Grill serves a wagyu fillet with umamirich green pepper corn sauce and potato boulangere that’s pure comfort on a plate.

Another local specialty not to be missed is Wakimizu tofu. It’s made with water from a natural spring at the foot of Mount Yotei, which can be seen through floor-to-ceiling windows that wrap around the semicircular restaurant named after it.

Yotei is where Hilton’s guests start their day, piling their plates from buffets of local and Western selections. Even if rice is not your usual choice of breakfast, you’d be tempted here as Hokkaido is, after all, Japan’s rice capital and was the first place in the country to cultivate the staple grain. Locally grown rice has a slightly glutinous texture best paired with wobbly onsen tamago (soft cooked eggs), smoked saury fish and pickled vegetables – a typical Japanese breakfast that’s easy to get hooked on.

Dairy detour On busy days, some 2,000 cream puffs fly off these bakery shelves. Those who arrive late console themselves with an array of other dairy and handmade pastry delights.

For 17 years, Milk Kobo has drawn dairy lovers to its red farmhouse-like shop, just five minutes from the Hilton Niseko.

Mamoru Takahashi started this bakery-

cafe to make use of leftover produce from his dairy farm, but Milk Kobo became so popular that all of the farm’s fresh milk is now reserved for its use. The milk owes its refined taste to the cows’ diet of grazing on Niseko’s natural pasture and drinking spring water that flows from the mountains. Everything that’s sold here – cheese cakes, éclairs, baumkuchen, fresh yogurt and ice cream are among the bestsellers – is made on-site, combining the prized milk with other premium ingredients to achieve the quality that has earned Milk Kobo its esteemed reputation.

Its sought-after cream puffs were the brainchild of Takahashi’s daughter, Yuko Takai, who manages the café. And what a delight they are to sink your teeth into: crusty, chewy choux pastry gives way to a light custard known as shu cream that’s mildly sweet and silky. Their chocolate éclairs is another must-try, filled with the same memorable cream made even better by the dark cocoa coating.

While Milk Kobo focuses on fresh milk, another red wooden building within walking distance of Green Leaf takes the fermented form to great culinary heights.

At Niseko Fromage, former national

With the ample selection and gourmet quality of food served within Niseko Village, you really don’t need to step out, but if you’d like a break from the slopes, here are three pit stops in nearby towns.

Ramen refuel

Sapporo is the birthplace of miso soup ramen, which you can slurp to your heart’s content at the narrow Ganso Ramen Yokocho or Ramen Alley, home to 17 quaint eateries that dish up various versions of the popular curly noodle. At Kuni Mitsu, order the kare miso ramen, an appetisingly spicy serving of meat-based broth that’s been simmered for two days to a rich aroma and milky consistency. The springy noodles are garnished with meat slices and hanjuku tamago, soft-boiled egg with melt-in-the-mouth whites and a custardy yolk.

Sushi street

If Sapporo has a ramen alley, Otaru has a sushi alley with over 60 sushi bars and some izakayas. Tatsumi Sushi is recommended for the freshness of its seafood, all fished from the waters around Otaru. Ask for one of the private tatami rooms where the chef will prepare your sushi, sashimi and chirashi don at a small adjoining bar, putting on quite a tableside show.

Hearth to hearth

Just outside Niseko, the small but lively town of Hirafu is lined with pubs, cafés and eateries. Restaurant Yo offers a unique traditional dining experience with its irori, a sunken hearth that serves as a barbeque pit. Guests sit around and cook their own dinner –a medley of meat, seafood, vegetables –over grills placed in the hearth.

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The village of Niseko

Relaxing in the outdoor onsen of Hilton Niseko Village

snowboarding coach turned master cheese craftsman Noriaki Seki has won praise and awards for his Gouda, Havarti and handmade string cheeses. Between April and November, the fromagerie also churns out milk and Camembert soft ice cream. At other times, foodies can snap up packets of oven-toasted cheese crisps that come in flavours such as seaweed and chilli.

Crunchy and salty, they’re great to munch with a nightcap or après-ski tipple, for which you have great choices. Cosy up in front of a sleek, see-through fireplace at Green Leaf ’s Tomioka White, a fullservice bar dressed in dark brown fittings punctuated by pony skin print armchairs.

In winter, the Ice Bar appears but changes location each year, surprising even repeat visitors. It’s essentially an igloo carved from a mix of snow and ice, furnished with everything made of ice, including the bar counter and drink glasses. Inside the bar, blue and yellow lights glow from behind frozen columns, creating an

illusion of warmth amid frosty surroundings.

It exudes an aura that sums up Niseko: Snowclad and chilly, but still a breath-taking winter wonderland that welcomes you for a good time and great meals.

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mayan way of life Guatemala is a photographer’s dream –beautiful people, stunning landscape, and enough quirks to always surprise Photos Rick Collins

A Guatemalan family sits in its modest home

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A funeral procession makes its way into church at San Pedro, on the shores of Lake Atitlan

Two shy girls in the village of San Pedro

One of the active volcanoes high above Lake Atitlan

Revellers at a ritual performance in Chichi

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Guatemala’s largest and most colourful indigenous market, known as Chichi

A man and his granddaughter in the village of San Pedro

Revellers at the Chichi ritual performance

About the photographer Award-winning documentary photographer Rick Collins is passionate about travel and wants to go where time stands still. He says: “My favourite places always meet the triple crown of requirements –great food, stunning landscape, and wonderful and friendly people.” Collins lives in Vancouver, Canada with his wife, film-maker Cheryl Claibourne and their two sons. rickcollinsphotography.com

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Sweet

Traditional feasts, inventive concepts and delightful sweets form Muscat’s greatest gastronomy finds

Indulgence Text Tatyana Leonov Photos Daniel Whitfield

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rriving at an Omani home is like no other experience.

Wherever you might be in this remarkably beautiful country, there’s one fundamental constant – coffee (kahwa) and dates. This mandatory welcome snack offers an insight into the nation’s philosophy: Omanis are incredibly hospitable and want to share their culture with the world.

Luckily, food is a focal part of this.

Fortunately for this sugarloving nation, an excess of local treats can be found everywhere.

Mosques often have rooms stocked with dates, while in marketplaces, vendors come prepared to share. It’s not unusual for a souk to have a central meeting spot with communal sweets that any passer-by is

welcome to enjoy.

Sharing is a big part of Omani culture and extends beyond food and drink. Oman only opened up to Westerners in 1993; today, travelling to this exotic land still offers an incomparable experience. The capital, Muscat, is the first port of call for most, with flabbergasting sights.

There’s the magnificent Al Alam Palace with blue and golden pillars that glisten in the afternoon sun, the stately Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque with its elaborate interior that includes the world’s second-largest handloomed Iranian carpet (it took 600 women four years to weave the 70 x 60 metre masterpiece), and the chaotic and pulsating Muttrah Souk, where it’s easy to roam for hours stocking up on all sorts of foodie delights.

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Tasty traditional fare A flock of youngsters natter outside Kargeen Caffee (kargeencaffe.com), waiting for a table to free up. This is one of Muscat’s most popular restaurants, and it’s easy to see why. The tree-filled courtyard and interior are jam-packed with a crowd enjoying traditional Omani food amid charming surroundings.

Most tables start with Arabic-style mezze of creamy cheese, fresh vegetables, olives, homemade dips and breads. For the main course, almost everyone will order shuwa, a delicious slow-baked lamb dish. “This is absolutely our most famous dish,” chef Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Yousuf says proudly. “The lamb is very succulent! We marinate it in cumin, turmeric, masala salt and apple vinegar, wrap it in banana leaves and then bake it for 48 hours in an underground firewood oven.”

Because of the time and effort involved in cooking shuwa, traditionally the dish is only prepared for special occasions, but Kargeen Caffee is one of only a handful of restaurants in Muscat offering the dish cooked in the customary manner.

Waiters weave between tables with aromatic shuwa still wrapped in banana leaves, perched atop steamed basmati rice and served alongside dates, chutney and olive oil as guests’ eyes follow the servers, hopeful it might be theirs. “We probably serve 50 or 60 of these a day,” explains Mohammed Abdullah.

There's a trend in Muscat for the new and different, reflecting changing lifestyles and attitude

Although lamb is very popular with Omanis, fish also commonly makes appearances; the best seafood restaurant is on the outskirts of Muscat in its own serene oasis. The Shangri-La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa complex is made up of three different hotels and feels as if it belongs in another world. Strolling along the resort beach or through the grandiose complex is part of the attraction, and ending up at Muscat’s finest seafood restaurant, Bait Al Bahr (shangri-la. com/muscat/barraljissahresort/dining/ restaurants/bait-al-bahr), for dinner is a divine way to spend a night.

Chef Mahmood Said Humaid Al Shibli explains that both hotel guests and visitors frequent the restaurant because of its famed reputation. “We work hard as a team to develop and perfect our signature dishes to maintain our standards,” he says, citing the smoked and baked cod with saffron cauliflower crush and a wispy foie gras cloud as one of the most popular selections. “All the seafood on offer is caught daily by fishermen, and the menu selection will usually include an assortment of fish, prawn, squid and Omani lobster offerings.”

Shuwa is the most popular dish at Kargeen Caffee

Kargeen Caffee is said to have the best lemon-mint drink in town

Chef Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Yousuf of Kargeen Caffee and his team

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Love at First Bite's signature red velvet trifle

Love at First Bite's crispy prawns marinated in garlic pepper sauce

Chef Mahmood Said Humaid Al Shibli of Bait Al Bahr is about to cook the catch of the day

The Royal Opera House Muscat

Dates are offered almost everywhere in Oman

The stunning grounds of Shangri-La's Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa Complex

Love at First Bite's tenderloin steak grilled with pepper and mushroom herb sauce

Entrepreneurs lead the culinary wave Although you can’t go wrong with tasty traditional fare, there’s a trend in Muscat for the new and different, reflecting changing lifestyles and attitudes. Khalid Al Suwaid, 24, is leading the culinary wave. Founder of Love at First Bite (facebook.com/bitelounge), Oman’s first themed restaurant, Khalid was just 22 when he opened the unique diner. Since then, the movement has surged with new themed eateries (a jungle-themed restaurant and a cave-inspired eating complex), catering to a crowd hungry to enter a fantasy realm.

“I’ve always thought entertainment and dining should be one,” Khalid explains while bouncing through his rambunctiously furnished restaurant where beds are tables and corners are Bedouin tents. The food is a fusion of many cultures, and the names of the menu items are reflective of the quirky-cool concept. Fries come with ‘benefits,’ She Loves Me Not is a medley of sweet and chilli flavours, and there is even a ‘break-up’ dish. “We want customers to enjoy reading the menu. And they do.

They even enjoy reading the bill,” he laughs.

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Delicacies popular with residents and visitors:

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Lemon-mint drink: This refreshing union of crushed mint leaves, lemon juice and sugar is the drink of choice anywhere you go. Kargeen Caffee is famed for having one of the best blends in the country.

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Shawarma sandwich: Tender meat shavings (usually lamb, beef or chicken) inside fresh bread. Quick, cheap and simple, this is the takeaway meal of choice for many Omanis.

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Halwa: Perfect with coffee, this sugar, ghee and corn flour-based dessert is terrible for the waistline, but definitely worth trying.

The niece and aunt team at Salma's Chocolates

The speciality chocolate is made fusing local Omani flavours with Belgian Chocolates

hospitality, he is one of Muscat’s most successful entrepreneurs and is due to open two more restaurants come November – another themed eatery and a traditional Omani restaurant that will also double as an art gallery. “I just love what I do,” he says, smiling as he watches a love-struck couple perusing the menu and giggling. “Muscat is ready to be different and I’m here offering exactly that.”

Different works brilliantly in a city full of people receptive to new ideas.

Salma Al Hjari and aunt Aisha Al Hajri of Salma’s Chocolates (salmaschocolates. com) spent years studying how to create speciality chocolates that have got everyone talking. Like Khalid, the duo were inspired by the desire to present residents with something they hadn’t tried before, and since both were passionate about

sweets, they decided to make chocolates, something not previously done in Oman.

With no classes available in Oman, they started by reading books, then travelled to Dubai, India, Lebanon and Italy to complete chocolate-making courses. Ascertaining that high-quality chocolate was crucial for success, they journeyed to Belgium to negotiate with world-class suppliers. Then they created fusion chocolates by using top-grade Belgian chocolates and local Omani ingredients such as honey, thyme and pomegranates.

“Our speciality is native flavours and that’s what makes us unique in Oman,” Aisha explains, grinning as she observes an expat tasting one of their creations.

“That’s the halwa flavour. It’s one of our most popular chocolates and visitors love it because halwa is Oman’s famous traditional sweet.” The blissful customer goes in for another bite, not aware she’s being watched. Sweets are after all Oman’s forte.

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Morning Delight A typical breakfast treat of small, tasty morsels, steamed or fried Text Tan Lee Kuen Photo SooPhye Props and Styling Rohani Jelani

West Lake Garden, Sunway Resort

This halal restaurant tucked away in a suburban hotel has its share of fans for fine Teochew cuisine.

It also does an excellent dim sum lunch. With over 100 dishes, including different kinds of dim sum, it’s a beguiling experience trying to choose. Among the highlights are the har gao (crystal dumpling with prawn), steamed yam cake with dried shrimp, and pineapple polo pau. What also sells here are the claypot dishes, including a hearty lamb kut teh, or chunks of lamb in a rich herbal soup.

Maju Palace

A member of the Oriental Group of restaurants, Maju Palace offers excellent halal dim sum in the city centre. Besides the chicken siew mai (meat wrapped in wanton), har gao and springy fish balls, their other specialities are cod fish roll with salted egg and the salted custard bun. For the latter, tear open the soft bun to reveal the piping-hot golden insides. Desserts are luxurious and special; try the steamed egg with bird’s nest or the aloe vera tart.

Chynna KL Hilton 3 Jalan Stesen Sentral, KL Tel: +603-2264 2264

Chynna, KL Hilton

It is worth going to Chynna for the restaurant’s looks alone. Styled after the Tang Dynasty’s opulence, complete with painted panels and apothecary drawers, the decor is stunning and highly atmospheric.

Supplement that with top-quality halal dim sum, and it could be a weekly dining destination. Favourites here include the crystal shrimp dumplings, honey-glazed barbequed chicken buns and delicate rice rolls. Watch for the Tea Master as he performs theatrical stunts with his long-snouted pot while pouring your tea.

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In Chynna at KL Hilton, watch for the Tea Master as he performs theatrical stunts with his longsnouted pot while pouring your tea

West Lake Garden Chinese Restaurant Sunway Resort Jalan PJS 11/15, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Tel: +603-7492 8000

Maju Palace Level 5, Maju Junction Mall 1001, Jalan Sultan Ismail, KL Tel: +603-2691 8822

Xin Cuisine Concorde Hotel, 2 Jalan Sultan Ismail, KL Tel: +603-2144 2200

De Dai Tong Cafe 45 Lebuh Cintra, George Town, Penang Tel: +604-263 6625

Oriental Pavilion P1-04, Level 1 Podium, Jaya 33 No.3, Jalan Semangat, Seksyen 13, Petaling Jaya Tel: +603-7956 9288

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In some countries such as Hong Kong, dim sum is known as yum cha, which translates to ‘drink tea’ in Cantonese. So have a pot of tea with your meal!

TYPES OF DIM SUM 1 Siew mai : Meat wrapped in wanton skin, topped with crab roe and steamed. A dim sum classic.

2 Peanut ball: Glutinous rice dough stuffed with a creamy peanut filling, coated with sesame seeds and deep-fried.

3 Lor mai gai : Steamed glutinous rice filled with chicken and black mushrooms, sometimes wrapped in lotus leaf rice.

Xin Cuisine, Concorde Hotel

One of the long-standing dim sum destinations in the city, Xin Cuisine has long been rolling out its traditional steam carts. The ambience is old-world elegance – we love the glamorous gold trimmings and dragon-curled pillars in a banquet hall setting. Besides the tried-and-true dim sum choices, other favourites are the scallop dumplings, flaky golden egg tarts and fragrantly fried radish cake. A Noodle Bar is on standby to whip up your favourite concoction, while musicians on traditional Chinese instruments provide entertainment.

De Dai Tong Cafe

Up in Penang, De Dai Tong Cafe holds true to its traditional ways of serving dim sum in push carts and metal dishes. This historic teahouse in George Town is often filled to the brim, with tables and chairs spilling onto the walkway. You can wait to have the carts come around to you or join regulars as they crowd the carts to pick up their favourite har gao, chee cheong fun (rice noodle roll) and lor mai gai (steamed glutinous rice with chicken). A rarity in the dim sum world, this restaurant opens for breakfast and dinner too.

Oriental Pavilion at Jaya 33

This banquet-hall Chinese restaurant has a huge amount of real estate, though it’s hardly enough to stem the ravenous dim sum crowd that congregates here for weekend lunches. A reservation is scarcely sufficient; once at the restaurant, you still have to wait for a table. It’s that busy. Come earlier to sample their top-notch siew mai, har gao and rice congee. The restaurant specialises in Cantonese cuisine, and the cooked dishes are also excellent. Try the flat rice noodles in superior prawn soup.

4 Egg tarts: Baked egg custard-filled pastry.

5 Har gao : Whole prawns wrapped in translucent wanton skin, and steamed.

6 Char siew pau : Steamed buns filled with barbequed meat.

7 Porridge: Rice congee with a variety of fillings like meat and preserved egg.

8 BBQ meat pies: Baked barbequed meat pieces.

9 Rice noodle roll: Flat rice noodles stuffed with meat or prawns and steamed. Doused with sweet soya sauce.

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Swinging

Singapore Three hot neighbourhoods are making Singapore even cooler

Text and Photos Tan Lee Kuen

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ingapore is cementing its position as one of the region’s coolest cities, as trendy cafés, stylish boutiques and hip restaurants mushroom all over the city-state. Neighbourhoods are given face-lifts as fresh businesses set up shop among time-honoured establishments.

For a start, we pop into Tiong Bahru, the emerging hot neighbourhood that is also one of Singapore’s oldest. This charming neighbourhood bordering the city centre was the country’s original model of the ideal housing estate.

Designed in the 1930s after the prevailing Streamline Moderne style mixed with the local Straits Settlement design, it has undergone a renaissance to attract young, vibrant businesses and an equally enthusiastic crowd.

Tiong Bahru Bakery (facebook.com/ tiongbahrubakery) landed a corner spot here in 2012 and immediately attracted a loyal clientele lured by its buttery croissants, golden raisin rolls and kouign-amann, a Breton cake. Opened by the Spa Group in collaboration with celebrity chef Gontran Cherrier, this artisanal bakery has a bustling ambience to go with its coffee and pastry.

Similarly, The Spa Group has applied its winning touch to the Forty Hands café (40handscoffee.com) and Open Door Policy restaurant (odpsingapore.com) over at Yong Siak Road, where another Tiong Bahru stalwart, Books Actually (booksactually.com), is located.

Books Actually is a wonderful

independent bookstore with an impeccably curated selection of literature, non-fiction and compulsory reading material. The selection also offers the bookshop’s self-published books from its Math Paper Press, publishing essential Singaporean writers and poets.

Another favourite is The Orange Thimble, a cheerful café with rotating art on its walls and a friendly attitude to long stays.

“We are unique for the art and the ambience,” agrees manager Dewi Hajar. “It’s very relaxed and casual here. We welcome our patrons to stay and relax.”

We also discover Bloesem (bloesem.co), the bricks-and-mortar version of the popular home and design blog by Irene Hoofs. In this spartan but chic shop is a well-edited collection of gifts, jewellery, home decor and clothes from designers Hoofs has met or dealt with online.

Also in Tiong Bahru, Strangelets (strangelets.sg) offers a unique and eclectic range of products sourced from all over the world, including Saipua's heady-smelling soaps and Postalco's leather envelope bags.

Elsewhere, Chinatown is getting its groove back. The opening of Indonesian outfit Potato Head Folk (pttheadfolk.com) at Keong Saik Road is upping the voltage of this busy wining-and-dining street.

Reservations are essential for Potato Head Folk’s colourful second-floor restaurant,

A waitress at Cad Café

Wholesome burgers at Tiong Bahru Bakery

The interior of independent bookstore, Books Actually

Oxwell & Co's watercress soup, pepper crumble, and poached eggs

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but seats are usually available for kerbside dining. Gourmet burgers rule at this fun, smart-casual restaurant.

The food options on Keong Saik are as trendy as they are varied. You can find Modern British cooking at The Study (the-study.sg), vegetarian fare and raw food at the newly opened Afterglow and a burritos bar at Muchacos (facebook. com/muchachos.sg). Not too far from the main strip is Jason Atherton’s standup tapas bar, Esquina (esquina.com.sg), which serves a wonderfully inventive mix of salt-baked beetroot with truffle honey, sea urchin and crab bisque and popcorn milk with chocolate mousse, among many other offerings.

For nightlife antics and more food options, a short stroll away is Ann Siang Hill, a little warren of streets lined with trendy restaurants, bars and shops. On weekend nights, Club Street and Ann Siang Hill are closed to traffic as diners and revellers spill out onto the streets for a spot of alfresco dining and partying.

Top on our list of places to go here is Oxwell & Co (oxwellandco.com) for its extensive attention to decor (think naked bulbs by the dozens, artfully stained walls and gold-panelled paintings, including a wall lamp of light-carrying squirrels). The

The walls of Orange Thimble are lined with art

The Potato Head Folk in Chinatown

Inside Shop Wonderland

Bloesem carries a well-edited collection of clothes, jewellery, and home decor

Latte art at Forty Hands

Oxwell & Co's Chef Nicholas Scorpion and Manager, Irene Chow

Maison Ikkoku offers singleestate specialty coffees

food is contemporary European with Asian influences, thanks to its youthful chef Nicholas Scorpion. “I aim for fresh ingredients, sustainability and accessibility,” says the chef, who picks fresh herbs from the restaurant’s rooftop garden.

Similarly at neighbouring Lolla (lolla. com.sg), only the finest ingredients from seasonal produce are offered as small plates. A hot ticket in town, Lolla evolved from a Singaporean gourmet supper club known as Lolla’s Secret Supper. On the street level, an open kitchen lets you see the chefs cut, slice and plate luscious duck rillettes, Hokkaido scallop carpaccio and beef tongue escalopes for your dining pleasure. At the basement-level dining room, you share joyous meals with old and new friends at a communal table.

As for the younger crowd, they head to Haji Lane, hemmed in between Beach Road and North Bridge Road, and the neighbouring Kampung Glam. The vibe here is indie and youthful with fun shops and cafés lining the streets. Dulcetfig (dulcetfig.com) carries an eclectic mix of products from crafty Singaporean and international designers. Among the wares you can find here are handmade jewellery by Dancing Dangles, cute slogan postcards from Keepcalmgallery, and BFF-crocheted soft toys.

Meanwhile, shops like Grammah (facebook.com/ Grammah.sg) are riding on the

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retro wave that has hit Singapore’s trend radar.

A perennial favourite here is Maison Ikkoku (maison-ikkoku.net), which lies off Haji Lane on Kandahar Street. Maison Ikkoku has been offering single-estate specialty coffees since 2011, when kopi ais (local iced coffee) was more commonplace. The café, rocking an industrial chic decor, continues to attract a diverse crowd of trendsetters, office workers, students and everyone else in between. The gorgeous bar upstairs comes alive especially on weekends.

In the past year, a glut of cafés has cropped up in the area, including I am… (facebook. com/Iamathajilane), La Marelle (facebook. com/lamarellecafe) and Cad Café (cad.sg).

Chad Samson, an industrial designer by trade, opened Cad Café as a destination for food, drinks and design, with good music to boot.

“This area has been left to do its own thing and the feel is more organic. It’s like a little, off-the-beaten track in the middle of the city,” says Samson. With this influx of things to do, see, eat and drink, it’s likely that more people will be beating a path to explore Singapore’s brand-new cool.

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Oxwell & Co pays attention to its decor

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Lolla's wall mural

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Pembuat Pastri Diraja Keenakan pastri buatan seorang bekas krew kabin Malaysia Airlines kini menjadi sebutan keluarga kerabat diraja

Teks Alexandra Wong Foto SooPhye Terjemahan Yeo Li Shian

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ekumpulan individu berpakaian elegan duduk di dalam ruang istirahat yang mewah. Sambil menghirup teh dari dalam cawan porselin, mereka turut menikmati hidangan pastri, kek, petit four dan sandwic kecil enak yang tersusun rapi di atas rak tiga tingkat. Bak kata seorang penulis Amerika, Henry James: “Tiada masa selama beberapa jam dalam hidup yang lebih nikmat daripada masa yang dihabiskan untuk minum petang.” Namun, bagi kerabat diraja, rutin menikmati minum petang boleh berlangsung beberapa kali dalam sehari.

Pembekal biskut dan pastri kepada sekurang-kurangnya tiga kerabat diraja, Raja Badariah Redzwa sejujurnya mengakui kenyataan tersebut. Jelasnya, dalam satu petang saja, dia mungkin perlu berjumpa dengan orang-orang kenamaan sebanyak tiga sesi. “Setiap kali, pelbagai juadah akan disusun di atas dulang perak yang cantik. Apabila teh atau kopi mula dihidangkan, pelayan akan membawa dulang berisi biskut dan pastri untuk dihidangkan kepada setiap tetamu.

Sebagai tuan rumah, Raja lazimnya akan mengambil seketul. Bayangkan, dalam beberapa jam berikutnya, baginda perlu mengulangi tindakan tersebut beberapa kali!” katanya.

Pendek kata, saiz kecil pastri yang dihasilkan itu bukan semata-mata untuk memenuhi ciri-ciri estetik tetapi atas sebab yang lebih praktikal. “Saya pernah menghasilkan pai ayam yang perlu muat dalam cawan-cawan kertas, sardin gulung bersaiz satu inci dan burger mini dengan pai sekecil hanya satu inci,” ujarnya sekadar mengenang memori lama.

Memasak untuk kerabat diraja benarbenar menguji kecekapan serta daya inovasinya. Sambil memetik contoh tempahan sebalang tart nenas yang dibuat untuk arwah Sultan Azlan Shah pada awal 1990-an, dia berkata: “Tart nenas itu ialah cenderamata untuk diplomat di London.

Jadi, ia semestinya sangat istimewa.”

Setelah beberapa hari membuat penyelidikan dan mencari idea, dia akhirnya berjaya membuat pembaharuan pada satu resipi tradisional kegemaran rakyat Malaysia dengan memperkenalkan tart nenas Nyonya berbentuk itik.

Mewarisi minat memasak daripada ibunya, Sharifah Seha, bekas krew kabin Malaysia Airlines itu dan suaminya,

Johari Palermo telah berpindah dari Hong Kong ke Malaysia selepas kelahiran anak kedua mereka. Sedang suaminya, seorang pemuzik profesional sibuk mengajar muzik di UiTM, Badariah pula meluangkan masa melakukan eksperimen dengan semua resipi yang diperoleh daripada kelas-kelas masakan di Hong Kong. “Seloroh suami saya, perutnya yang semakin buncit pun sebab semua keenakan eksperimen masakan saya yang gagal,” kongsinya dalam tawa sambil menjeling manja ke arah buah hatinya itu.

Atas dorongan dan desakan sahabat ibunya yang merupakan pembekal kuih tradisional Melayu kepada keluarga kerabat di Johor, dia mula menghasilkan biskut dan pastri Barat. Berita keenakan pastri buatannya mula mendapat perhatian seolah-olah aroma enak dari ketuhar yang mengisi seluruh ruang udara setiap hari. Tanpa disedari, bermulalah perjalanan kerjaya Badariah membuat pastri apabila menerima tempahan peribadi daripada kerabat diraja Perlis dan Perak sehinggalah Istana Negara.

Lazimnya, dia akan menerima tiga hingga empat tempahan daripada istana setiap minggu. Setiap tempahan biasanya merangkumi sekurang-kurangnya 100 ketul pastri. Selain tempahan dari istana, Badariah juga mempelbagaikan strategi perniagaan dengan memperkenalkan

Raja Badariah mewarisi minat memasak daripada ibunya Raja Badariah's love of cooking was inspired by her mother

Perkakas untuk membuat pastri dan kek Scissors, cutter, and brush for making cakes and cookies

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Anak Raja Badariah pun turut membantu Raja Badariah gets a little help from her son

Pai ayam Raja Badariah yang kecil molek Bite-sized chicken quiche

Pastri dan pai dihidangkan diatas dulang bertingkat Afternoon tea items presented in tiered trays

Krim puff Raja Badariah yang berintikan French krim Cream puffs with French cream

Rahsia keenakan tart terletak pada cara doh pastri diadun The secret to making the perfect tart is in the way the dough is made –by hand

pastri buatannya di bazar serta membekalkannya untuk majlismajlis korporat.

Apabila anak-anaknya semakin dewasa, dia mengambil keputusan untuk mengubah apartmennya kepada sebuah studio masakan. Suri rumah-suri rumah dari kawasan perumahan Ampang mula membanjiri studionya untuk mempelajari cara-cara membuat biskut, kuih raya serta masakan menyelerakan seperti piza dan pai.

Di kediaman baharu mereka di Seri Kembangan, rumah teres dua tingkat itu bukan sahaja ibarat perpustakaan kecil yang menempatkan sejumlah koleksi buku resipi. Malah, ia turut memberi ruang kepada Badariah untuk terus melakukan eksperimen. Pelbagai perkakas dapur memenuhi ruang yang luas itu, dari hujung siling ke lantai.

Anda tahu yang berdiri di depan mata itu bukan calang-calang chef apabila Badariah dengan pantas menunjukkan perkakas berbeza untuk fungsi berlainan.

“Bekas Renaware ini digunakan khas untuk membuat pastri choux. Ia perlu mempunyai ketebalan yang tepat untuk menahan kepanasan,” jelasnya.

Bagi Badariah, membuat pastri bukan sekadar minat, tetapi juga satu bentuk sains. Biarpun sering memasak mengikut naluri sendiri, dia tidak pernah jemu melakukan eksperimen dengan pelbagai resipi dan teknik. Malah, eksperimen yang kerap inilah membantunya menyelami dunia pembuatan pastri dengan mudah serta mengelakkannya daripada melakukan kesilapan mudah.

Sebagai contoh, pastri paling popular

Badariah – tart berbentuk itik itu terhasil daripada kegigihannya melakukan eksperimen dengan aneka teknik dan resipi sebelum memperoleh pastri terbaik.

Badariah sebenarnya telah mengubah sedikit resipi keturunan neneknya sehingga kualiti pastri yang dihasilkan memenuhi semua kehendaknya. Saya mulai faham kenapa dia nekad untuk mencapai kesempurnaan dalam setiap perkara saat saya memasukkan seketul tart buatannya ke dalam mulut. Kenyal di luar. Lembut di dalam. Tart itu terus mencair bak mentega yang menyentuh permukaan lidah yang hangat.

Rahsia keenakan tartnya terletak pada cara adunan doh pastri dibuat. Dia hanya akan menggunakan cara tradisional iaitu tangan untuk mengacau adunan tidak kira berapa banyak tempahan yang

CREAM PUFF WITH FRENCH CREAM CHOUX PASTRY Former Malaysia Airlines flight attendant Raja Badariah Redzwa traded her kebaya uniform for a kitchen apron, and went on to become a beloved pastry chef to Malaysia’s royal families. Here, she shares a royal favourite:

Oven: 375’F

Ingredients: 2 cups of plain flour 2 cups of water 6 oz of butter A pinch of salt 5 eggs size B or 4 ½ eggs size A

Method:

diterima – baik 50 atau 500 biji tart.

Penghasilan pastri ciptaan baharunya, Sunday Surprise, sememangnya perlu dilakukan dengan cermat dan teliti.

Seakan-akan proses membuat tiga biskut, penghasilan pastri ini merangkumi lapisan coklat susu di atas fudge yang melitupi lapisan biskut shortbread.

Lapisan asas shortbread perlu dibakar dan dikeluarkan daripada ketuhar dalam masa yang tepat. Selepas ketiga-tiga bahagian digabungkan, hasil produk perlu dibiarkan selama dua hari sebelum dipotong mengikut segi empat sama.

“Bagi saya, pembuatan pastri adalah hasil kasih sayang,” tegas Badariah. “Mana boleh tergesa-gesa.”

To contact Raja Badariah Redzwa: facebook.com/Sugarush954 Tel +6019 239 1675

To make the choux pastry, pour water into a heavy pot Add butter. Add salt Heat over medium fire until the butter dissolves Once the butter has melted, turn fire to high Let it boil for five minutes Turn off fire. Add flour all at once Stir the mixture until it becomes a ball Cool the choux pastry and add beaten eggs 1 tbsp at a time The end result must be glossy and not too soft. It must be able to stand and not collapse Using two spoons, mold the choux pastry into small balls on a baking tin. Bake for 40-50 minutes until golden brown

Tip:

The baking tin must not be over oiled to prevent the pastry from clustering together during baking Beat eggs in a jar first, then pour 1 tbsp at a time

FRENCH CREAM

Ingredients: 1/3 cup sugar ¼ cup custard powder 1 cup milk 1/8 tsp salt ½ tsp vanilla essence 3 egg yolks (beaten) 3 tbsp butter (for step 5) 1 bar of butter

Method:

Mix the sugar, custard powder and milk in a pot With a whisker, cook over medium heat When the custard has thickened, add in the beaten egg. Turn off fire immediately Continue whisking until mixture thickens Add butter and vanilla.

Cover pot with Glad-wrap and cool in the fridge Beat the bar of butter and add in the cooled custard 1 tbsp at a time Pipe cream into each cream puff

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Malaysia Airlines Guide

Enjoy Malaysian Hospitality when flying with Malaysia Airlines, the 5-Star award-winning airline

8 ways to check in In addition to airport check-in counters, here are other alternatives:

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• Comfort and care Personal care, baby paraphernalia and first aid treatment are available upon request • Entertainment A variety of Movies, TV and Music On-Demand are available on selected flights • On board connections Laptop power points are fitted on First and Business Class seats • Food and beverage All food served is halal. Special meals can be prepared with 24-hour advance request. For a small fee, guests may upgrade their meals with MH Gourmet. First and Business Class guests may utilise our Chef-on-Call service to pre-book meals 24 hours prior to departure on selected flights. Alcoholic drinks are available to passengers over the age of 18. Our cabin crew reserves the right to decline serving and selling alcohol to any passenger who appears intoxicated. Consumption of personal alcoholic drinks is prohibited • Exclusive lounges Complimentary food, beverage and Internet access for First/ Business Class guests, and Enrich members on the Golden Lounge Privilege Programme • Young passenger travelling alone (YPTA) We provide

assistance for children aged five to 14 years old travelling alone, with 24-hour advance request • Special assistance Wheelchairs and attendant services are available with 24-hour advance request • Zero tolerance of abuse We value courteousness. Any form of threat, verbal abuse or violence towards our staff will be taken seriously. We are committed to supporting anyone who has been the victim of an assault • Portable Electronic Devices (PED) For safety reasons and in line with the Department of Civil Aviation guidelines, mobile phones and all PEDs must be switched off once the aircraft doors are closed.

Devices that transmit strong signals must remain switched off throughout the flight, until disembarkation.

During cruise, devices with flight mode or are plane safe may be used. The Captain may prohibit the use of any device that can interfere with the aircraft system and safety • No-smoking policy Smoking, including the use of electronic cigarettes, is prohibited on all flights

Check in online.

Print out the boarding pass yourself

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Web-tomobile Check in online. Your boarding pass will be sent to your mobile phone. The 2D barcode mobile boarding pass can be scanned at airport security and at the boarding gate

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MHmobile Log onto flymas.mobi on your mobile phone and you will be sent a 2D barcode mobile boarding pass via SMS or email

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FastCheck selfservice kiosk Check in and print your boarding pass at these kiosks at the airport

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MHkiosk Use our iPad kiosks at KL Sentral to check in and receive your 2D barcode boarding pass on your mobile phone

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Return check-in If you have a confirmed return trip within Malaysia or to Singapore, enjoy a one-time check-in

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Exclusive check-in Enrich Platinum/ Gold Members and First/Business Class Passengers can check in at the premium frontend checkin lounge, or via telephone, arriving 30 minutes before take-off if you do not have check-in baggage

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Australia

Siem Reap (MAS)

India

Ireland

Adelaide (MAS)

R&T 855 63 964 135

Ahmedabad (GSA)

Dublin (MAS)

R 132627 (24 hrs) A 61 8 8414 6700

A 855 63 964 762

R&T 91 79 2656 1800

G 353 1 676 2131 R&T 353 1 676 1561

C 61 8 8234 4002 T 1 300 655 324

F 855 63 964 760

F 91 79 2656 1802

Brisbane (MAS)

Bengaluru (MAS/GSA)

Japan

R 132627 (24 hrs) A 61 7 3218 2500

China

R&T 91 80 2212 2991

Osaka (MAS)

C 61 7 3860 6860 T 1 300 655 324

Beijing (MAS)

C 91 80 4740 6060 F 91 80 2212 2994

R 81 3 5733 2111 T 81 6 6635 3071

Darwin (MAS)

R&T 86 10 6505 2681

A 91 80 6678 4201

S 81 6 6635 3072 C 81 6 6635 3074

R 132627 (24 hrs) A 61 8 8943 0651

F 86 10 6505 2680

Chennai (MAS/GSA)

Tokyo (MAS)

T 1300 655 324

C 86 10 6945 0476

G 91 44 4219 9999 R&T 91 44 4219 1919

R&T 81 3 5733 2111

Melbourne (MAS)

Guangzhou (MAS)

C 91 44 2256 2595 F 91 44 4219 9299

S 81 3 3432 8509 C 81 3 3432 8507

R 132627 (24 hrs) T 1 300 655 324

R&T 86 20 833 58868/38989 ext

Hyderabad (MAS/GSA)

A 81 3 3432 8505 or 81 3 3432 8500

A 61 3 9279 9999 C 61 3 9335 6334

3286/7226

R&T 91 40 2341 0292/3

Perth (MAS)

A 86 20 836 52699 C 86 20 3607 0621

G 91 40 2341 0294/6

Korea

R 132627 (24 hrs) T 1 300 655 324

F 86 20 8335 8898

Jalandar (GSA)

Pusan (GSA)

A 61 8 9263 7007 C 61 8 9478 1366

Hong Kong (MAS)

T 91 181 4636 302/303

R&T 82 51 468 0682/462 0686

Sydney (MAS)

R 852 2916 0088 T 852 2916 0110

F 91 181 4636 304

F 82 51 468 1540

R 132627 (24 hrs) A 61 2 9364 3500

G 852 2916 0066 A 852 2916 0066

Kochi (MAS/GSA)

Seoul (MAS)

C 61 2 9667 0701 T 1300 655 324

C 852 2769 7501

R&T 91 484 2868 106/109

R 82 2 777 7761 T 82 2 777 7762

Kunming (MAS)

G 91 484 2868 100

G 82 2 777 7764 A 82 2 775 0952

Bahrain

R&T 86 871 6708 5770

F 91 484 2868 128

C 82 2 771 0124 F 82 2 753 0978

Manama (GSA)

F 86 871 6708 5768

Mumbai (MAS/GSA)

R&T 973 1727 0707

Shanghai (MAS)

R&T 91 22 6650 5700

Kuwait

F 973 1727 2313

A 86 21 2329 3988

G 91 22 6650 5757

Kuwait (GSA)

R&T 86 21 2329 3999 F 86 21 2329 3900

F 91 22 6650 5758

R&T 965 2228 4763/64

Bangladesh

Xiamen (MAS)

C 91 22 4268 6700

F 965 2247 3455

Dhaka(MAS/GSA)

R&T 86 592 210 6088/8388/1059

New Delhi (MAS/GSA)

R&T 88 02 9854 566/577

A 86 592 210 1168Â C 86 592 210 1065

R&T 91 11 4151 2101

Malaysia

C 88 02 9854 570

F 86 592 210 8988

G 91 11 4151 2121 F 91 11 2370 4047

Call Centre (24 hours)

C 91 11 2565 6296/ 4763 0900

T 1 300 88 3000 (within Malaysia)

Egypt

Pune (GSA)

T 603 7843 3000 (outside Malaysia)

Belgium

Cairo (GSA)

R&T 91 20 6603 2812

C 603 8777 1655/1717

Brussels (MAS)

R&T +202 2576 6777

F 91 20 6603 2813

Baggage claims 1 300 88 3000

R&T 32 2 648 3041

F +202 2755 9831

Trichy (GSA)

(Press 6)

T 91 431 2402 224 F 91 431 2402 225

Customer Care

F 88 02 9854 579

A 32 2 648 3151 C 32 2 753 2405/06

customer@malaysiaairlines.com

Finland, LITHUANIA, LATVIA, ESTONIA

Indonesia

KL International Airport

Brunei Darulsalam

Helsinki (GSA)

Denpasar (MAS)

Ticket Office: Level 5

Bandar Seri Begawan (MAS)

R 358 9 687 7890

R&T 62 361 761 425/426

International Transfer Desk: Satellite

A 62 361 757 760 F 62 361 761 428

Building

R 673 222 4141 (24 hrs) A 673 222 4097

France

Jakarta (MAS)

KL City Air Terminal (KL Sentral)

T 673 222 3074/1246

Paris (MAS)

R&T 62 21 522 969 082

Level 1 Departure Hall,

F 673 224 1689

R 33 8 9235 0810 C 33 1 7003 9645

A 62 21 522 9705 S 62 21 522

KL Sentral

A 33 1 4450 1509 F 33 1 4450 1500

9701/02/03/04 C 62 21 559 13015/6

Subang Skypark

F 62 21 522 9815

Lot G3 Ground Floor,

Cambodia Phnom Penh (MAS)

Germany

Medan (MAS)

Departure Hall,

R&T 855 23 426 688/218 924

Frankfurt (MAS)

R&T 62 61 4519 333

Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport

EXT: 11/12/13

R&T 49 69 1387 1910 G 49 69 1387 1980

G 62 61 4514 300 F 62 61 4569 041

Alor Setar (MAS)

A 855 23 220 224 F 855 23 426 665

C 49 69 686 0370 F 49 69 1387 1960

C 855 23 221 528/359

A 04 710 1800 C 04 710 1804 F 04 714 2747

Bintulu (MAS)

Maldives

Qatar

Turkey

R 1 300 88 3000 (24 hrs)

Male (GSA)

Doha (GSA)

Istanbul (MAS)

G 086 331 349

R&T 960 3332 555

T 974 4444 4430 F 974 4439 6666

R&T&A 90 212 224 8500

C 086 336 843 F 086 331 349

F 960 3336 968

Johor Bahru (MAS)

C 960 3333 730

A 07 598 8724

F 90 212 230 3097 Saudi Arabia

C 90 212 465 3325

Jeddah (MAS)

T 90 212 465 3327

C 07 599 1529/7331

Mauritius

T 966 2 6670 011/6610 150

Kapit (H/A)

Port Louis (GSA)

C 966 2 6670 011 F 966 2 6610 041

A 084 796 484

T 230 202 6677

Keningau (H/A)

United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi (GSA)

Singapore

G 971 2645 4050 F 971 2645 4060

A 087 331 553 F 087 336 139

Myanmar

Singapore (MAS)

Dubai (MAS/GSA)

Kota Bharu (MAS)

Yangon (MAS)

R 65 6336 6777 (24 hrs)

R&T 971 4 297 7722

S 09 771 4703 700

R&T 951 387 648

T 65 6433 0220 A 65 6433 0204

C 09 771 4722 F 09 774 8087

S 951 387 647

C 65 6542 0678 F 65 6336 2782

United Kingdom

Kota Kinabalu (MAS)

F 951 241 124

G 65 6541 6800

London (MAS)

C 088 515 468 F 088 231 929

Nepal

Sri Lanka

R&T 44 871 423 9090

Kuala Terengganu (MAS)

Kathmandu (MAS/GSA)

Colombo (MAS/GSA)

F 44 207 373 2314

C 09 666 4204 F 09 662 6604

R&T 977 1 424 7215

T 94 11 234 2291/4322

C 44 208 759 8078

Kuantan (MAS)

F 977 1 424 4484

C 94 11 238 1324 F 94 11 234 2295

Manchester (MAS)

Kandy (GSA)

A 44 161 831 9876

A 44 207 341 2000

S&A 088 515 500

C 09 538 4291 F 09 515 7870 Kuching (MAS)

Netherlands

R&T 94 81 4475 703 F 94 81 4475 696

S 082 220 633

Amsterdam (MAS)

Matara (GSA)

Vietnam

A&G 082 220 601

R&T 3120 521 6262

R&T 94 41 4641 040 F 94 41 4641 041

Hanoi (MAS)

C 082 587 553 F 082 411 767

A 3120 521 6252

Labuan (MAS)

C 3120 653 4353 F 3120 638 1189

A&S 087 413 722 G 087 412 152 C 087 415 121 F 087 419 003

New Caledonia

Langkawi (MAS)

Noumea (GSA)

A 04 955 1171

G 687 246 353 F 687 241 213

R&T 84 43 826 8820/21 Sweden, NORWAY, DENMARK,

A&C 84 43 826 8819/934 2304

ICELAND

F 84 43 824 2388

R 46 8 555 691 669

Ho Chi Minh City (MAS) R&T 84 83 824 2885/3829 2529

Switzerland

A 84 83 824 4223 F 84 83 824 2884

Zurich (MAS)

Marudi (H/A) G 085755 240

New Zealand

A 085 755 635 F 085 755 480

Auckland (MAS)

R 41 44 225 7272 F 41 44 211 6155

Miri (MAS)

R 0800 777 747 (24 hrs)

Syria

A 085 416 461 G 085 414 155

T 64 9 373 2741 A 64 9 379 3743

Damascus (GSA)

C 085 615 443 F 085 419 313

C 64 9 255 5365

G 963 11 332 5700 F 963 11 332 6699

A 04 219 6330 F 04 226 6844

Oman

Taiwan

Sandakan (MAS) .

Muscat (GSA)

Taipei (MAS)

S 089 273 972

T 968 24 660 305/8/11

R 886 2 2514 7888 G/C 886 2 2716 8388

A 089 273 962 G 089 660 525

F 968 24 566 125

F 886 2 2719 6464

Sibu (MAS)

The Philippines

Thailand

S 084 321 515

Manila (MAS)

Bangkok (MAS)

A 084 326 861 F 084 319 797

R&T 63 28 873 215 A&S 63 28 436 674

G 66 2 250 6560 7 R 66 2 250 6568 74

Tawau (MAS)

F 63 28 450 600 (R&T) /63 28 892 347 (A&S)

F 66 2 250 6575-6

Penang (MAS)

C 089 667 746 F 089 675 980

A 089 950 191 S 089 950 871

Phuket (MAS)

C 089 950 555 F 089 950 887

G 66 76 216 675/234 467 A 66 76 327 097 F 66 76 217 400

(MAS) Malaysia Airlines (GSA) General Sales Agent (H/A) Handling Agent T Ticketing R Reservations S Sales A Administration G General C Cargo F Fax

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FLEET

MALAYSIA AIRLINES

Firefly

ATR 72-500 Number 12

Wingspan 27m Height 8m Maximum Fuel Capacity 841 US Gallons Maximum Cruising Speed 510km/h

ATR 72-600 A380-800 Number 6 Passenger Seating 494 Engine Rolls Royce Trent 970 Length 73m Wingspan 79m Height 24m

Range 15,400km Maximum Fuel Capacity 84,600 US Gallons Maximum Cruising Speed Mach 0.9 (1,102km/h)

Number 2 Passenger Seating 72 Engine PW127M Length 27m

MASwings sgniwSAM

maswings.com.my

9M-MWF

A Subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines

ATR 72-500 Number 10 Passenger Seating 68

Wingspan 27m Height 8m Maximum Fuel Capacity 841 US Gallons Maximum Cruising Speed 510km/h

ATR 72-600

Number 1 Passenger Seating 72 Engine PW127M Length 27m

B777-200 Number 12 Passenger Seating 282 Engine Rolls Royce Trent 892 Length 64m Wingspan 61m Height 19m

Range 12,779km Maximum Fuel Capacity 47,380 US Gallons Maximum Cruising Speed Mach 0.8 (980km/h)

maswings.com.my

9M-SSC

Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter - Series 400 Number 5 Passenger Seating 19 Engine PT6A-34 Length 16m Wingspan 20m

MASkargo

A330-300 Number 15 Passenger Seating 283 Engine PW4170 Length 63m Wingspan 60m Height 17m

Height 6m Maximum Fuel Capacity 378 US Gallons Maximum Cruising Speed 337km/h

Range 10,000km Maximum Fuel Capacity 25,770 US Gallons Maximum Cruising Speed Mach 0.8 (980km/h)

A330-200F Number 4 Engine PW4000 Length 58m Wingspan 60m Height 17m

Range 13,400km Maximum Fuel Capacity 25,765 US Gallons Maximum Cruising Speed Mach 0.9 (1,102km/h)

MALAYSIA

B737-800 Number 52 Passenger Seating 160-166 Engine CFM56-7BE Length 40m Wingspan 34m

Height 13m Range 5,765km Maximum Fuel Capacity 6,875 US Gallons Maximum Cruising Speed Mach 0.7 (857km/h)

B747-400F Number 2 Engine PW4056 Length 69m Wingspan 59m Height 19m

Range 8,339km Maximum Fuel Capacity 53,985 US Gallons Maximum Cruising Speed Mach 0.9 (1,102km/h)

September 2014

be rewarded. be one.

The oneworld alliance just got even bigger.

SriLankan Airlines, TAM Airlines and US Airways are now all part of oneworld, giving you 4,000 more daily departures to choose from across the globe. And for frequent flyers, oneworld offers more ways than ever for Enrich members to earn and redeem Enrich Miles. Learn more at oneworld.com

member of

be connected Welcome to oneworld, an alliance of the world’s leading airlines committed to providing the highest level of service and convenience across almost 1,000 destinations worldwide. Whenever Malaysia Airlines can’t take you to your final destination, we encourage you to travel with our oneworld partner airlines.

Enjoy an array of special privileges and rewards — which include earning and redeeming Enrich Miles on all oneworld airlines and, for Enrich Platinum and Gold members, access to over 600 premium airport lounges.

oneworld alliance members

be recognized As a oneworld traveler, satisfaction awaits you around the globe. Your Enrich status is recognized across all member airlines. And you are entitled to a range of benefits, which are provided according to the following oneworld tier levels, no matter which cabin class you are flying in:

*Access to preferred or pre-reserved seating is in accordance with the individual policy of the oneworld member airline operating the flight. First and business class check-in desks and lounges are not available at all airports. Fast track is not available at all airports. oneworld benefits are available only to passengers on scheduled flights that are both marketed and operated by a oneworld member airline (marketed means that there must be a oneworld member airline’s flight number on your ticket). airberlin, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, S7 Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, TAM Airlines and oneworld are trademarks of their respective companies.

TAM Airlines (Paraguay) is currently not a part of oneworld. Some limitations and exceptions may apply. For more information, visit www.oneworld.com/benefits.

be global Round-the-world travel is easy, flexible and affordable with oneworld Explorer. Fares are based on the number of continents you visit or pass through, and class of travel. Select your route, plan your stopovers, even adjust your itinerary. oneworld Explorer means ultimate flexibility and value.

To book, or to discover more multi-continent and single-continent fares, visit www.oneworld.com/flights

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Nassau

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Guadalajara

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Liberia San Jose

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Nouakchott

Dakar

Port Of Spain

Caracas

Panama City

Freetown

Medellin

Accra

Bogota Cali

Quito Guayaquil

Manaus

Iquitos

Tumbes

Recife

Lima

Salvador Brasilia

La Paz Santa Cruz

Arica

Belo Horizonte

Iquique Calama Antofagasta

Sao Paolo Asuncion

Easter Island

Rio de Janeiro

Iguazu

Copiapo La Serena Cordoba Santiago

Mendoza Buenos Aires

Montevideo

Concepcion Temuco Puerto Montt Castro Balmaceda

Punta Arenas Ushuaia

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Finnair

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Japan

Oulu Vaasa

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Oslo

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Ivalo

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Rovaniemi Kuusamo Kuopio Joensuu Nizhnevartovsk

Helsinki Stockholm

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Tyumen

St.Petersburg

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Nizhny Novgorod Kazan

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Magadan

Tomsk

Yekaterinburg

Krasnoyarsk

Bratsk

Kemerovo Novosibirsk

Omsk

Abakan Novokuznetsk Barnaul Gorno-Altaysk

Pavlodar

Irkutsk

Semey Ust-Kamenogorsk

Ulan-Ude Khabarovsk

Urgench

Asahikawa

Urumqi

Almaty Bishkek Shymkent Tashkent Osh Khudzhand Fergana Dushanbe Ashgabat Kulyab

Hakodate Beijing

Tianjin

Dalian

Chengdu

Seoul

Chongqing

New Delhi

Al Ain

Aomori

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Memanbetsu Kushiro Obihiro

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Vladivostok

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Kathmandu

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Kunming

Karachi

Taipei

Xiamen

Dhaka

Guangzhou Hong Kong

Jeddah

Kaohsiung

Hanoi Mumbai Yangon

Hyderabad Khartoum

Sana'a Bengaluru

Aden

Phnom Penh Ho Chi Minh City

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Entebbe Nairobi Mombasa Jakarta Dar Es Salaam

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Townsville Mauritius

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Johannesburg

Brisbane Gold Coast Kalgoorlie-boulder Perth Cape Town

Adelaide

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S7

entertainment

Movies • TV • Music • Games

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Contents

103

Movies

Getting Started See which aircraft you’re on by checking the safety card in your seatback. Then find out which entertainment system you have.

請查看座椅背後的安全手冊瞭 解您乘坐的飛機型號，找到您所 乘坐機型上的娛樂系統。

お座席の後ろの安全カードに記 載されているご搭乗機の機体を ご参照いただき、どのシステム がお楽しみいただけるかご確認 ください。

113 tv

119 audio

125 games

126

quick guides

128

instructions

Audio Video On Demand B777-200, B747

Inseat Video B777

Audio Video On Demand B737-800, A333

Audio Video On Demand A380

Quick guide listings, p.126

Quick guide listings, p.126

Quick guide listings, p.126

Quick guide listings, p.126

快速指南节目 表，第126页 クイックガイド のリストは、126 ページ

快速指南节目表 ，第126页 クイックガイド のリストは、126 ページ

快速指南节目 表，第126页 クイックガイド のリストは、126 ページ

Overhead Screens B737-800 Quick guide listings, p.127 快速指南节目表，第127页 クイックガイドのリストは、127 ページ

快速指南节目表，第126页 クイックガイドのリストは、126ページ

Portable Player B738 Business Class Only Quick guide listings, p.127 快速指南节目表，第127页 クイックガイドのリストは、127 ページ

Instructions How to use your system, p.128 如何使用您的系统，第128页 システムのご利用方法は、128 ページ

Your Select entertainment guide is produced by Spafax Airline Network Editor-in-chief Richard Rawlinson Editor danny brogan sub editor ian shine Design Robin Castle Production Manager Henrietta hurll Business Director Sue loke Translation CLS Communication, London © 2013 Spafax, The Pumphouse, 13-16 Jacobs Well Mews, London, W1U 3DY Tel: +44 20 7906 2001 / www.spafax.com Your inflight entertainment is produced in consultation with the Editorial team of Malaysia Airlines’ Communications Division & Inflight Services Department.

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Tell us about your album, Home.

My vision has always been to produce jazz-instrumental albums that could stand toe-totoe with international releases; but at the same time feature all that Malaysia has to offer in terms of its ethnic instruments, and local rhythms such as ‘Zapin’ and ‘Inang’ performed

by Malaysia’s best musicians.

That’s what I sought to achieve with Home. The tracks Kampong Boy and Out & About are prime examples of this.

What advice would you give young musicians?

Practise hard to be proficient at what you do, so that when that opportunity knocks you’ll be ready. You don’t want to miss any chance that comes your way because sometimes it can take several years before another presents itself.

Your sister is a singer.

Is anyone else in your family musical?

My father could play a few instruments and my mum was a soloist in the church choir. My wife also dabbles in songwriting and has written for artists like Jacky Cheung, A-mei, Ning Baizura and Siti Nurhaliza.

We understand you recorded it in just three weeks. How did you set about doing it in such a short period of time?

With Home being a selffinanced ‘pet project’, I really could not take too much time off my ‘paying’ jobs! Having said that, I think it all came together fairly quickly because I had a clear goal of what I wanted to achieve. Once I started writing and arranging, the rest of the production process went rather smoothly.

You became involved in music at a very young age.

How did that come about?

As a teenager I would often dream of being a professional musician, but at the time it didn’t seem like a very realistic option. It was during a collegelevel talent competition that I got ‘spotted’ and was invited to ‘hang out’ at a professional music studio. One thing led to another, and as they say… the rest is history.

Did you find practising a chore when you were a child?

Yes, of course. I still remember the days I had to stay in and practise in the evenings while the other kids would play football in the field just outside my house. That was mental torture!

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Do you have plans to collaborate with your sister?

We collaborate every now and then. Currently I am producing a few tracks for her next album, and she is one of the featured artists on my upcoming Christmas album, due out later this year.

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NO PLACE LIKE HOME With Aubrey Suwito’s Home album playing on board, the multi-talented pianist, songwriter and producer stopped by for chat…

What do you do in your spare time?

I really enjoy spending time with the family, sometimes playing a game of tennis or catching a movie together. The rest of the time I spend on the road, though I’m also a huge fan of Arsenal Football Club.

What can we expect next from Aubrey Suwito?

Look out for the release of my Christmas album. It will feature slightly lesser known Christmas songs together with a few of my own that I’m writing specifically for this album. Our intention is to produce something unique among the usual fare that is on offer every Christmas.

Home is playing on board this month. See page 120 for details

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Caesar (Andy Serkis) The hyper-intelligent leader of the apes has built a community where all four species of great apes –chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and bonobos –live in peace. But it soon comes under threat. Andy Serkis reprises his Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes role, bringing Caesar to life with the latest motion-capture technology.

Koba (Toby Kebbell) A bonobo bearing the scars of human experimentation, Koba has an uneasy alliance with Caesar, seeing him as weak, but the anger Koba fosters about humans’ treatment of apes threatens to endanger both sides. British actor Toby Kebbell steps into Koba’s damaged skin.

Malcolm (Jason Clarke) A former architect who lost his wife to simian flu, Malcolm does his best to survive alongside his son and new partner.

Sympathetic to the apes’ troubles, his mission to restore power to the city tests Caesar’s patience. Australian Jason Clarke is one of the franchise’s new human faces.

New world order Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes is the latest instalment of the reboot of the classic Planet Of The Apes series. War and the mysterious simian flu have claimed the lives of both apes and humans, but good and bad still exist on both sides…

Second helpings The sequel to cult comedy The Trip, in which British funnymen Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon played fictionalised versions of themselves travelling around the north of England on a restaurant reviewing tour, The Trip To Italy is now playing on board.

Together with director Michael Winterbottom, Coogan and Brydon journey around Italy’s finest eateries, soaking up its culture and getting on each other’s nerves.

‘We drive through the most spellbinding scenery that I’ve ever seen in my life and diminish it by talking rubbish,’ jokes Coogan.

As before, the dialogue is improvised and evolves during multiple takes, giving the minimal story an unconstrained feel that has made both Trips cult hits. Also making a repeat appearance are Coogan and Brydon’s competing impressions of famous people.

‘I did everyone that I know how to do well,’ says Brydon, ‘and some I don’t do at all well. I think everything’s in there!’

The Trip To Italy is playing on board this month. See page 104 for details

Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) The leader of the human survivors, Dreyfus is convinced that apes are humans’ natural enemy. A former police chief and mayor, he’s unwilling to live alongside the apes, seeing them as a threat. Gary Oldman stars as a man moving through perilous territory.

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes is playing on board this month.

See page 103 for details

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Single Life In Undateable, stand-up comic Chris D’Elia plays Danny – a single guy in his 30s, most of whose friends are settling down in serious relationships. ‘He’s got a lot of false confidence,’ says D’Elia of his character. ‘Girls like him, but they don’t like to stay with him.’

Many of D’Elia’s co-stars are fellow comedians, leading to moments of improv. ‘We know each other’s rhythms,’ he says. ‘It’s more fun that way.’

See page 113 for details

Winning Ways Relive all last season’s top-flight German football action with Bundesliga Season Highlights #2, culminating in Bayern Munich’s record-breaking victory. Here are three facts about league:

FIXER UPPER Discover the sinister world of Ray Donovan Starring with Schreiber is Jon Voight in a Golden Globe-winning performance as Ray’s livewire father, Mickey, a man recently released from prison after serving 20 years.

‘Mickey is a force, he’s an energy,’ says Voight. ‘He really loves life in many ways, but something’s crooked in him so he can’t get on the straight and narrow.’

The veteran star appreciates the character’s appeal for viewers. ‘Mickey is a force, he’s an energy. It’s fun to watch the crashes and it’s fun to watch him recover and celebrate,’ Voight says. ‘He’s totally honest and he’s scary, too. That makes him very entertaining!’

• Sixteen of Germany’s 23-man World Cup winning squad play their football in the Bundesliga.

Ray Donovan, the drama series about a ‘fixer’ tasked with resolving all manner of problems for his rich and powerful clients, is both a ratings hit and a critical success.

Liev Schreiber stars as the title character, a Boston native living in Los Angeles who wields everything from a wiretapping kit to a baseball bat while he works.

‘Part of what I love about the show is the clash of East Coast culture with the West Coast culture of Hollywood,’ says Schreiber. ‘Los Angeles is a place we’ve been told we can all re-imagine ourselves: it’s the “City of Dreams”. But Ray realises the dream is nothing more than a dream.’

See page 114 for details

Ray Donovan is playing on board this month. See page 114 for details

• The Bundesliga was founded in 1963 with 1. FC Köln the first club to be crowned champions.

• Unlike the English Premier League, the Bundelisga has a six-week winter break from midDecember to the end of January.

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Affirmative action Jason Mraz’s latest album, Yes!, has opened up a new world of songwriting for the multi-platinum pop-rock star. The fifth studio album from the 37-year-old Virginian, who began his career playing coffee houses, is a collaboration with female folk-rock group Raining Jane.

‘Saying “yes” always got us to the next verse,’ says Mraz, explaining the resonance behind the album’s title. ‘It’s the mother of positive words. When you say “yes”, something’s going to be born into the world.’

Yes! is also Mraz’s first acoustic album. The songs are far from simple – they incorporate cello, sitar and ukuleles, among other instruments – despite being recorded at his home studio.

‘I’ve been making demos at home for many albums now,’ he says. ‘So over those years I’ve learned how to record music and I love being at home. I excel when I can make things at home. My cats loved it!’

Yes! is playing on board this month. See page 119 for details

Use your illusion Canadian reggae fusion band Magic! are this year’s unexpected breakout stars. Their platinum-selling debut album, Don’t Kill The Magic, is playing on board. Here’s our guide to the band and their music:

•F rontman Nasri is one half of songwriting

• ‘ Magic! can stand the test of time,’ says

•M agic! topped the UK singles chart with

Don’t Kill The Magic is playing on board this month.

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duo The Messengers. He and multiinstrumentalist Adam Messinger won a Grammy award for their work on Chris Brown’s F.A.M.E. album in 2011.

They were also nominated for their work with Justin Bieber.

Rude. The first band to enter the chart on audio streams alone, they knocked former Girls Aloud member and X Factor judge Cheryl Fernandez-Versini (formerly Cole) off the top spot. Its success led to another 1.4 million online plays.

Nasri, when asked about balancing his band with his work for other artists. ‘As long as people want to go out and have a good time, we’ll put it all together.’

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MOVIES

Movies

hollywood latest

We’re pleased to offer a range of movies from Hollywood’s latest to all-time classics

Edge Of Tomorrow Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton pg13 - 113 mins - action, sci-fi E, F, J, K, C+

22 Jump Street Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube r - 112 mins - action, comedy, crime e, C+

Two cops go undercover at a local college and end up becoming friends with students from opposing peer groups –the football team and some art majors. This makes the pair start to question their partnership, as they grow apart because of their different interests.

Major William Cage gets thrown into battle with aliens and is killed almost immediately. But he ends up in a time loop where he must relive the battle over and over again. Through this process he gets better at defeating the enemy until he has a chance at survival.

Contains scenes or language that may be disturbing or offensive.

Viewer discretion is advised.

Blended Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon-Covey PG13 - 117 mins - Comedy E, i, j, Es, a+

A man and woman part ways after the worst blind date in history. To their surprise, they later find themselves and their respective children stuck together at a holiday resort. They are even more surprised when they find their attraction growing.

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes

The Fault In Our Stars

Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis

Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern

PG13 - 130 mins - Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

PG13 - 126 mins - drama, Romance

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Genetically evolved apes do battle with a group of humans who survived the release of a deadly simian influenza virus a decade earlier. A faction of the growing numbers of apes attempts to overthrow the humans to become the dominant species on earth.

Meeting at a cancer support group, Hazel and Gus are two extraordinary teenagers who discover a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey.

Based on the bestselling novel by John Green, this story is a funny, thrilling and tragic tribute to being alive and in love.

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MOVIES hollywood latest

© 2014 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Godzilla

Maleficent

The Other Woman

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston

Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley

Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton

PG - 97 mins - Adventure, Family

PG13 - 109 mins - romance, comedy

PG13 - 123 mins - Action, sci-fi, thriller E, F, j, k, E+

After Japan’s Janjira nuclear plant is mysteriously destroyed, one scientist, obsessed with the mystery, is driven to find answers.

What he discovers involves the reawakening of a terrible threat to all humanity, which is made all the worse with a second secret revival.

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Suffering a betrayal that turns her heart to stone, Maleficent, who was once a pure-hearted young woman with stunning black wings, is driven to curse the baby Princess Aurora.

This is the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty, told from the perspective of Disney’s most iconic villain.

Carly is a successful lawyer who falls for a man in spite of her cut-throat ways. However, when she discovers he is married, she ends up befriending his wife. After another affair is revealed, the three women plot revenge on their lying ex-lover –and become friends in the process.

How To Train Your Dragon 2

E, F, ES, J, A+

Hiccup and Toothless stumble across a secret ice cave full of wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider. The discovery creates tension between the Vikings and the dragons on the island of Berk and the pair find themselves in the middle of a battle to preserve the peace.

Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor pg13 - 165 mins - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi E, F, G, J, C+

After a battle between the Decepticons and Autobots, Earth’s population decides that alien robots are dangerous and need to be banished.

A mechanic discovers a truck that turns out to be Optimus Prime and a chase ensues as a CIA agent tasked with hunting down Transformers pursues his family.

The Trip To Italy

X-Men: Days Of Future Past

Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner

Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler pg - 102 mins - Animation, Action, Comedy

Transformers: Age Of Extinction

NR - 108 mins - Drama, Comedy E, K, C+

A Million Ways To Die In The West Seth MacFarlane, Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson R - 116 mins - Comedy, Western e

A cowardly farmer gets dumped by his girlfriend for failing to go through with a duel. He soon falls for a new woman who arrives in Old Stump, Arizona, but it turns out the mysterious newcomer is the wife of an infamous crook who is wreaking havoc in the area.

Contains scenes or language that may be disturbing or offensive.

Viewer discretion is advised.

Two friends travel around Italy on assignment to write food and travel reviews for a newspaper. The film follows the pair as they visit Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi, Capri and Sicily for six sumptuous meals. The combination of travelogue, comedy and food provides a satisfying romp.

James McAvoy, Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender PG13 - 131 mins - Action, adventure, Sci-Fi E, F, es, j

The beloved X-Men characters from the original film trilogy join forces with their younger selves in order to fight a war that threatens the survival of the human species. What ensues is an epic battle to change the past, and in doing so, save the future.

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MOVIES hollywood favourites

Battleship

Broken

Dear John

Dredd

Finding Nemo

Alexander SkarsgÅrd, rihanna, Liam Neeson

Charlie Booty, Lily James, Tim Roth

Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey

PG13 - 131 mins - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

NR - 91 mins - Drama

Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins

Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould

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When an unfamiliar and menacing presence is detected in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the warships of the US Navy investigate. They come across a mighty fleet of alien ships and launch into an epic battle to expel the aliens from Earth.

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After witnessing a violent attack on her friend in North London, a young girl’s life changes forever.

As her life begins to only get worse, she finds solace in secretly visiting her invalid friend –only to subsequently unearth more painful secrets.

PG13 - 108 mins - Drama, Romance, War E, F, J, K

A soldier returns to his hometown on leave and falls in love with a college student. Their affair runs smoothly until he is called back into service. Can they handle the separation?

R - 95 mins - Action, Sci-Fi E, F, K, ES

In the violent futuristic Mega City One, law and order are in the hands of the Judges, who have the power of judge, jury and executioner. Judge Dredd is the most feared officer in the city and is challenged with eradicating a drug that is crippling the population.

G - 100 mins - Animation, Adventure, Comedy e

After his son, Nemo, is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, Marlin sets out on a journey to bring him home.

Contains scenes or language that may be disturbing or offensive.

Viewer discretion is advised.

The Bourne Ultimatum Matt Damon, Edgar Ramirez, Joan Allen PG13 - 115 mins - Action, Crime, Thriller E

Jason Bourne has avenged the death of his girlfriend by killing the instigator of the CIA programme that transformed him into a ruthless killer, but when he discovers the Defence Department’s new, more sophisticated assassin training programme, he knows he will once more be a target for elimination.

Corpse Bride

Disconnect

The Expendables 2

Johnny Depp, Emily Watson, Helena Bonham Carter

Jason Bateman, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm

PG - 77 mins - Animation, Fantasy, Musical

R - 115 mins - Drama, Thriller

Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture

E, F, G, K, C+

A young groom goes into the forest to practise his wedding vows and inadvertently ends up marrying a corpse. His fiancée is waiting back in the village and trouble ensues as the living and the dead battle it out for the young man’s hand.

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The internet has allowed people to connect in numerous ways, but it also poses hazards from identity theft, fraud, cyber-bullying and more. The lives of six people collide as they struggle to form normal human connections in the modern, wired world.

Ratings

R - 103 mins - Action, Adventure, Thriller E, G, I, K, C+

A group of mercenaries are sent to retrieve an item from a plane crash site in the former Soviet Union.

Things go wrong when one of them gets murdered and they discover that the item they retrieved will lead dangerous people to the location of a plutonium storage mine.

G

General audience.

Suitable for all ages.

PG

arental guidance P suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.

PG13

arental guidance P strongly recommended.

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

R

Restricted. Not suitable for under 17s.

NR

Not rated.

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MOVIES hollywood favourites

© 1997 Disney Enterprises, Inc..

Finding Neverland

Hercules

It’s Complicated

Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie

Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, James Woods

Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin

PG - 106 mins - Biography, Drama, Family

G - 93 mins - Animation, Adventure, Comedy

R - 120 mins - Comedy, Romance

Nick Robinson, Moises Arias, Gabriel Basso

E, F, I, G, C+

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R - 95 mins - Comedy, drama

r - 132 mins - Biography, Drama, History

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The true story of J M Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, and his relationship with the family who influenced his writing. Inspired by the time he spends with the widowed Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and her four sons, he imagines the tale of children who don’t want to grow up.

Hercules is the half-god, half-mortal son of Zeus.

He was raised on Earth, but upon learning of his immortal heritage has to become a true hero if he is to return to Mount Olympus. With his trusty horse Pegasus and trainer Phil, can he defeat Hades?

Frustrated by their families, three teenage friends decide to spend a summer in the woods. They build a house together with the aim of being free from all responsibilities and their parents. As time passes, the young men find themselves masters of their destinies.

Set against a backdrop of political turmoil and instability, isolation and hardship, the life of Aung San Suu Kyi has always been grounded by two important constants: her dedication to the democracy movement in her country of Myanmar, and her love for her husband Michael Aris.

While attending their son’s graduation, a divorced couple reignite the spark in their relationship. But being together poses a multitude of problems, including the fact that he is remarried to a younger woman and she is dating a lovely architect.

The Kings Of Summer

The Lady Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Raggett, David Thewlis

© 2013 Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Jerry Bruckheimer, Inc.

Gravity

The Holiday

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris

Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law

PG13 - 91 mins - Sci-Fi, Thriller

PG13 - 138 mins - Comedy, Romance

E, F, I, ES, A+

The tense tale of an engineer and a pilot who become lost in space when a meteor shower batters their ship and they are unable to get back inside to safety. The pair must make a series of critical decisions that influence whether they live or die.

Jack The Giant Slayer Nicholas Hoult, Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor

Kon-Tiki

The Lone Ranger

Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen

Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner

PG13 - 118 mins - Adventure, History

PG13 - 149 mins - Action, Adventure, Western

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PG13 - 114 mins - Adventure, Fantasy

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E, C+

Desperate to escape the fallout from their recent relationship disasters, two women agree to swap houses for the holidays. But exchanging a quaint English village for Hollywood and vice versa opens them up to fresh opportunities and new chances for love.

E, F, I, K, A+

Follows Norwegian anthropologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 voyage across the Pacific Ocean on a simple raft.

Heyerdahl set out to prove that Polynesia was populated with people from South America, not Asia.

The raft –dubbed the Kon-Tiki –is navigated using only sea currents and the stars.

After an ordinary train journey turns extraordinary, John Reid goes from lawyer to lawman, dedicated to the pursuit of justice in the deserts of the wild west. The Lone Ranger joins forces with Native American spirit warrior Tonto to go after the notorious outlaw Butch Cavendish and his gang.

Young Jack sells a horse to a monk for a handful of magical beans. The resulting stalk forms a bridge between the land of the giants and the world of humans. Trouble ensues as a princess is whisked away by the giants and Jack must try to get her back.

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MOVIES

Looper

Midnight In Paris

Mother And Child

National Treasure

Ocean’s Eleven

Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Owen Wilson, Kathy Bates, Rachel McAdams

Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts

R - 119 mins - Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

PG13 - 94 mins - Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington R - 125 mins - Drama, Romance

PG - 131 mins - Action, Adventure, Mystery

PG13 - 116 mins - Crime, Thriller

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In the year 2074, the mob gets rid of people by sending them 30 years back in time to be assassinated

by Loopers such as Joe, who discovers it’s his turn to be killed.

A writer travels to Paris with his fiancée, hoping it will help with the novel that he’s working on.

Walking through the city at midnight, he’s transported to the 1920s and finds the inspiration he’s looking for, but what will it mean for his relationship?

The interconnected stories of three women: Karen, who was forced to give her daughter up for adoption when she was a teenager; Elizabeth, Karen’s daughter, who decides to look for her biological mother when she falls pregnant; and Lucy, who can’t have the children she desperately wants.

Benjamin Gates comes from a long line of historians and treasure hunters whose family tales tell of the existence of a hidden trove of artefacts.

But just as he closes in on the mystery location, mercenaries and the FBI try to stop him.

Contains scenes or language that may be disturbing or offensive.

Viewer discretion is advised.

Contains scenes or language that may be disturbing or offensive.

Viewer discretion is advised.

E, I, J, ES, C+

Fresh out of prison, master thief Danny Ocean has already got an idea for his next heist. Reuniting with his friend Rusty, he assembles a team of expert cons to pull off the biggest job of all: rob the vaults of three Las Vegas casinos and win back his ex-wife.

Man Of Steel

Les Misérables

Mrs. Doubtfire

The O’Briens

Outsourced

Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon

Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway

Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan

Liam McMahon, Tommy O’Neill, Emmett Hughes

Josh Hamilton, Asif Basra, Ayesha Dharker

PG13 - 146 mins - Action, Adventure, Fantasy E, F, J, K, E+

Kal-El, an alien with supernatural powers who was raised on Earth, must come to terms with the truth about his identity when his planet launches an attack on Earth and only he can save the world from destruction.

PG13 - 158 mins - Drama, Musical, Romance e

Ex-convict Jean Valjean transitions from a life of crime to a position of respect within society. Yet despite his attempts to improve his situation and the lives of those around him, he is hunted by a ruthless policeman.

Contains scenes or language that may be disturbing or offensive.

Viewer discretion is advised.

PG13 - 125 mins - Comedy, Drama e

An estranged father devises a scheme to spend more time with his children by dressing up as a woman to become their nanny.

Hilarity ensues as he must hide his true identity from his children, ex-wife and her new partner.

NR - 86 mins - Comedy, Family, Romance e

An Irish family has unimaginable secrets.

Two years after the death of his wife, the father summons home his children –causing them all to fear the worst. What follows is a fate none of them could have predicted.

PG13 - 103 mins - Comedy, Drama, Romance E, F, G, K, C+

Todd finds out that the call centre he manages in Seattle is being outsourced and he must travel to India to train the new staff.

As Todd teaches his new colleagues the tricks of the trade, they in turn open his eyes to a new world.

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MOVIES hollywood favourites

P.S. I Love You

Pacific Rim

Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Harry Connick Jr.

Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi

PG13 - 126 mins - Drama, Romance

PG13 - 131 mins - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi E, F, K, ES, E+

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A young woman’s husband leaves her ten messages from beyond the grave to help her overcome her grief after his death. She must come to terms with her loss and over time, move on with her life and find love in the realm of the living.

Monstrous sea creatures known as Kaiju are attacking humankind and ravaging the Earth; even the combined might of human armies and the gigantic Kaiju-fighting robots is doing little to stop the onslaught. The last hope for humanity lies with two unexpected heroes.

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Ian McShane PG13 - 136 mins - action, adventure, fantasy e

Captain Jack Sparrow runs into a woman from his past who forces him aboard Blackbeard’s ship in search of the Fountain of Youth.

Contains scenes or language that may be disturbing or offensive.

Viewer discretion is advised.

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto PG13 - 105 mins - Action, Drama, Sci-Fi E, F, G, J

Step Up Revolution Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Cleopatra Coleman PG13 - 99 mins - drama, music, romance E, F, J, es, a+

Dr. William Rodman is conducting research on chimps to try and find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, but he infects a female chimp with a virus that increases her intelligence. Before she is euthanised, she has a child that grows up to lead a war against humans.

The daughter of a wealthy businessman arrives in Miami with hopes of becoming a professional dancer. She joins ‘The Mob’, which has a good chance of winning a contest for a major sponsorship opportunity. But there are complications when her father threatens to develop the local neighbourhood.

ParaNorman

Red

Ruby Sparks

Taken 2

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Anna Kendrick, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman

Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening

Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace

PG13 - 111 mins - Action, Comedy, Crime

R - 104 mins - Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

PG13 - 92 mins - Action, Thriller, Crime

E, F, J, ES, A+

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Former black-ops agent Frank Moses is having trouble adjusting to life in retirement, so when he learns he is being targeted by a hi-tech assassin, he sees a chance to relive the old days. It’s time to dust off the cobwebs and get the old team back together.

A young novelist comes up with his dream girl and magically writes her into being. Trouble starts when the traits that he thought would make the perfect woman start to drive him crazy and he has to figure out a way to break up with the woman he created.

While holidaying with his family in Istanbul, former CIA operative Bryan Mills is taken hostage by the families of men he killed in Paris while rescuing his daughter, Kim. With the tables turned, can Kim do what it takes to save her parents?

Languages

PG - 92 mins - Animation, Adventure, Comedy e, c+ E english e+ english subtitles A Arabic A+ Arabic subtitles C+ chinese subtitles ca cantonese es spanish F french g german h hindi i italian in indonesian J japanese K korean M mandarin ML malay T Tamil ta tagalog

Norman Babcock can speak to the dead, a skill that comes in handy when his hometown of Blithe Hollow falls under a centuries-old witch’s curse. Norman’s eccentric uncle tells him about a ritual that only he can perform to save the town from ghosts and zombies.

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MOVIES Cine Club

Tower Heist

We Bought A Zoo

We’re The Millers

X-Men: First Class

Eddie Murphy, Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck

Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church

Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts

James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence

PG - 124 mins - drama, family

r - 110 mins - Comedy, Crime

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PG13 - 132 mins - Action, adventure, Sci-Fi

A residential building manager and his colleagues lose their pension fund when they entrust it to a fraudster tenant. Intent on finding the money, the disgruntled employees hatch a scheme to get into the crook’s apartment, enlisting the help of a professional thief.

Looking for a fresh start after losing his wife, Benjamin Mee moves his family to the countryside and takes over a failing zoo.

With financial problems, unhappy kids and quirky staff, can Ben get the zoo back to its former glory?

When a pot dealer’s money and stash are stolen, he agrees to pay back his boss by moving a huge shipment of drugs from Mexico to the United States. To ensure his border crossing goes unnoticed, he creates a fake family to join him on the road trip.

Wall Street

The Wedding Singer

Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Tamara Tunie

Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor

R - 126 mins - Crime, Drama

PG13 - 95 mins - Drama, Romance

PG13 - 104 mins - Action, Comedy, Crime e, c+

E

A young stockbroker, desperate to make a name for himself, does whatever it takes to get ahead on Wall Street. But when he is taken under the wing of a ruthless corporate raider, he soon finds himself in over his head.

E, i, j, es, c+

It’s the 1980s and Robbie Hart is one of the most popular wedding singers in town –until he gets his heart broken and loses his zest for life. Julia is planning her own wedding and asks for Robbie’s help with the preparations, prompting them to realise they’re with the wrong partners.

E, k, j, g

When a malicious dictator attempts to start World War III, the United States government enlists the help of ‘mutants’ –a genetically superior group of human beings with superpowers.

They work together to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

Un Boss In Salotto Boss In The Kitchen Rocco Papaleo, Paolo Cortellesi, Luca Argentero PG13 - 90 mins - Comedy i, e+

Un ladro in attesa di giudizio sta dalla sorella.

La famiglia non sospetta.

A Neapolitan criminal awaiting trial finds himself housed with his sister’s unsuspecting, law-abiding family.

Fiston The Date Coach Franck Dubosc, Kev Adams, Nora Arnezeder G - 88 mins - Comedy f, e+

What Maisie Knew Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan R - 99 mins - Drama e

Based on a Henry James novel of the same name, a seven-year-old girl is caught in the crossfire of her parent’s bitter divorce. Set in New York, an ageing rockstar mother and art dealer father lose their dignity as they battle it out, to the detriment of their child’s happiness.

Pour gagner le coeur de la fille de ses rêves un adolescent fait appel au seul homme qui a réussi à courtiser la mère de la fille.

To win over the girl of his dreams, a love-struck teenager enlists the help of the only man who ever wooed the girl’s mother.

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MOVIES Cine Club

Ocho Apellidos Vascos Spanish Affair

Lagerfeuer West Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Jacky Ido

Clara Lago, Dani Rovira, Carmen Machi

PG - 102 mins - Drama

PG13 - 98 mins - Comedy

g, e+

es, e+

Un joven sevillano sale por primera vez en su vida de su ciudad natal decidido a conquistar a la chica de la que se ha enamorado.

Compelled to follow the girl he loves, a man leaves his hometown of Seville for the first time in his life.

Eine Frau und ihr Sohn wollen einen Neuanfang auf der anderen Seite der Mauer wagen, aber die Alliierten sind misstrauisch.

A mother and son look for a fresh start on the other side of the Berlin Wall, but find the Allied Secret Service asking questions.

Malay

Malay CLASSIC

indonesian

Psiko: Pencuri Hati

Kala Malam Bulan Mengambang

Refrain

Amerul Affendi, Sharifah Amani pg13 - 97 mins - thriller ML, E+

Osidi sedang menulis novel tentang pembunuh bersiri.

Beliau pergi ke sebuah pulau untuk mencari ketenangan tetapi keadaan sebaliknya berlaku apabila beliau menemui mayat.

Osidi is writing a novel on serial killers. He flees to an island to try to find some peace, but tensions rise when a dead body is found.

Rosyam Nor, Umie Aida, Avaa Vanja g - 110 mins - comedy ML

Seorang wartawan terhuyung-hayang merentasi sebuah bandar yang dikaitkan dengan mayat hidup.

A reporter stumbles across a mysterious town with links to the walking dead.

Reza Afgansyah, Maudy Ayunda, Maxime Bouttier pg - 110 mins - drama in

Nata dan Niki sudah bersahabat semenjak kecil. Namun, Nata menginginkan lebih dari sekadar persahabatan.

Nata and Niki have been friends since they were small. However, Nata wants more than friendship.

tagalog

Tom A La Ferme Tom At The Farm

Sejoli: Misi Cantas Cinta

Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lise Roy

Remy Ishak, Maya Karin, Bront Palarae

NR - 102 mins - Drama, Thriller f, e+

Un jeune écrivain allant à l’enterrement de sa petite amie est bouleversé pour le fait que personne ne savait qu’ils étaient ensemble.

A young writer who travels to the funeral of his lover is shocked to find that nobody was aware of their relationship.

pg13 - 87 mins - drama, romance ML

Gina dan Joe membawa diri ke Phuket selepas dikecewakan oleh pasangan masing-masing, di mana mereka menemui keserasian antara satu sama lain.

Gina and Joe both escape to Phuket after being let down by their respective partners. When there, they find comfort in each other.

Talentime Mahesh Jug al Kishor, Pamela Chong, Kahoe Hon

Maaring Ngayon Maybe This Time

g - 120 mins - drama

Sarah Geronimo, Coco Martin

ML, E+

PG - 115 mins - Romance, Comedy

Satu pertandingan bakat telah menyatukan dua penyanyi yang walaupun mereka berbakat tetapi bergelut dengan masalah di luar yang boleh menjejaskan keupayaan mereka untuk beraksi.

A talent competition brings together two singers who, though gifted, are struggling with outside forces that may impact their ability to perform.

ta, e+

Makalipas ang hindi malilimutang romansa sa tag-init, muling nagkita sina Steph at Tonio makalipas ang pitong taon. Bilang mga adult, muli silang naharap sa mga nararamdaman nila sa isa’t-isa.

Steph and Tonio are reunited seven years after a summer romance, and are again confronted by feelings for each other.

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MOVIES Arabic

Eadam Barea

Chinese

盜馬記

CHINESE CLASSIC

Japanese

Korean

忘不了

万能鑑定士Ｑ

역린

Horseplay

Lost In Time

Emad Yousif, Ahmed Khalil, Nehal Anbar

Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Ekin Cheng, Kelly Chen

Cecilia Cheung, Lau Ching-wan, Louis Koo

pg - 92 mins - Drama, thriller

pg - 94 mins - comedy

a, E+

C, M, C+, E+

PG13 - 109 mins - Drama, Romance

When Khalid’s wife is murdered, his brother Emad is the main suspect, but his family go after the real man behind the plot.

一名記者在歐洲遇上了大盜 和落魄警官。三人看上了一件 藝術品，但必須一馬當先，合 作搶先盜走這件藝術品。

While in Europe, a reporter meets a thief and a washed-out detective.

The three are interested in a piece of art, but must work together to get it before others do.

ca, m, c+, e+

ll-Round A Appraiser Q

Haruka Ayase, Tori Matsuzaka, Eriko Hatsune

When Siu Wai’s fiancé dies in a car crash, she is determined to keep his minibus driving business afloat and care for his son from his first marriage as if he were her own.

Hyun Bin, Jung Jae-Young, Jung Jae-Young pg13 - 135 mins - drama, action k, C+, E+

pg - 120 mins - Drama j, C+, e+

小惠的未婚夫在車禍中去世， 她決心繼續經營未婚夫的小 巴生意，並照顧未婚夫與前 妻生下的孩子，將孩子視如 己出。

The Fatal Encounter

モナ・リザの上陸に伴い警備 が強化される日本。だが１人 のジャーナリストは、そこに犯 罪組織の手が迫っていること を察知する。

Security is tightened before the Mona Lisa is displayed in Japan, but a journalist discovers a crime syndicate might already be at work.

정조 대왕이 가장 신임하는 신하 상책은 왕을 시해하기 위해 키워진 살수다. 또 다른 살수의 존재에 대해 알게 된 상책은 그의 친구인 왕에게 이를 알리려 한다.

King Jeong-jo relies on the support of Sang-chaek, unaware that he’s an assassin. When Sang-chaek learns of another assassin, he tries to warn his friend.

백프로

オー！ファーザー

That Demon Within

嫁個有錢人

Villa 69

Marry A Rich Man

Oh! Father

Mr. Perfect

Khaled Abol Naga, Lebleba, Arwa Gouda

Nick Cheung, Daniel Wu

Sammi Cheng, Richie Ren

PG13 - 111 mins - Action, Crime

Masaki Okada, Shiori Kutsuna

Si-Yoon Yoon, Ho-Jin Cheon, Jin-Goo Yeo

PG13 - 108 mins - Drama

Ca, M, E+

PG13 - 94 mins - comedy, Romance

魔警

a, E+

一名香港警探誓要搗毀一個 暴力黑幫，不惜踐踏法律，喪 失理智。

Hussein is a terminally ill architect whose comfortable, solitary routine is disrupted by the arrival of his sister and her grandson.

A Hong Kong police officer becomes determined to take down a violent gang, even as he loses touch with the law and his own sanity.

PG - 103 mins - drama

pg13 - 109 mins - drama

ca, m, c+, e+

j, C+, e+

k, E+

阿Me希望嫁個有錢人。她前 往歐洲旅行，遇上了阿誕。 阿Me會找到她夢寐以求的 幸福嗎？

ある男子高校生が盗みの現 場を目撃し、その父と名乗る4 人の男が団結して窃盗犯を捕 まえ、息子を救います。

Mi wants to marry a rich man. She heads off on a first-class European holiday where she meets Dan. Will Mi find the happiness she wished for?

When a high school student witnesses a robbery, the four men who claim to be his father unite to catch the thief and save their son.

천재 골프 선수이지만 성공으로 방탕해지고 경기 성적도 부진해진 백세진은 음주 운전 살인으로 인해 트라우마를 겪게 된다.

Baek Se-Jin is a talented golfer, but success goes to his head, affecting his game. After driving home drunk, an accident leaves him traumatised.

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hindi

hindi classic

Tamil

Tamil Classic

Dhoom 3

English Vinglish

Cuckoo

Deiva Thirumagal

Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif

Sridevi, Adil Hussain, Mehdi Nebbou

Dinesh, Malavika Nair, Aadukalam Murugadoss

‘Chiyaan’ Vikram, Amala Paul

pg13 - 134 mins - Comedy, Drama, Family

g - 155 mins - romance, drama

PG - 120 mins - Drama, Family, musical

T, E+

t, e+

우는 남자

o Tears For N The Dead Jang Dong-gun, Kim Min-hee, Brian Tee

pg13 - 130 mins - action, crime, thriller

PG13 - 116 mins - Action

h, e+

h, e+

k, c+, e+

은퇴를 앞둔 살인 청부업자에게 떨어진 마지막 임무, 마지막 타겟을 제거할 것인가, 모든 위험을 걸고 속죄할 것인가 사이에서 선택해야 하는 딜레마에 처한다.

One mission away from retirement, a hitman must choose between killing his final target and risking it all for a chance at redemption.

Languages

E english e+ english subtitles A Arabic A+ Arabic subtitles C+ chinese subtitles ca cantonese es spanish F french g german h hindi i italian in indonesian J japanese K korean M mandarin ML malay T Tamil ta tagalog

A circus entertainer blames a bank for his father’s death. After he repeatedly robs the bank, two police officers try to stop him.

An Indian housewife takes an English-speaking course in New York City and learns some valuable lessons about herself along the way.

Youngistaan

Maine Pyar Kiya

Jackky Bhagnani, Neha Sharma, Farooq Shaikh

Salman Khan, Bhagyashree, Alok Nath

PG13 - 120 mins - Drama

G - 120 mins - Family, Musical, romance

h, e+

h, e+

A young games developer is thrust into the political spotlight after the death of his father, the Prime Minister of India.

The tale of two lifelong friends who endure all kinds of hardship that stretches their relationship to its breaking point.

Two visually impaired people meet and love blossoms.

Krishna lives a happy life with his daughter until her grandfather decides to take her away.

Naan Sigappu Manithan Vishal, Lakshmi Menon, Iniya PG - 121 mins - Romance, thriller t, e+

Vaanam T R Silambarasan, Bharath Srinivasan, Anushka Shetty PG - 120 mins - Action, Crime, Drama t, e+

A man struggling with narcolepsy must overcome his disorder to avenge his wife and stay alive.

Five different characters from different backgrounds become intertwined.

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tv

Mr. Bean

Enjoy a wide range of TV programmes across an array of genres

comedy

three episodes 30 mins each e

The Crazy Ones

Ground Floor

three episodes

four episodes

30 mins each

30 mins each

e

e

Sitcom with Robin Williams, based on everyday events at an advertising agency.

In one episode, an office flu outbreak gives Lauren a chance to shine as she’s left in charge of a key client.

US comedy about a young banker who falls for a woman in his building’s maintenance department.

In one episode, Brody asks Jenny on a date after they spend a night together.

How I Met Your Mother

Classic laughs with Rowan Atkinson’s famously mute comic creation.

In one episode, Mr Bean thinks he’s prepared for an exam, but he’s studied the wrong questions.

New Girl Three episodes 30 mins each e

After a bad break-up, Jess moves into an apartment with three single men.

Raising Hope three episodes 30 mins each e

2 Broke Girls

The Big Bang Theory

Family Guy

30 mins each

three episodes

30 mins each

e

30 mins each

e

two episodes

Two New York waitresses form an unlikely friendship in the hope of launching a business. In one episode, Caroline uses an online fundraising site to try to raise money.

three episodes

e

Laughs with a group of socially awkward physicists and their relatively normal neighbour. In one episode, Howard and Raj go on a double date.

Animated mayhem with the dysfunctional Griffin family in Seth MacFarlane’s award-winning show. In one episode, Peter thinks he's found a treasure map.

Single Ted, with the help of his four best friends, tries to find true love in New York. In one episode, Barney goes missing the night before his wedding to Robin.

e

After a one-night stand with a convicted serial killer, Jimmy Chance is left to bring up their daughter alone, with only his eccentric family for help.

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Surviving Jack

three episodes

30 mins each

30 mins each

e

three episodes

e

Four friends cause chaos in between shifts running their bar. In one episode, Dee decides to embark on a career in stand-up comedy.

Friends With Better Lives

three episodes 30 mins each

Jack Dunlevy is a no-nonsense ex-military man, turned stay-at-home dad. While teenage kids in other families would rule the roost, in this house it’s Jack’s way or the highway!

Modern Family

30 Rock

The Carrie Diaries

three episodes

six episodes

30 mins each

30 mins each

three episodes

30 mins each

three episodes

e

e

30 mins each

e

30 mins each

Each week Liz Lemon and her team of eccentrics struggle to put together their top-rated TV sketch show. In one episode, Liz rejects her boss’s offer to make a talk show.

This prequel to hit series Sex And The City follows a young Carrie in 1980s New York. In one episode, Carrie is in a long-distance relationship, but a friend has some tough advice.

Undateable two episodes

e

Six friends in their 30s each think the other has it better. In one episode, Bobby and Andi decide to take in their newly divorced friend Will.

Follow the lives of three generations of one family in this hit sitcom. In one episode, Manny and Luke prepare for their first day at high school.

e

A 30-ish carefree single guy takes in a new roommate and proceeds to educate him and his 'undateable' friends on the game of love.

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sport

DRAMA

The 100

Gilmore Girls

NCIS: Los Angeles

Ray Donovan

ASP World Tour

FIVE EPISODES

three episodes

three episodes

three episodes

Billabong Rio Pro, Brazil

60 mins each

60 mins each

60 mins each

60 mins each

60 mins

E

e

e

e

e

Set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilisation, a spaceship housing humanity’s lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth in hope of re-populating the planet.

Follow the lives of a single mother and her teenage daughter as they live among the quirky characters of a small town in Connecticut.

Follow the exploits of an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specialises in undercover assignments.

Ray Donovan, a professional 'fixer' for LA’s rich and famous, can make anyone’s problems disappear except those created by his own family.

In 2014 the Association of Surfing Professionals’ World Tour will showcase three contests; including the Big Wave World Tour, with waves of over 7.5 metres.

Believe

Hart Of Dixie

Nikita

Sherlock

Bundesliga Season Highlights #2

three episodes

two episodes

three episodes

Three episodes

60 mins each

60 mins each

60 mins each

90 mins each

30 mins

e

e

e

e

e

A girl with supernatural abilities forms a bond with an escaped prisoner tasked with protecting her. In one episode, the pair make their way to New York City.

Fresh out of medical school, fast-talking Zoe Hart moves from New York to Bluebell, Alabama.

In one episode, she upsets the residents by deciding to leave Bluebell for good.

A rogue assassin returns to take down the secret organisation that trained her. In one episode, after being framed for the President’s assassination, Nikita must clear her name.

The second season of this modern version finds the detective working in 21st-century London. In one episode, a young man asks for help after seeing a large hound kill his father.

A collection of some of the most memorable moments from the Bundesliga season 2013/14, including goals, saves, hat-tricks and other exciting events.

Supernatural three episodes 60 mins each e

The Following

The Lying Game

The Originals

TEN EPISODES

three episodes

four episodes

60 MINS EACH

60 mins each

60 mins each

E

e

e

A brilliant and charismatic serial killer communicates with other serial killers and activates a cult of believers who follow his every command.

A pair of identical twin sisters, Emma and Sutton, reconnect after one grew up in foster care while the other was placed with an adopted family.

A spin-off from The Vampire Diaries set in New Orleans. In one episode, Klaus turns to extreme measures to make sure that Hayley and their baby’s lives are protected.

Two brothers battle demons, ghosts and other supernatural beings threatening the world.

Formula One 2014 British Grand Prix

The X-Files

30 mins

three episodes

The highlights of one of the biggest races of the year in the always thrilling Formula One.

60 mins each e

Two FBI agents, Mulder and Scully, investigate the strange and unexplained.

E

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chinese

MALAY

japanese

Korean

Dapur Panas

劇的ビフォーアフター The Before And After

런닝맨

ML

A House Confronted With Unexpected Circumstances

The Race Of The Star

Chef Nik Michael dan Neelofa mengembara ke lokasi jauh untuk mencari resipi-resipi tersembunyi dan petua-petua orang dalam untuk hidangan paling lazat.

60 mins

90 mins

30 mins

K, E+

T

Chef Nik Michael and Neelofa travel to remote locations to find hidden recipes and insider tips for the most delicious meals.

A couple who have triplets live in a poorly planned apartment building. It’s getting crowded and the family needs help –fast.

Running Man

30 mins

中國之美II

he Beauty T Of China II The Life Of Chinese Acrobats 30 mins M, C+

中國雜技演員經過多年訓 練，付出血汗和淚水，成為專 業表演者。

Chinese acrobats go through years of blood, sweat and tears as they train to become professional performers.

方言面面觀

ehind The B Dialect Groups Cantonese 60 mins M, C+

細說地緣政治關係，探秘粵 語融入現代文化之足跡。

Discover, through the depictions of geopolitical relations, how the language of Cantonese developed in modern culture.

尋花探草

三つ子の子供たちと夫婦が暮 らすアパートは何もかもが“ 想定外”の家。手狭状態にな ったこの家に、果たして救い の手は差し伸べられるのか。

aarambariya P Samayal

이 에피소드에서 게스트들은 경주로 기차 여행을 떠난다. 그러나 목적지에 가까워질수록 미션은 더욱 치열해 진다.

In this episode, the guests travel by train to Gyeongju.

But as they approach their destination, the mission gets more intense.

Brindha, of VSS fame, revisits the classic recipes cherished by his South Indian ancestors.

Kuali Terbalik 30 mins

北海道ぶらり旅 Casual Traveling

ARABIC

Samayal Express

Ml

Jenis tayangan dengan konsep yang menggabungkan lawak, drama dan masakan untuk menggembirakan serta menyerlahkan selera anda!

Combining comedy, drama and cooking to get your emotions running high and your taste buds tingling!

Rekod Dunia..

Cabaran 168

Rebun Island And Biei, Full Of Flowers

Ml

Bagaimana pembersihan di dasar laut mencipta Guinness World Record yang baharu.

How an underwater clean-up operation set a Guinness World Record.

Sarapan

30 mins

30 mins

M, C+, E+

Ml

了解不同草藥和植物的養生 好處。

Hisham Hamzah mengembara ke seluruh dunia melakukan pelbagai jenis aktiviti.

Hisham Hamzah travels around undertaking a range of different activities.

30 mins T

30 mins j

毎年夏には300種類の高山 植物が花開くという北海道・ 礼文島の魅力をたっぷりご 紹介。

Explore the beauty of Rebun Island and the 300 different flowers that bloom there each summer.

Central Asia Azerbaijan Part 1 30 mins A

Discover the different Indian recipes and cooking styles that can be found across India and Malaysia.

Discover the wonders of Azerbaijan.

30 mins

Garden Of Treasure

Learn the health benefits that can be derived from different herbs and plants.

j

TAMIL

Korean 룸메이트

hindi Duos

Firangi Tadka

60 mins

She And He

30 mins

k

30 mins

H, E+

Roommate

A

11명의 연예인이 한 집에서 동거하게 되면서 함께 사는 법을 배워나간다.

Eleven celebrities are thrown together in one house where they must learn to live together.

Learn about two Moroccan artists, Khadija Assad and Aziz Saadallah, who from their humble beginnings in comedy theatre, have become well known for their satirical views.

Firangi Tadka and chef Chinu show how to create international dishes using everyday ingredients that can be sourced locally.

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hindi

history

natural world

business

Mystery Of The Lost Islands

Access Middle East

Killer Whale Island 60 mins e

Hum Safar 10 Things You Don't Know About

Melbourne 30 mins H, E+

Prohibition 60 mins e

Henry Rollins takes a look at prohibition America, from Al Capone’s dark family secret to the sinister things the government did to stop people drinking.

Deepti Bhatnagar and Randeep Arya explore Melbourne.

Dave Salmoni travels to a remote speck of land in the South Atlantic, where seals and penguins flock to breed. But they’re pursued by the ocean’s greatest predators, killer whales, who trap them on land and lay siege to the island, creating a virtual prison.

30 mins H, E+

Master chef Sanjeev Kapoor shares his top recipes.

Hidden Cities Extreme

Guns N’ Roses 60 mins

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

e

30 mins

Guns N’ Roses took the music world by storm with their first album, but pressure eventually led the band to split. Yet decades on, questions remain about rock and roll’s bad boys.

e

Simon battles Ho Chi Minh City’s intense traffic, eats coconut grubs and trains with a family circus among other adventures.

e

DP World is one of the largest port operators in the world. Chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem talks about why he believes in the British economy, what other markets he’s watching for expansion and the bursting of Dubai’s property bubble in 2009.

The Edge

Deadliest Cod

Navigating Nano Technology

e

Biography

30 mins

No Limits

30 mins

Sanjeev Kapoor’s Kitchen

DP World Chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Eric Young braves huge waves, snow and gruelling hours to go fishing in the freezing waters of the Bering Sea. Yet while he is in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, he isn’t after their famous crabs but some cod instead.

Swamp Wars

30 mins e

Nano technology is on the cutting edge of science. It may be a small sector, but there are lofty ambitions for this highly specialised and intricate technology.

The Next Space Race

Killer In Your Mailbox 60 mins

30 mins

e

e

Always check your mailbox before putting your hand in, otherwise the deadliest snake in North America might be waiting to bite.

Take a journey through the booming business of space exploration with a visit to the International Space Station, a near zero-gravity laboratory dedicated to scientific research.

Weird Creatures With Nick Baker 3

Titans At The Table Asia

Horseshoe Crab

Jonathan M Tisch, Chairman Of LoeWs Hotels And Co-owner Of The New York Giants

Travelling Diva Cooking, eating and shopping in London 30 mins E

60 mins e

The Travelling Diva goes to London to experience the culinary delights of the city.

Digging For The Truth Angkor Wat: Eighth Wonder 60 mins e

The team use the latest technology to unravel the ancient Cambodian stone temple’s hidden secrets and learn why it was so suddenly abandoned.

Nick travels to Delaware Bay to witness the remarkable mating habits of the horseshoe crab which, despite having been around for half a billion years, is now in danger.

30 mins e

Betty Liu goes on a private tour of the New York Giants’ stadium with Jonathan M Tisch, plus gets a look at the remodelled Loews Regency Hotel after its $100 million renovation.

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Science & technology

Building The World Cup

E

Brazil’s historic Maracanã football stadium hosted the 2014 World Cup Final, but while it was state of the art when it opened in 1950, it needed a $300 million refurbishment before this year’s tournament.

religious

Amazing Vacation Homes

Oh My Gold Delhi

Mukjizat Menahan Matahari

Natural Getaways

60 mins

30 mins

30 mins

E

ML

Explore Delhi –the city of 'baubles and bling' –guided by the heir of Hazoorilal Jewellers, who explains how and why the city celebrates its love for bling in some truly unique ways.

This is the story of the missionary Hud, in his struggle to coach Aad people about the danger of arrogance.

Passage To Abu Dhabi

Journey To Islamic Culture

The Gateway

Peace, Another Name For Islam

E

60 mins

How The Earth Works

travel

Explore the amazing buildings people call home for their holidays. See a house made entirely of reclaimed wood, plus a big family’s super-sized home.

Jejak Rasul 2014

Nerve Centre Grand Central Terminal

Can Krakatoa Stop Time?

60 mins

60 mins

E

E

When Krakatoa erupted in 1883, it was the largest explosion ever recorded.

Scientists Martin Pepper and Liz Bonnin visit the volcano rising out of the sea in South-East Asia and examine the potential of this killer going off again.

Ingenious Minds Alonzo Clemons

New York's Grand Central Terminal deals with more than 130,000 people every day, so it’s no surprise it takes a special team to keep it running. Meet some of the employees who operate this transport hub from a secret basement that is located ten storeys below New York City.

Fun Taiwan 60 mins E

A new host joins the Fun Taiwan team, but instead of working with Janet Hsieh, the pair split up and explore two sides of the city they're in, giving a different perspective on their location.

60 mins E

Model and TV presenter Denise Keller visits the United Arab Emirates’ capital, Abu Dhabi, exploring the marvels and secrets that it has to offer.

Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman

60 mins E

A look at the misconceptions surrounding Islam and the attempts to reduce prejudices and provide a clear understanding of its culture.

30 mins e

Alonzo Clemons can’t do many simple acts we take for granted, but can memorise an animal and create a perfect representation of it as a sculpture. Find out how his brain works.

Is Reality Real?

60 mins E

Actor Morgan Freeman hosts this exploration of the mysteries that have intrigued mankind for centuries but which modern science is now able to answer. In this episode, questions about reality, and our perception of it, are discussed.

Kuala Lumpur: My City

Taste Off

Rasa Halal Hokkaido

Kuala Lumpur

30 mins

30 mins

30 mins

ml

E

E

Kuala Lumpur City Hall provides a tour of Malaysia’s capital. Discover Little India and the Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park. Plus, hear different people share what they love about the city.

English chef Aaron Craze has just a few days to learn all he can about Malaysian food before he challenges one of Kuala Lumpur’s top chefs in a taste-off. Which dish will he tackle?

Rasa Halal is always on the lookout for the best halal cuisine, this time in Taiwan.

She visits the capital Taipei and rural Kenting to discover the delicious dishes on offer.

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soundstage

lifestyle

showbiz

kids

E! Entertainment Special

The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes

How Do I Look?

Fitting In, Moving On 60 mins E

Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas

All You Can Eat Breakfast 30 mins

60 mins e

Andrea Bocelli and David Foster team up to provide you with the ultimate experience in Christmas music.

The Beach Boys Live In Concert

E

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so whether it’s cereal, a doughnut or a fancy buffet, the team set out to find the places that make the morning meal a special one.

Cake Boss

How would you feel if your best friends gave you a makeover? Two buddies and a celebrity stylist go shopping to find a new look for their friend, whose cousin dislikes her tight clothing.

Man Up Mike Cooper 60 mins E

In the age of gender equality, many 21st-century men are left confused about what it means to be a man. Mike is 30 and still lives at home with his mother who cooks, cleans and cares for her adult son.

Can Olivia Lee and her team transform him?

30 mins

e

E

The pop legends mark 50 years in the music business with a performance that features old and new hits including Good Vibrations and Fun, Fun, Fun.

It’s time for the National Hockey League Draft and Buddy is making a goalie cake to be presented live on TV. He's also asked to re-create a wedding cake for a couple celebrating their 50th anniversary.

30 mins each

four episodes

E

30 mins each

In one episode, take a tour around the homes of the rich and famous who live in some of the most exclusive and extravagant places in the world.

E

When one superhero just isn’t enough to get the job done, The Avengers team up to save the world.

#RichKids Of Beverly Hills #VegasVIP 30 mins e

Paul Hollywood's Bread

The gang go to Vegas for a New Year’s Eve they won’t forget, while Brendan and Morgan are trying to figure out if they should move in together or not.

30 mins

Style Star

Icing the Cake 60 mins

two episodes

My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic three episodes 30 mins each e

E

Unicorn pony Twilight Sparkle learns about friendship in the town of Ponyville. In one episode, the ponies are convinced a castle is haunted.

Paul is passionate about bread, believing everyone can make their own.

With more than 30 years’ experience in the industry, the artisan baker explores the many varieties of British breads –from soda and flatbreads to sourdoughs –giving tips to help get you started.

'Brit Chic': Kate Winslet and Emily Blunt

True Hollywood Story

Oh My English

30 mins e

A look into the cool and chic style of two of Britain’s most highly regarded actresses, Kate Winslet and Emily Blunt.

Gone Too Soon

Deadliest Catch

Top Shot All-Stars

120 mins

Sleeping With The Enemy

Last Man Standing

e

60 mins

60 mins

Reality Ex-Wives

30 mins

E

E

60 mins

e

An investigation into the final years of pop star Michael Jackson and what led to his unfortunate death. Includes behind-thescenes interviews and the truth about what really happened.

A ferocious storm batters the fleet in the Bering Sea, and they not only have to survive the weather but also a week of bad numbers, crew complications and problems back on land.

The final four contestants must overcome obstacles and get through mud with an AK-47 to make it to the last two, to then have their speed and precision tested with various weapons.

three episodes

E

Marriage isn’t always easy, but why add the pressure of being on a reality TV show?

Hear from women whose marriages fell apart during their time in the spotlight.

No one wants to teach Kelas 3 Merah as the students are so badly behaved. Enter Henry Middleton, a Malaysia-born, UK-raised teacher with an upbeat personality.

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Audio

Audio on demand

the hits

club

Passengers with AVOD can access our library of nearly 400 music and spoken word CDs Including...

Live Life Living E xample (above) Recognise Fred V & Grafix Atmosphere Kaskade Aleph Gesaffelstein Eve Booka Shade

84 albums including...

Don’t Kill The Magic Magic!

Turn Blue The Black Keys

Clarity Zedd

Futurology Manic Street Preachers

Sorry I’m Late Cher Lloyd

Torus Sub Focus

Glorious Foxes

Innocents Moby

48:13 Kasabian YES! Jason Mraz (above)

Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die Panic! At The Disco

Angus & Julia Stone Angus & Julia Stone

Caustic Love Paolo Nutini

Hypnotic Eye Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

All This Bad Blood Bastille

In The Lonely Hour Sam Smith The Secret Austin Mahone Oh, What A Life American Authors Built On Glass Chet Faker X Ed Sheeran Zendaya Zendaya 1000 Forms Of Fear Sia 5 Seconds Of Summer 5 Seconds Of Summer PTX Vol. II Pentatonix

See page 98 to find out which system you’re using

The New Classic (Clean Deluxe Edition) Iggy Azalea

light & easy

Education, Education, Education & War Kaiser Chiefs Head Or Heart Christina Perri Xscape Michael Jackson

Including...

Ghost Stories Coldplay

Phox Phox (above)

Shakira.

Shakira

The Best Yiruma

Supermodel Foster The People

Unrepentant Geraldines Tori Amos

The Best Of Nickelback Volume 1 Nickelback

Supernova Ray Lamontagne

Voices Phantogram Little Red Katy B Morning Phase Beck

Best Of The Best Kenny G Dizzy Heights Neil Finn The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You Neko Case

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Audio memories

country

jazz

Soundtracks

korean

Including...

Including...

Including...

Including...

Including...

The Box Set Series John Farnham (above)

To All The Girls Willie Nelson

Home Aubrey Suwito (above)

Walking On Sunshine Various (above)

Mr. 게

Best Of The Best Westlife

Out Among The Stars Johnny Cash (above)

Almah Avishai Cohen

The Fault In Our Stars Various

상속자들 여러 곡 (above)

The Complete Hits Of Air Supply Air Supply

Hunter Hayes (Encore) Hunter Hayes

Time’s Tales Jeff Ballard Trio

레인 이펙트 비

Foreverly Billie Joe + Norah

Kin Pat Metheny

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Various

F T아일랜드

Fuse Keith Urban

Heroes And Misfits Kris Bowers

Glee, The Music, Celebrating 100 Episodes Various

The Civil Wars The Civil Wars

Birds Requiem Dhafer Youssef

Invitation

Golden Lady Antebellum

Ballads John Coltrane Quartet

Forever Love Songs From The Twilight Saga Various

카라

Like A Rose Ashley Monroe

Of Growth And Deep Conversations Irma Seleman

Divergent Various

The Singles: 1985-2014 Mike + The Mechanics Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (Live) Various Travelling The World (Live) Roxette Love Songs Tina Turner

The Lego Movie Various

게리

더 무드

일본 베스트 앨범: 프레젠트 씨엔블루 에일리

Pandora 클라스 틴탑

Full Bloom 카라

comedy

classical

Relax

world

malay

Including...

Including...

Including...

Rival Queens Vivica Genaux & Simone Kermes (above)

Flute Spirit: Dreams & Improvisations Jane Rutter (above)

Including...

Mandatory Fun Weird Al Yankovic (above)

Rohi Rohi (above)

#1 Stacy (above)

One Love, One Rhythm (The 2014 FIFA World Cup Official Album) Various

Kotarayaku Altimet

The Best Of Lily Tomlin Sleepwalk With Me (Live) Mike Birbiglia I’m Telling You For The Last Time Jerry Seinfeld

Mozart Piano Concertos K 503 & K 466 Martha Argerich, Claudio Abbado, Orchestra Mozart Catch Me If You Can Amy Dickson

A Classic…

Abbott And Costello

The Art Of Sandor Konya Sandor Konya

Standup Comic Woody Allen

Verdi Anna Netrebko

Red, White And Brown Russell Peters

Passaggio – Einaudi By Lavinia Lavinia Meijer

600 Years In A Moment Fiona Joy Hawkins Equistice Ken Elkinson Music To Sleep By Various Artists Adiemus Colores Karl Jenkins Stay In Memory Yiruma

Corazon (Deluxe Version) Santana Lion City Dirtmusic Siriá Mestre Cupijó E Seu Ritmo Emmaar Tinariwen

Sleeq Sleeq This Is Mixology Music Volume One Various Havoc Joe Flizzow 1 Dekad Sofazr Teka-Teki Maya Karin

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Audio nasyid

japanese

mandarin

Including...

Ken’s Bar III 平井堅

孙燕姿 (above)

Satu Kalimah Damai & Friends (above) Zikir Terapi Diri 3 Hafiz Hamidun Mencari Cinta Hakiki Simfoni Warkah Cinta Imam Muda Nazrul & Imam Muda Fakhrul Heart Saif Adam Doa UNIC GarisanMu Izzat Mahadi Lagenda Hit Rabbani

1999-2013 精选

Blau

真的假的 陶晶莹

Tapestry Of Songs – The Best Of Angela Aki

100 分的朋友

アンジェラ・アキ

Standard Scandal An Imitation Blood Orange ミスターチルドレン Land ゆず Flow The Max!!! フロウ

Cover 70’s 柴田淳

indonesian

克卜勒

Under:Cover 2 T.M. Revolution (above) 藍井 エイル

cantonese

tamil

(above)

Permata Ayah Bonda Aeman Hushabye Hayley Westenra

林 育群

天堂/悬崖 李 佳薇

The Magical Forest Carmen Warrington And David Jones

你好吗 王诗安

Better Life F IR

The Ultimate Kids Collection Various

Kimbonomics金式代 陈芳语

hindi

诺亚方舟世界巡回演唱会 五月天 毕书尽

纯属意外 戴佩妮

Vina Terbaik 1980-2006 Vina Panduwinata (above)

林憶蓮 (above)

等等 王俪婷

Wannabe 官恩娜

黄色夹克 梁 文音

King Of Soundtrack Nidji

8 周柏豪

光 动力火车

Mencari Cinta Judika

The Best Of 2008-2012 鄧紫棋

我们都能幸福着 郭 静

For You Fatin

Anugrah Terindah Geisha

The Key

24个比利 潘玮柏

Little Singer

花又开好了 SHE

陳奕迅

小肥（徐智勇）

The Next Moment 陳柏宇

Dear Diary Robynn And Kendy

Activity Songs For Kids Various

亲爱的路人 刘若英

Re: Workz

Shake It Up Break It Down Various

See! Holly Throsby

再见你好吗 陶喆

Including...

Off To School Various

The Little Mermaid Songs From The Sea Various

Come Back To Bii

Including...

The Wiggles Hits And Rarities The Wiggles Jingle Bell Fun Walt Disney

舍得 林宇中

天使之翼 杨 丞琳

Throw A Penny In The Wishing Well Jennifer Gasoi (above) Feathers, Fur Or Fins Don Spencer

五月天

狮子吼 罗志祥

kids

Hello Friends!

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Classic Kids Various

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Audio

Radio Channels

chart toppers

rock arena

Passengers with AVOD can enjoy a host of radio shows across a range of genres Inseat Channel 2 AVOD Channel 78 Hosted by jay sheldon

Including...

Paradise City Guns N’ Roses Rainbow Robert Plant Time Shows Fools Justin Townes Earl

Inseat Channel 1 AVOD Channel 77

My Babe Elvis Presley

Overhead Channel 5

Hosted by ben loh

I’m Not The Only One Sam Smith

Superheroes The Script

You & I (Nobody In The World) [Radio Edit] John Legend

Stranger Chris Malinchak

The Remedy (I Won’t Worry) Jason Mraz Black Widow Iggy Azalea Feat. Rita Ora Right Here Jess Glynne She Came To Give It To You Feat. Nicki Minaj Usher Rude (Acoustic) Magic!

This Is How We Do Katy Perry Hello, You Beautiful Thing Jason Mraz Superbad Jesse McCartney Am I Wrong (Radio Edit) Nico & Vinz

Channel numbers vary depending on which system you’re using. See page 98 to find out

You Got Me Gavin DeGraw Wasted Love Steve Angello Feat.

Dougy From The Temper Trap

Chasing The Sun Hilary Duff Bulletproof Picasso Train Fireball Pitbull Feat. John Ryan Budapest George Ezra Arrows (Feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis) (Clean) Fences

Start Me Up The Rolling Stones The Record’s Flawed The Delta Riggs Black Betty Ram Jam Bumblebeee Kasabian I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore Rise Against Cherry Pie Warrant Do You Spoon How Good It Was Courteeners

All About That Bass Meghan Trainor

Fire Jimi Hendrix

Love Someone [Radio Edit] Jason Mraz

La Grange Z Z Top

Louder Neon Jungle

U Get Me High Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Trouble With My Baby Paloma Faith

Keep Talking (Radio Edit) Pink Floyd

Try Colbie Caillat

The House Is Rockin’ Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Interpol – All The Rage Back Home Interpol Killing Field The Last Internationale Miss The Boat (Single Edit) Spiderbait

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Audio golden era

Aghani Arabbiyah

malay hitz

mandarin mix

japanese collection

Inseat Channel 3

Inseat Channel 8

Inseat Channel 9

Inseat Channel 10

Inseat Channel 12

AVOD Channel 79

AVOD Channel 82

AVOD Channel 83

AVOD Channel 85

AVOD Channel 86

Overhead Channel 6

Overhead Channel 7

Overhead Channel 8

Hosted by kc ismail

Hosted by chong huey ling

Hosted by kaoru Sato

Including...

三月 张惠妹

恋人よ 五輪真弓

借我一辈子 曹 格

群青 谷 村新司

你给我听好 陈奕迅

SWEET 19 BLUES 安室奈美恵

Baby Boy 王 心凌

ミュージック 麗 蘭

如果爱 方大同

花と小父さん 伊藤きよ子

亲爱的你怎么不在我身边 江 美琪

旅の宿 吉田拓郎

我不是你那首情歌 郭 静

TOKYO YUI

铃铃 萧敬腾 范玮琪

あの日にかえりたい 中田裕二

带我回去 张智成

色・ホワイトブレンド 竹内まりや

原谅不美好 郁可唯

都会の天使たち 堀内孝雄/桂銀淑

不可能错过你 王 力宏

Butterfly Perfume

雨是甜的 宇田

君への主題歌 コブクロ

敢爱敢当 丁噹

昭和夢つばめ 石川さゆり

人生海海 五 月天

冬のリヴィエラ 森進一

空口言 孙燕姿

Hot Stuff JUJU

用心良苦 张宇

ラストバージン R ADWIMPS

暗示 方炯镔 弦子

恋人たちの神話 テレサ・テン

我是我的 张靓颖

風に散る花 氷川きよし

若你碰到他 蔡 健雅

One Morning 日 向敏文

Hosted by richard la faber

Hosted by mona jasman

Including...

Walk Like A Man Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Stay Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs If I Can’t Have You Yvonne Elliman Come On Eileen Dexy’s Midnight Runners Don’t You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds Leader Of The Pack 8 The Shangri- Las Listen To The Music The Doobie Brothers With Or Without You U2 These Arms Of Mine O tis Redding Enjoy The Silence Depeche Mode (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher Jackie Wilson Take On Me A- Ha This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan Mess Around Ray Charles We Belong Pat Benatar Breakfast At Tiffany’s Deep Blue Something Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going) Elton John You Make My Dreams Hall & Oates Runaround Sue Dion

Not For Sale Stacy Feat. Altimet Angin Kencang Noh Salleh Aku Percaya Pilihanku Kotak Inilah Nasibku Nico Hilang Najwa Latif Jatuh Cinta IamNeeta Nelangsa Nidji Nigina Search Perempuan Faizul AF Semusim Marcell Untuk Bermimpi Misha Omar Beribu Sesalan 3 Suara Firasat Raisa Malaikat Hazama Percayalah Indah AF Not For Sale Stacy Feat. Altimet Aku Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza Risalah Hati Dewa 19 Akhir Penantianku Aliff Satar Dengarkanlah Glenn Fredly & Amy Mastura Untukmu eminin F

技安 温力铭 爱无所不在 光 良

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Audio hindi rhythms

nasyid

KOREAN SELECTIONS

jazz

malay classics

Inseat Channel 14

Jauh Sudah A zizi AF

AVOD Channel 80

AVOD Channel 81

AVOD Channel 84

Hosted by Ellen han

Hosted by BRAD POWER

Be back 피니트 인

Delia Bobby Hutcherson

니가 빈 자리

Be Deedle Dee do Graham Dechter

Beauty Beauty 현중 김

I Can’t Help It Theo Croker (Feat. Dee Dee Bridgewater)

AVOD Channel 87 Overhead Channel 10

Including...

Lucky Tu Lucky Me Benny Dayal, Anushka Manchanda Jiya Arijit Singh Baaki Sab First Class Hai Wajid Patakha Guddi A . R. Rahman Tere Naina Maar Hi Dalenge Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal, Shabab Sabri Baby Doll Kanika Kapoor, Meet Bros Anjjan Daingad Daingad Divya Kumar, Udit Narayan, Akriti Kakkar, Pratibha Bhagel, Deepali Sathe, Niharika Sinha Jumme Ki Raat Mika Singh, Palak Muchhal Galliyan Ankit Tiwari Asalaam-E-Ishqum Bappi Lahiri, Neha Bhasin Zaroorat Mustafa Zahid Samjhawan Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal Besharmi Ki Height Benny Dayal, Shalmali Kholgade

Channel numbers vary depending on which system you’re using. See page 98 to find out

Tola’al Badru Alaina 2 Nur Selawat Menanti Di Barzakh Far East Ketika Cinta Dato Siti Nurhaliza Keagungan Tuhan D’Loyd Kupasrahkan Segalanya Various Kembara Di Tanah Gersang Al Jawaher

Including...

신용재

헤어졌다 만났다 비치 다 명수네 떡볶이 명수 박 애타는 마음 울랄라 세션&아이유

Steamroller Blues Russell Holmes Trio Kqu Pat Metheny Group Perdido Woody Herman

Ceritaku Ustaz Robby Zaid

HER 블락비

Doa Harmoni

걸스데이

Hanya Tuhan Various

끝번호 이윌 케

Namun Ku Punya Hati Various

고백했는데

Alhamdulillah Hafiz Hamidun

Saturday night 오디(God) 지

Satu Kalimah Damai

운명 같은 너 정동하

Dusta Berkalang Aiman

날아올라 텀 팬

Autumn Leaves Bobby McFerrin, Chic Corea, Dave Grusin

Lailahaillallah Fitri Haris

기다리라 해요 임창정

Blue Samba Ike Quebec

Mentari Hidup Syifa

한 여름밤의 꿀 이 산

Swamp Fire Harvey Mason

Kita Yang Menguji Arafa

너 없는 내일 이정

Come Fly With Me Kurt Elling

After Hardship Comes Ease Saif Adam

린

이 노래 좋아요

Renaissance Man Michael Brecker

Rahmatan Lil’ Alamin Imam Muda Asyraf

달링

Bro

I Didn’t Know What Time It Was Mary Stallings Easy Walker Christian McBride Trio Skyliner The Manhattan Transfer Morning Dance (Live) Spyro Gyra Stardust Curtis Stigers

Bintang Malam Ini A Razak Waris Warisan Abot Saling Percaya Broery Pesulima Sama Tak Serupa Norazniza Idris Mimpi Yang Pulang Saleem Selamanya Safura Senandung Semalam Jamal Abdillah Gerhana Hattan Sayang Jangan Mengenang Fatimah M Amin Kabut Serangkai Mawar Zaitun Sameon Bunyi Gitar Tan Sri P Ramlee Joget Malam Berinai Sanisah Huri Joget Bunga Melati Halil Chik Kerana Alleycats Seiring Sejalan Broery Marantika & Dato Sharifah Aini Sirih Pinang Dato M Daud Kilau

입장 정리 프라이머리

O Salama A Ramlie & Maria Bachuk

하늘색 약속

Merpati Dua Sejoli Uji Rashid & Hail Amir

행복

Ku Tak Ingin Menangis Lagi Dato DJ Dave

Bintang Syurga Raqib Majid Feat. UNIC

God

Hakikat Cinta Simfoni

레드벨벳 이제 그만 싸우자 허각 정은지

Creation

JYJ

Biarkan Aku Menangis Tommy J Pisa Dalam Kenangan Wheels Belaian Jiwa Carefree

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GAMES

Games With 70 games in six categories, why not test your skills and challenge your mind leisure

puzzle

Sport

Bejeweled 2 (above), Big Money, Freecell, In-Flight Trivia, Insaniquarium, Luxor, Mad Caps, Memory*, ScrambleDash, Shanghai, Solitaire*, Solitrio, Sudoku, Trivia Malaysia, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire*, Zuma

Battle Blockz, Bookworm (above), Caveman*, Crosswords, Hangman*, Hieroglix, Jubaku Minesweeper, Mummy Maze, Pixelus, Select Sudoku Seven Seas, Super Scramble, Tangram, Tetris* Tik Rack Toe, Twisty Tracks, Waterpipes

Bowling Tournament (above), Golf Sport Series, Mini Golf, Pool Challenge, Tennis Challenge

Some games are available in multi-player format using our seat-to-seat function. Select a game for on-screen instructions on how to play. Games only available on the B777 aircraft and for passengers with the portable media player.

* Portable Player If you have the Portable Player, you can also join in the fun! All the games with an asterisk, plus Centipede and Timon & Pumbaa’s Burper, are available to you.

kids

Board

Arcade

Animal Factory, Disney’s Classic Games*, Disney’s Winnie The Pooh, Elephant Memory, Hangman Junior, Robot Factory, Timon and Pumbaa’s Sling Shooter (above), Zupple Junior

Backgammon, Battleship*, Checkers, Chess, Chinese Checkers, Congkak, Equilibria, Kasparov Chessmate* (above), Reversi*, Ultimate Yahtzee, Warzone

Asteroids, Cave Crunch, Dynomite! (above), Galaktor, Invasion*, Magma Zone, Niflheim, Pong, Super Breakout, Super Pinball Arcade, Ultraball, Wacky Safari

The new A380 system will feature 70 games exclusive to passengers on A380 flights.

Please check your syestem and see your GUI for all available games.

E-Learning Put your time in the air to good use with our essential learning tools *Some learning tools only available on selected routes

Select Travel Guide

In-Flight Integrated Encyclopedia Of The Holy Quran An interactive e-learning application that enables passengers to read the Holy Quran and listen to its recitation.

Berlitz Word Traveler* This language training tool can teach you the basics of 23 languages.

b-Wise

Executive Book Summaries

Learn about local business cultures and etiquette, wherever you are in the world!

A quick and easy way to distill the key ideas from today’s top business books.

Explore the globe from the comfort of your seat with our detailed travel guide.

Not sure where to stay, where to eat or what to do at your next destination?

Our guide will show you the best hotels, restaurants and attractions.

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Audio Video On Demand For passengers using any of the remotes shown on these pages, check this guide to find out which movies and programmes are playing

Hollywood Latest*

3- hrs

3-6 hrs

6+ hrs

3- hrs

3-6 hrs

6+ hrs

3- hrs

3-6 hrs

6+ hrs

Synopses for these movies begin on page 103

Film Asia

22 Jump Street comedy

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Man Of Steel action

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All-Round Appraiser Q drama

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Blended comedy

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Midnight In Paris comedy

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Cuckoo romance

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Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes action

Les Misérables Drama

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Deivathirumagal drama

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Mother And Child drama

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Dhoom 3 action

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Edge Of Tomorrow action

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Mrs. Doubtfire comedy

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Eadam Barea drama

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The Fault In Our Stars drama

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National Treasure action

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English Vinglish comedy

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Godzilla action

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The O’Briens Family

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The Fatal Encounter drama

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Ocean’s Eleven crime

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Horseplay comedy

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Outsourced comedy

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P.S. I Love You drama

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Kala Malam Bulan Mengambang comedy

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Lost In Time drama

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Maine Pyar Kiya Family

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Marry A Rich Man comedy

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How To Train Your Dragon 2 animation

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Maleficent family

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A Million Ways To Die In The West comedy

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Pacific Rim action

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The Other Woman comedy

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ParaNorman animation

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Transformers: Age Of Extinction action The Trip To Italy drama X-Men: Days Of Future Past action

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Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides action

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Maybe This Time romance

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Red action

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Mr. Perfect drama

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Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes action

Naan Sigappu Manithan romance

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No Tears For The Dead action

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Ruby Sparks drama ●

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Oh! Father drama

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Step Up Revolution drama

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Psiko: Pencuri Hati thriller

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Hollywood Favourites Battleship action

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Taken 2 action

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The Bourne Ultimatum action

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Refrain drama

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Tower Heist action

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Broken drama

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Sejoli: Misi Cantas Cinta drama

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Wall Street drama

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Corpse Bride animation

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Talentime drama

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We Bought A Zoo family

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Dear John drama

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That Demon Within action

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The Wedding Singer drama

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Disconnect drama

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Vaanam action

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We’re The Millers comedy

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Dredd action

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Villa 69 drama

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What Maisie Knew drama

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The Expendables 2 action

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Youngistaan dramA

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X-Men: First Class action

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Finding Nemo animation

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Finding Neverland Biography

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Gravity Sci-Fi

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Hercules animation

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The Holiday comedy

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It’s Complicated comedy

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Jack The Giant Slayer Adventure

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The Kings Of Summer comedy

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Kon-Tiki Adventure

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The Lady Biography

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The Lone Ranger action

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Looper action

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Cine Club Un Boss In Salotto Boss In The Kitchen comedy

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Fiston The Date Coach comedy

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Ocho Apellidos Vascos Spanish Affair comedy

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Tom A La Ferme Tom At The Farm drama

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Lagerfeuer West drama

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*Hollywood latest is only available on long and mid-haul flights

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quick guides

The Big Bang Theory

TV Our comedy, drama, lifestyle and sport TV shows are also available for all passengers. See pages 113 to 118 for full listings

b738 video

portable media player

See which movies and TV are available on selected B738 leased aircraft

The individual media player with high resolution 8” screen is available to all passengers in Business Class on our B738-800 leased aircraft

Synopses for these movies begin on page 103; tv programmes on page 1

Synopses for these movies begin on page 103; tv programmes on page 113

From Malaysia

movies

tv

Hollywood Favourites / International

Latest Movies

Sport

Horseplay ca, c+, e+

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes E, F, G, I

Naan Sigappu Manithan T, e+

Edge Of Tomorrow E, F, J, K, C+

Youngistaan H, e+

The Fault In Our Stars E, F, i, g

Television Gone Too Soon E

Gravity E, F, I, ES, A+

Formula One 2014 – British Grand Prix E

Jack The Giant Slayer e, f, i, K, A+

to Malaysia Hollywood Favourites / International

How to access On-Demand features via Video (VID) mode • P ress the MODE button on the handset until VIDEO appears on the handset screen

Mrs. Doubtfire e, C+ Television Nerve Centre – Grand Central Terminal E Biography – Gun N’ Roses E

Mrs. Doubtfire E Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes E, F, g, j Ruby Sparks E, k, J, a+

Malay Sejoli: Misi Cantas Cinta ML Japanese Oh! Father J, c+, E+

Korean Mr. Perfect K, E+ No Tears For The Dead K, c+, E+

•U se the CHANNEL UP/DOWN button to select your programme

Chinese Horseplay CA, M, C+, E+

• P ress STOP twice, then START to go to the beginning of the programme • Y ou may control your viewing by pressing FORWARD, REWIND, PAUSE or STOP

Movies Library

Lifestyle Cake Boss, How Do I Look?, Man Up, Paul Hollywood’s Bread E

Business The Edge E

Soundstage The Beach Boys Live In Concert E

Travel Fun Taiwan, Taste Off E

Science & Technology Building The World Cup, Nerve Centre E

History Digging For The Truth E

Malay Kuali Terbalik mL

That Demon Within CA, M, E+

Hindi

Arabic Central Asia, Duos A

Dhoom 3 H, E+

Languages

Youngistaan h, E+

Indonesian Refrain in, E+ E english e+ english subtitles A Arabic

All Movies and TV programmes are available with this handset

Bundesliga Season Highlights #2, Formula One 2014 E

A+ Arabic subtitles C+ chinese subtitles ca cantonese es spanish F french g german h hindi in indonesian i italian J japanese K korean M mandarin ML malay T Tamil

Tamil Naan Sigappu Manithan t, E+

Chinese Behind The Dialect Groups m

Japanese The Before And After j

Hindi Travelling Diva E

Tamil

tv

Paarambariya Samayal t

Comedy The Big Bang Theory, It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia E

Drama Believe, The Lying Game E

Extras Your portable media player also gives you access to CDs (see pages 119-124) and games (see page 125)

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INstructions

handsets First & Business Class B777

擁有個人屏幕的乘客請參照以下圖像和說明來使用您的遙控器 個人スクリーンをお持ちのお客様はお手元のハンドセットを下の画像と合わせてから続けてお読みください

Economy Class & Inseat Video

1

All passengers B737-800 & A333

Economy Class A380

First & Business Class A380

12

1

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10 14

11

8

2

3

4

5

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5 4

5

6

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6

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On reverse

1. Control Paddle*

1. 控制板*

1. 上下左右ボタン*

2. Window Display

2. 顯示視窗

2. ウィンドウ表示

3. Mode

3. 模式

3. モード

4. Reading Light ON/OFF

4. 閱讀燈 ON/OFF

4. 読書用ライトON/OFF

5. Channel UP/DOWN

5. 頻道 UP/DOWN

5. チャンネルUP/DOWN

6. Volume UP/Down

6. 音量 UP/DOWN

6. 音声ボリュームUP/DOWN

7. Brightness UP/DOWN

7. 亮度 UP/DOWN

7. 明るさUP/DOWN

8. Button Disabled

8. 呼叫乘務員/取消

8. 乗務員呼び出し/取消

9. Select/Start*

9. 選擇/開始*

9. 選択/スタート*

10. Enter*

10. 確認*

10. 入力*

11. Game Controls*

11. 遊戲控制*

11. ゲームコントロール*

12. Audio/Video Controls - To Rewind, Play/Pause, Forward and Stop for Audio/Video.

12.

12.

13. Back button - To go to previous screen.

13.

14. Screen ON/OFF button - To switch the Interactive screen ON/OFF.

14.

13.

14.

15. Home button - Shortcut to go to Main Menu.

15.

16.

16. QWERTY keyboard - B738 / A333 17. Magnetic card reader

15.

17.

16.

* Not on the Inseat System 17.

Your system

Control at your fingertips

指尖操控

手軽な操作

For all passengers with the AVOD system. See page 98 to find out which system you’re using.

適用於使用影音點播系統的乘客。請查 閱第 98頁瞭解您所適用的系統。

AVODシステム搭載機種の全てのお客様向け。お 客様のご利用可能なシステムの確認は98

Welcome

請在“歡迎”頁面選擇您的語言-英語或 馬來語

From the Welcome screen, select your language –English or Bahasa Malaysia.

Main menu Press Select/Start or Enter to choose from the main menu.

歡迎

ページ目をご覧ください。 ようこそ 「ようこそ」の画面スクリーンからお客様のご利用 になる言語－英語或いはバハサ・マレ

主菜單

ーシア（マレーシア公用語）をお選びください。

點擊“選擇/開始”鍵或“確認”鍵在功能表 上進行選擇

メインメニュー メインメニューから「選択／スタート」か「入力」ボ タンを押してください。

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instructions

Your system

Accessing your handset

Accessing your screen in Golden Club Class

Laptop power point

1.

Press to release the handset

2.

Press to stow the handset

Your personal TV screen and handset are stowed in the armrest of your seat. Push OPEN to lift the cover of the armrest and lift the latch to release the screen. Rotate the screen and adjust it to the angle you desire.

A power point is available on all seats in First and Golden Club class. Please ask a member of the cabin crew if you wish to borrow a suitable power adaptor.

3. Reset button –for use if the cord is over-extended.

手提電腦電源插座

取得手持控制器 1. 按下以釋放手持控制器

取得金色俱樂部艙位顯示幕

2. 按下以放回手持控制器

您的個人電視顯示幕和控制器位於座椅扶手上。按「OPEN」鍵 開啟扶手上蓋，取出顯示幕。將顯示幕旋轉到您需要的角度。

3. 復位鍵-若連接線拉出過長，可按壓此鍵使其復位

頭等艙和金色俱樂部艙位配備有電源插座。如需要插座轉換器， 請向客艙服務員索取。 馬來西亞航空公司對於任何因使用插座轉換器造成的任何損傷、 損失或損壞不負責任。插座轉換器數量有限，本著先到先得的原 則，借完為止。 ノートパソコン用電源コンセント

リモコンの使用法 1. リモコンを取り出すには本体全体を押してください。

ゴールデンクラブクラスの画面スクリ ーンの使用法

2. リモコンを収納するには本体全 体を押して入れてくださ い。

お客様専用の画面スクリーンはお 座席のひじ掛に収納されてい ます。 「OPEN」を押して、ひじ掛けのカバーを開けて、画面ス クリーンを引き出し てください。お客様のご覧になる位置へ画面 スクリーンを回転させ、角度を調節してください。

3. コードが長すぎる場合はリセットボタンを押してください。

Malaysia Airlines shall not be liable for any kind of injury, loss or damage arising from the use of adaptors. Adaptors are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to availability.

電源コンセントはファーストクラス及びゴールデンクラブクラスの全席で ご利用いただけます。コンセントのアダプターが必要な場合は乗務員まで お申し付けください。 但し、マレーシア航空はこのアダプターの使用により生じた、いかなる 傷害、損失或いは損害に対しても責任を負わないものとさせていただ きます。また、アダプターの貸出は先着順で、対応可能機種のみご利用 いただけます。

Your touch screen B738/A333 Simply touch your chosen item to make a selection. Only available to passengers with this handset:

Welcome to your inflight entertainment!

Simply touch or select the Start button to get started.

A

B

C

D

A – Back Displays the previous screen.

B – Home Displays the Main Menu screen.

The footer Quick links to the most useful screens.

C – Tools Launches the Tools Menu pop-up.

D – Help Launches the Help Menu pop-up.

E – QuickNav Launches the QuickNav Menu pop-up.

F – Flight information Displays flight-related information.

E

F

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POSTCARD

complex

architecture

Taiwanese dessert shop in Japan gets weaved in wooden lattice Text Julie Goh Photos Kengo Kuma & Associates

When Taiwan’s SunnyHills, maker of the island’s popular honest-to-goodness pineapple cakes, asked Kengo Kuma to build its shop in the posh neighbourhood of Minami-Aoyama in Tokyo, the acclaimed Japanese architect decided against creating a concrete box. Instead, he came up with a systematic construction that’s reminiscent of a bamboo basket. Using a traditional Japanese building technique called JiigokuGumi, vertical and cross pieces of wood of the same width are entwined in each other to form a muntin grid, furnishing the effect of a building wrapped in wood. “As the building is located in the middle of the residential area of Aoyama, we wanted to give some soft and subtle atmosphere to it,” said the Japanese architect. “We expect that the street and the architecture could be in good chemistry.” Jiigoku-Gumi, an ancient craft passed down among woodworkers and artisans, is a complex technique used largely in the wooden frames of shoji screens. 