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Etta, originally uploaded by c_p_lew. Way early in the morning, my black kitten ran outside and into a spitting fight with another cat three times her size. After I separated them, she flew up a tree and couldn’t get down -

Map of the 20 largest metropolitan areas, from Wikipedia

I did the important rivers of Asia a few posts ago. Today, I got into a discussion about the population of various cities around the world - and guess what? An idea for a list.

However, it’s not an easy answer to the question of what are the ten largest cities in the world. One answer could be to define it as the population of the

I’m very pleased when I saw the article from The New York Times that Laos is one of the 53 places to go in 2008. According to the article, Vietnam and Cambodia are so 2007. Now, Laos is shaping up to be Indochina’s next hot spot. Ancient sites like the Wat Phou temple complex [...]

The last stop in southern Laos after the long journey of the photographer Patrick Dancel and his family in Laos.
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Simply enjoying my day off here and collected a portfolio of cool songs for you. It is a variety of rock and techno and yes, a few raps are in there too. Rockers are Hoobastank, Il Nino, KMFDM, The Cardigans (not real rock but hey) and Nonpoint.
Techno is represented by September, Paul Oakenfold, Bass [...]

1.
One time was enough
Desire etched forever, inside
a flower opening

2.
Two faced off, ready,
circling, alert, aware
Opposite - the same

3.
Breeze shakes the rose bush
Bee takes the nectar; life passes.
Three petals fall down.

4.
Horse stamps through mud and
stone. Snorts and stamps four feet hard.
Sparks sing out power

5.
Work week of five days
Rest for two, repeat. Cat knows
there’s a

This ad says it all! We, Asian are the least likely to vote! Do something about it and change this! Go to the poll and put us among the groups to influence this election!

The turnout for the last presidential election for the Asian community was the lowest among all the ethnicity. There were more African American voters than Latino and both groups surpassed Asians.  This is a shame because it implies that we do not care about what is going on in our country and it also shows [...]

Former President Clinton paid a visit to Governor Richardson’s home in New Mexico during the super bowl hoping to persuade him to endorse  Hillary.  Obviously, as everybody knows by now, that tactic did not work because Governor Richardson just recently endorse Obama. What is interesting is that Governor Richardson used to be a member of [...]

Follow the journey of the photographer Patrick Dancel and his family in Laos. They are now in Champasak after a trip to the Paksong and the coffee growing area.