Local Commercial Mashup: Laos

  Laos is a place where catch people's heart; many people who have been to the country tend to visit there again. Even though the country is one of the small, and non-famous countries, there are many brilliant aspects to capture our tention.
  One of them is a beauty of the nature. Unlike Bangkok, Vientiane still has much nature, though it is a capital, especially along with Mekong River. In addition to the nature, there are parks and bars that allow us to enjoy the view with confortable environment or with some cocktails.

  Even though the country is regarded as a developing country, the puvlick transport is well organized. Therefore, if you want to go to rural area, it is easy to get there with cheap public bus.
  For example, there is a wonderful place named Vang-Vieng. It takes 6 hours from the capital, by bus. The place is famous for the glorious view of nature. The buses usually go to the rural town, and then you can take local tuk-tuk (bike taxi) to go to any place you want to go. Thus you can go to wherever you want to go without international car lisence.

Vientiane bus station by Natasha Nat Vang Vieng by Gedsman

  The greatest thing you can see in Laos, however, is not the nature or transportation but people there. People in Laos are all kind and warm. Even in the market, you rarely see people who try to grab your bag or ask for money. Even though you are stranger in the country, people help you to travel comfortablly; some people help to stop tuk-tuk for us, or some people teach the beautiful place you had better go.
  These are reasons why the country is now popular to travel around. Why don't you start thinking about going there and meet beautiful nature and people?

Laos, Somusanouk village by Hirono Takigawa

blog assignment #2 gossips and 2channel

         Our group topic is "Gosship and Media". The "gossips in media" sounds like informal talk or stories about famous people...such as movie stars or singers. However, there are gossips which we do in everyday life; something about the ordinary people like our friends or classmates. If you "gossip" someone on the web, it might have many problems...because saying something on the web means sharing information with whole people in the world.


         I want to talk about 2 channel bulletin which is like America's 4 channel. The other day, I was looking through the news in 2 channel, and found a post which showed the danger of internet gossips. This news is basically about a collage girl who is in a relationship with a married guy. She "tweeted" what she did with him, how she felt about him, or pictures of them on twitter.
        Her story was somehow known by people in 2channel. Pictures of her and him, their real full names, her collage and his company, his wife's name and her family's names, her mixi account, their home addresses....were all shared on the bulletin board.
         I was scared when I saw a picture of that guy's home. Someone took photo of his home, and some people did mischief like ding-dong dash. I think the three people's privacy is totally invaded, because everyone in the world can know their information.

       This is one of the common example of no-privacy web talk.  As we know, this kind of things happen everyday...This is not a rare case.
        so...what we shoud be careful is...not to have private talk through the web? then we should delete facebook account??