I was given the task of finding a suitable WordPress plugin to use as an events calendar for TimorToday.com. I tried several plugins and all of them weren’t quite up to what I had in mind, so it was great joy that I discovered the Events plugin. You can see it in all its glory here. I decided that the …

It’s not even a sniff really – more of a short, sharp, outward exhalation through the nose. I don’t know why so many Timorese people do it. It may be that people in every country do it and I’ve just failed to notice, but everywhere I go, there are Timorese people doing this weird, outward sniff. Try it for yourself. …

East Timor was illegally occupied by the Indonesian military from 1975 to 1999. The country became independent in 2002. However, in Paris over the weekend, they were asking, "Should Timor be independent?" According to Fotoscar: Paris has seen these days demonstrations of the people of Timor. This is one of those forgotten wars which has been running for years now, …

Phuket Wan has a story about how Phuket is still safe for travel, which is good to hear. I've seen a lot of concerned postings on various message boards. Every time this kind of thing happens, tourists immediately start to reconsider their travel plans. The Gazette reports that 20% of bookings made in Phuket before Songkran have been canceled, but …

With all that's going on in Thailand, I just don't see how these red shirts, yellow shirts or blue shirts have the public's interest at heart. These groups are self-serving entities who seem intent on doing nothing more than creating anarchy. Furthermore, these groups have high-level support spurring them on. The police, army, government should be acting on behalf of …

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