Hong Kong In the last few days some people, have asked me or mentioned to me how I am doing on the “asian blog award” coz there was an article on it on the SCMP. I told them, “I removed myself in the nomination stage already.” My very closest friends don’t even ask why. CozContinue reading “Vision of Internet: Removing Myself From Asian Blog Awards.”
Author Archives: Yan Sham-Shackleton
Laos 1999: Wrong Plane and Bomb Craters
Stories of a backpacking addict Subject: I got on the Wrong Plane! Just spent the last few days in a place called plain of jars. Archeology site which has these concrete jars that no one is sure who made and why… The town was a dusty frontier town that looked like some cowboys would appearContinue reading “Laos 1999: Wrong Plane and Bomb Craters”
Laos is a COUNTRY: 1999
Stories of a backpacking addict Subject: Geography Lesson Hello people. I am in Vientiane (VienChan on some maps) but I just checked my mail this morning and it seems to me QUITE a few people on this list thinks I am in VIETNAM. I AM NOT!!! I am in Laos.. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COUNTRY.. Lao isContinue reading “Laos is a COUNTRY: 1999”
My Sub-Moronic Humour Finds Home: Photosynthetic Molecules
Plugs and doodles Just a quick note as I run from one christmas lunch to the next christmas dinner. I am now part of a free form collaborative picture blog called photosynthetic molecules It’s done by this bunch of people. They seem very cool. I am mucho pleased by this. Addition: I have now doneContinue reading “My Sub-Moronic Humour Finds Home: Photosynthetic Molecules”
China Arrests 24 Taiwan ‘Spies’ as Tension Simmers
Hong Kong By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING (Reuters) – China has arrested 24 “spies” from diplomatic foe Taiwan and 19 mainland Chinese accomplices amid simmering tensions over plans by the island for a referendum, a move that has riled Beijing and alarmed Washington. Analysts said China’s rare and swift admission of the espionage scandal couldContinue reading “China Arrests 24 Taiwan ‘Spies’ as Tension Simmers”
Merry Christmas! My Little Blog Present ie. Links
In the past I was a stingy linker, partly because Radioland was really difficult to add stuff to, partly coz I didn’t think too much about what links mean. Which is someone saying, “I actually read this thing, and if you like mine, you might like this persons.” Anyway, so in the last few weeks,Continue reading “Merry Christmas! My Little Blog Present ie. Links”
Other People’s Blogs
Plugs and doodles I like surfing into the other segments of the Internet, that I haven’t come across before. Usually, you find an interconnected world of about 5-10 blogs who are all linked together and they all share a certain style, a similar feel and at times can be foreign from what I have comeContinue reading “Other People’s Blogs”
NTSCMP: QQ has really gone over the top this time!
Hong Kong Comment on Glutter: Whether it’s self-righteous or naïve, the fact remains that this entry is lucid, rational and intelligible. What’s it doing in a blog?
US treated Saddam like a Cow. Part III
Socio-politico rants Part 1: U.S. Treated Saddam ‘Like a Cow’. Can you understand why I am depressed now? Part 2: Follow Up: US Treated Saddam Like a Cow Comments “But I don’t believe an eye for an eye. I think we should have treated him with all the respect he couldn’t afford others. It justContinue reading “US treated Saddam like a Cow. Part III”
Happy Winter Festival!!!!
Hong Kong Today is our Winter Festival. I went to the ice coffee shop place today and found them closing early. I was like, “Why?” and they go “It’s Winter Festival!” and the women pointed outside and I saw all the other shops were closing early too. Now I know why it’s soo cold today!Continue reading “Happy Winter Festival!!!!”
Yan Sham-Shackleton Online 