Siddharth Varadarajan, a journalist for The Hindu, an Indian newspaper, published a blog entry about a month ago with fascinating high-resolution photographs of the emerging Burmese capital, Naypyidaw. The entry can be found here: “Nay Pyi Taw - a photo album”. He also published an article named “In phantom capital, a city slowly takes [...]
I have not blogged for the past few weeks because I was very busy working to pursue awards at the American Society of Civil Engineers-sponsored competition. And I succeeded. Yesterday, my team and I competed at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and won 2nd place overall and “Best technical report.” I will begin [...]
I have been too busy with my life to update this blog, to my dismay. I spent the entire weekend (two 12-hour shifts and one more to go) creating bridges for the competition this Friday at a local university. I desperately want to write about the recent “discovery” of anti-Christian government document leaked to the [...]
I wanted to share a few photos of Hsi Lai Temple, located in a suburb of L.A. It is the largest temple in the Western Hemisphere, according to its brochure. I visited the temple with my family on Sunday, because it is nearing Chinese New Years (February 18 this year).
Young girl selling postcards to a crowd of tourists in Pagan
The Irrawaddy has dedicated a large portion of its February issue to the sensitive issue of traveling to Burma. I have been inspired to write what I believe of this issue. Note that readers should not be persuaded or dissuaded by my opinions.
I visited [...]
I have done poorly this semester in school, because grades earned during senior year in high school are of little weight in college admissions in the U.S. I received only one A, in European History, and the rest were B’s, a drastic change from previous years when a B was rare for me. Unfortunately, mine [...]
Snapshots of the newly constructed terminal in Rangoon’s Mingaladon International Airport.
People’s Daily reports that Mingaladon International Airport is now completed, and will be inaugurated soon. The airport recently received a cosmetic facelift, addition of a terminal, and extension of the runway, designed by Singapore’s CPG Airport Consultant Co. and constructed by Asia World Co., a [...]
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