Training your mind to be happy, meaning of Chinese ‘red thread’: 7 Lifestyle highlights
From a look at Louis Koo’s career to a San Francisco restaurant’s Hong Kong roots, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting
1. Can you train your mind to be happy? Yes, experts say. Here’s how
Happiness can be elusive. When you get what you expect will bring happiness – a cool new job, a flashy car, the date you always wanted – for a time, you feel great. But that feeling subsides, and you start to feel that, really, you had it wrong, and you need that other thing you wanted to be happy.
2. How Charmaine Sheh went from Miss Hong Kong runner-up to the queen of TV
In the relentless machine that is Hong Kong’s entertainment industry, few television stars have shown the tenacity and dedication of Charmaine Sheh Sze-man. During her peak of productivity, she was easily one of the most prolific actresses working at Hong Kong broadcaster TVB. She once shot six drama series – 120 episodes of TV – in one year, routinely working at least 18 hours per day. She also claimed to have taken only nine days off in a three-year period.
3. The Hong Kong roots behind one of San Francisco’s hottest new restaurants
Even before its official launch on August 8, The Happy Crane in San Francisco was touted by local media as the city’s biggest restaurant opening of the year. Expectations are high, but chef-owner James Yeun Leong Parry is grateful for the support.