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Temple of Literature (Vietnamese: Văn Miếu) in Hanoi, northern Vietnam Hanoi 12th-graders are crowding here to find spiritual elements in the hope of increasing their chances at the upcoming national college admission exams

Fled Down South Taiwan

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During my academic years, even though I had quietly and purposefully fled home choosing the least-wanted and farthest school in southern Taiwan, also to avoid drawing more unnecessary battle lines

3S

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A Japanese girl at a (Japanese owned) private beach in Guam I had first heard of the term of "3S" was from the Japanese (upper class) family social gatherings some 25 years back

Walk Circa CRT Inventor's Hometown

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Turm der Stadtpfarrkirche Fulda, Hessen-Kassel, Germany Take a closer look at the German great inventor's hometown in Fulda

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi

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This hotel was the first Sofitel Legend property in the world

The Farm at San Benito

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The accommodations not only provisioning all nutrimental diet in a nutrigenomics mind-set and coming up with with programs for the improvement of man's estate

When Chocolate was a Meal

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The modern day presentation from Max Brenner, an Israeli chocolate shop chain, I had first come across Deploying cacao beans and chocolate infusions in dishes was popular that ancient Mexicans had snapped it up

Make You Own Lard at Home

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All are cell phone photos in this entry Forewarned is forearmed?

Men Want Dogs not Wives

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One of my beloved dogs, Owen, at Anza-Borrego Desert, SoCal Why Some Men Have Dogs And Not Wives?

Hyatt Hotel and Casino Manila

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I had been repeatedly staying at this hotel whenever I visited Manila over the last few years

IKEA Cake Faecal Germs Found Again in 3 Months

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Chocolate parfaits and cakes on display at Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila IKEA Taiwan recently announced that its chocolate almond cake products have been taken off the shelf due to reports indicating that it contained traces of the E. Coli bacteria, on 3/8/2013

Dog Goes Fishing

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I would never imagine this dog trick happening right in front of my eyes

Death Café

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Picture of Table arrangement at a 5-Star hotel in Chiang Mai, Thailand One woman detained, 10 questioned in probe on deaths of couple in New Taipei

Ma Ma Cup

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They refer it as Ma Ma Noodles here in Taiwan instead of Ma Ma Cup . I had heard so much about it year in and year out locally, all to the good?

German Farms in Egg Fraud

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Following the horsemeat, it's the eggs

Meatball Derby in IKEA

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Swedish furniture giant Ikea became entangled in Europe’s widening meat scandal Monday, forced to withdraw meatballs from stores across Europe amid suspicions that they contained horse meat

DinGuan Buddhist Temple

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All photos taken by cell phone, on 3/24/2012 It was the first time I had heard of this Chinese term of DinGuan buddhist temple (定光佛寺) during the first visit to Cebu, Philippines, in January 2006

Ritidian Point

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Stunning white sand beach Model by Kelly Hair by Jun Nan Makeup by Zu Yuan Style by A Jin & Xenia A friend handed me a tiny glass bottle with white sands in it as a welcome gift. I soon spotted it without my friend's realization

6 Spanish Tourists Raped near Acapulco

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The latest crime report will only make it harder for Mexico to shrug off the incidents of crime in tourist towns as isolated and rare

A Mug's Game

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I always find it so mirthful to this day (in this post all are cell phone pictures) How to Get Along at the Office Is it sagacious or outright foolish??

Most Vermicelli Rice Noodles Not Rice at all

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Bún nem nướng (Vermicelli Salad Bowl with Vietnamese BBQ Pork Meatballs), my first bowl of Vietnamese food in Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area   Nearly 90 percent of rice vermicelli noodles in Taiwan are not primarily composed of their main ingredient, rice, but are instead a mix of other edible starches

Soil Basking in Glory of Thai Buddhism 1/4

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沐浴在泰國佛教光輝下的泥土 1/4 最美麗的衛星城市 席撒查那來 Si Satchanalai Most Beautiful Satellite City 泰國 席撒查那來 Si Satchanalai, Thailand Interviewed accounts orally: Don Schumann Co-Editor: Arlene Kao (My apologies to all English speakers for posting original published article in Traditional Chinese. Please make good use of your internet translator!)

Soil Basking in Glory of Thai Buddhism 2/4

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沐浴在泰國佛教光輝下的泥土 2/4 幸福的黎明 素可泰 Sukhothai The Dawn of Merriment 泰國 素可泰 Sukhothai, Thailand Interviewed accounts orally: Don Schumann Co-Editor: Eagle Yang (My apologies to all English speakers for posting original published article in Traditional Chinese. Please make good use of your internet translator!)

Soil Basking in Glory of Thai Buddhism 3/4

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沐浴在泰國佛教光輝下的泥土 3/4 水上的都城 大城 Ayuthaya Floating Capital City 泰國 大城 Ayuthaya, Thailand by Don Schumann (My apologies to all English speakers for posting original published article in Traditional Chinese. Please make good use of your internet translator!)

Soil Basking in Glory of Thai Buddhism 4/4

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沐浴在泰國佛教光輝下的泥土 4/4 紅土築起的鍚蘭風古都 甘潘霈 Kamphaeng Phet Ceylon-Style Ancient City Built by Red Earth 泰國 甘潘霈 Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand by Don Schumann (My apologies to all English speakers for posting original published article in Traditional Chinese. Please make good use of your internet translator!)

iBaby Era Coming

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Call Me Apple, Mac or Siri, baby!

Victoria Sapa Resort & Spa

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French influenced hill retreat town, in Northern Vietnam, of Sapa in Lao Cai Province, with its minority groups, beautiful villas and cherry forests

Iconic French Wine Declines Locally

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Colorful treaties from an exclusive tropical island resort  Juice and soda push wine drinking to record low, In France