Archive for June, 2005
Revolutionary Story Time
Click to Play Song (will open in new window)
More great Cultural Revolution multimedia at Morning Sun. English lessons are not this fun anymore.
Technorati Tags: culturalrevolution
Michael Palin’s Himalayan Journey
Palin on the shores of a Tibetan Lake
I never used to watch much TV, but there was one series I used to watch religiously and it was Michael Palin’s “Round the World in 80 days”. There are many celebrities who anchor travel shows but most of them I don’t like. I enjoy Palin’s travels as I feel he is genuinely interested in the places and he has a great sense of humor.
Palin now has a new series called “Himalaya”. He travels to some remote and end of the road places like this one
In the remote hill village of Longwa I can stand with one leg in India and the other in Myanmar, or Burma, as it used to be known. (I like the word Burma and take heart from the fact that Myanmar’s national anthem remains ‘Gba mjay Bma’ – ‘We Shall Love Burma for Ever’.) Longwa, a collection of palm-thatched huts, a tin-roofed church and a huge satellite dish, isn’t marked on any maps I have. It’s at the end of the line, on the very edge of Indian administration.It’s also the home of the largest building made entirely from vegetation that I think I’ve ever seen. The chief’s hut, or in this case, mega-hut, is some 200 feet long and covered with a striking roof of palm leaves that sweeps down from an apex of 50 feet or more to within 3 feet of the ground.
The hut occupies the highest point of a 4700-foot (1430 m) ridge, on either side of which the land falls away in a series of crinkly valleys. Along the top runs the India-Myanmar border. In fact, it slices right down the middle of the chief’s hut, so he can walk between the two countries without ever leaving home.
The book and some pictures are on Palin’s site.
Blogs and diaries?
Sounds familiar via (webloged.com)
Technorati Tags: blogs, comics
More “The World is Flat” links
MIT OpenCourseware has a video of Tom Friedman speaking about his new book “The World is Flat” (Via Elearnspace and Elearningpost)
Chances are good that Bhavya in Bangalore will read your next x-ray, or as Thomas Friedman learned first hand, “Grandma Betty in her bathrobe†will make your Jet Blue plane reservation from her Salt Lake City home. In “Globalization 3.0,†Friedman contends, people from far-flung places will become principal players in the marketplace.
Also, on Wired, Friedman answers Why the world is Flat?
When I was growing up, my parents told me, “Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.” I tell my daughters, “Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.”
Technorati Tags: outsourcing, globalisation
Bloggers.sg - The Singapore Blogger Convention
The convention will be held on 16th July Saturday. Let us know if you are coming. (No need of particulars, just a simple poll)