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    <title>Asian Markets</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:43:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Photos: My scholarship entry - The hardship &amp; prosperous view of Sabah's Malaysian society</title>
      <description>In late 2011, I found myself boarding an open return air ticket to South America &amp; Asia. I didn't speak Spanish &amp; I was travelling on my own. My facial features would brand me a "Chinita" and there I would find a world so different to the other continents I've travelled. I learnt alot about myself &amp; the passions I loved; meeting people, learning their story, heartaches, hardship &amp; making life long friends.

2 continents, 7 countries, 26 cities, hardship &amp; prosperity in Latino &amp; Asian communities, volunteering for children &amp; animal organizations who strive for awareness, organizations sadly destroying jungles in aid of profits, endangered sun-bears &amp; more; I realised that without the S95, I would not be able to share my experience with the Western world.

The drive to capture the moment or to capture the angle of the light hitting a monumental architecture is a personal contest. Winning this battle is like being able to reward oneself to the best ice cream in Italy. 

If I could re-live my photography experience again, I would love to be able to travel safely with a "proper" Canon DSLR although I would secretly bring my S95 as my best friend.</description>
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      <category>Malaysia</category>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 04:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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