Here’s a fun activity
Google “Burma” and then click on ‘News’ on the left. What shows up? I bet it’s not this.
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Yangon Nights
Here are some photos I took around 10 p.m. at night in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar (Burma).
Burma Chronicles: Day 1
ON the plane ride over I met Vit, a Czech documentary filmmaker, who told me he was organizing a film festival with local filmmakers. He reminded me of the misanthropic restaurant critic in… Read More
Bangkok Poetry Reading
Sometimes I read stuff in this little group that meets every six weeks. The event is called ‘Bangkok Poetry’ and you essentially get up and read poetry in front of other people. It’s… Read More
“Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.” Wangari Muta Maathai
When I was young, my family lived in Connecticut for 4 years. Every spring the maples would bud and the seeds would spiral down like a whirring, sunlit rainfall. Miniature maple trees would… Read More
Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
David Fincher David Fincher David Fincher…if you don’t know this name, know it now. His cryptic ability to adapt the enormity of literature into visual motion amazes yet again with his most recent… Read More
Thai Policy: “English Speaking Year 2012″
The Thai government has a mandatory new year’s resolution for the kingdom’s students: learning English. Officials declared 2012 “English Speaking Year” and every Monday “English Day.” Thais want to be on par for… Read More
Interview with Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra
What are the most important lessons the city of Bangkok has learned from last year’s flooding? We must not be caught, we meaning the whole country, must not be caught like this again.… Read More
Simply amazing. From an interview I did about lése-majéste crackdowns in Thailand.
Thai law states that if anyone insults the monarchy or any person, place or material related to the monarchy, you will go to jail for a up to 15 years. Thai jail, mind… Read More
