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Comment on The Cambodian Worker’s Diet by expat_in_cambodia

expat_in_cambodia — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:49:11 +0000

Someone should demand those factories pay a reasonable wage… so they move to another country where it’s cheaper… and send those workers back the the fields.

Comment on On Boston and the Eternal Tragedy of Bombs by claire

claire — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:56:22 +0000

Thank you for this beautiful essay. I live in Boston, and in the last week have been working to grasp this tragedy alongside those happening around the world, such as those that you’ve described happening in Laos. You write from the heart, and I am touched by your ability to communicate the haunting experience of living in an unsafe world. I never thought I would be so close to joining this experience–going to sleep to the sound of grenades exploding on Memorial Drive and helicopters swirling overhead, I now know the fear that so many others live.
i’ll enjoy reading future entries.
best, claire

Comment on Generosity, a Secret to the Burmese Kitchen by L Mulyohadi

L Mulyohadi — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:52:46 +0000

ok thank you so much Karen, continue to create…

Comment on Generosity, a Secret to the Burmese Kitchen by Karen

Karen — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:54:43 +0000

That sounds like balachaung – http://bit.ly/17JcMXv. Is that it?

Comment on Generosity, a Secret to the Burmese Kitchen by L Mulyohadi

L Mulyohadi — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:40:30 +0000

Thank you for your response, the food was a fried dry ingredients, then just put together an extremely spicy taste, the material consists of fried onion, fried garlic, fried dried shrimp and chili powder, usually sold in stores are fried and we mix just fine …..
thanks, sorry had trouble

Comment on Generosity, a Secret to the Burmese Kitchen by Karen

Karen — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:26:51 +0000

Welcome, and thanks for your question – is the dish you’re describing a salad? A fritter? I don’t have my Burmese cookbooks here with me at the moment, but I can think of a few dishes with those ingredients. Let me know if it was more like a fritter, a salad or something else…

Comment on Generosity, a Secret to the Burmese Kitchen by L Mulyohadi

L Mulyohadi — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:00:42 +0000

hello Karen, I am from Indonesia …. I’ve lived in burma for 1 year starting mid-2002, I worked as a consultant in shrimp ponds, first I feel less fit as most Burmese dishes tasted sour, but over time get used too, now I so wanted to enjoy Burmese cuisine, one that I like is a mixture of dried shrimp fried novelties, chili powder, fried onions mixed into one, I forget this name, can you give the recipe to me, I would be very grateful,,, ,,
regards

L Mulyohadi

Comment on On Boston and the Eternal Tragedy of Bombs by Your Pop-in-Law

Your Pop-in-Law — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:21:27 +0000

Very eloquent. The bombie you reference in the last paragraph is one of the cluster bombs, right? Such weapons are not strategic weapons to interdict enemy armies or their supplies or factories, but anti-personnel weapons, meant to strike terror. I don’t know if they were the first to use them, but the Germans dropped thousands on Britain during WW2, many with delayed fuses meant to go off after people left their shelters when they thought the threat was over. The purpose of the “cluster” was to string together many such weapons so they would drape over tree limbs, power lines, fences, etc. and explode onto individuals, making it more likely they could not avoid the blast. Not a good recommendation for our military minds adopting the technology.

Comment on The Cambodian Worker’s Diet by IshitaUnblogged

IshitaUnblogged — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:01:33 +0000

A very touching post. And the photographs are so detailed and up close and personal.

Comment on The Cambodian Worker’s Diet by ithemis

ithemis — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:05:31 +0000

As you may know, the system described here is
called neoliberalism or globalisation. The
Zapatistas warned us about this years ago.
Political philosophers describe this system
as neoimperialist and neofascist.