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The Ganges River, located across North India and Bangladesh, play a pivotal role in Indian culture and spirituality. The valley or basin on which the river lies is one of mostly densely populated areas in the world, home to about 8.5% of world population. Human, as well as industrial waste, contribute to the extreme level […]
Got a trip to China in your calendar? Here’s something you may want to do before the trip: brush up on your Mandarin language skills with a bit of help from an online Mandarin course.
You can practice your pronunciation and listening skills on their audio podcasts posted every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For a list […]
Aside from travel books, I just love videos featuring places. It’s like an invitation to come and see the place live, with my own eyes. Videos, especially those of a documentary nature, draw my attention to things I would probably miss even if I had been there.
And that’s why I love Swajana. As of writing […]
Ah, there’s almost just as many varieties of coffee and tea in Singapore as there is in your regular Starbucks menu. Here’s a basic phrasebook to help you choose:
kopi/teh: coffee/tea with sugar and condensed milk
kopi/teh C: coffee/tea with sugar and evaporated milk
kopi/teh kosong: coffee/tea with milk, without sugar
kopi/teh O: coffee/tea with sugar only
kopi/teh O kosong: […]
On New Year’s Day, we took my son to an exhibition on pirates in Speyer, Germany. At one point, he was watching a short documentary and heard that pirates are still well and alive in Asia.
“Mom, is that true? There are still pirates in Asia?” His eyes were twinkling, probably thinking of the adventures and […]
If you’re looking for a place in Asia where the true religious and traditional meaning of Christmas is celebrated, your best bet would be in the Philippines. The archipelago, having been colonized by the Spaniards for 300 years is largely Catholic and Christmas is a big event. Although it has also become commercialized, particularly in […]
Visit them. Avoid them. That depends on you. In the spirit (pun intended) of Halloween, here are some of the more popular haunted places in Asia:
in Singapore:
Strange lights flit through Hougang School, near East Coast Beach, and people are slapped by an unseen presence at the Changi Beach Houses. Ghosts appear from nowhere and […]
If you’re headed to places like the Philippines, Singapore and India, you’d be pleased to know that english is widely spoken and most people you meet on the road are pretty fluent. If you’re a tourist, it’ll make your meanderings much easier. At the very least, you’ll have less difficulty asking for directions if you […]
How do you react when you see Western fastfood joints in Asia? I just came across this article from CNN about Krispy Kreme’s expansion into Asia, first in Hongkong and then to South Korea, Tokyo Indonesia and the Philippines.
On one hand, it’s a welcome development. Asians get a taste of Western cuisine (if it can […]
Well, you might not be prosecuted, but better be informed that the Malaysian government is not happy seeing public displays of attention. Three years ago, a couple were charged with disorderly behavior after beeing seen in an “amourous embrace”.
Ms Siow said she was playing the violin while Mr Ooi read her a letter.
Erm.
Anyway. As officials […]
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