Another newbie question but what are the best blogs about mini. esp in Asia?

Not Asian I'm afraid but M2 members Chrisandjax have a great blog for here in the UK.

Mini Adventure World (http://www.miniadventureworld.com)

The best "blog" is MotoringFile, as a sort of news source/blog, but there are many personal blogs, such as above, which are smaller more "people and their MINI" type of blogs.

we agree - motoringfile is the best resource fall information - in fact, if you have a blog, you should be using the rss feed from motoringfile, no doubt...