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Culture: Betel Nut in Myanmar, Southeast Asia

February 18, 2010

If you look closely at this little creature on the left, you might see a small green leaf in his mouth.
The little green leaf is filled with lime and a special type of seed, which is called Areca nut (or Pinang in Malaysia, Betel Nut in Myanmar, etc). The leaf, at least in Myanmar, also [...]

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Link: New Blog from an Easterner in the West

January 25, 2010

Quick update – I added a link to a new site from a Chinese friend (and former teacher) working on her PhD in the US. Her blog was inspired by the fascinating Economist article entitles “The Others“. The blog is not even two weeks old, but the post so far have been really fun to [...]

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Culture: Differences Between the East and the West in Pictures

October 16, 2009

Recently, my friend in Beijing posted some photos comparing the differences between the East and West. The artist was born in China, but has lived in Germany since 1990. I think this particular project is incredible because the pictures are so simple, but they say so much (west left, east right). **(see notes at the [...]

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Culture: White Guys in Asia – Do You Have the Fever? An Ang Moh Discusses.

September 15, 2009

So, as a white guy studying East Asia and three Asian languages, a lot of people I meet think I have the fever. For those of you that are confused, I am referring to Yellow Fever, which in this context is defined as a white male that has a strong preference for Asian females. According [...]

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Religion: Ramadan Karim! رمضان كريم!

August 22, 2009

Guest Post from Dragoman

Today marks the beginning of the month of Ramadan, throughout which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. The fasting period culminates in the celebration of the festival عيد الفطر :Īd al-Fiṭr‎ (Romanized as Idul Fitri in Indonesia and Aidilfitri in Malaysia), which is also known as Hari Raya (Malay for “The Grand Day”) in [...]

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Life: Singaporean Taxi Driver with a Stanford PhD

August 21, 2009

A friend recommended that I check out this blog full of observations of life in Singapore. From the perspective of a taxi driver’s. With a PhD from Stanford.
It’s perceptive. It’s tragic. It’s sublime. It’s worth checking out.

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Language: This Year’s Speak Mandarin Campaign in Singapore

April 21, 2009

Now that I have access to Youtube, I thought I would update this post with the video. Below is one of two videos, and I think they might be coming out with more. Enjoy!

2009 Speak Mandarin Campaign on Youtube

After I was finally able to watch Youtube, I checked out the commercials for Singapore Speak Mandarin [...]

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Culture: Qing Ming Jie/Tomb Sweeping Festival

April 5, 2009

I have a long weekend because of Qing Ming Jie. Because I am about to run, here is the Wikipedia description (part of it):
The Qingming Festival (traditional Chinese: 清明節; simplified Chinese: 清明节; pinyin: Qīngmíngjié, or Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong, Vietnamese language: Tết Thanh Minh), is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day [...]

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Culture: Pajamas and Spitting – The Little Things In China

March 14, 2009

While I was taking a stroll around Shanghai, I started to recall all of the little things (for lack of a better word) about China that really amuse me. I came up with a short post about four aspects of daily life in China:

Night Time Walks in Pajamas
Every night I see a few people shopping [...]

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Culture: Good ol’ Chinese Medicine

February 27, 2009

I got this chain letter from a friend, and it reminded me so much of the medical advice I got everyday in China (and still occasionally hear in Singapore) I am sure many of you have heard it before, but it is still fun…
心臟病發作與喝溫開水…有關係！
The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold [...]

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