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Philippines: Blogging Humanity

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:38:27 +0000

San Juan Gossip Mills Outlet gives thanks for all the people he's met through blogging. He writes: “All in all, friend or foe come home to nest in their respective blogdoms and visit other people’s sites either to spite, anger, inspire or simply thank each other. In short, humanity abounds far more in cyberspace than in the real world. Shame is replaced by courage, embarrassment by facility, human debate by by ethernet discourse. Our humanity magnified a hundred fold. That is the power of blogging. “

Thailand: People's Constitution

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:38:07 +0000

Tom Vanvanij reflects on the current Thai constitution — now that it looks like the kingdom will be getting a new one.

Myanmar: Growing Army

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:25:47 +0000

Burma Digest looks at how Myanmar's military has doubled in the past 15 years even as its neighbors have reduced the numbers of their soldiers.

Malaysia: Chinese Taxes

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:19:46 +0000

Anak Merdeka reacts to an amazing statement by Malaysia's former PM Mahathir Mohamad that Malaysia's development had been funded largely by taxes paid by ethnic Chinese — and not Malay — Malaysians.

Indonesia: Polygamy, Polygyny, Polyandry

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:15:14 +0000

Cafe Salemba points readers to a clutch of interesting links analyzing polygamy from the perspective of economics.

Malaysia: Rising Islamism?

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:52:38 +0000

Colors of Life worries that, as Islamist political power rises in the country, the dice has been cast against a “Malaysian” Malaysia.

Philippines: More on Rent Control

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:49:20 +0000

Another Hundred Years Hence responds to a reader, a Filipino-American who owns some apartment buildings in New York, who argues that rent control may help the urban poor stay in cities and protect them from gentrification.

Singapore: Staying Skeptical of Scripture

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:45:09 +0000

Singapore's Salt * Wet * Fish reposts a 2004 entry from his old LiveJournal that continues to have resonance: a reflection on a passage by Buddhist nun Thich Nhat Hanh on remembering that spiritual texts are meant to provoke insight, and should not always be taken on face value.

Thailand: Dodging the Question

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:36:55 +0000

Thai blog Bookish reflects on the beleaguered Thai PM's evasion of a question posed to him on a TV talk show: Did he make a mistake transferring his company's shares to his son rather than to a blind trust, as required by the Thai constitution?

Vietnam: The Rest of the Country

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:31:54 +0000

Virtual Doug tries to grasp how Việt Nam’s rapid economic growth is affecting its countryside, where 80% of its people live.

Vietnam: Painted Scrolls

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:23:23 +0000

Six Months in Hanoi asks for help identifying the imagery in two painted scrolls he brought back with him from Vietnam.

Singapore: Playing the Game Counts

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:09:24 +0000

Wormie takes issue with those in Singapore complaining it was a waste of money to send a losing team to the Commonwealth Games. “Winning or losing is not everything in sports, it is about participating to the best of one's ability. Along the way in our quest for excellence we seem to have forgotten about this.”

Singapore: No Longer Anonymous

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 20:05:35 +0000

Mr. Wang Bakes Good Karma, commenting on the rising prominence of local bloggers in the media, thinks the old belief that bloggers are anonymous is no longer true: “So I don't think it's fair at all for the MSM to keep harping on the point that bloggers are anonymous. They're not - at least, the prominent ones usually are not. Even if they do not use their real names on their blogs, it's relatively easy to find out. One common way is to ask them.”

Thailand, Singapore: Crashing Investment

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:59:31 +0000

Singapore Election Watch reposts a forum comment by someone pointing out that the value of state-owned Temasek Holdings' controversial investment in Thailand's Shin Corp. — which triggered a political crisis in Bangkok — has plummeted, costing Singaporeans $2.21 billion in three days.

Singapore: Leaving Home

Jose Manuel Tesoro — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:52:48 +0000

agrain of sand has a dilemma: “How to tell my parents that Singapore isn’t really my home anymore? I mean, yes, they are back there, I grew up there, they took care of me there, but how do you call home a place where you haven’t lived in years, and do not intend to live in for the next few years?”