In a Pickle
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Laos |
Often overlooked as a simple piece of garnish (as used in our Long Satay and our Honey Roasted Pigeon dishes), pickled vegetables offer a fresh crunchy, salty and sour taste that is great to open a meal with, especially with a pre-dinner chilled glass of Sherry .
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Using firm fresh vegetables e...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/14/2010 2:01:00 AM
Discovered @ laocook.com |
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Foreign Minister meets US Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister
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Laos |
(KPL) US Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kurt Campbell, on 11 March, paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Vientiane.
Mr. Thongloun Sisoulith warmly welcomed the visit of Mr. Kurt Campbell and described it an important c...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/14/2010 2:01:00 AM
Discovered @ laovoices.com |
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Red Shirts on Highway to Bangkok
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Thailand |
Supporters of former Premier Thaksin Shinawatra gather on a highway in Bangkok March 13, 2010. Anti-government protesters headed for Bangkok from the countryside on Saturday for what they are calling a "million-man march," aiming to paralyse the capital and topple a government they say is a front ...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/14/2010 12:01:00 AM
Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com |
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Almost German: The Wild Wild East gets westernized, again
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Vietnam |
"Schnell! Schnell! Das Amerikaner ist so farking slow und stupid!" And so went my application for a residence and work permit these past few months. Happily it was granted and the ritual head shaving and uniform issuance will commence next week. Here's how the process works: To get a permit you need...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/13/2010 10:01:00 PM
Discovered @ wildwildeastdailies.blogspot.com |
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Don’t Take My Stuff
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Laos |
This is a translated article from Koosang Koosom Magazine, written by Maenompeth in Thai Language, translated by Nye.
My boyfriend is a musician, he works at a nightclub (refer to as Coffee shop in Thai language) of a Four Star hotel. His gig is to play the piano, sing and turn on a computer kara...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/13/2010 6:01:00 PM
Discovered @ nyenoona.wordpress.com |
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The Red Guard - Defender of the People
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Thailand |
A total of 5,000 red guards are believed to be deployed at the rally site in Bangkok and at 30 other locations in the area. This includes 200 mobile units on motorcycle. They will be providing protection to the red shirts at the rally and also intercepting anyone trying to make trouble. The red sh...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/13/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ thai-blogs.com/ |
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cloud # 3
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China |
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } cloud # 3, originally uploaded by china.sixty4. electricity substation - Gaoqiaophoto: mhobbs...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/13/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ sixty4-middle-kingdom.blogspot.com |
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Asian Correspondent
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Vietnam |
The editor at the Asian Correspondent recently got in touch asking if I could write a city guide for Saigon. Here it is...Ho Chi Minh City - Guide Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest metropolis, is still affectionately known as Saigon by its native southern citizens. Historically the term Saigon re...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/13/2010 2:01:00 PM
Discovered @ itsthefinalword.blogspot.com/ |
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Gerald Celente on the Lehman Brothers – RT
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Vietnam |
Gerald Celente on RT giving his views of Wall Street and Ledman’s hiding billions of dollars before the financial crisis:
Related posts:Gerald Celente Predicts Economic Armageddon by 2012 President Obama announced that the world has avoided economic disaster. ...
Top Gear Vietnam Special A ...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/13/2010 6:01:00 AM
Discovered @ saigonnezumi.com |
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Turkish dance by HIBS Vietnamese Students
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Vietnam |
Rumors, rumors, rumors. Amazing how they fly around so fast. I have not updated much since I received my new Nokia N900 from the US. I have actually been spending some time at the Horizon International Bilingual School (HIBS) run by my Turkish friends in An Phu (District 2). Yesterday I attended...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 10:01:00 PM
Discovered @ saigonnezumi.com |
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My family obligations
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Malaysia |
When I started raising funds for my healthcare in December 2005, many people from the public questioned my authenticity and where the donated monies were going to. They called me with all sorts of names. I have been emotionally affected and became guilt ridden until today. But they were wrong about...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 8:01:00 PM
Discovered @ yvonnefoong.com |
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Where I Call Home
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Laos |
I live in the foothill of North Carolina, and jobs are scarce in our area, to read about more jobs moving on a Friday morning is kind of depressing.
But that’s not to say that we don’t have anything positive to say about here. Scott has a new photo assignment that I hope many of you [....more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 6:01:00 PM
Discovered @ nyenoona.wordpress.com |
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State President receives Vietnamese delegation
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Laos |
(KPL) Mr. Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao PDR received in Vientiane on Friday a courtesy visit of the Vietnamese Presidential Office’s high ranking delegation led by its head Nguyen Van Chien.
The Vietnamese delegation arrived here on 9 March for a three day working visit to Laos as a...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 6:01:00 PM
Discovered @ laovoices.com |
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Red Shirts Start to Rally in Bangkok
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Thailand |
Supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra take part in a rally at Victory Monument in Bangkok on March 12, 2010. Tens of thousands of supporters of Shinawatra began to mass in their trademark red shirts ahead of weekend protests in Bangkok aimed at toppling the government. (Getty Image...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com |
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Red Shirts Rally in Samut Prakan
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Thailand |
The mass red shirt rallies organized to topple the Thai government have now started. Today, red shirts from provinces surrounding Bangkok took part in mini rallies in their local areas. Tomorrow, they will march into Bangkok to be joined by countless thousands of red shirts from every region of Th...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ thai-blogs.com/ |
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terminal
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Japan |
Question:What do John Travolta's house and Ibaraki's new international airport have in common?Answer:They've both got one plane parked up outside.Ibaraki Airport, currently operating one flight a day.Wait a minute, Travolta appears to be operating TWICE as many planes!Japan's 98th airport, which cos...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com |
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Over the Hills and Through the Fields
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Thailand |
Fish for sale in a Chiang Mai market
Readers, we are en route to rural areas. I expect to be far from Internet range for a couple of weeks, which means a brief hiatus in posting. But rest assured, I will return with stories to tell (assuming nothing goes explosively wrong). Meanwhile, don’t f...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ ramblingspoon.com |
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Barry Wain's book still held up after 3 months
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Malaysia |
Australian journalist Barry Wain's book Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times, has been held up by the authorities in Malaysia for more than three months already without being declared banned. What is wrong with the censors ? Can' t understand English ?...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 12:01:00 PM
Discovered @ jameswongwingon-online.blogspot.com |
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Ketsana victims in Attapeu still waiting for aid
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Laos |
Some victims of tropical storm Ketsana in the southern province of Attapeu appear to have been neglected by aid efforts and are now facing chronic food shortages.
The storm hit the three provinces of Xekong, Attapeu and Saravan late last year, displacing many families and wreaking havoc on agricult...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 10:01:00 AM
Discovered @ laovoices.com |
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Record Lows for Mekong River
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Thailand |
A fisherman works on his fish farm on a partially dry reservoir on the Mekong River during a drought affecting the Thai-Lao border area of Wiang Kaen district, Chiang Rai province, north of Bangkok March 11, 2010. Severe drought has hit Southeast Asian countries, parching the region's major river,...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 8:01:00 AM
Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com |
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Concrete Wabi Sabi: Virgin tetrapods
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Japan |
I like this photo because without any scale referance one could be looking at something architectural, a stadium maybe.But in fact its just a line of new tetrapods waiting to go in place to "protect" the riverbank.New concrete can have an aesthetic quality, in my opinion.There are tetrapod productio...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 8:01:00 AM
Discovered @ ojisanjake.blogspot.com |
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+ Music: Gil Scott-Heron - New York is killing me
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Vietnam |
It's a new good track...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 6:01:00 AM
Discovered @ forbiddencities.blogspot.com |
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Do Pedestrians Have the Right of Way?
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Philippines |
As I have written many times, traffic is at times brutal here in the Philippines. With the drivers passing in oncoming lanes and motorcycles waving in and out of traffic and even driving on shoulders and sidewalks it is a dangerous place to be a pedestrian.
At times, I am surprised that there are so...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 12:01:00 AM
Discovered @ americanindavao.com |
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And the Winner of Wang Gang's 'English' is...
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China |
...Hans Stam!
Congratulations Hans and thanks to all of you who participated. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of submissions that came in and I hope to hold another contest next month, so stay tuned.
For the majority of you who won't be getting a free copy of Wang Gang's English in t...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/12/2010 12:01:00 AM
Discovered @ farwestchina.com |
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Map of Danger Areas during Red Shirt Rally 2010
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Thailand |
Anti-government rallies are being planned by the red shirts in Bangkok from 12th-14th March 2010. They are hoping for a million protesters though the final figure is expected to be less than half that. However, it is still a sizeable protest and precautions should be made by both residents and tou...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ thai-blogs.com/ |
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Traffic Report
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China |
Guess which day I posted the Star F*cks picture.Leave Comment...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ liuzhou.blog-city.com |
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Floor cleaner that solved our problem
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Malaysia |
The ground floor of my house is paved with marble tiles. It used to feel dirty again as soon as it was mopped. Our family had always been on a low income so Mom resorted to buying cleaning detergents off the shelf believing that they cost less. Despite mopping the floor everyday, it still felt [...]...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 12:01:00 PM
Discovered @ yvonnefoong.com |
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meet the face of determination – rahman mansor
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Malaysia |
Just thought I’d write a bit about my fellow Original BootCamp Malaysia recruit, RJ Rahman Mansor.
Though RJ is a fellow Petaling Jaya recruit, we’d never properly met because he is in PJ Alpha, the 5.45am session. Well at times the number of recruits are just too many that you don̵...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 12:01:00 PM
Discovered @ suanie.net |
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Science and technology officials upgrade knowledge on biotechnology safety
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Laos |
(KPL) Sixty-eight representatives of Science and Technology services across the country attended a workshop on biotechnology safety, held in Vientiane province on March 3.
Held by the National Science and Technology Organisation, the workshop was supported by the United Nations Environment Programm...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 10:01:00 AM
Discovered @ laovoices.com |
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Bangkok invokes Tough Security Law
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Thailand |
A Thai policeman stands guard outside Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's house in Bangkok March 10, 2010. The Thai government has invoked a tough security law, the Internal Security Act, giving the armed forces broad powers to control an upcoming rally by supporters of former Prime Minister T...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 8:01:00 AM
Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com |
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Japan from the air.
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Japan |
Flying back into Japan on Wednesday I was able to get a few decent shots. This first one is somewhere in north Kyushu.Kyushu has a lot of active volcanoes, and I've studied maps to try and find which one this is, but couldn't be sure. If anyone knows, please let me know.Kochi City on the south coast...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 8:01:00 AM
Discovered @ ojisanjake.blogspot.com |
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Aussie soldiers up to no good
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East Timor |
This comes from a La’o Hamutuk press release. La’o Hamutuk is a non-governmental organization that is a reliable source of information in Timor-Leste.
La’o Hamutuk calls on the military and civilian commanders of Australian and other foreign soldiers in Timor-Leste to direct their soldiers to avoid ...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 8:01:00 AM
Discovered @ whatismatt.com |
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Wanderlust
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Malaysia |
If there’s one local company that has made arguably the biggest impact in our lives, its AirAsia (as much as some Malaysians refuse to admit it).
For me personally, AirAsia has enabled me to live out the one dream i first thought damn near impossible - travelling outside my small little cocoon...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 4:01:00 AM
Discovered @ simontalks.com |
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Pic of the Week: The Tajik People
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China |
Tajik Trio
The Tajik people are one of the 56 official ethnic groups in China that primarily reside in Xinjiang. They have their own Autonomous County that borders Tajikistan near Kashgar and their nomadic population of 41,000 is majority Muslim. From the photographer 62lofu:These are et...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/11/2010 12:01:00 AM
Discovered @ farwestchina.com |
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On Call 24/7
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South Korea |
Sometimes I feel as if my job as an English teacher is a 24 hour job. It's not a job that I can leave in the office, though I'm not doing the work I'm technically being paid for. Of course, living with my Korean boyfriend, I'm always helping him with his English. I don't mind this at all, because it...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/10/2010 8:01:00 PM
Discovered @ smileyjkl.blogspot.com |
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Thai university presents honorary doctorate to Lao PM
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Laos |
Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh was yesterday awarded an honorary Doctor of Philosophy in technology management from Thailand’s Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University (SSRU).
The ceremony took place in the conference hall of the Prime Minister’s Office in Vientiane.
It was attended by seni...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/10/2010 6:01:00 PM
Discovered @ laovoices.com |
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Checkpoints Set Up Around Bangkok
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Thailand |
Thai policemen inspect identity cards at a checkpoint in outskirts of Bangkok. The Thai government has invoked a tough security law, the Internal Security Act, giving the armed forces broad powers to control an upcoming rally by supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra if necessary. ...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/10/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com |
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Tokyo Disneyland, Three Years Later
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Japan |
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Almost three years ago, I went to Tokyo Disneyland, and it rained. “Oh well, one day I’ll get to enjoy Disneyland in the sun!” I thought to myself. This time around looked promising. No rain in the morning, and no rain on the commute. So, did it ra...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/10/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ japanisdoomed.com |
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Baking Bread, Making a Living
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Thailand |
7 January Bread Co., 1998
It was 1998 when Jerry first visited the 7 January Bread Co., named for the day the Vietnamese invaded Phnom Penh and ousted the Khmer Rouge. The factory is tucked in a big building, blackened with the soot of continuous fire. Young men hustled through the blazing heat of ...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/10/2010 4:01:00 PM
Discovered @ ramblingspoon.com |
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How to be a mobile foreign correspondent
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Vietnam |
I've been doing a lot of training for the BBC College of Journalism of late. I took the opportunity to blog a little bit of the background on doing the photojournalism story from Rubona, in eastern Rwanda the other week. If you're interested in how to be a mobile foreign correspondent with minimal (...more info>>>
Discovered on 3/10/2010 2:01:00 PM
Discovered @ noodlepie.typepad.com |
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