It's the start of the Month of the Hungry Ghosts! The Taoists believe that, for the next one month, the Gates to Hell are open and the spirits are out for...
Tanki: Divining Youth Among some of these seemingly ordinary working class men or women, manifestations of their gods and deities appear from time to time, and...
The Ritual First, the tanki, performs prayers to the Jade emperor and other main gods and deities. Then he sits on elaborately carved “dragon chair”, so...
Dear All, PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THE FILE ATTACHMENT FILE "HIDDEN MESSAGE" sent in the last message supposedly sent by me via the twc-nomad yahoogroup mailing...
Greetings from Hanoi! I arrived here on Wednesday - my second visit after my one month stay in Vietnam in 2002. This time, I am here to attend the wedding of...
Check out my essay about Bintan - "Cakes And Gods Across Historic Waterways" published in the online edition of the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore Vol. 3...
The Inauguration Ceremony of Jiutiaoqiao Xinba Nadugong Temple, Tampines Taoist, Malay and Hindu Gods Under A Single Roof C A Bizarre Celebration of...
Just got back from 6 days in the Philippines. A wonderful journey to parts of this country seen by many as dangerous, terrorist-plagued in the last few years....
Some people collect art, some collect forbidden countries, some collect girls, but the strangest must be those who collect girls from forbidden countries. ...
Website and lots more photos can be found here: http://weecheng.com/asia/ph/index.htm The Philippines 2004 Rice Terraces & Traffic Woes Gallery 1: Manila &...
Dear friends, As some of you already know, my travelogue book, "The Greenland Seal Hunter - Travel Tales From Distant Places", has been published by Times...
Here’s an update on some exciting happenings over here. First, the least exciting bit: Thanks to those who have sent in their orders of my first book –...
Dear All, In less than 24 hours, I will be flying to Hainan Island, Chinas southernmost province. This is going to be an exciting week for me, not lest...
Sorry: To re-post due to some typos: Dear All, In less than 24 hours, I will be flying to Hainan Island, China?s southernmost province. This is going to be an...
Dear All, I returned to Singapore from Hainan, China last Saturday. I had a wonderful trip, although that was somewhat discolored by the tsunami tragedy that...
Dear friends, Tonight, I will be setting off for Jakarta for 3 days of road trip to Bandung, Indonesia's 4th largest city in the West Java Highlands. Have...
On the eve of Eid al-Adha – the Feast of Sacrifice during which Muslims commemorate Prophet Abraham’s attempted sacrifice of his son to Allah – I flew to...
My long awaited Hainan story... here's part 1 of 5... Hainan: The Island of Paradise And Hell - My Own Family Saga Hainan, a sub-tropical island province in...
To read the Chinese characters, please switch the settings of your browser to View-Encoding-Unicode. ========= Eastern Hainan: The Vicious Empress And Women...
Sanya & South of Hainan: Edge Of The World, No More I traveled across to the island’s southern edge, to the beach resort city of Sanya[1], which recently...
Wuzhishan: Faux Tribals & Being Politically Incorrect From Sanya, we went inland towards the central highlands of Hainan. The multiple lane highway of...
Wenchang: Chicken Rice In Land of The Revolutionary Sisters I returned to Taijia Village after three days in Sanya. Dad and I decided to visit the ancestral...
Once upon a time, a boy saved a crocodile and in return for the favour, he brought the boy round the world on its back. When the crocodile dies, its body grew...
Dear All, Greetings from Ubud, Bali. I came here on Tuesday after a great time in Timor Leste. This small country of 800,000 inhabitants was the brief subject...
Dear All, I have just submitted my resignation from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and my last day at work will be 18 May 2005. I will at a later date...
Onward to Northern China: A New Career Adventure Just after midnight today I will be embarking on a new adventure in my life. I bade farewell to my colleagues...
The Bund, Tortoises, and Wild KTVs Every time I am about to dial an external phone line, I am tempted to hit 7 instead of 9. How time flies! Its almost a...
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