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Current Events: The Khmer Rouge Trials in Cambodia

My trip to Phnom Penh back in December was actually quite emotional. I visited the Killing Fields and the S-21 Museum, both of which were chilling. It did not help that I was reading First They Killed My Father, which is about a young girl’s experience living in Cambodia during the Pol Pot’s reign of [...]

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Current Events: More Shoe Throwing

I guess political leaders need to start watching out for shoe throwers…

A 27-year-old man has been charged after a shoe was thrown at Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao during a visit to Cambridge University.
Police said the man, who has not been named, would appear before magistrates in Cambridge on 10 February accused of committing a [...]

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Current Events: Singapore Judge Lays the Smack Down, The Story of the Kangaroo Shirt

Last week I wrote a post about Singapore’s laws (“Is Singapore thaat Strict?”). I displayed a picture of a man riding his bike in a ‘no biking zone’, which I thought did a good job depicting the situation in Singapore. Lots of laws, but they are not always enforced.

For most things I still think that [...]

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Culture: Are Singaporeans Ugly?

I don’t think so, but some of them do…
I was cruising around AsiaOne and I came across some very interesting articles that attempted to answer this question. They asked about manners, concerns for the environment, and how they treat others (to name a few). You can check out the article here.

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