A new entertainment programme from Japanese television channel Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (NSK) has selected a Lao pop singer to be promoted worldwide, Indee Records announced yesterday.

“The programme is the…

VIENTIANE, LAOS: Dial 166! This will not connect you to the fire brigade, the police or an ambulance, but will give you all the important information you need about the deadly disease called bird flu.

Book #10 Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks - two lifelong friends work together to grapple with the mysteries of mental illness and finding a cure. It starts at the end of 1980’s and continues to WWI. I like the book, though it’s very intellectual with pages of two characters talking about Charcot and the ‘recent’ advances (in the 1890’s) of defining the pathologies of the mind. I like the ideas,

China’s top political advisor Jia Qinglin met with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith on Friday, and pledged to further boost bilateral ties.

SINGLES coach Misbun Sidek has warned his players not to take the Thomas Cup qualifying rounds, beginning in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, lightly.

I didn’t ask but I’m sure against doctor’s orders I wasn’t supposed to go to the beach. But I did. Trong and I went to Joe’s Crabshack today for lunch. Two things; the food was SICK (in the AMAZINGLY appetizing kinda way) and the weather was SICK (in the AMAZINGLY lukewarm/cool kinda [...]

Last Friday I was in a panic mode because there was a problem with the train between Rotterdam and Den Haag. There was no train going in that direction for awhile and I would have to take a different route and then come back around to Den Haag. But after a few minutes everything was [...]

I ate a great deal of spinach and various salads for the last two months, mainly because I was not able to chew real well after my teeth extraction. I had to be creative and found ways to  prepare the spinach for dinner. For breakfast and lunch I drank mostly soy milk and ate some [...]

One of our most beloved President is George Washington who was born on February 22, 1732. He is known as, “Father of our Country”. According to Christie Matte form About.Com, “ U.S. Presidents Day, officially known as Washington’s Birthday, is a federal holiday in the United States and is celebrated on the third Monday of February. In 2008, Presidents [...]