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A sense of Belonging and affection through “Huo guo”, Hot pot

Hong Kong is a place where Western and Asian cuisine coexist. Due to its past as a British colony, Hong Kong cuisine is heavily influenced by Western culture and thus has diverse recipes of food with a variety of seasoning and sauce. In terms of a population, Han Chinese accounts for 95 percent of its […]

9 February , 2015Comments Off on A sense of Belonging and affection through “Huo guo”, Hot potRead More

Peshawar School Carnage provoke crackdown on Afghan refugees

Thousands of Afghans in Pakistan have been arrested or moved from their homes of many years in the wake of December’s killing of over 100 schoolchildren in the city of Peshawar. The Afghans, the majority of whom are not registered refugees, have been targeted in a government crackdown announced immediately after the killings. Responsibility for […]

9 February , 2015Comments Off on Peshawar School Carnage provoke crackdown on Afghan refugeesRead More

After summarizing Lee Kuan Yew’s Autobiography

“Lee Kuan Yew… whom I both love and hate.” I do not particularly like Lee Kuan Yew. I have always been inclined to agree with the New York Times’ description of Singapore as a clean yet craven state. Since its formation in 1965, Singapore has failed to produce any person of note worthy beyond Lee […]

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Salman of Saudi Arabia; A New King, an Old Policy

For the last few months, the dramatic fall in oil prices marked the Arab Gulf States with fear, anger and hostile actions. The unexpected slash of oil prices forced local governments in the region to take hard actions, as the International Monetary Fund estimated that the revenues of Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies will […]

4 February , 2015Comments Off on Salman of Saudi Arabia; A New King, an Old PolicyRead More

Yeongyong Hall reflects Changes of Taste and Time

Yeongyeong Hall at the Secret Garden of Changdeok Palace is known as a 19th century noble house. Looking at the remains of the 19th century hanok structure that includes the anchae or main quarters, sarangchae or guest room and seonghyangjae or reading room among others, while location, meaning, direction, intersection and spaces between different and […]

16 January , 2015Comments Off on Yeongyong Hall reflects Changes of Taste and TimeRead More

[Exclusive Report] Environmental Disaster in world’s 4th biggest Thar Desert: Thousands of Gugral trees dry up due to illegal extraction of resin

Like in the past, hundreds of kilograms of gum, illegally extracted from Camphora Mukal, the gum-producing trees, locally known as Gugral, by using poisonous chemical, were being transported in vehicles to Karachi this year too, as the conservators of forests and wildlife in Nagarparkar area of Tharparkar district of Sindh province of Pakistan, bordering India, […]

14 January , 2015Comments Off on [Exclusive Report] Environmental Disaster in world’s 4th biggest Thar Desert: Thousands of Gugral trees dry up due to illegal extraction of resinRead More

[AJA Statement] Pakistan Massacre committed by Taliban

No oceans of ink are equal to the blood drops of a human being. But we have to continue writing against the enemies of mankind, the killers of innocence, and the cruel face of terror; named Taliban. The Pakistani Taliban, killed 141 people, including 132 children, in an army run school in Peshawar, a city […]

17 December , 2014Comments Off on [AJA Statement] Pakistan Massacre committed by TalibanRead More

Drought and Famine in Thar Desert of Pakistan: INGOs stay away from helping starved and ailing children

The death continues haunting starved and ailing children raising the toll to 170 since October last in Thar Desert of southern Sindh province of Pakistan bordering India but surprisingly none of the international NGOs has so far come forward to help them. The government is numb over the deaths, as no official figure has so […]

16 December , 2014Comments Off on Drought and Famine in Thar Desert of Pakistan: INGOs stay away from helping starved and ailing childrenRead More

“LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION!”

I’m not specifically a showbiz writer, but there is no doubt in my mind that show business has a big influence me. I love Filipino films, and I drag my husband (even against his will) every chance I get to see a movie once in a while. My Sunday afternoon is never complete if I […]

12 December , 2014Comments Off on “LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION!”Read More

Kalilah wa-Dimnah: Ancient Asian Folk Tales with Modern Insight

I was almost 13 years when I read some of Kalilah wa-Dimnah’s fables for the first time. Touched by the animal characters in those folk tales, I used to find an equal personification of those animals in real life. For my surprise, I learnt many years later, that the author of those imaginary stories was […]

12 December , 2014Comments Off on Kalilah wa-Dimnah: Ancient Asian Folk Tales with Modern InsightRead More