Blogs from Asia - page 14778

Then this country is in alot of trouble, over the last few days I have seen numerous giant (giant for real real not for play play) gold / bronze statues of buddha looking incredibly rich and satisfyed, sometimes kicking it back and reclining surrounded by seas of smaller Buddha (Is Buddha the plural of Buddha?) and an even bigger ocean of donation boxes. One has to ask oneself how so much money is pumped into religion when so many people in the country are starving? but then all you have to think about is the Samoan church service where all the donations from each family are read out in front of the congregation to realise its a similar situation everywhere. Plus as a tourist wanting a taste of what the culture in Thailand is like aside ... read more

25 April Tues green ortho team...the one i'm attached to...was on trauma call today... followed morning round...the professor....bobby john...was very kind....he's also head of ortho...taught a lot during the round.....would put up the xray...then ask me to comment and then ask his residents questions on management.... they have quite a few patients spread in many wards...trying to remember which patient had what diagnosis... then took some time off to do some reading....the department has its small libray...but the books are too difficult.... after lunch went to the student lib....a book called Essential orthopaedics is quite good..... in the afternoon..there's paedi ortho clinic...saw a few cases....club foot...gets sleepy when you don't know what the conversation is all about. then went to the casualty...two cases came in.....if wasn't at the clinic, then would... read more

Hey all you hot hot people!!! This is our final blog from overseas - for now! We are going home tomorrow night, leaving about 8.30pm Japan time - 9.30pm Australian time.. So it is with pleasure that I present to you our lastest overseas blog entry, focusing predominantly on our day - yesterday - in DISNEYRAND!!! DisneyRand is Disney Land. Because it is in Tokyo, you pronounce it DisneyRand. Japanese peopre do not have the retter 'L' in their vocaburary, so, for the purpose of this brog, I will write every 'L' as 'R', so that you can experience Japan in the comfort of your own home. Feer free to read aroud. Okay! So!!! Here goes!!! We caught the PEAK HOUR train from Yabe to Machida - then, from Machida to Shinijuku - then, from Shinjuku ... read more

img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3085/97/200/DSC_6597.jpg" border="0" alt="" Ruth and Lynn always looked forward to breakfast to finish any Scrabble game they started the night before. After the free breakfast buffet in our Qingdao hotel we got a ride to the airport for our flight to Beijing. We had a driver that didn't speak any English so got some language instruction. We asked him if he had any children. It's a question that everyone asks and is not considered too personal. If fact, the Chinese consider it showing personal interest. Such a question soon after meeting someone my be too personal in the west. Another common greeting I heard was: "Chila ma?" (Have you eaten?) During some of the difficult famine years the answer was often NO. Now it's almost like saying "Hello." img ... read more

Bonzoir Mezames ze mezieurs, Aujourd'hui a ete plutot difficile, non pas a cause d'obstacles insurmontable mais plutot a cause de la viree d'enfer d'hier. C'est surement ma nuit la plus fucker jusqu'a date, je peux juste dire que tout a commence au Psy Bar et la suite reste dans les grands secrets Tokyonites. Peut-etre qu'un jour moi et Yanick on vous raconteras la grande histoire de la grande viree Shinjuku d'avril 2006, mais pour l'instant on prefere passer a autre chose je crois. Comme vous pouvez voir, j'ai mis quelques photos de Yanick, Yuji et Hiroshi a notre periple a Akihabara. Il y'avais tellement de monde, la rue etait ferme. C'etait supposement une journee "ferie" mais personne pouvait expliquer c'etait quoi. Je devais verifier le prix de quelques jeux videos japonais pour Jeux Pharaons, ce fut ... read more