Culture
The Monkey King of Beijing Opera
Sunday, November 6th, 2011Reader’s Digest November 2011 The Monkey King of Beijing Opera PDF
I Go, You Go, We All Go to Bingo
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011Mouth London, July 12, 2011: Britain’s been bingo-ing mad for a while now, so with that in mind I ventured to Mecca Catford one Saturday with my other half to suss out just how crazy things have got in bingo halls. I’d never played bingo but the advertisements on television had persuaded me that the [...]
East Timor’s first soap opera, ‘Suku Hali,’ mends fences with melodrama
Friday, September 24th, 2010CNNGo September 24, 2010 — Forget Australian caravan park and U.S. hospital dramas: “This is a story about Timorese life,” says 21-year-old Timorese actor Asala de Jesus, who will soon debut on the small screen in “Suku Hali,” East Timor’s first soap opera.
“When you come from the mountains you face many problems. It’s a true [...]
Bangkok: City of sex, scandal and wannabe expat authors
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010CNNGo September 21, 2010 — “Writing is easy, you just have to be prepared to live with a permanent identity crisis,” says British crime-writer John Burdett, whose credits include “Bangkok 8,” “Bangkok Tattoo” and “Bangkok Haunts.”
“A lot of expat writing on Thailand — fiction and non-fiction — is all about Western, especially male, self-indulgence,” [...]
George Town fears losing World Heritage status over birds’ nest soup
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Penang residents warn that birds’ nest industry is out of control
Guardian Weekly, Tuesday 10 August 2010 — George Town, the capital of Malaysia’s Penang state, is a city of two tales: on one side there’s a multimillion-dollar edible bird’s-nest industry, on the other there are the residents who say the industry is out of control, [...]
Indonesian Artist Adopts Local Talents
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, Apr 12, 2009 (IPS) – Yahiya Lambert won’t leave East Timor until he’s set up the country’s first art academy. He’s been here for 28 years, so a few more won’t be a problem for the 37-year-old Indonesian, a native of the Maluku Islands.
“My life is first for the art and for my dream [...]
Sacred 7
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Apartment Living Sacred 7 PDF
Lighting Up Your Life
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Apartment Lighting Light Up Your Life PDF
Japanese artists invade Phuket
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Phuket Gazette August 25, 2007 Japanese artists invade Phuket PDF
Into the wilderness
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Guru magazine, 2006
“Clown college? You can’t eat that.” The immortal words of Homer Simpson. As Homer pulled up to the billboards on new billboard day, he was greeted with various advertisements in all their unquestionable glory, namely muffins, barbecue sauce and clown college. Homer’s ordeal over the next few days saw him taking a course [...]