An excerpt from my wrap-up post from the 21st ASEAN Summit on investvine. Arriving back in Bangkok after covering the 21stASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh for four days, I am left pondering some of the more overlooked outcomes of the international event in which media has by and large used to …
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Food for thought: a good deed in the diet
Ever wonder how you can help change the world? Believe it or not, the answer can be found with your choices of breakfast, lunch and dinner. Heavy-protein diets and overindulgence in processed foods are, in fact, not only bad for your health, but also straining on the finite resources with which these foodstuffs are made …
Filipinos: Is it more fun in Qatar?
During my recent jaunt to Qatar, my first time in the Middle East, I was intrigued by the amount of Asian faces I saw throughout my trip. No, not mixing about on the street scene so much, but more in the order of daily interaction with those in service positions. According the Philippine Embassy in …
Malaysia & Thailand: The Odd Couple
Over the past few years I have spent extended periods of time on both sides of the Thai-Malay border living in the two neighboring countries that bisect the Malaysian Peninsula. Sitting up my last night in the garment factory/townhouse I have been lodging at on and off in Bangkok for the last month before heading back …
Cambodia: Phnom Penh 6 years on
Six years have past since I last visited Phnom Penh on that sultry Halloween day in 2006, and, like myself and personal point of view, much of the city has undergone a noticeable amount of change. When I wrote about the dusty Cambodian capital last, I painted a picture of a place rife with "machine …
Justin Calderón 