August 9, 2019
“He stopped going to school after Primary 6. For now, we’re just waiting until he’s old enough to work."
But is 53-year old Dina truly fine with her 14-year old son just sitting around the house?
August 8, 2019
Industry can be both magnificent and awful. Indonesia’s Cilegon region (some 102 kilometres to the west of Jakarta) is one Southeast Asia’s largest industrial hubs – comparable with Malaysia’s Southern Johor, Vietnam’s Vung Tau, Singapore’s Jurong and Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (centred principally around Rayong province).
August 8, 2019
In 1936, the French first launched the “Transindochinois” railway service linking Hanoi with Saigon. The present-day service, dubbed the “Reunification Express”, may not be quite so glamorous, but with six departures a day and five different classes, (including sleeperettes–Team Ceritalah’s choice) it provides a more romantic and leisurely alternative to the sixty or so flights that shuttle between the two key Vietnamese hubs every day.
July 25, 2019
Things were a lot simpler back in the good old days. But as siblings Ah Ling and Wong are well aware, those days are now five decades ago.