Songkran: time to get wet to celebrate the new year
When I was a child my parents gave me a gun. It was awesome, I could run around and kill people. Well, only virtually because the ammo was actually only water. It was real fun but I didn't hold on to it for long. The reason was no one else really enjoyed me running around and making everyone wet for more than first 2 minutes. It is not very rare, right? But Songkran, Thai New Year celebration, helped me to fulfill my childhood dream. More >
Study in Singapore: strict exams
Nanyang Technological University surprised me in many ways: the male-female ratio, 3 hour evening classes, very good blended learning system, huge groups for graduate courses, zero practical sessions, no homeworks, and much more. But the first thing I am mentioning about my studies when someone asks about the university are the exams. It probably best reflects the strict life here in Singapore. More >
Will world solve the demographic problem?
Pension system and health care is depleting budgets of developed countries and haunting politicians and economists around the world. World is growing old and we haven't found a solution. In fact we did, it is just intractable in most of the systems. More >
Cambodia: country of joy and sadness
It was getting late, a crowd of Japanese tourists got on their white golf carts to get away as fast as possible to the safety of their hotel. The temperature finally began to be tolerable. In just a short moment the darkness fell down completely, like an apple from a tree. Now it was very dark, the lack of public lights allowed to see the stars and even the temple commenced to make very scary noises to create the right atmosphere. Equipped with a headlight, my adventure in Angkor Tom only started. More >
Singapore, why are you so cold?
Singapore is one of not many rich cities in tropical rainforest climate, not that far from the equator. The temperatures are regularly over 30°C from the very morning.. It is obvious, Singaporeans are depressed from not having snow so they compensate this using air condition in hope that once it will start snowing. More >