Latest posts by Preetam Rai from June, 2007
Laos: Preparing Fermented Pork Sausage
The Lao Cook TV has a video post on preparing soo moo – fermented or soured pork sausage
Malaysia: Comparing Malaysia and Singapore
Being neighbors and having similar history and culture, Singapore and Malaysia get compared all the time. Esther, A Malaysian, having visited Singapore recently blogs her own take. (via Tomorrow.sg)
Vietnam: Utility Costs
Vietnam's growth has been attracting a lot of expatriates. VA to VN has a breakdown of what your utility bills would look like if you were to move to Vietnam.
Indonesia: Government's Role in Attracting Investment
Martin Manurang looks at the role of Chinese and Indian government in attracting investments and urges Indonesia to learn from them.
Malaysia: Meeting Mr Shariibuu, Father of the murdered Mongolian Fashion Model
Susan Loone is inviting Malaysian bloggers to meet the father of fashion model Altantuya who was murdered in Malaysia late last year. “He needs to know there are many many...
Malaysia: Human Traffiking
Screenshot‘s Jeff Ooi has the bad news, the good news and more good news about the annual “trafficking in Persons Report” that cited Malaysia for its unsatisfactory progress in dealing...
Singapore: YouTube and Beyond
The Habitatnews blog announces a talk titled “Youtube and beyond: What you want to know but never knew who to ask” to be held at a public library in Singapore....
Singapore: Singaporeans First
Bart JP at Perpectives Unlimited argues why he is skeptical about the “Put Singaporeans First” talk. Singapore is home a large number of foreigners who live, work and study in...
Thailand: Magazine Publishing in Thailand
The Bangkok Bugle compares the dynamics of magazine cover story publishing in his native UK and his current home Thailand.
Fiji: Attending Dalai Lama's Talk
Babasiga blog has highlights from a talk given by Dalai Lama in Australia. The blogger asks “Some of the things he said this trip certainly sounded like universal principles that...
Vietnam: Food Recommendation in Hue
Vietnamese God is traveling in Hue, the old capital city of Vietnam. The blogger has some pictures of local food and restaurant recommendations.
Vietnam: Design Ideas of Vietnamese Architects
The blogger at Antidote to Burnout is impressed by the “the modernist tradition practiced by Vietnamese architects in urban houses” but wonders why the architects are not able to scale...
Malaysia: Self-Censorship in Media
Malaysian politician Lim Kit Siang says Media self-censorship under the current prime minister Abdullah is as bad or even worse than under the former prime minister Mahathir. “The latest example...
Cambodia: Not Getting Caught in Thailand's Blame Game
Details are Sketchy is asking Cambodia to ignore Thailand's allegation that the casinos in Cambodia near the Thai border help launder money and support drug trade. “he claims are, of...
Singapore: Improving Notations in Maths
squareCircleZ gives examples of situations where students struggle with the way maths is written. The blogger proposes an alternative notation for the way parentheses are used in some functions.
Singapore: Carrying More Cash
Singapore's widely used electronic payment vendor has decided to raise the service charge. Mr. Brown is not too pleased with the decision. “But I'm still going to go back to...
Brunei: Legend of the Islands
The Weekly Brunei Resources goes back 500 years in history to recount a legend associated with two islands in Brunei bay.
Myanmar: House Arrest Yourself for a Day
Moe Moe is asking readers to support US Campaign for Burma's plan to stay locked up for 24 hours, on June 16 or 17, as though you were under house...
Malaysia: Religious Scholars in Tourism Industry
A Malaysian minister is proposing that Malaysian students attending religious schools in Egypt master Arabic language. The minister hopes that they will be able to serve the tourism industry in...
Thailand: Street Protest Pictures from Bangkok
The Lost Boy has pictures from the latest pro-democracy protest in Bangkok. “Several thousand people had once again gathered, many standing around drinking from cans of beer or else sitting...
Cambodia: Oil Discovery and Optimism in Cambodia
Borin discusses some of the scenarios if the claims that Cambodia has huge oil reserves comes true. “Now let’s assume that Cambodia has large oil deposit that we call sell...
