1077th : Dumplings and Knife-Cut Noodles and other stories

1077th : Dumplings and Knife-Cut Noodles
South Korea	...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 22:01:00 Discovered @ seouldailyphoto.com
Co La – Dau Cham Hoi
Vietnam	Like the Chinese Twelve Girls Band, Co La is a group made up of seven beautiful Vietnamese ladies who were academically trained in traditional instruments including the bamboo flute, zither, pipa and monochord. On its debut, Dau Cham Hoi, the band brings old instruments as well as modern electronic...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 22:01:00 Discovered @ Visualgui.com
Building a sustainable business
Malaysia	I received my first monthly bonus statement from Amway! It's just RM20.46. This bonus was earned not by selling products to others, but from my own family purchases. We bought Nutrilite and Artistry products. This month, I hope to do better as people order mooncakes from me. By becoming an Amway ...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 20:01:00 Discovered @ yvonnefoong.com
Exporting the Korean Alphabet (Hangeul) to Indonesia
South Korea	One of the bigger news stories from last month was the announcement that an Indonesian tribe, the Cia-Cia from the area around Bau-Bau on Buton Island, will adopt the Korean alphabet (Hangeul) as its official writing system. This decision, undertaken after consultation with the Hunminjeongeum Resea...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 20:01:00 Discovered @ samedi.livejournal.com
The Host 2
South Korea	...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 20:01:00 Discovered @ mybleedingnose.blogspot.com
Lao Swan Dance Troupe at LHF Celebration
Laos	The performance of Well Wishing Dance by the Lao Swan Dance Troupe and LAWA at the Lao Heritage Foundation’s 5th Year Anniversary on September 19, 2009, in Virginia. ...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ laovoices.com
Please sign The Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge
Cambodia	I found a great new blog by a godless liberal (from which the below pledge is taken):Print the pledge and ask all your teabagger/libertarian friends and family to sign it! The Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge I, ________________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles o...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ kampucheacrossings.blogspot.com
How to make coconut (and watermelon!) wine
Cambodia	I just found this! I like wine. By the way, I have no idea what Sauterne wine yeast is and if anyone can buy some as well as acid blend and Campden tablet, please let me know where from. Better yet, if you succeed in making this, please send me a bottle. Heck I'll settle for a glass :) I believe in ...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ cambodiacalling.blogspot.com
Sumo – The September Tournament @ Kokugikan
Japan	I got a message the other day from my friend and ex-Sheffield senior Joseph Tame asking me if I’d be interested in going to watch one day’s worth of the sumo tournament, which is held in the Kokugikan, an indoor arena in the Ryogoku area of Tokyo. As I’d never, in my 15 months wort...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 16:01:00 Discovered @ japanisdoomed.com
Ainu-design bags
Japan	These bags were designed and made by my good wife Yoko. She is a dab hand with a needle, and makes a lot of clothes, curtains etc.A few years ago she took some classes on Ainu embroidery from a couple of Ainu sisters, Machiko Kato & Sanae Ogawa. The Ainu now live mostly on Hokkaido, and are descende...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 16:01:00 Discovered @ ojisanjake.blogspot.com
Remembering Escaping Vietnam, One Child's Account
Vietnam	Julie DinhJulie Dinh's father was a South Vietnamese soldier who fought alongside the Americans during the Vietnam War. When the war ended he was imprisoned and abused by the Viet Cong for five years. Here Julie describes what happened when her father was released from prison.Dinh: My father was ver...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 14:01:00 Discovered @ chao-vietnam.blogspot.com
Singaporean rediscovery of value of Mandarin
Malaysia	Many Singaporeans have begun to love the Chinese language again as the language, once looked down as peasants' mumbo-jumbo, has now assumed global importance in many vital fields of human endeavours.Chinese mastering English with right mindset ...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ jameswongwingon-online.blogspot.com
Apartment Living magazine
East Timor	Anyone in Thailand ever heard of it? Anyone ever written for it? It’s published by Asian Integrated. Jesda Niramitvijit is the editor in chief. They also publish Education Living. I’m told they used one of my articles this year — something about live cell therapy, perhaps in May or...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 08:01:00 Discovered @ whatismatt.com
Chinese mastering English with right mindset
Malaysia	While more and more Westerners are learning Chinese, many people in China are also increasingly keen to master other major languages of the world, like English. To be sure, mistakes and errors are made but there is a quite positive mindset or attitude to make corrections. The first government-sponso...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 04:01:00 Discovered @ jameswongwingon-online.blogspot.com
An Ecological Table
South Korea	Finding delicious food in Seoul is never a problem.  Finding delicious, organic food can be a challenge worthy of Hercules. Eco?? sets the standard high, though, with a twist on the standards that not only makes them tasty, but environmentally friendly and healthy.  While the menu tends towards the...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 04:01:00 Discovered @ fatmanseoul.com
Beer Lao Calendar Girls 2003
Laos	Beautiful Lao girls in colorful Lao silk posing for Beer Lao Calendar 2003. ...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 02:01:00 Discovered @ laovoices.com
My New Venture
Philippines	If you have been a visitor here for a while, I expect you have read my past profession was Architectural Drafting and Project Management. I have even had some construction management projects here and have started to help some foreigners design and build their own homes. In America, an architectural...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ americanindavao.com
bear beware
Japan	If you go down to the bus terminal today,You're sure of a big surprise.If you go down to the bus terminal today,You'd better go in disguise.For every bear that ever there wasWill not gather there for certain becauseToday's the day a bear will be gunned down in a souvenir shop.See it gaily gad about,...more info>>> Discovered on 21/09/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com