...my official route through s.e.a. (for real this time)

12.16 KL – Bangkok

12.17 Bangkok

12.18 Bangkok – Siem Reap

12.19 Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)

12.20 Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)

12.21 Siem Reap – Phnom Phen

12.22 Phnom Phen

12.23 Phnom Phen - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)

12.24 Ho Chi Minh City

12.25 Ho Chi Minh City

12.26 Ho Chi Minh City – Bangkok – Phuket

12.27 Phuket

12.28 Phuket

12.29 Phuket

12.30 Ko Phangan (Haad Rin)

12.31 Ko Phangan (Full Moon Party)

01.01 Ko Phangan – Surat Thani – Bangkok – Vantiane

01.02 Vantiane

01.03 Vantiane – Vang Vieng

01.04 Vang Vieng

01.05 Vang Vieng – Luang Prabang

01.06 Luang Prabang

01.07 Luang Prabang

01.08 Luang Prabang – Bangkok – Hong Kong

01.09 Hong Kong – Toronto – London (?)

...poetic justice?

tonight: el gran clasico...

forget where both teams came off; forget bernd schuster's words; forget the injuries; forget almost everything, and get out of your mind an easy victory for barcelona.

the greatest rivalry game in the world has to write its own history, and this history will take place tonight at camp nou at 10 p.m. local time.

anything can happen...

the big sellout trailer...

just one more week in malaysia. then, it's hanoi to phuket in 24 days//

powergrab in ottawa...

harper's nationally televised speech on monday night was an eerily faithful reprise duplication of george bush's many ponderous addresses from the oval office. wrapping himself in the maple leaf, harper rattled off the familiar patriotic buzzwords and catchphrases: "we will use all legal means to resist this undemocratic seizure of power," harper thundered, peering straight into the camera. fortunately, harper doesn't have a legal leg to stand on. constitutional scholars unanimously agree that the parties have the right to deliver a "no confidence" vote and strip him of his power. harper is just trying to brazen it out to buy some time. "the canadian government has always been chosen by the people," said the prime minister. not true, and harper knows it... // mike whitney, 12.05.08, counterpunch

memo for obama...

uri avnery offers the president-elect a number of suggestions for peace b/w israel and palestine, based on his experience as an underground fighter, special forces soldier in the 1948 war, editor-in-chief of a newsmagazine, member of the knesset and founding member of a peace movement. // tikkun

barry schwartz on the paradox of choice...

( freedom ≠ choice )

study: nearly half of the world's jailed journalists come from the web...

more than print, tv or any other medium, online journalists are now the most-jailed category of journalists worldwide. a study by the committee to protect journalists said that the online reporters, editors and bloggers make up 45% of the 125 journalists it found behind bars, the first time the web category has eclipsed print (42%) since the study began in 1997. CPJ director joel simon observed that without organizational support, online journalists are easier targets. "the image of the solitary blogger working at home in pajamas may be appealing, but when the knock comes on the door, they are alone and vulnerable," simon said in a news release. the study notes that in china, which leads the world in captive journalists, 24 of the 28 currently behind bars did their work online. cuba, burma, eritrea, and uzbekistan round out the top five countries on the list of journo jailers. read more about the report at the CPJ website // david sarno, 12.04.08, los angeles times 

the reality behind 'clean' coal technology...