Wishing All a Blessed Mid-Autumn Festival and other stories

Wishing All a Blessed Mid-Autumn Festival
Malaysia	Wishing all a blessed Mid-Autumn Festival. Enjoy your mooncakes with Chinese tea whilst admiring the bright round moon.These mooncakes are from Fook Pan... the normal looking one is Butter Lotus Paste (RM10) which was highly recommended by SkinnyMum last year after she tried the Chocolate Mooncake w...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 20:01:00 Discovered @ babeinthecitykl.blogspot.com
On Chuseok -- Songpyeon & Phytoncides
South Korea	Today is the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, also known as Chuseok or the "mid-autumn harvest festival" in Korea. According to my copy of Annual Customs of Korea the holiday's name comes from a portmanteau of the Chinese chu-jung (??; "middle autumn") and weol-seok (??; "month's evening"),...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 20:01:00 Discovered @ samedi.livejournal.com
Hwaseong Fortress
South Korea	Hard to belive today was Friday, since we had it off for Chuseok (Korean thanksgiving... kind of). We were supposed to go to Manilla, but because of the storm and the flooding in the city and the newest typhoon set to hit on Saturday, we decided to cancel our tickets and stay away. This did, though,...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 20:01:00 Discovered @ smileyjkl.blogspot.com
Corn Maze on my GPS
Laos	Not that I’ve a Global Positioning System (GPS), it would be nice to have a navigation and precise-positioning tool built in, but I’m still backward when it comes to this, still getting my directions from MapQuest.  When I heard about a Lincoln corn maze in Oregon, this sounds like a fun...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ nyenoona.wordpress.com
Laos VS Vietnam in Pre-SEA Games Football Tournament
Laos	Pre-SEA Games Football Tournament with 4-Nations from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam to test facilities at the new National Stadium and conduct a test broadcast on Lao National Television. The tournament began today with the line up of Malaysia VS Thailand and Laos VS Vietnam. The fixtures are: Oc...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ laovoices.com
Half of babies born in rich countries will live to 100 years
Cambodia	"Professor Kaare Christensen, of the Danish Ageing Research Centre at the University of Southern Denmark, who led the study, said life expectancy had been increasing since 1840 and there was no sign of this trend slowing down.He said: "The linear increase in record life expectancy for more than 165 ...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 18:01:00 Discovered @ cambodiacalling.blogspot.com
Underground Power Tunnel
Thailand	A Thai Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) official checks the 230 kv Underground Transmission line in Bangkok. The 230 kv Underground Transmission cables would be placed in an underground tunnel for approximately 7.5 kilometers in length to support demand increase and stable electrici...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 16:01:00 Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com
Boat Racing at Bang Phli
Thailand	Towards the end of the Rainy Season, people from all around Thailand come together to race boats on their local canals and rivers. At Bang Phli, where we went this morning, this happens a few days before the end of the Buddhist Rains Retreat. At this time, the rivers are at their highest level. Th...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 16:01:00 Discovered @ thai-blogs.com/
1088th : Dessert
South Korea	Not bad. ...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 14:01:00 Discovered @ seouldailyphoto.com
Review: Stuff Your Face Cafe
Malaysia	I've read about Stuff Your Face Cafe in Bangsar Shopping Complex but have yet to visit the place after its make over until recently. Since BoiBoi was with us we decided to check this cafe out which is located on the 4th floor where everything cater to kids are situated on this level.I loved the clea...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 12:01:00 Discovered @ babeinthecitykl.blogspot.com
3 month Hiroshima loop bus experiment starts tomorrow
Japan	The office behind Hiroshima's monthly "No My Car Day" (every 2nd, 12th and 22nd of the month) in cooperation with local bus companies is implementing a weekend and holiday loop bus service in central Hiroshima city from Saturday October 3. The bus will run for 3 months until December 23 as an experi...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 10:01:00 Discovered @ gethiroshima.blogspot.com
Red hats.
Japan	Red hats on statues are fairly common throughout Japan, and often accompanied by red bibs.It is said that the red caps on Jizo statues represent the amniotic sac, but the most common explanation for them is that red is the color that drives away disease and sickness.Making the hats and bibs for the ...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 08:02:00 Discovered @ ojisanjake.blogspot.com
Thai Visa versus Bangkok Post
East Timor	The Bangkok Post recently told the management at Thai Visa, a massive Thailand-based expat forum, that Post articles cannot be republished on the forum unless as RSS feeds, or something along those lines. Barry Main, marketing director of ThaiVisa.com, said, “We have a very different vision than the...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 08:02:00 Discovered @ whatismatt.com
Saigon Smog
Vietnam	This morning for the first time in a while the sky was blue and the sun was shining. The smog cloud hanging over the city was clearly visible, the first time I've ever seen it (or noticed it)......more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 06:01:00 Discovered @ itsthefinalword.blogspot.com/
Women fighters in China hail national rebirth
Malaysia	The grand military parade held at the Tiananmen Square yesterday to celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China showed both troops and weaponry. Women fighters of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) also proudly participated like in all previous such parades. Yesterday, the weather c...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 04:01:00 Discovered @ jameswongwingon-online.blogspot.com
Hit by a Motorbike and I'm the One at Fault?
South Korea	Today (well, Thursday) was the last day of work this week before the onset of the Chuseok holiday. The timing of Chuseok is set by the lunar calender - the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month - and as such it's precise date changes from year to year. This year it falls on 3 October, with the d...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 04:01:00 Discovered @ samedi.livejournal.com
An attempt to explain Chonse and Wolse, or Key Money in Korea
South Korea	It took me ages the Korean "key money" system. I'm well accustomed with various landlord procedures at home. Things like security deposits that are usually the price of the first month's rent, or paying first and last month up front. These things make sense to me. Security deposits cover any costs o...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 04:01:00 Discovered @ smileyjkl.blogspot.com
Haircuts in the Philippines
Philippines	In America, as a child I would be taken to a barber. You would get a booster seat and be scared as some big stranger attacked you with a pair of scissors. I do not remember when it changed but eventually stylist shops opened and you would have a pretty lady lean over you as [...]...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ americanindavao.com
Elephant Ceremony for The King
Thailand	Elephants and Thai well-wishers pray for King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok October 1, 2009. The health of Thailand's 81-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej has improved after he was treated for lung inflammation during his longest hospitalisation in two years, the Roy...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ thaiphotoblogs.com
Anniversaries of the Past
China	After a day of watching the Communist Party parade its phallic symbols across our television screens for hours on end (no, I didn't watch it all. I did catch the female militia in their miniskirts and boots, though. Purely accidentally, of course), ILeave CommentRelated Entries:No Car Dayyon cool an...more info>>> Discovered on 02/10/2009 00:01:00 Discovered @ liuzhou.blog-city.com