The Yeren, Yeti’s cousin (China) January 19, 2005 I have no TV at home, so most TV watching I do is when I am travelling. One night I was tuned to CCTV9 -the English broadcast of Chinese state Love and hate for Japan (China) January 5, 2005 Anyone who is following China knows about the love-hate relationship between China and Japan. An interesting story from Chengdu. The Japanese Naughty stuff in Chengdu (China) January 1, 2005 At a Chengdu bookstore, I was surprised to find a translated copy of Fahrenheit 451, the classic novel about censorship. There’s also a riverside Why must we buy China’s food (Korea) December 15, 2004 That’s the tagline of one of our young friends from Korea. He is angry over a recently published history that downplays the historic Korean kingdom Nostalgia (Singapore) October 2, 2004 I was talking to Lisa about how nostalgia plays an important part in people’s life as they grow older. I often tap on nostalgia to endear myself to A strong miss (China) September 5, 2004 By our regular spot, I was blurting something trivial - caravans on the ancient Silk Road. Cute Li Yun turned to me and said she would miss me. I To make a little girl smile (Thailand) August 12, 2004 I often meet fellow travelers who ask me how many countries I have travelled to. I tell them this once in Bangkok. The Korean enclave at Sukhumvit Why I love (Burma) April 9, 2004 I spotted two ladies grooming their friend’s hair and looking for head lice. Reminds me of a similar scene from my childhood growing up in India. The Shan girl ponders (Thailand) April 4, 2004 In the Thai border town of Mae Aw, people from the nearby Burmese province drop by to shop. They brave a rough trek of a couple of hours — over the Special feelings (China) February 17, 2004 The public buses in Chengdu are called “City Boats”. I was on one of these City Boats with Loumin, both of us needing to take the same route home. Next page