DIARY: Kiehnau gears up for own personal clearance sale

Jonathan Kiehnau is looking to lose excess baggage as he says his farewells to Asia. After almost two tumultuous years here as the managing director of Emphasis Custom Media, which Time recently sold to Publicitas Promotion Network, Kiehnau has decided to quit these shores and return to his native America. But moving back is proving tougher than he expected. So tough that he has sent out an urgent email to all and sundry. He reveals that he wants to return to the US "lightly", but that he cannot because his flat "is crammed with too much stuff". The solution: a good, old fashioned garage sale. And the list of seemingly endless items range from an audio/video entertainment system with a HKdollars 40,000 price tag to hundreds of Western pop, rock, folk and classical music CDs going for dollars 20 apiece. Other items include Indonesian and Chinese antique furniture, glassware for entertaining up to 24 people, a mountain bike, golf clubs, rugs, a sleeping bag, winter clothes, rain coats - even holiday decorations, electrical plugs, adapters, fittings, a computer case and wooden airplanes. And there's much more. "Much, much more. You gotta see it to believe it! All priced to go," the message ends. It looks like it's going to be a long couple of weeks for Kiehnau before the plane ride home, what with the parties and the sale.

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