Jul
2010
17

Work Life Balance Conference

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Flexible working hours seems to be the epitome of Asian work practice. Shops don’t open until 11 in the morning and then stay open until 10 in the evening or even later. In Malaysia some restaurants and cafés stay open 24hours per day. Life seems to bubble and boil all day, except of course for [...]

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Categories : Journal, Malaysia, countries
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Jul
2010
07

George Town Festival

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In the gathering dusk the incessant and hypnotic drum beat permeated the crowd and people paused to listen. As the tempo rose, heads turned to find the source and those nearest the corner started to drift towards the sound. Soon there was a steady movement in that direction. In the next street the crowd stood [...]

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Jun
2010
20

Long Lamai

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Glancing over his shoulder from the open cockpit the pilot of the small twin propeller plane smiled and said “we’re going to land in a few minutes.” As the plane banked the view of dark dense jungle covering sharp peaks was uninterrupted. From this low altitude the tree canopy looked like a vast field of [...]

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