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Thai Jungle Barbecue
Thai chameleons are surprisingly tasty. Further explanation will follow in another post…
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Fuck Mount Fuji (also, Fuck Mt. Fuji)
Out of all the fucking glorious mountains in the world, why is Mt. Fuji so universally beloved? I can’t believe nobody’s ever written this before. So I reiterate: FUCK FUJIYAMA*…
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returning eastward
There’s an article up at the NY Times about how the global economic crisis is affecting the area where we’re living: In Southeast Asia, Unemployed Abandon Cities for Their Villages…
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You say Dokdo, I say Takeshima (or the Liancourt Rocks)
The Big Picture captures the Dokdo/Takeshima (Takeshima/Dokdo) debate through big news shots: Dokdo or Takeshima They should just take one island a piece and turn them into penal colonies, or…
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Someone turned the heat up…
…it was probably that big, feral, omniscient monkey in the sky. In two weeks it went from the high 70s (F) to over 100 degrees during the afternoon. It was…
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New Snakeskin Head Drum
On the way to my uni’s sports day a couple weeks ago, we stopped off at a famous temple (from the ancient “kao noi ka mae” story) where they sold…
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Osaka Bang is back
You might remember the video I posted about Osaka culture last month – it got taken down once by the Yomiuri TV goonsquad and I couldn’t find another instance… Well…
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Wan Macha Fish Sanctuary
We visited what’s possibly the greatest tourist attraction in Mahasarakham again (well, besides the new Big C, of course).
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The most fucked up article you’ll read this year
WARNING: The article linked to below is graphic and nauseating, especially if you’re digging into a chicken sandwich like I was this morning. WHO’S HUNGRY? – PART 1 An Interview…
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Thai to English (and English to Thai) Translation with Google
Note to self: Thai to English Translation: LINK English to Thai Translation: LINK
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I Saw the Queen of Morlum (and Molam and Mawlum and Morlam)
Her name is Banyen Rakgan, and here I must quote Wikipedia: “Banyen was the first national mor lam star, whose appearances on television in the 1980s brought the form to…
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Escolar aka Butterfish aka Hawaiian Walu aka the Ex-Lax Fish…
…aka Oilfish aka the “It” Fish aka Shiro Maguro aka Abura Bozu aka Abura Sokumutsu aka Mutzu. I have finally found a fish that Japanese won’t eat (raw, at least),…
