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Posted on March 16, 2008 - 1 Comment

Lazy week in Laos

Patu Xay
(Patu Xay monument or the “concrete monster” according to a plaque on its wall. Never completely finished, according to the Lonely Planet, the concrete used for building this monstrosity was originally intended by the US government for building schools… is this what we call ‘development aid’?)

Did you know that the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos is one of the poorest and most isolated places in the weird, and more sadly the most heavily bombed country in … Read more →

Posted on March 15, 2008 - No comments yet

OCHA ROAP Map Atlas

As part of an ongoing project on Natural Hazard Risk for UNOCHA’s regional office in Asia and the Pacific, after analyzing and producing a hazard risk map for each country in the region, the final accumulation was to produce a publication. This was the cover I designed using Wordle. The rest of the publication was also prepared using Adobe InDesign. The publication was not produced as far as I know since … Read more →

Posted on March 5, 2008 - No comments yet

Google Map of Natural Hazard Risk

As part of an ongoing project on mapping hazard risk with the Asia and Pacific Regional Office of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), I helped to develop this interactive Google Map to highlight the risk data the office was collecting and processing. This included hazard risk data developed by UNOCHA, earthquake locations, tsunami prone areas, historical storm patterns, and the location of the offices in … Read more →

Posted on March 1, 2008 - 2 Comments

Idle time is reality's way of saying "hello"

grumpy maple syrup
(Something missing in Thai grocery stores, unless you want to pay an arm and a leg for it… good ol’ Canadian maple syrup)

A couple of interesting articles I came across that makes reality seem like a dream. Ever wonder what it’s like driving in Asia? Have a read through this article about what tourists need to know about driving in China during the Beijing Olympics this August. I would think all the driving rules and … Read more →