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now reading - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

inviting guest posts

You may have read the guest post Thinking about the future of Phuket tourism by Matt on my website. Do you fancy sending in a guest post? if you like to contribute something, drop me a comment with your email address (email address will not be displayed to public with your comment). I will then contact you by email.

Your article can be on anything under the sun. However, I look forward to articles on South East Asia including tourism, religion or culture. I will be biased to give priority to articles calling the attention of the world to make a difference to someone's life e.g orphanages and charities in Cambodia, flood victims in Philippines, ladyboy's of Thailand etc. Short stories, poems, paintings, cartoons, pictures etc are welcome too. Your contribution will be credited to your name with a link back to your website.

There are two conditions though :
a. your contribution must genuinely be yours and not stolen or copied. If there are portions borrowed from someone else, the source should be referenced.
b. your article should not contains things that are discriminatory, disrespectful, immoral towards any other person or institution.

There will be no editing, but I deserve the right to add footnotes or an introduction or comments about the writer or the subject.

At the same time, I would like to contribute guest posts to other bloggers. If you are looking for guest writers, do let me know.

an ode to a sibling

a gang of five, we lost one
on this day, twenty years ago
just at fifteen, very young
the first to come, and leave

pinned under a mechanical giant
shattered along the tracks
he grew wings and flew away
to the skies above and beyond the clouds

oh where art though, my big brother
my guide and protector
oh where are you, my childhood hero
my teacher and friend

missing you in our lives
thinking of you daily
wishing you never left
praying for you always

ajish, 17 October 2009
Cebu, Philippines

for the next generation

This entry is for Blog Action Day 2009. Do something for the sake of the next generation !

Source : GreenpeaceVideo

Lots of tips on green living is available here. Start with a simple one, like changing your computer desktop from CRT to LCD.

T1 Rex has written a good one about those energy consuming vampires who operate in standby mode. Click here to read that.

all I want is

five more sunrises to go
feels like five hundred
a blessing awaits or
the dreaded curse

can I face the truth
and accept the reality 
walk away with my head high
or drown in tears

what will it be like
to live life that way
in pain and misery
desperate and lonely

who will laugh at me
or cry with me
who is there to pull over
and give a smile

all I want is to come out beeming
all I want is to come out smiling
all I want is to walk away happy
all I want is to live my life happily

ajish, 12 October 2009
Cebu, Philippines

around Luzon - Zambales

Snaps from Zambales - the land of the black sand beaches !

around Luzon - Alaminos (hundred islands)

Snaps from Alaminos, the gateway to the beautiful hundred islands !

Kerala - God's Own Country (and mine)

Source : keralatourism
© Kerala Tourism 1998

around Luzon - Baguio

Snaps from Baguio, the highlands of Philippines