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Archive for May, 2008

“You Pretty Boy, Take Picture With Me”

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I swear that's what that one shameless Chinese girl in Beijing said to one of my American friends. My friend who just happened to be Caucasian, 6'1" (186 cm), with green eyes and light brown hair. Then a few more of her friends surrounded my tall white American friend for additional ...

Taiwanese Food Made Me Fat (2/2)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

...continued from As promised, more pictures of Taiwanese night market food that is undeniably delicious but would certainly cause pangs of regret after consumption.   This looks oddly painful...

Taiwanese Food Made Me Fat (1/2)

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

At first, I was planning to title this article "Taiwanese Food Makes You Fat," but then I realized that wouldn't be quite fair. After all, I have lots of Taiwanese friends who are slim (Arm and Rem and Bonnie, I'm not talking about the three of you). Taiwan's famous BBQ corn-on-the-cob. ...

In Love…With a Time (2/2)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

...continued from Tsuru, the little countryside town where I studied, is a thoroughly uninteresting place. I don't care how much history it might have or the fact that it's greenery offers a refreshing change from Tokyo's ultra-urban environment. The weather there sucks. All of Tsuru and its neighboring cities are in ...

In Love…With a Time (1/2)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

At the writing of this, I had just finished viewing a recent Facebook photo album by an American friend of mine whom I met in Japan and who had just come back from a two-week trip visiting the little countryside town where we studied in Japan. Oh yeah, he also ...