Sand Pagoda Pinnacles in Samut Prakan and other stories

Sand Pagoda Pinnacles in Samut Prakan
Thailand	Visakha Bucha Day is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar. It marks the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha which all happened on the full moon of the sixth lunar month. All around Thailand, Buddhists will be going to their local temple tomorrow to mark this important event by ma...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ thai-blogs.com/
Last Day of the Flower Festival 2009
Japan	checked devilsOriginally uploaded by GetHiroshimaOn the last day of the flower festival, it was super hot and muggy most of the day, but then the sky opened up and many of us were impressed by the lightening and thunder but then caught in a downpour for the last few hours. We did have to smile at th...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ gethiroshima.blogspot.com
J-Babe Of The Week #27 Yuka
Japan	You can usually see her on Japanese TV most nights during the week and TBS’ Kings Brunch on Saturday mornings and thanks to reader DougYoon K for sending me this picture, she’s now this weeks J-Babe Of The Week, Yuka. It was no easy feat finding some pics of Yuka but hard work and persis...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ neilduckett.com
Boun Katin at Wattay Yai
Laos	It was almost noon when Aunt Kian and I returned home from a hardware store. I wanted to go check out Boun Katin at Wattay Yai since I saw a parade entering the temple when we were heading to Talat Sao earlier. Aunt Phone told her children to take me to the temple and the [...]...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ saodarly.com
Rice Seedlings Nursery Bed
Laos	One of my friends wanted to plant a small rice paddy this year, and my Hmong neighbor (co-worker) was nice to give him some rice seedlings to start out.  He came down to pick up the rice plants on Wednesday, but it had been raining straight for 4 days so I didn’t have a chance [...]...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ nyenoona.wordpress.com
New hope for Samantha Orobator
Laos	CNN coverage of Samantha Orobator. CNN’s Arwa Damon reports on the signing of a prisoner exchange treaty between Laos and the UK. Does this mean Ms. Orobator may be sent back to the UK to serve her sentence after facing trial in Laos in the near future? According to BBC News report, Ms. Oroba...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ laovoices.com
Water festival in Inle
Cambodia	Notre arrivée coïncidait avec le début de la fête des eaux, célébrée pendant le nouvel an Bouddhique pour nous laver de nos péchés. Initialement, un filet d'eau était versé dans la nuque le long du dos, mais les pratiques ont évolué vers une bataille d'eau géante à seau remplis d'eau [...]...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ carpediemilia.over-blog.com
Zambry regime struggles to secure legitimacy
Malaysia	The value system of the Zambry regime and its functionaries in Perak is evidently different from most of us living in psychologically normal societies in Malaysia and also many other parts of the civilised world.Root cause of Perak crisis very clear & simple...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ jameswongwingon-online.blogspot.com
Bata Badminton Master
Malaysia	Remember this? It’s the same type of shoes we wore to school when we were younger. Well, almost all of us. The richer kids had the Pallas velcro shoes, the ‘mat rock’s wore the high cut variety but this is was the standard. Saw this vintage series at a shoe store recently, good t...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ simontalks.com
Banana and Mango Smoothie Turned Popsicle
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur's weather is still freaking hot but thank goodness mango season is still on. I've in stock frozen mango in my freezer. Not only that, I've some frozen bananas as well. Yeah I usually freezes bananas to prevent them from being over-ripen. This round, I blended the mangoes and bananas wi...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ babeinthecitykl.blogspot.com
Forbes Traveler is a Bunch of Sissies
South Korea	Seriously, FT? Kimchi jjigae?!? What make the dish-slash-condiments so potent are the dried red chili peppers which form a near lethal combination during pickling process with the piquant cabbage. C’mon, kimchi jjigae isn’t even the spiciest food in Korea, let alone among the world’...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ fatmanseoul.com
Night of Seoul
South Korea	In the city, light is still on until the end of night. ...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 06:01:00 Discovered @ seouldailyphoto.com
You Can Buy Leased Luxury Apartments But No Ownership
Vietnam	Vietnamese people are ready to spend several hundred thousand dollars to own foreign-invested luxury apartments. However, they do not know what will happen in the future, when investors’ land lease contracts expire.As the living standard of Vietnamese people has improved, more and more people can af...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 06:01:00 Discovered @ chao-vietnam.blogspot.com
Cebu Experience on Hey Joe
Philippines	Check out my latest post about Living in Cebu on Hey Joe, Living In The Philippines .There are several  post.  They include meeting Mindanao Bob yesterday. If keeping up with Bogo, I posted   a story about the brownouts should be coming to an end, at least the scheduled ones!  The link above will ta...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ cebuexperience.com
Soldiers Guard Asian+3 Meeting
Thailand	Bangkok residents look on as Thai soldiers gather across from the Dusit Thani Hotel at the ASEAN+3 Health Minister meeting Thursday, May 7, 2009, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Thai riot policemen stand guard outside a hotel - the venue of a meeting of officials from China, ...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com
Party Secretary Indicted, part of Spain's "Universal Jurisdiction"
China	Last Tuesday Spanish Judge Santiago Pedráz requested authorization from the Chinese Ministry of Justice to investigate eight Chinese leaders, including the Party Secretary of both Xinjiang and Tibet, on charges of mistreatment of minorities, a charge that involves not a single Spanish citizen. ...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ farwestchina.com
Imamiya Shrine, Hamada.
Japan	Perched on a narrow spit of high ground sandwiched between the railway line and a main road, the Imamiya Shrine in Hamada looks abandoned.However, on my last visit there I found a pile of discarded rope and gohei. These shimenawa were strung along either side of the roads in the neighborhood and mad...more info>>> Discovered on 08/05/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ ojisanjake.blogspot.com