Burmese boat people left to die by Thai authorities

A co-sojourner emailed this news story to me, feeling really angry about it. It’s a really sad story.
It’s so obvious that the Thai government have floated these people out to the big sea to whither and die. And newly elected fresh-faced Thai Prime Minister Abhisit refered the investigation of this case back to the very [...]

Cambodia Suspends Foreign Marriages

Hi folks, sorry for the ‘radio silence’ here. I’ve been walking around with the ’swamped thing’ t-shirt :p
Here’s an interesting piece on co-sojourners I came across today :

Cambodia has temporarily banned marriages between foreigners and Cambodians because of concerns over the rising number of brokered unions involving poor, uneducated women. The move follows the publication [...]

For Singapore Airlines, Slapping Their Stewardesses Is A Private Matter! Can We Really Slap Them?

I read this on the Majulah Singapura blog and am quite shocked because SIA did not take any action and Mr Wong is quite a respected businessman in Singapore.
As an iconic company of Singapore, regardless of whose fault, it’s unbelievable to me that SIA did not do anything about this case of air rage. From [...]

Bribing on the Highway – Singaporean Version

I wrote about bribing on the Malaysian highways earlier. This is the Singaporean version, from ’Today’ : 
A CEMENT mixer driver tried to beat a traffic rap by offering a police officer a $50 bribe

Mafia cannot go to bars and pubs!

When the police arrested Salvatore Lo Piccolo, the head of the Sicilian Mafia, they uncovered a 10 commandments on what seems to be the guide to “become a good mobster”!
Prohibitions include

Free Burma!

Car Jacking in Malaysia

There are quite a few of these tricks in varied forms. I personally know of friends who fell victim to car jacking, at least 3 of my friends have lost their cars in Malaysia.

This particular one came in my inbox not too long ago – treat it as a ‘highway tip’ from the HighwayBlogger.

Bribing your way through the N.S. highway

“Good afternoon sir!” The traffic police officer beamed as I lowered my car window.
“erm… hi.” I replied flatly. Not feeling too friendly since I just got flagged down at the police roadblock, as usual.
“Yes sir, our cameras caught you speeding @ 121km/h near the 71 marker.” The policeman continued almost enthusiatically.
And then he paused, staring [...]