Asia Blog Awards, Part Three

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Chris Myrick in Singapore has just selected his favorites in the on-going Asia Blog Awards sponsored by SimonWorld, and I agree for the most part with his recommendations. He needs to get over his favoritism toward Canadian bloggers and beer bloggers, but then nobody's perfect. He is also admittedly trying to keep the race in the Indonesia Blog division close, and I think that's a fun strategy. You can get all the hot links by visiting Chris' site at the bottom of this post.

This is an excellent idea for all the bloggers involved in this contest. Anyone else want to express their opinions? If you do, please send me the link and I'll post your summaries here.


ABA ENDORSEMENTS (Part 1)
Chris Myrick
Dec 22, 2004

As earlier promised, here are some of my choices for the 2004 Asia Blog Awards (ABAs). This is a first in a series, in which I am mostly endorsing my old favorites.

Best HK Blog: I had voted for Simon for the world weblog awards and would do so again for best HK blog had he not disqualified himself. I had been voting for the Gweilo Dairies for best HK blog in ABAs. However, as Conrad's site has been missing with no indication of when (or if) it will return I have switched horses and am now voting for Hemlock.

Best Mainland China Blog: Dan Washburn's Shanghai Dairies deserves this one. However, as a Good Beer Blogger and a Canadian, I feel obligated to endorse and vote for my compatriot the Yellow Frog.

Best Korea Blog: There is strong competition here, but The Marmot remains my favorite.

Best Singapore Blog: Mr Brown has the most local content, a loyal following, and is possibly the funniest of all of us finalists. He deserves the prize. However, I endorse myself. Vote Myrick!

Best Malaysia Blog: Two words: Rajan Rishyakaran.

Best Thai Blog: 2Bangkok is a shoe-in and is a great one-stop for Thai news. However, again torn by Canadian patriotism I'm backing Agam's Gecko.

Best Indonesia Blog: I am guilty of vote splitting here and have been single-handedly trying to engineer a tie. Daily, I look at the tallies and vote for either Macam-Macam or Jakartass, depending on who is ahead at that time. A bribe, or other incentive, would help me stop fence-sitting.

Best Philippine Blog: The Sassy Lawyer in Philippine Suburbia has long been a must read for me and remains my choice.

Best India Blog: Glenn Reynolds has said that you should never use a blog as an exclusive source of news. Screw that. If you relied solely on Nitin Pai's The Acorn for news and opinion on India, it probably wouldn't be a bad thing.

Best Pakistan Blog: Venial Sin because any blogger who gets death threats from Islamists is a friend of mine.

Best Central Asian Blog: The Argus takes it for having the broadest view of the region. Although this category again demonstrates -- as does Jodi's Asia Pages - that the Peace Corp produces some great bloggers.

Best Designed Blog: Simon World

Funniest Blog: Because I'm voting for myself in the best Singapore Blog Category, I feel obligated to vote for Mr Brown here. Were Mr Brown unavailable, Chase Me Ladies... would narrowly beat MasaMania.

Best Non-Asian (Foreign) Blog: Carl gets this for his regular SE Asian news roundups at FriskoDude.

Best Journal/Diary: As earlier noted SPG

Best PhotoBlog: The Java Jive

End of Part one: I will decide on my favorites from the remaining categories before the end of the contest.

Now, Go Vote!

Chris Myrick Picks His Favorites for the Asia Blog Awards 2004