To begin with, I enjoy reading romance novels but this genre has never been a top priority in my book list. So it was pretty unusual for me to actually spend time and money ($32.05 from Kinokuniya) to purchase My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares. It first caught my attention when I read the synopsis of the bookContinue Reading

Prior to starting on my new vocation, I did a lot of personal study on website marketing with the intention of applying these principles to my personal website. However with an average of 5 views a day, there really isn’t much to work on. To be fair to the authors of these very good books, theContinue Reading

I just finished reading or rather skimming through another book about writing on the Internet – Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works by Janice (Ginny) Redish. I have to comment that this is a good book, with good recommendations presented in an easy to grab andContinue Reading

Before I close the book What Matters, there is one particular photo essay that changed the way I look at things and it is with regards to poverty. I used to misperceive as the author described that poverty is caused by individual laziness and government corruption and that it could never, evenContinue Reading

Here’s some food for thought regarding cultural tourism. I have always insisted on visiting cultural and heritage sites on my travels however there seems to be mounting debate on whether governmental conservation efforts for tourism may actually contradict the cultural essence of the destination. In the journal article Heritage Tourism: The contradictions betweenContinue Reading

I was at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library for the past two days and am overwhelmed by the sheer amount of books available on topics covering all aspects of tourism. I pulled out a book called Tourism: Principles, Practices and Philosophies by J. R. Brent Ritchie and Charles R. Goeldner, 11th edition published in 2009.Continue Reading