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An interesting video looking at the current economic crisis through the eyes of a World-systems theorist:

This is an awesome Russian fighter!!!

The violence in Osh and Jalal Abad seems to be waning. Many Uzbek refugees are still in Uzbekistan, it is hard to say if they will return. Several sources are suggesting…

Most of you probably never heard of Osh or Jalal Abad, two Central Asian cities located in southern Kyrgyzstan. I visited both of these cities in 1999 as part of my 4…

Any suggestions on the best remedies for relieving a tummy ache in Saigon? Here are some I heard about: 7-Up or Sprite (American) Soda Chanh (Vietnamese) Rice porridge…

Well, here is a new jet that will inspire many young American children to become fighter pilots. The F-35A Lightning II jet fighter is an awesome fighter that will serve…

Here are recent pictures of my Kazakh host family. I think they are aging very well... Orazimbetovs in 1999 Orazimbetovs in 2010 (Aizhan, my host sister, in center)

One of my friends surprised me yesterday by sending me a birthday gift to my house. What a way to brighten up a day. She and her company sent me flowers and a birthday…

Well, it has been nearly a week since I moved to District 1. I love my new room. I am conveniently located near the New World Hotel on Nguyen Trai street just walking…

Tonight will be my last night in my house at 489A/23A/210 Huynh Van Banh, in the Phu Nhuan District. I was supposed to leave today but I decided to stay an extra day…

I know many of us have seen this image many times the past 8 years. As an American, I do not view the work like this nor do many of my fellow American friends. Yet…

Gerald Celente on RT giving his views of Wall Street and Ledman's hiding billions of dollars before the financial crisis:

Tomorrow is the last day of Tet, finally. This has actually been one long boring Tet for me. Normally I would spend some time out of the city but this year I just felt…

For the last couple months now, one of my neighbors started to renovate their house. Since they had no place to part their motorbikes, they decided that the front of my…

(Russian Tortoise - Image Source: Wikipedia) The other day I was surfing online which somehow brought me to the Wikipedia article on Russian Tortoises. It brought back…

I really like this video by Shahzoda, a famous singer from Uzbekistan. Shahzoda puts some Islamic influences in her videos which tell a good story. Enjoy this video:

I have been quite busy the last month developing with Wordpress. Oddly enough, I had about 6 requests for Wordpress sites from friend and colleagues during this time…

Another interesting post by Japan Probe. Biking over water on a floating flimsy bridge seems easy but...take a look yourself:

Via the Jamaipanese blog, I learned about another Japanese anime series titled Valkyria Chronicles. Jamaipanese gives a good review of this anime series which already…