askland on June 15th, 2008

Surabaya is one the East side of Java, an island in Indonesia. It is Indonesia’s second largest city. Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country and mostly Muslim.
Surabaya Indonesia is also a “sister city” and has a formal poltical friendship with Seattle, WA - my hometown area.
Surabaya is the capital of East Java [...]

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askland on June 13th, 2008

Inul Daratista- Kocok Kocok

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askland on June 9th, 2008

Inul Daratista - Anoman Obong. Am told this is very good Indonesian dance music.
In the video while talking to the audience Inul Daratista says to the audience, “Do you think a big bottom is good or not?” - Well, I think I know the answer to that one…

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askland on June 9th, 2008

Dangdut Sera music from Indonesia. I am told this style of music is exclusive to the Indonesian style.

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askland on June 4th, 2008

06/08/08 Update - Just got back from the Air Supply concert at the Sands Macau. It was really great if you like Air Supply (and I do!). They did a couple covers including “Can’t Live Without You” and “The Power of Love”. Their piano player did a great solo piano Etude and the drummer [...]

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askland on June 4th, 2008

HONG KONG — The backlash in China against Sharon Stone continued Wednesday as the Shanghai International Film Festival said the American actress was not welcome at this year’s event
The 50-year-old “Basic Instinct” star provoked outrage in China after suggesting that the recent earthquake in central Sichuan province may have been the result of [...]

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askland on June 2nd, 2008

Doyle Dykes is an renowned acoustic guitar artist and Christian musician. I saw this Doyle Dykes video posted on one of my guitar discussion forums. It sure made me homesick! I used to work at a music store and Doyle Dykes did a guitar clinic for us. He’s a Taylor Guitar artist. He also performs [...]

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askland on June 2nd, 2008

A friend of mine from Indonesia said this is one of her favorite songs by Nike Ardilla. Nike is an Indonesian singer and recording artist who died in a car accident at age 20. The song video has Karaoke type lyrics written on the screen so it’s also a good way for me to learn [...]

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askland on June 2nd, 2008

I am getting a little taste of Chinese culture. The people in Macau (SAR) China are, I think, some of the nicest people in the world. At least the nicest I have met, and I’ve traveled a fair amount. But I’m getting a little taste of the culture gap now.

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2008.05.30(14:21)
*NOTE - This post is in Chinese. If you don’t have Chinese fonts installed on your computer - you won’t be able to read it. (Which means you probably don’t read Chinese anyway…)
マカオのシルク・ドゥ・ソレイユ、演目は「ZAIA」
昨日、5月29日に劇場公開及びメディア発表がありました。
マカオでのプログラムは、「ZAIA(ザイア)」に決定しました。この「ZAIA(ザイア)」は、アジア地域で初めて行われる常設公演となります。
2008年8月28日に祝賀式典が開催されます。この日はベネチアン・マカオ・リゾート・ホテルの1周年記念にあたります。プレビュー公演は2008年7月26日からスタートします。

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