45 McDonald’s Items Not Available In The U.S. That Should Be
Unsurprisingly, Japan is well represented…
dustfingersdance asked: So, this is going to be really awkward. But i just wanted to tell you that, regarding the topic of the law which states that any person who insults the king will get arrested in Thailand, I don't think the King agree with it. He pretty much said so in a speech he gave six years ago. But he doesn't have the power to change it, he just pardons them afterwards. And really, I'm Thai, and I don't like the King because I was forced. I like him because he's done A LOT of great things for this country
Hey,
Thanks for the message.
It’s nice to hear from some different perspectives every once in a while. I’m relieved that the King isn’t abusing his legal powers.
Singapore ranks as most unemotional country in the world. Korea not far behind
Korea is the 21st “most emotionless society in the world,” (out of 150 countries) according to this poll. Do you agree?
I sorta do.
Nash Ang's Pyongyang Adventure
Lengthy article I wrote about Nash Ang’s bizarre experience at North Korea’s Pyongyang International Film Fest. Ang is an internationally acclaimed documentary filmmaker and Filipino national living/studying in South Korea.
After an exhausting two-year campaign, the Obama’s have taken a much needed vacation. Here they are post reelection, looking regal on Japan’s highly respected Take2.
That’s right people, not only does tiny racist Japanese Obama possess oratory/political magic, but he can do actual magic too. Let’s hope he can use it in his second term to get past the gridlock in congress.
Or, at very least, turn Karl Rove into a rabbit.
the rabbit must be burned.
Spirits are running pretty high right now in Asia.
Yamagata Tweakster is disco magic.
Generally seen performing in rhinestone suits, with a troupe of amorous back-up dancers to canned background music, Yamagata is one of the most ridiculous and enjoyable acts in Seoul.
A few weeks ago I got the chance to see him perform for the Zandari festa (a SXSW-style two-day shindig in Hongdae), and I don’t think I’ve ever danced so hard at a live show. Best of all was when, during his final song, he ran out of the venue (headphone mic still attached) singing the chorus as the entire crowd followed him down the street. While the show’s audience jogged past confused pedestrians (all the while chanting in unison), Yamagata Tweakster was forever cemented in my mind as a rock god.
Check out the above video for “paejanbyoung cheolmo meonji ssayeo gazigo ilsa hootoe.”
Halloween in Seoul was a curious site.
While most foreigners went all-out, Koreans (who, unlike Japan, have no accepted costume-wearing subculture) favored more a cute ears/headband approach. Korean men overwhelmingly wore masks or painted blood suggestively onto the corner of their mouths. Girls dressed as sexy cats, policewomen, nurses; or simply as Halloween mascots (complete with black dress, orange accents, and a halloween themed headband).
Of course, I wasn’t much better. Though I dressed up as The Fresh Prince (at least in theory), I ended up looking more like MC Miker.
Better luck next year…
