Insightful reports on Southeast Asian Islamism and other stories

Insightful reports on Southeast Asian Islamism
Malaysia	The Foreign Affairs (Nov/Dec 2009) article The Forgotten Front by US GOP Senator Christopher S. Bond and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lewis M. Simon does offer some very insightful perspectives and also useful observations on Islamist terrorism and insurgency in Southeast Asia. The more detaile...more info>>> Discovered on 07/03/2010 20:01:00 Discovered @ jameswongwingon-online.blogspot.com
The Exhibition, Torn From Home: My Life as a Refugee
Laos	I finally had a chance to visit the exhibition, Torn From Home: My Life as a Refugee yesterday with my sisters.  The first part of this video is about my family, and the photos of the people that we knew at Nong Kai Refugee camp, some went to Canada, France and the United States.  Then [...]...more info>>> Discovered on 07/03/2010 18:01:00 Discovered @ nyenoona.wordpress.com
Bird Singing Contest in Yala 2010
Thailand	Thai Muslim villagers look at birds in cages during in a bird-singing contest in Yala province, about 1,100 km (683 miles) south of Bangkok March 7, 2010. About 6,000 birds took part in the competition. (Reuters) Thai Muslim villagers look at birds in cages during in a bird-singing contest...more info>>> Discovered on 07/03/2010 16:01:00 Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com
playgrounds of the world
Japan	As it's International Playground Month for the third time in five years, let's take a quiet moment to pay tribute to some of the world's finest grounds of play enjoyed by the little people of this big planet....Boston, USALots of colour; excellent safety mats; and a funny looking plastic man with po...more info>>> Discovered on 07/03/2010 16:01:00 Discovered @ anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com
SCAD Kittens Part 2
Thailand	After checking the website everyday for the updates on them I’m glad to have found this after two long tiring days in Chanthaburi. The photos of the babies as well as the mother are up on the SCAD website The mother has been named Chaiya (we kept calling her the phoo-ying because she was alway...more info>>> Discovered on 07/03/2010 16:01:00 Discovered @ gnarlykitty.org
a random encounter
Malaysia	Me: Hello. Him: Hi I’m Ah Ron. Me: Har? Him: Ah Ron. Ahhhhh Ron. Me: How do you spell your name ar? Him: A-A-R-O-N. Me: Oh Ayyy-ren is it… Him: Yah.. Aaaa Ronnn. Later when I told Sotong about it, she commented, “Damn fail lah. Even Chinese ahbeng must know who Aaron Kwok is, and A...more info>>> Discovered on 07/03/2010 12:01:00 Discovered @ suanie.net
The seven bridges of Daiwa.
Japan	Daiwa Town is a collection of villages along the middle reaches of the Gonokawa River. With the recent spate of consolidations it is now considered part of Misato-cho.It's a pretty area, and other than a couple of onsens there are no tourist attractions. We go up there sometimes to visit a potter fr...more info>>> Discovered on 07/03/2010 08:01:00 Discovered @ ojisanjake.blogspot.com
Honoring the Women Who Feed Us
Thailand	Sokheng is 16. She grew up in Prey Veng province but left home to work in a bread factory, cooking meals for 20 or 30 sweaty, hungry young men who make the little baguettes sold everywhere on Phnom Penh’s streets. She tends the charcoal fires in a dark nook beside the blazing ovens that inspi...more info>>> Discovered on 07/03/2010 08:01:00 Discovered @ ramblingspoon.com