tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29256711062240716712024-03-05T14:20:39.346-08:00B I S E A NApa Khabar * สบายดีไห * MABUHAY * Suasdei * Chào Mừng Bạn * नमस्कार * SABAI DEE * Mingâlaba * 你好嗎Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.comBlogger622125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-84537678951530282102012-07-08T22:17:00.002-07:002012-07-08T22:18:51.837-07:00"Car Free Day" in Jakarta
People took over the roads on bikes and on foot to
enjoy Jakarta's Car Free Day. The often extremely congested city has
introduced car free days every Sunday, to help reduce harmful emissions.
A father holds his child while
riding a bicycle during Car Free Day at the main street in Jakarta July
8, 2012. Since May, Jakarta has increased the frequency of car-free days
from twicePisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-14459029112315929092012-06-19T22:57:00.002-07:002012-06-19T23:00:49.419-07:00Vietnam law bans smoking in public
Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday.
The law, passed by 440 out of 468 national assembly deputies on
Monday, also makes it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under
18 years old, said the parliamentary official, who did not want to be
named.
It will take effect from next May, state media said.
Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-30345519202425321692012-04-24T21:24:00.000-07:002012-04-24T21:32:50.313-07:00NEW SPECIE: The Philippine Purple Crab
Just when we thought we humans knew and conquered anything and everything, still our region reveals new species almost yearly! In 2010-2011, 200 new species was discovered in Southeast Asia.
Four new species of colorful crustaceans have been discovered in the Philippines. The crab's brilliant hues may simply help the species recognize its brethren, said study author Hendrik Freitag, of Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-64004903302730781392012-03-24T13:55:00.001-07:002012-03-24T13:59:09.956-07:00Nyepi Day -Balinese New Year
Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of Silence" that is commemorated every Isaawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2012, it falls on March 23rd). It is a day of silence, fasting, and meditation. The day following Nyepi is also celebrated as New year. Observed from 6 a.m. until 6 a.m. the next morning.
Balinese children carry an Ogoh-ogoh effigy, symbolizing the evil Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-31039500694815305972012-03-12T00:05:00.000-07:002012-03-12T00:05:21.824-07:00The IntersectionPisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-83125823133047466342012-01-24T17:52:00.000-08:002012-01-24T17:52:28.280-08:00Worldwide Accent Project | Hanoi, VietnamPisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-39310793188023023612012-01-24T17:50:00.000-08:002012-01-24T17:50:44.943-08:00Worldwide Accent Project | Kuching, MalaysiaPisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-79599486220686662672012-01-24T17:48:00.000-08:002012-01-24T17:48:34.755-08:00Worldwide Accent Project | Manila, PhilippinesPisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-55084347475188327462012-01-24T17:46:00.000-08:002012-01-24T17:46:24.096-08:00Worldwide Accents Project | SingaporePisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-77051573515267828452012-01-24T17:44:00.000-08:002012-01-24T17:44:35.416-08:00Worldwide Accent Project | Jakarta, IndonesiaPisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-65458985039722835092012-01-24T17:43:00.000-08:002012-01-24T17:43:07.321-08:00Worldwide Accent Project | Bangkok, ThailandPisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-33415127868954967962012-01-24T03:56:00.000-08:002012-06-19T23:03:36.806-07:00Sumatran elephants could be extinct in 30 years
The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned Tuesday.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently listed the animals as "critically endangered" after their numbers dropped to between 2,400 and 2,800 from an estimated 5,000 in 1985.
The Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-86626823953433678122012-01-24T03:51:00.000-08:002012-01-24T03:52:11.448-08:00Malaysia saves endangered pygmy elephant on Borneo
Malaysian wildlife authorities said they had rescued a pygmy elephant calf on Borneo island and expressed hope a planned sanctuary would provide protection for the endangered animals.
The male calf, which is less than a month old, was pulled out of a deep moat surrounding a palm oil plantation in remote Sabah state on Friday, said Sen Nathan, a senior official with the Sabah Wildlife Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-90955720305571884562012-01-17T18:41:00.000-08:002012-01-17T18:42:21.644-08:00How to deter train surfers Indonesian-style!
Indonesia has gone to imaginative extremes to try to stop commuters from illegally riding the roofs of trains. The images below are common sights in our region... train surfing!
...and the creative solution?
OMG! You kidding meeh?
Now the authorities have an intimidating and possibly even deadly new tactic: Suspending rows of grapefruit-sized concrete balls to rake over the top of Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-90981923482476322592012-01-16T19:07:00.000-08:002012-02-12T08:28:48.323-08:00What "More Fun in the Philippines" really means...
It's not just about the non-creative, outright rip-off...
It's not just about ripping off fellow Filipino, using photographs without his permission or at least a notice...
It's not just about using other countries' images trying to get away with it...
Thailand's Songkran Festival read here.
It's not about millions of tax payer's money used to reasearch (for what?), campaign, Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-88969383395005357362011-12-28T00:46:00.000-08:002011-12-28T00:46:38.208-08:00Mark Zuckerberg in VietnamWell, who doesn't admire the guy? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You can call me whatever you want but I really like him especially now he visited Southeast Asia for Christmas!
And the big kicker is -- Vietnam. Where Facebook is banned and him missing on 87 million Vietnamese.
Mark is seen here riding a water buffalo is Sapa, Lao Cai Province in Dec 26.
Wit his entourage (read as groupies) visiting a Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-89859465764823868842011-12-27T01:18:00.000-08:002011-12-27T01:26:02.749-08:00Over 200 New Species Found in SE Asia
A psychedelic gecko and a monkey with an "Elvis" hairdo are among 208 new species described last year by scientists in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia.
The region is home to some of the world's most endangered species, including tigers, Asian elephants, Mekong dolphins and Mekong giant catfish, the group said.
The Mekong flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-82370965536709253382011-11-27T05:49:00.000-08:002012-06-19T22:59:43.302-07:00SENATOR CAYETANO OF THE PHILIPPINES: Bad Liar or Plain Ignorant?The Inquirer, 27 Nov 2011 - Senator Pia Cayetano and another insignificant senator wanted a senate inquiry on why the Philippines only landed No. 6 overall in the recent SEA Games held in Jakarta-Palembang.
Her lies (or ignorant comment, take your pick) --
"Our country used to be No. 1 or No.2 all the time in Southeast Asian Games. What happened we are No. 6th?" --
Truth: The Philippines onlyPisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-7402493170429034722011-11-17T14:23:00.000-08:002011-11-17T14:28:16.812-08:00Aaaaannd WE'RE BACK!SAWASDEE KHRUB! Okay.. okay. we're kinda back from a trip to.. uh... now, where were we?! But we'll let you know in the coming posts.
Though we're back... we're not going to post regular features like the old times. Let's leave that in January 2012. When we do our full swing.
In the mean time, you'll see lots of rants which BISEAN was known for. You\ll love it.
Sofia and I would like to thank Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-31013191412021343822011-10-18T22:16:00.000-07:002011-10-18T22:17:44.097-07:00TALE OF THE TWO FASHION PRINCESSESIf you've heard about this well, who cares? I'm telling it again...
Two princesses walk into a fashion show. Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana of Thailand and Princess Beatrice of York were each seated in the front row of the Elie Saab show in Paris.
But when Princess Sirivannavari approached Princess Beatrice to say hello, she was rebuffed by Beatrice's guard, who told her, "She don't want toPisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-72359273219153378242011-10-18T19:01:00.000-07:002011-10-18T19:09:47.134-07:0010 BEST UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIAThe U.S. News World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, evaluated schools in countries such as China, India, Singapore, and more, and identified these to be the top universities in Asia.
This list was extracted from 100 Best Universities in Asia --
1. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, Singapore (Rank in Asia: 3rd)
2. NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-73466147258975435242011-01-31T16:43:00.000-08:002011-01-31T16:43:21.947-08:00Calling All Diva-Worshippers of Southeast AsiaWe wanted to post this long long ago to settle the score who got the highest tone. Mariah worshippers, Lani Misalucha defenders -- here's the singer who can whistle an ENTIRE song...
Georgia Brown of Brazil
****Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-12650129561548944092011-01-10T19:25:00.000-08:002011-01-10T19:25:22.319-08:00INDONESIAN FOLKLORE: Ibu GogoThese little guys were sighted in Flores, Indonesia, from ancient times to the 19th century. They’re described as hairy and short with big guts. They walk like humans. They are said to have mimicked the words people said to them.
Australians and Indonesians found skeletons of a new species of human at an archaeological site. They were believed to live over ten thousand years ago. The skeletons Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-40115041341956835992011-01-03T18:00:00.000-08:002011-01-03T18:02:48.212-08:00Explorers Discover Spectacular Caves in VietnamFor decades, geologists have known that Vietnam is home to some of the world's most spectacular caves, many of them largely unexplored. Now husband-and-wife cavers have documented perhaps the world's largest: Hang Son Doong, big enough in places to accommodate a New York City block of skyscrapers.
The cave in the Annamite Mountains contains a river and jungle (its name translates to "mountain Pisanu for BISEANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07419212072231166729noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925671106224071671.post-6361199565716380302010-11-08T19:12:00.000-08:002010-11-17T20:02:39.317-08:00WHY WE ARE THE BEST MOTO DRIVERSBISEAN will feature a series of moto stunts done by cool riders accross Southeast Asia... this one's from Malaysia (I think). ***Erratum: This one is from Indonesia. Thanks!
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