Stories from 21 April 2007
Fiji: First Ever Blog Meet Report
Digital Fiji writes about the blog meet they had in Suva. The low attendance did not keep them from having “a great talk about everything from politics to family history to taxi drivers to Hi5 – oh, and blogging, too”
Fiji: Lunch blog Launched
Mayvelous and friends launch a lunch blog in Fiji.
Cambodia: New Year Without Girls
The iCambo blog describes what happens when overseas Cambodian students don't have any girls among them to help celebrate the Khmer new year.
Malaysia: Astronaut Hype
The Malaysian is not impressed with the hype that the government is trying to generate about the first Malaysian astronaut. “We are merely using a Russian space vehicle to piggyback our ‘astronaut’ in exchange for buying Russian aircraft at a ridiculously inflated price. That is the painful truth. There have...
Vietnam: Online Entertainment Company Hiring
Azngamerboi in Vietnam is inviting candidates to become part of the booming online scene in Vietnam. “Do you have what it takes to be part of a pioneer group of marketing savvy professionals that will form the culture, history, and what-not of Vietnam’s biggest online entertainment company? If so, check...
Laos: Laotian New Year Party
Teresa at On our Own blog describes her Laotian new year celebrations with her students from Lao.
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City resident and blogger at Antidote to Burnout introduces us to the urban planning of the most populous city in Vietnam.
Arabisto: Egyptian Virginia Tech Victim Ignored by Media
“Friends of Virginia Tech shooting victim Waleed Shaalan, from Egypt, are calling him a hero. Friends have told this news station in Virginia that Waleed distracted shooter Seung Hui-Cho, so that three of his friends could to escape the shooting. Why the mainstream media hasn’t caught wind of this, I...
Mexico: PEMEX Missing Oil and Money
Mark in Mexico takes a look at how state-owned PEMEX's latest audit reveals billions of missing pesos along with 1.5 million barrels of missing oil.
Mexico: The MEX Files
Blog presenter extraordinaire, Ellen Fields, introduces The MEX Files [ES]: “Sometimes there are great articles from Spanish-language newspapers translated into English for your reading pleasure (Richard is a translator for a living). Sometimes, a history lesson. Sometimes, a rant. You just never know what you are going to get with...
Brazil: Federal Police Go On Strike
Sao Paulo-based Ricardo Carreón on Brazil's federal police strike.