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Asia’s Top 8 Women 2009

Asia’s Top 8 Women 2009

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As the world celebrates its 100th International Women’s Day, CNN takes a look at the key women who are shaping Asia’s political and economic landscape! Zhang Yin, China In the 1990s Zhang Yin decided to form a company to ship American scrap paper back to China to turn into cardboard boxes for export. It was a stroke [...]

Name Does Matter In Bali

Name Does Matter In Bali

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If you’ve been following this blog you probably realised there are a ton of people in Bali called Made ( Ma day ), Nyoman and Putu. There’s a good reason for this. In Balinese culture if you are the first born ( male or female ) you will be called either Putu, Wayan or Nengah. [...]

Top 10 Wedding Locations In The World

Top 10 Wedding Locations In The World

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Wedding is one of the most important days of our lives and all of us want the day to be perfect not only in the photographs but also in our memories.  In planning any wedding, the first thing that needs to be finalized is the location. If  wedding location choices are in your mind, there [...]

A Sulawesi Tribe Using Korean Writing System ‘Hangeul’ For Their Language

A Sulawesi Tribe Using Korean Writing System ‘Hangeul’ For Their Language

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When you read the title, I bet you think it doesn’t sound much of a good news from Indonesia. Why in a random world they choose Hangeul (Korean characters) to write down their ethnic language? There are thousands writing systems in the world, and hundreds of them in Indonesia alone. But, to the best of [...]