I love what they did with Mamila. Going from the center of town up to the Jaffa gate of the old city is now the renewed Mamila. A gorgeous preserved neighborhood turned a relaxing shopping district with a combination of the traditional Jerusalem stone architecture with modern coffee hangouts and expensive shops. In the evening [...]
Walking around my parents’ neighborhood, I come across endless ads for real-estate. I thought of sharing with you a few ads I saw the other day which represent what’s been happening in this neighborhood during the time I’ve been away :
It’s in Hebrew, so I’ll help you out. This neighborhood is hardly Beverly-Hills, but [...]
Jerusalem’s special. A person can spend a lifetime living here and still not grasp the depths of this city, the vast history, the diverse culture, the impossible politics, the spirit of what Jerusalem is.
This Saturday I joined the municipal tour through the old city of Jerusalem towards the Kidron stream valley in East Jerusalem [...]
Global Peace Index 2008 was recently announced. I can’t say that it makes a whole lot of sense to me, but there are some interesting info and stats in there. Following are the rankings for the Asian nations in the Global Peace Index :
Japan - 5
Hong Kong – 23
Singapore – 29
South Korea – 32
Vietnam [...]
Through TaiwanTony, I found out about the English CNN interview with Ma Ying Jiu in “Talk Asia”. It’s the easiest most sympathetic interview Ma could have hoped for and although it was a bit shallow, if not naive, it was still very interesting to watch.
At the beginning Ma seemed held-back and shy, which keeps surprising me. [...]
A few years ago HSBC put together a global campaign on cultural differences that I find truly remarkable. It makes the point of cultural perceptions in a clear & funny way, giving examples from all over the world. Their slogan “The world’s local bank” is one of the best slogans I’ve heard for a global [...]
A few months ago I participated in a study performed by first year undergraduates students in NCKU as part of a university program to encourage Taiwanese undergraduates to tackle English academic level research during their first year with the university. A worthy goal indeed.
This study was especially interesting for me since it was dealing [...]
I know very little about Japan and I’m not part of the Japan blogosphere, but after Chinalyst a Japan based blogger suggested that I duplicate the site to provide the same platform for the Japan based expat bloggers. I spent about 3 hours doing small tweaks and introduced Japanalyst. It hasn’t been doing very [...]
