Mango and Sticky Rice - Ma Mooang Khao Niaow and other stories

Mango and Sticky Rice - Ma Mooang Khao Niaow
Thailand	Where I work, like everywhere in Thailand, there's always food. Someone is always bringing me food, putting food in the kitchen for everyone to eat, or making food. On Friday, it was mango and sticky rice (my absolutely favorite Thai dessert!). One of my friends at work, Poompim, who knows......more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 AM Discovered @ britinbangkok.typepad.com
Sunday Carvery At The Meguro Tavern
Japan	Yesterday i had the pleasure, and i really mean it was a pleasure, to go to the Meguro Tavern in of all places …. Meguro, and partake in the all you can eat carvery. The system is simple, it’s served between 12 and 1 and lasts until it’s gone, which is usually between 2 and 3 [...]...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 6:01:00 PM Discovered @ neilduckett.com
Another Round of Working Weekend Music
Laos	I’ve been doing a little bit spring cleaning of my Lao websites for a few months now. Having a good music to give me that surge of energy is a must. Here are a few examples of yet another weekend working music to drive my neighbors crazy. Poker Face by Lady Gaga Just Dance by Lady Gaga Take...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 6:01:00 PM Discovered @ saodarly.com
Bung Sa Goun in Remembrance of Our Passed Loved Ones at the Temple
Laos	Sunday I attended a Buddhist ceremony at one of the temples in Charlotte, NC, quiet a bit drive from our house.  This ceremony is called Bung Sa Goun, which is a memorial service ceremony in remembrance of the passed loved one and in this ceremony, two families held the ceremony together, one famil...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 6:01:00 PM Discovered @ nyenoona.wordpress.com
China is the electronic wasteland
Laos	What is the consequence of living a lifestyle of “out with the old, in with the new”? According to a special coverage of 60 Minute - Following The Trail Of Toxic E-Waste, we are generating a great deal of electronic garbage called “e-waste” annually. For example, in the Unite...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 6:01:00 PM Discovered @ laovoices.com
Paying the electricity bill
Cambodia	This morning we walked to the Electricite du Cambodge, or the Cambodian Electricity Department to pay our monthly bill. The deadline was yesterday (24th of the month) but you get a couple of days grace before the department cuts you off—at least, this was the case in Phnom Penh, when it happened to ...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 6:01:00 PM Discovered @ cambodiacalling.blogspot.com
Yangon [Rangon] : Melting Pot et Pot Pourri
Cambodia	En tant qu'employée de la coopération allemande GTZ, dans un projet pour les droits humains, la junte militaire ne voulait pas vraiment de moi au Myanmar... Mais après quelques manipulations et allers-retours entre GTZ et l'ambassade du Myanmar qui m'ont généré pas mal de [...]...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 6:01:00 PM Discovered @ carpediemilia.over-blog.com
Busy with construction of trilingual facebook
Malaysia	I have not been been updating Clare Street for a while now because I am busy building up a community in my facebook which is tri-lingual.Keeping in touch more casually via Facebook ...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 PM Discovered @ jameswongwingon-online.blogspot.com
have you filed your taxes yet?
Malaysia	I did it last week, and it was a surprisingly simple and fast process. This being my first year filing taxes/ declaring my income, I had apprehensions and doubts regarding certain rules, regulations and terminology. I’d never bothered about taxes before, because I was not earning enough to be...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 PM Discovered @ suanie.net
Review: Pasta Zanmai @ 1 Utama Shopping Centre
Malaysia	**Pork Free**Enough of fish for the time being, let's move on to some other things...Each time we asked boiboi what he would like to eat for lunch/dinner... his standard reply would be pizza or lasagna but recently he developed a taste for fried rice *roll eyes* and this lil fart knows which restaur...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 PM Discovered @ babeinthecitykl.blogspot.com
Ssangyongsa (???): Korean Temple Series & Twin Dragons
South Korea	After reaching Shinwonsa during my January trip up Dobongsan I next encountered Ssangyongsa. While all of the temples mentioned previously on this journey share names with sites located in the south of Korea, searching for Ssangyongsa on the internet brings up a lot of matches for the South African...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 PM Discovered @ samedi.livejournal.com
Beheaded
South Korea	This donut had lost... its head! How terrible! ...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 6:01:00 AM Discovered @ seouldailyphoto.com
Second Night Syndrome
Vietnam	Thanks all for sharing the joy with us. The Duke and his mom are doing well. We will be leaving the hospital today around noon or two hours after his circumcision. Both Dana and I had an experience of the second night syndrome. Now I understand about sleepless nights. Duke cried almost every hour. M...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 6:01:00 AM Discovered @ Visualgui.com
Meeting Evelyn, an OFW Follower
Philippines	If your a reader here and read the comments, you will see comments from Evelyn. Evelyn is from GenSan, General Santos City, but has been working as a Caregiver in Garden Grove, California for the past 8 years. Not too long ago she let me know she was comming back to the Philippines to visit her fami...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 AM Discovered @ americanindavao.com
Thongchai Wins Ballatine's Championship
Thailand	Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand holds up the winner's trophy following his victory in the Ballatine's Championship golf tournament at the Pinx Golf Club on Jeju Island on April 26, 2009. Thongchai struck his second shot, in a play-off with South Korea's Kang Sung-Hoon and Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Ca...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 AM Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com
Sidelined
Thailand	I found out about Black Songkran's showdown from Los Angeles Times website.Here in LA, if Thailand makes the home page of LA Times it's either a) slow news day, b) some fit really hit the shan, or both.US news media is absolutely worthless in times like these. As I ran from the computer to turn on C...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 AM Discovered @ thai-blogs.com/
100% Genki Tour - Japanese Bands Rock The UK
Japan	The 100% Genki tour takes place over 10 days in May 2009, and will introduce contemporary Japanese acts to the UK, with 80kidz, DE DE MOUSE, Riddim Saunter & Tucker playing live....more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 AM Discovered @ japanisdoomed.com
great japanese inventions (2)
Japan	.....that may or may not have been invented in Japan.The Heat Pad ThingyWARNING: DO NOT EATThe heat pad thingy, known in Japan as kairo, which roughly translates as "the heat pad thingy", is a pad of heat which heats up - rather like a hot thingy.It's popular with people who want to warm up in winte...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 AM Discovered @ anenglishmaninosaka.blogspot.com
Big Roof Wide
Japan	I've been going down to Masuda a lot recently so I took the opportunity to revisit Grand Toit with a wide-angle lens.Grand Toit, from the French for "Big Roof" is the unofficial name of the Shimane Arts center, so named because the building is clad in locally produced kawara, rooftiles.Opened in 200...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 AM Discovered @ ojisanjake.blogspot.com
General Chirapongse
Thailand	This past three days and the coming week is going to be pretty jam-packed as it is the week of my grandfather’s funeral. And thanks to his rank, it is yet again another tedious royally sponsored funeral that will require me to act and dress much more proper beyond my own character’s comf...more info>>> Discovered on 4/27/2009 12:01:00 AM Discovered @ gnarlykitty.org