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The many faces of Singapore1 comment

asianpixmen wrote 1 day ago: South of border, down Johor way lies Singapore. For centuries Singapore has been part of Malaysia … more »

Tags: activities, Craft, Culture, Miscellaneous, People, Places, Singapore

Let us not praise coups4 comments

Awzar Thi wrote 2 weeks ago: An Oxford economics professor said in a recent Washington Post article that the best hope for eithe … more »

Tags: Army, Burma, Dictatorship, Human Rights, military, Myanmar, Politics, Thailand, UPI

Sri Lankan torture case holds lessons for Thailand1 comment

Awzar Thi wrote 3 months ago: A court in Sri Lanka has given a shocking verdict in a case of police torture. Both the judgment an … more »

Tags: Thailand, police, Human Rights, Crime, Courts, UPI, Torture, Anek Yingnuek, Convention against Torture

Pointless plants, needless burden2 comments

Awzar Thi wrote 3 months ago: Around the suburbs of Rangoon small scraggly bushes now occupy plots of land that once were used fo … more »

Tags: Human Rights, Burma, Myanmar, Economy, Dictatorship, UPI, poverty, Than Shwe, Tin Kyi

Geyland Serai - just like home!

asianpixmen wrote 3 months ago: Malaysians have this habit of going overseas and subsconsciously look for anything that resembles h … more »

Tags: People, Places, activities, Singapore, Food, Culture

Get away to Otway Park in Victoria, Australia

asianpixmen wrote 3 months ago: Most of you know how big Australia is, so it’s only natural that the only country that’ … more »

Tags: activities, Fauna/Animals, Flora/Plants, Australia

Chinatown holds many secrets in Melbourne, Australia

asianpixmen wrote 3 months ago: In many major cities around the world, there bound to be a chinatown. In fact, it would be rather u … more »

Tags: activities, Craft, Australia, Food, Culture

Misty afternoon on Bamboo Mountain

asianpixmen wrote 3 months ago: If you have awakened one early morning before the sun peeks over the horizon, you may just experien … more »

Tags: Taiwan, Flora/Plants

Tea is served at Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market

asianpixmen wrote 4 months ago: Ever walk into one of those shops dedicated solely to the promotion of tea leaves and china. Well, … more »

Tags: activities, Craft, Australia, Culture

Knife shop in Shilin, Taiwan

asianpixmen wrote 4 months ago: I am one of those hobbyists who has got more than one hobby. One of my favourites is knives! Women … more »

Tags: Places, activities, Taiwan, Craft

Tuck in, it's vegetarian dumplings!

asianpixmen wrote 4 months ago: This bunch of Malaysian friends, with me tagging along, stumbled onto this vegetarian restaurant so … more »

Tags: Places, Taiwan, Food, Culture

Guard duty at Sun Yat Sen Memorial in Taipei

asianpixmen wrote 4 months ago: Taipei, Taiwan, if you have been there, is full of exciting things to see and great food to taste. … more »

Tags: Miscellaneous, Places, activities, Taiwan

The state of human rights in Asia 2007

Awzar Thi wrote 4 months ago: “The year 2007 will be remembered as a year in which historic struggles for human rights brou … more »

Tags: Thailand, Human Rights, Burma, human rights groups, Asian Human Rights Commission, ahrc

Tall tales at the Human Rights Council1 comment

Awzar Thi wrote 7 months ago: Tourist brochures portray Burma as a mystical land full of unseen wonders and tall tales about amaz … more »

Tags: Human Rights, military, Burma, Myanmar, UN, Politics, Protest, UPI, Sri Lanka

Oppose American axehandles

Awzar Thi wrote 7 months ago: New billboards in Burma have come up with a variation on an old theme. From, “Oppose axehand … more »

Tags: Human Rights, Burma, Myanmar, Dictatorship, Propaganda, america, iron cross

Cactus, cactus everywhere

asianpixmen wrote 8 months ago:   Cactus is preferred by some houseowners as an appropriate indoor plant. There are places in Mala … more »

Tags: Places, activities, Taiwan, Flora/Plants, Culture

Traditional Chinese music amid rustic surroundings

asianpixmen wrote 8 months ago:   How often does one get serenaded by a group of musicians expertly playing Chinese traditional mu … more »

Tags: Places, Taiwan, Craft, Culture

Taiwan is proud of YingGe, its ceramics town

asianpixmen wrote 8 months ago:   If you have the good fortune of visiting YingGe, the pottery or ceramics town in Taiwan, be sure … more »

Tags: activities, Taiwan, Craft, Culture

Iraq vs. USA scoreboard as of July 3, 2008

araymanila wrote 2 weeks ago: Here are the latest statistics of the war Bush declared against the wrong enemy, earning for America … more »

Tags: Banana Republic, Philippine Disasters, Philippine Politics, 151000 civilian Iraqi deaths, blackwater, Iraq stats, Mercenaries


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