Stories about Citizen Media from April, 2006
Indonesia vs. China
Sarapan Ekonomi argues that Indonesia's acheivements in economic growth and family planning are not too bad when compared to those of China's.
Historical fort restoration
Wormie wants a recently excavated colonial fort in Singapore to be turned into a national monument. The authorities are planning to re-bury the fort as they don't expect the restoration to be economically viable.
East Timor tourism
tumbleweed in timor lorosae writes about some of the attractions in East Timor.
Dolphin watching in the Philippines
villageidiotsavant goes Dolphin watching near Cebu in the Philippines.
Popular Myanmar hip hop musician dies
Mady June in Yangoon is saddened by the death of her favourite Myanmar rapper.
Happy year 2549
Today is the first day of the year 2549 in some South East Asian countries. Lao ocean girl describes the calendar system used in these countries.
Coinciding festivals
Toe, a Filipino blogger now living in Cambodia tries to figure out why the holy week, the Cambodian new year and several other events from different cultures coincide around the same time of the year.
Cambodian recipes
Jojo points to a page with lots of Cambodian recipes.
Playboy protests in Indonesia
A. Fatih Syuhud looks at the protests aimed at the recently launched Indonesian edition of Playboy.
Malaysia-Singapore bridge
KTemoc discusses the surprise Malaysian decision to halt the construction of a controversial bridge between Malaysia and Singapore.
Songkran fun in Chiang Mai
Greg at Vagabonding begins! joins the Songkran festivities in Chiang Mai. Songkran is also known as Water Festival and it marks the Thai new year.
A trip to Brunei
Saifulrizan from Labuan, Malaysia takes a ferry to nearby Brunei and blogs about his experiences there.
Songkran – the good and the bad
Bangkok resident Chatchai Kongaut lists the pros and the cons of Songkran festival.
Crime in Johor
The blogger at Frus and Fuss asks if something can be done to reduce the rising crime rate in the Malaysian state of Johor.
Call centre outsoursing woes
Filipino blogger J. Angelo Racoma questions the logic behind a bill that the US Senate Commerce Committee is considering. The bill requires that call centre employees disclose what country they are in.
Blogging 101 for librarians
Filipino Librarian blogs about a presentation titled “Blogging 101 for Librarians” that he gave at a gathering of Southeast Asian Librarians.
Smog in Santiago
Photo by pura naturaleza Santiago is a very beautiful valley. The mountains are very impressive. That is, if you have the chance to see them. Smog is a permanent problem that has no solution yet. In winter, between May and August the situation is critical. We have three statuses for...
Early European trader in Bali
Nick at baliblog writes about a Danish trader in the 1800s who helped put Bali on the trading map.
No interest in local music
Conspiracypenguins lament on the lack of interest in local music in Singapore.
Computer features in real life
Malaysian blogger Kenny Sia wishes for some computer features to be made available in real life.
Travelling in rural Laos
Scruffydan is travelling through Laos and he encounters the rural life and a river that flows through a 7.5 km cave.