That mint-condition Optimus Prime gathering dust in your basement? It sold for $12,000. The He-Man figure you begged your parents for in 1985? Now worth up to $2,000 in original packaging. Gen X ...

My first breakfast in Singapore, when I moved there many years ago, was sticky, chartreuse jam slathered over thin crisps of toasted brown bread, served with barely cooked eggs and a small cup of ...