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The Lady on the Lake - 101 East - Al Jazeera English - 09/Sep/2011 09:57 - 4835 days ago
Interesting Al Jazeera documentary available online...The Lady on the LakeIs Nobel Peace Prize winner and democracy icon Aung Sa...
Stuff what I learnt in Thailand - 20/Aug/2011 04:37 - 4855 days ago
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Untitled - 08/Aug/2011 08:53 - 4867 days ago
Happy World - Burma, the dictatorship of the absurdhttp://vimeo.com/25194139Interesting video on Burma and all its bizarre syste...
The end is nigh - 08/Aug/2011 06:26 - 4867 days ago
Yesterday was my first day back in the office after a fortnight off during which I travelled to Burma.The only thing which reall...
Untitled - 13/Jul/2011 02:16 - 4893 days ago
On the BBC radio iplayer (for one week only) is this interview with journalist Sue Lloyd Roberts which focuses on her investigat...
Visa paranoia - 06/Jul/2011 03:57 - 4900 days ago
After a little self-inflicted panic I picked up my visa for Burma (or, catchily, 'The Republic of the Union of Myanmar') yesterd...
Reith Lectures - 06/Jul/2011 03:36 - 4900 days ago
BBC ARTICLEAungSan Suu Kyi to present the BBC's Reith LecturesAungSan Suu Kyi will deliver two of the 2011 Reith Lectures, along...
Aung San in the media - 06/Jul/2011 03:35 - 4900 days ago
Just a couple of recent Guardian articles on Burma's most famous resident.Interview withAungSan Suu Kyi on her 'freedom' and lov...
Burma in the relegation zone - 06/Jul/2011 03:30 - 4900 days ago
For those who aren’t aware of it and have any interest, check out the Transparency International website here:http://www.trans...
2011 Reith Lectures - 29/Jun/2011 03:44 - 4907 days ago
You can listen to the first of Aung San Suu Kyi's Reith Lectures on the theme of freedom here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0...
Through the Keyhole - 23/Jun/2011 07:37 - 4913 days ago
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Lunch - 21/Jun/2011 09:09 - 4915 days ago
Too lazy to write anything at the moment and since there's not much to report I thought I'd take you on a tour to my usual lunch...
Untitled - 12/Jun/2011 09:15 - 4924 days ago
Well I’ve just returned from a two week break with the parents.It’d been in the planning for a while but when I went to meet...
Aung San Suu Kyi to present the BBC's Reith Lectures - 11/Jun/2011 15:27 - 4925 days ago
BBC ARTICLEAung San Suu Kyi to present the BBC's Reith LecturesAung San Suu Kyi will deliver two of the 2011 Reith Lectures, alo...
The rains, the rains! - 14/May/2011 06:16 - 4953 days ago
This is a really poor quality snippet of the rain from a few days ago, as seen from my balcony.It'd been raining about half...
Warning: may include self-indulgent moans - 08/May/2011 15:25 - 4959 days ago
So there’s nothing much to report at the moment but I guess there’s a certain challenge to constructing a post out of nothin...
Aung San in the media - 21/Apr/2011 02:40 - 4976 days ago
Just a couple of recent Guardian articles on Burma's most famous resident.Interview with Aung San Suu Kyi on her 'freedom' and l...
Up North - 18/Apr/2011 07:03 - 4979 days ago
While everyone back home seems to be gearing up for Easter holidays and royal weddings it’s back to work for me after a much n...
One day in Ayutthaya - 03/Apr/2011 08:59 - 4994 days ago
As of late there’s not been much to report, hence my erratic blogging!Until a few days ago it’d been a month since I’d las...
Earthquake in Burma - 26/Mar/2011 01:04 - 5002 days ago
Guardian article:Burma earthquake: At least 75 people killedThe town of Tachileik and surrounding villages in Shan state appear ...
Rules of the road - 21/Mar/2011 05:37 - 5007 days ago
I suppose, having been in Thailand for six months now, it’s pretty surprising that I’d not seen a traffic accident before to...
Visa Run Episode II: Immigration Strikes Back - 18/Mar/2011 01:13 - 5010 days ago
I’ve just returned from a few days in Penang where the second attempt at a visa run went a lot smoother than the first!It seem...
Work permit, take one - 09/Mar/2011 11:24 - 5019 days ago
Just a brief and very selective update...Well, today involved a rather fruitless trip to the labour department in Bangkok.After ...
Mahachai pictures - 26/Feb/2011 11:51 - 5030 days ago
Thought I'd stick some pictures up of Mahachai (AKA 'The Armpit') since I've talked about it enough.Starting with my little flat...
Field of Dreams - 22/Feb/2011 14:56 - 5034 days ago
I feel as though I should apologise: apologise to my organisation, to VSO, to Thailand, to the people who read through this self...
My life in silent film - 16/Feb/2011 07:55 - 5040 days ago
I’m flagging.It has now been nine days since my last conversation with a fellow human being.I never appreciated before coming ...
D.A.D. - 15/Feb/2011 03:39 - 5041 days ago
Well, along with the many life threatening diseases that seem to have passed undiagnosed during my recent medical, it transpires...
Web MD and me - 10/Feb/2011 07:29 - 5046 days ago
I’ve not been feeling great over the past few days.In the absence of a mother who, even at my age, immediately questions my ab...
Ukulele love - 06/Feb/2011 11:36 - 5050 days ago
In the hope of distracting myself from what promises to be a painful meeting tomorrow, I thought I would write about something e...
Baby steps - 02/Feb/2011 02:12 - 5054 days ago
Wow!Well, I've been in my placement for three and a half months now and there are still several people in the office yet to ackn...
Burma in the relegation zone - 01/Feb/2011 15:31 - 5055 days ago
For those who aren’t aware of it and have any interest, check out the Transparency International website here:http://www.trans...
I heart the BBC - 28/Jan/2011 06:15 - 5059 days ago
So the BBC are making more cuts, this time to the World Service.I remember this time a year or so ago being up in arms about the...
Me and the mob - 26/Jan/2011 11:52 - 5061 days ago
I’ll try to keep the moaning to a minimum today but the blog just wouldn’t be complete without it!I was watchingThe Sopranos...
Little old uninformed me - 26/Jan/2011 11:46 - 5061 days ago
I was going to start on my usual depressing ramble but instead I’d like to point something out:I am painfully aware that all I...
Buckets in Bangers, Birthdays on Beaches - 22/Jan/2011 14:27 - 5065 days ago
Well, the big 3.0 has finally arrived....I was so excited to have a much needed week away from work and began it in style (well,...
The last days of a twentysomething - 09/Jan/2011 15:17 - 5078 days ago
So the last few days I’ve been in a pretty good mood - I felt that alone warranted sharing!I think there are a few things cont...
...in which I whine and moan - 06/Jan/2011 15:01 - 5081 days ago
I feel (and look!) like Tom Hanks inCastaway.It’s like I have so little human contact at work that when it does come I’m tot...
New Year in Kanchanaburi - 06/Jan/2011 14:59 - 5081 days ago
Even though Thai new year falls at a different time to Western new year, everything at work shut down for a long wee...
So this is Christmas? - 26/Dec/2010 11:16 - 5092 days ago
There have been so many times in the past few weeks when I’ve forgotten that this is a rather busy time of the year for most o...
Setting the scene... - 24/Dec/2010 05:13 - 5094 days ago
It amazes me to think that I’ve been in Thailand for over three months now!While it’s easy to say the time has flown by, tha...
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