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hi! i’ve read your posts about korean dramas. i just want to ask…what are your top five favorite korean drama? : )
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btw, i’m from philippines and korean dramas are also very popular here
-chris-
have you read my comment in your previous post?
Why the interest in Korean drama and movies? Do you speak Korean?
Agree with you that Jo hyun Jae is great! Enjoyed Sunshine, Love Letter, Nine Tailed Fox, untold scandal and waiting for more. He looks best with shorter hair. Hope there is more on him but so hard to find interesting sites on him . Any recommendations?
I’ve never visited the Museum “Yushukan” in the Yasukuni Shurine.
I try to go to Yasukuni and the museum on August 15th…!
Stalin was bad too…many people forget that he was worse than Hitler, if you count the casualities in numbers.
I heard that the reason why most people see the Chinese education as anti-Japanese is because they don’t teach much about their history with communism (ex. Mao and his policies…etc) Is this true?
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dear hcpen,
happy birthday to u! hope you accept my late wishes… stay well for your beautiful life, that is a great gift you for your own birthday.
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sorry.. i read this post late…dun know if u will return to see this but there are many chinese websites on jo hyun jae if u can read chinese…..leave a comment on the latest post by me if you see this……
don know how I get into this blog, anyway, Happy Bday
I live in Santa Barbara, CA and am new to blogging. I came upon your blog and enjoyed it tremendously. Have you read my latest book “Shanghai Girl Gets All Dressed Up”? It is about Shanghai in the 1920’s and 30’s and the transition from traditional Manchu and Han dress to the qi pao or cheongsam. There are interesting chapters on contemporary Hollywood movie queen’s influence on the fashion change. And there are great pictures. I know its for sale in English language book stores and better hotel gift shops in big cities. Can’t help plugging my book here because it is what you are writing about, but in greater detail and with great pictures.
Hi,thanks alot for telling me about ur book, i will be sure to check it out, i am honoured that a writer on this topic has actually visited my blog, great to know that there is someone in the english speaking world doing their bit in promoting the Cheongsam!
Really interesting article. I still have to go to Asia!
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Hmmm … interesting to find a fellow Malaysian law student from the same law school. I guess you are probably my senior by one year. Btw, great blog !
hi
do you own a blog too?? if so let me know ya…hcpen
Nah .. I don’t have a blog. But I really admire people like you and others who can still find the time to blog when there are like so much readings to do for law subjects.
Anyway, I actually got to your site from one of the gay bloggers
What a gorgeous picture! In the Mood for Love?
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anon: well do visit often since we’re both malaysian, both law students and both visit similar kinds of blogs…
Paul: yes, it is from the film In the Mood For Love and i have tons of pics from that film cos i simply love cheongsams,hehe
Yup! Shall visit your blog regularly since you’re my ’si heng’ (elder brother) in law school. And besides, I hardly know any Malaysian guyz in law, as compared to commerce.
I mean as in there are less guys in law that are actually from Malaysia. Don’t you think so ?
hi!
i am also a fan of jo hyun jae.
i really fell in love with him the first time i saw him in ONLY YOU. i am now watching FORBIDDEN LOVE and i find it nice also.
have been researching about him and i think he is slowly making a name. i hope he gets into more nice projects.
hi!
i am also a fan of jo hyun jae.
i really fell in love with him the first time i saw him in ONLY YOU. i am now watching FORBIDDEN LOVE and i find it nice also.
have been researching about him and i think he is slowly making a name. i hope he gets into more nice projects.
thanks
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Wah, Korean Drama. Gonna have to watch that too!
Paul
i actually posted another post but it has vanished!!! Has anyone had a similar problem recently…my changes also vanished…
anon: yes, bridget jones….korean style
savante: Watch it!! However, its only for people who like pure love (like me) cos some may find it melodramatic
Yes! I am glad to know more fans of Jo Hyun Jae out there. He is really cute and a great actor too isn’t he?Really like him!
Hmm … i think it’s true that falling in love/being loved in return has its great moments – like what you have mentioned – but I always have this thought that it would somehow affect my studies should the slightest turnmoil occur(I swear I am not those law geeks ok !) or the relationship would suddenly turn annoying (yes, I have terrible mood swings) !
Anyway, I do wish you all the best in finding someone to fall in love with, ok ?
thanks, i definitely agree, it can be good when its good but it can really affect ur studies if u have an arguement or something…the thing with love is its a 2 way thing…even if i love that person, the feelings may not be mutual and some people change feelings so quick that its scary…so what subjects u taking next sem? I wanna sell my old textbooks.
I’m so dead this year because I’m enrolled in:
1) Con & Admin
2) Property
3) Taxation
Heard that Con & Admin and Property are killer subjects …. must give me some tips on how to ’survive’ it , ok ?? hahaha
What about u ? I guess your probably doing mostly law electives rite ?
This two subjects are definitely difficult and i knew someone who actually did them in separate yrs but you guys have it better now in that they have become sem long subjects and not yr long..so its better now..i have con book so please buy it from me, pls let me know which edition and name.
I am taking corporations law, and 2 other electives..
Hi there Dude. We all in one way or another long to be love. Reading your entry on love reminds me of my longing for love, especially around valentine. I still do believe in love and the kind of love that i think is really awesome and rare is a fairy tale love.
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It’ll happen, sooner or later, in one way or another.
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CK: Hi, thanks for your kind words…i hope u feel better although given that its valentine’s day, maybe it could be difficult…yes, i agree 100% with you ‘there is no harm in dreaming’. Thanks alot also for linking my blog to urs! I ‘ll link ur blog soon too.
Beijing Loafer: Thanks i do hope it happens but even if it never does, life goes on:)
Being in love is one of the highest blessings of the world. Best of luck na
Kit: Thanks Kit!
PrinzJ: Hi i am still waiting for your details on what con book u r going to use….
I am not sure which book they are planning to use for Con & Admin yet. Most of the time, I don’t mind buying new casebook for year long subjects because I am ‘highlight-all-over’ person. Anyway, will get to you if I know any further details.
prinzJ: Thanks, but if u can or know anyone willing to buy, please buy it from me cos i am trying to sell it as its one of the few i did not manage to sell off.
Hey, take your time. You’ll find the guy to love. Just keep your eyes wide open.
Paul
Paul: Thanks, i hope so too.
whoo! i fell in love with jo hyun-jae after watching sunshine of love. at first he was a newbie to me, but now, like some of you here, i’ve also been researching about him. it aches to see him becoz he is out of my league, and i just love him SO much.
i dared not watch untold scandal, becoz i thought he might be having those scenes. was really scared…but managed to watch it in the end. thank god…no nasty scenes of his.
JHJ, FIGHTING! i’ll support you all the way…:P
Sunshine. was an okay film but it is sad that she picked her friend over the other guy. yeah, Jo Hyun Jae is pretty cute!
Being in love is beautiful but it takes more to be in love…..
Ca va: Thanks for the comment
Hey! Very interesting blog! You strike me as a very interesting, intelligent, and successful young lady. Just how many languages can you converse in? English, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin?) and Japanese? Wow! Very impressive.
thanks…yes i converse in all the ones mentioned…although japanese not that good…i try to include the three main languages of asia…pls come bck often..do u have a blog? hcpen
YES!!! he has that boy next door look which i really like…blushing…
yes, i realised many fans of korean dramas, unlike western fans of western dramas actually prefer NOT to see sex scenes of their actors/actresses as it destroys the pure love image they have built up…me included…i would rather see JHJ with clothes than have him do a sex scene…it would affect my image of him…but i will still love him cos i would think he is being professional…
Hey,
I did Civil Litigation for Summer as well.. Hahaha, that means we were in the same class. Anyway, I wanted to do Issues in Japanese Law but then I have this total phobia for law research (courtesy of my very first HPL assignment). But then since you said that the subject deals with more of the issues surrounding Japanese Law, rather than the substantive law itself, it does sound quite fun.
Omigod! It’s that hard to practice law in Japan ? Wow! Hmmm… I don’t think I will ever become a lawyer, cause I do much better in Commerce.
Anyway, I don’t think I will be able to buy the Con & Admin book from you cause they totally changed the Casebook… Yup, so sorry!
Hi
We were in the same class? there was this cute chinese guy in lecture, dun know if u noticed, he always sat with a few other guys,hehe…anyways do u like check my blog everyday? cos like i ve realised u reply so quickly after i post somethin even though i haven’t posted in ages..thanks man…i am wondering if there is anyway i could contact u, i mean we were even in the same summer class! that’s yuan fen…
I have always prefer Asians to Farang! They have nicer complexion, smooth, and more importantly about the same height….
Oh yeah, I always like Asians with big eyes. It is so electrifying and they are so cute…….
Kit: Thanks for the comment, much appreciated!
i tend to agree with ur comments. although i’m also a korean drama junkie, i do enjoy our own spore local mandarin production too..instead of the lofty romantic ideals that’s portrayed in korean dramas, our local drama touches base with the struggles of average sporeans from various walks of life, how they cope with crazy medical bills, kidney dialysis, loansharks, petty family squabbles, raising a kids, old age, prices of staple foods, etc..to some these are very uninspiring..but to me, these dramas offer to teach me something larger than myself..
Are you kidding me? You think that Won Bin represents the typical Korean male? You would be hard pressed to find even 1% of the entire population of Korean males who look like that. Won Bin is definitely an anomoly in Korea to the point where even other Koreans think he is not even Korea. The fact is that most Korean guys are not attractive at all…very boorish and sort of with that “horse face” look. Well, I dont know…perhaps you are attracted to that look. However, in true Korean fashion, Koreans, because of their inferiority complex, love to brag and boast about how they are demigods and are the best-looking in the world. This always evokes laughter from non-biased, common sense-having people (basically meaning anyone who is not Korean) who actually know the truth.
If it wasn’t for all the plastic surgery rampant in Korea, I really think that Koreans couldn’t brag and boast with arrogance like they love to do now.
I am a white woman teaching in Korea. From what I have been told it’s not predjudice against inter-racial dating that holds us white women back with Korean men, I believe this is so, since white women are dating black men in droves. Although I have never dated a black man, I would not be against it, if he were mature and sweet. So theoretically, I am not against dating a Korean man. My experience with Korean men is they are somwhat sweet on the exterior — but, unfortunately in a sweet very adolescent and immature way. In other words, I feel the “sweetness” is the kind that will fade away –quickly– after marriage. Fade just as a morning fog evaporates on a bright sunny day. This may sound strange but behind a Korean man’s sweetness lurks a deep cruelty of a selfish child’s nature. I can sense it, a kind of self-gratifying manipulative spirit that is hard to put my finger on. I have talked with a few Korean women who know what I am talking about, yet other Korean women can’t even register what I am saying. Anyways, smart “western” women smell this out in Korean men … they stay away for this reason. Other women who like a “sad love affair” for some drama and to later complain about to the girlfriends, will play with Korean men for some sport. They will rarely make a life partner with such men.
Sorry to any Korean men who may be reading. I am just expressing my opinion which is like belly buttons…everybody has one.
Anon: I don’t think he represents the typical male but i do think that he is the most well known korean male-star…anyways i disagree with what u say about korean men’s looks but that could just be a difference of opinions…about koreans loving to brag…its kinda true but they are certainly not the only ones….
Anon: Yep i’ve heard about how chauvinistic korean men can be, not gonna contest that one…
Ronnie: Thanks for your comment, glad to know u like ur homegrown dramas…i’ve visited ur blog, wow, u r a devoted christian aren’t you? the whole blog had a large christianity portion in it…
List of racial discriminations in Malaysia, practiced by government as well as government agencies. This list is an open secret. Best verified by government itself because it got the statistics.
This list is not in the order of importance, that means the first one on the list is not the most important and the last one on the list does not mean least important.
This list is a common knowledge to a lot of Malaysians, especially those non-malays (Chinese, Ibans, Kadazans, Orang Asli, Tamils, etc) who were being racially discriminated.
Figures in this list are estimates only and please take it as a guide only. Government of Malaysia has the most correct figures. Is government of Malaysia too ashamed to publish their racist acts by publishing racial statistics?
This list cover a period of about 48 years since independence (1957).
List of racial discriminations (Malaysia):
(1) Out of all the 5 major banks, only one bank is multi-racial, the rest are controlled by malays
(2) 99% of Petronas directors are malays
(3) 3% of Petronas employees are Chinese
(4) 99% of 2000 Petronas gasoline stations are owned by malays
(5) 100% all contractors working under Petronas projects must be bumis status
(6) 0% of non-malay staffs is legally required in malay companies. But there must be 30% malay staffs in Chinese companies.
(7) 5% of all new intake for government police, nurses, army, is non-malays.
(8) 2% is the present Chinese staff in Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF), drop from 40% in 1960
(9) 2% is the percentage of non-malay government servants in Putrajaya. But malays make up 98%
(10) 7% is the percentage of Chinese government servants in the whole government (in 2004), drop from 30% in 1960
(11) 95% of government contracts are given to malays
(12) 100% all business licensees are controlled by malay government e.g. Taxi permits, Approved permits, etc
(13) 80% of the Chinese rice millers in Kedah had to be sold to malay controlled Bernas in 1980s. Otherwise, life is make difficult for Chinese rice millers
(14) 100 big companies set up, owned and managed by Chinese Malaysians were taken over by government, and later managed by malays since 1970s e.g. UTC, UMBC, MISC, etc
(15) At least 10 Chinese owned bus companies (throughout Malaysia, throughout 40 years) had to be sold to MARA or other malay transport companies due to rejection by malay authority to Chinese application for bus routes and rejection for their application for new buses
(16) 2 Chinese taxi drivers were barred from driving in Johor Larkin bus station. There are about 30 taxi drivers and 3 are Chinese in October 2004. Spoiling taxi club properties was the reason given
(17) 0 non-malays are allowed to get shop lots in the new Muar bus station (November 2004)
(18) 8000 billions ringgit is the total amount the government channeled to malay pockets through ASB, ASN, MARA, privatisation of government agencies, Tabung Haji etc, through NEP over 34 years period
(19) 48 Chinese primary schools closed down since 1968 – 2000
(20) 144 Indian primary schools closed down since 1968 – 2000
(21) 2637 malay primary schools built since 1968 – 2000
(22) 2.5% is government budget for Chinese primary schools. Indian schools got only 1%, malay schools got 96.5%
(23) While a Chinese parent with RM1000 salary (monthly) cannot get school-text-book-loan, a malay parent with RM2000 salary is eligible
(24) 10 all public universities vice chancellors are malays
(25) 5% – the government universities lecturers of non-malay origins had been reduced from about 70% in 1965 to only 5% in 2004
(26) Only 5% is given to non-malays for government scholarships over 40 years
(27) 0 Chinese or Indians were sent to Japan and Korea under “Look East Policy”
(28) 128 STPM Chinese top students could not get into the course that they aspired i.e. Medicine (in 2004)
(29) 10% place for non-bumi students for MARA science schools beginning from year 2003, but only 7% are filled. Before that it was 100% malays
(30) 50 cases whereby Chinese and Indian Malaysians, are beaten up in the National Service program in 2003
(31) 25% is Malaysian Chinese population in 2004, drop from 45% in 1957
(32) 7% is the present Malaysian Indians population (2004), a drop from 12% in 1957
(33) 2 millions Chinese Malaysians had emigrated to overseas since 40 years ago
(34) 0.5 million Indian Malaysians had emigrated to overseas
(35) 3 millions Indonesians had migrated into Malaysia and became Malaysian citizens with bumis status.
(36) 600000 are the Chinese and Indian Malaysians with red IC and were rejected repeatedly when applying for citizenship for 40 years. Perhaps 60% of them had already passed away due to old age. This shows racism of how easily Indonesians got their citizenships compare with the Chinese and Indians
(37) 5% – 15% discount for a malay to buy a house, regardless whether the malay is rich or poor
(38) 2% is what Chinese new villages get compare with 98% of what malay villages got for rural development budget
(39) 50 road names (at least) had been changed from Chinese names to other names
(40) 1 Dewan Gan Boon Leong (in Malacca) was altered to other name (e.g. Dewan Serbaguna or sort) when it was being officially used for a few days. Government try to shun Chinese names. This racism happened in around year 2000 or sort
(41) 0 temples/churches were built for each housing estate. But every housing estate got at least one mosque/surau built
(42) 3000 mosques/surau were built in all housing estates throughout Malaysia since 1970. No temples, no churches are required to be built in housing estates
(43) 1 Catholic church in Shah Alam took 20 years to apply to be constructed. But told by malay authority that it must look like a factory and not look like a church. Still not yet approved in 2004
(44) 1 publishing of Bible in Iban language banned (in 2002)
(45) 0 of the government TV stations (RTM1, RTM2, TV3) are directors of non-malay origins
(46) 30 government produced TV dramas and films always showed that the bad guys had Chinese face, and the good guys had malay face. You can check it out since 1970s. Recent years, this tendency becomes less
(47) 10 times, at least, malays (especially Umno) had threatened to massacre the Chinese Malaysians using May 13 since 1969
(48) 20 constituencies won by DAP would not get funds from the government to develop. Or these Chinese majority constituencies would be the last to be developed
(49) 100 constituencies (parliaments and states) had been racistly re-delineated so Chinese voters were diluted that Chinese candidates, particularly DAP candidates lost in election since 1970s
(50) Only 3 out of 12 human rights items are ratified by Malaysia government since 1960
(51) 0 – elimination of all forms of racial discrimination (UN Human Rights) is not ratified by Malaysia government since 1960s
(52) 20 reported cases whereby malay ambulance attendances treated Chinese patients inhumanely, and malay government hospital staffs purposely delay attending to Chinese patients in 2003. Unreported cases may be 200
(53) 50 cases each year whereby Chinese, especially Chinese youths being beaten up by malay youths in public places. We may check at police reports provided the police took the report, otherwise there will be no record
(54) 20 cases every year whereby Chinese drivers who accidentally knocked down malays were seriously assaulted or killed by malays
(55) 12% is what ASB/ASN got per annum while banks fixed deposit is only about 3.5% per annum
There are hundreds more racial discriminations in Malaysia to add to this list of “colossal” racism. It is hope that the victims of racism will write in to expose racism.
Malaysia government should publish statistics showing how much malays had benefited from the “special rights” of malays and at the same time tell the statistics of how much other minority races are being discriminated.
Hence, the responsibility lies in the Malaysia government itself to publish unadulterated statistics of racial discrimination.
If the Malaysia government hides the statistics above, then there must be some evil doings, immoral doings, shameful doings and sinful doings, like the Nazi, going on onto the non-malays of Malaysia.
Civilized nation, unlike evil Nazi, must publish statistics to show its treatment on its minority races. This is what Malaysia must publish……….
We are asking for the publication of the statistics showing how “implementation of special rights of malays” had inflicted colossal racial discrimination onto non-malays.
Human book: OMG!! Are u just posting this pre-typed comment on all malaysian blogs?? It is sooo long…i agree many foreigners are unaware of the racially unequal policies still in place in malaysia now and i myself learnt a thing or two from ur list…it is unfair but then it could also be a way to lift the majority malays up so that there will be no huge gap b/w the races in malaysia which could lead to resentment and race riots such as in Indonesia with the horrific anti-Chinese riots of 1998. In fact, all these policies only came in place after the 1969 race riots due to the wide class divide b/w the Malays and the Chinese then…but i agree it is still unfair…
Me thinks the poster above has got some serious issues or has an inferiority complex of his own. haha!!!
Goku: I think he came over from the korea-related blogs which have linked me, u get those kind of korea-hating ppl there…his entire post is so racist and he seems to hate koreans…well, he’s prob japanese(though i hate to generalise) cos there seems to be a high proportion of japanese ppl in the blogsphere who hate koreans…they cannot take issue with me cos i have already stated very clearly i am of chinese bckground and i don’t hide behind western nicks and i also incl Japanese headings so the japanese korea-haters cannot accuse me of being anti-japanese given my post reflect my deep liking of many japanese stuff and i know japanese friends….
Hey Anonymous, or Charles or CV or whatever your latest alias is. Let me ask you, is it your hobby to go around copying and pasting the same hate-filled argument all over the blogosphere? Sure you’ve changed a little bit of the wording here and there but basically it seems to be another copy and paste job.
“I think he came over from the korea-related blogs which have linked me”
I agree, but that’s how I found your blog.
You’ve got some interesting articles in your archives I wouldn’t mind reading. I’m looking forward to it especially since it’s coming from a non-korean/non-japanese/non-american person like yourself.
Goku: Thanks, do leave comments on what u think, i occasionally check for comments of ALL my previous post…
Goku: OMG!!! Anon is someone who’s been going around pasting similar comments on other blogs too!! I guess i am gonna get tons of similar comments from weirdos now that a famous korea-related blog mentioned me….
I agree with u that most Japanese guys are really cute and that they have this something about them that makes them really attractive (can’t really pinpoint it but it’s not a masculine aura to me)
I have dated Korean, Japanese and Chinese guys and I think that Japanese guys make the best bfs IMO.
They have beautiful manners and are extremely gentlelmanly (guys from chauvinistic societies usually are).
That said, if given a choice,I will not like to be a woman in either Japan or Korea.
(I ought to know cos I’m Korean myself)
Florence: Thanks so much for ur comment, fantastic to finally have a korean woman comment, i LOVED how u were so spot on when u say men from chauvinistic countries are usually very gentlemanly, that is really true in my opinion….yeah i think some japanese and korean guys are really handsome…i just love their humbleness/politeness or as u put it gentlemanliness…pls do come bck often!
A trip to Japan is on my calendar. Not just for hot spring, but man watching…..having lived in New York for 6 years, I am up for spotting some handsome Asian men.
Vivian: Thanks for the comment…yes, i can relate to that too…enjoy your trip!
I notice that you are getting more readers and more blogs are linking to you. Just today I saw you at Kushibo’s blog.
Your blog really is entertaining, keep it up! (write more!)
Actually that message by Anonymous was pretty mild compared to all the crap being said on another blog.
These sort of posters just brings out all the haters be it caucasians, asians, etc. and trying to have any reasonable conversation on the matter becomes impossible.
pk: yes, i realised that there are alot of ultra-nationalists out there, be they caucasians,koreans, japanese,chinese,etc…they seem to fill places like the japan forum, korea blogs, japanese blogs, etc…they are soo racist its scary!
Plunge: thanks alot! i must thank you for mentioning me in your blog cos ur blog gets tons of attention..i dun have time to write alot given my tough law workload but it is fantastic to get a compliment from a blogger whose blog is in my llist of top favourite blogs..
“his entire post is so racist and he seems to hate koreans…well, he’s prob japanese(though i hate to generalise) cos there seems to be a high proportion of japanese ppl in the blogsphere who hate koreans…”
Hmm…it seems as though if anything, you have just revealed your prejudice against Japanese people. So let me guess…you think that it is impossible for any non-Japanese person to be critical of Korea? What a laugh. Believe me, I live here in Korea and almost none of the foreign community here thinks highly of this racist, arrogant and hypocritical society..and guess what? Not a single one of them is from Japan. In fact, I haven’t even spoken once to a Japanese person since being here, but there are PLENTY of people from SE Asia, Africa, Europe and N.America who criticize and call Koreans on their own obnoxious boasting, lies and racist brainwashing propaganda when we see it. Not a single one of them is Japanese. In fact, if anything, most of the postive comments and opinions that are aimed towards Korea that I have seen so far come from Japanese people (I personally think they are totally blind and fail to see through the fakeness and chicanery that Koreans seem to be very good at)
So to answer your question, no I am not Japanese nor have I even ever talked to a Japanese person, no do I have any remote relationship to Japan or what not. However, being a typical Korean or Korean apologist, you probably hate the fact that a person who is not Japanese dislikes or criticizes Korea. I have found out that this really bugs Koreans when they discover that foreigers, especially westerners, do not find Korea a very attractive or find many negative aspects of their country. I think it is because of the deep seated inferiority complex that Koreans have against nations which are more developed than them. Koreans bend over backwards day after day trying to join the leagues of western nations and trying so desperately to look “high class” an impress other nations. However, when they realize that the very people from the nations they wish to impress see that Koreans are very ignorant and boorish, it makes the Koreans screaming angry and frustrated.
I could probably use the same logic and say that you are lying or that anyone in here who believes that any negative comment about Korea has to come from a Japanese person is probably Korean him/herself. But I will not do that because unlike Koreans, I do not think that only people of a certain nationality are capable of criticizing and deriding another group of people of a different nationality.
Koreans really want to think it is impossible for any non-Japanese foreigner to disagree with the utter brainwashing racist propaganda that Korea feeds to the world…and that the only people who disagree with them are the Japanese.
If that were true, then the Japanese would be the only people in the world who have common sense and can think rationally without any bias. However, much to the disappointment of these hopeful Koreans, there are WAY MORE non-Japanese foreigners who can think like this. To the disapointment of Koreans, almost 90% of the people who criticize and call Korea on its hypocritical lies and BS are not Japanese at all and mostly westerners and other Asians…especially considering that SE Asians in Korea bear the worst brunt of Korean racism. Just ask any Vietnamese, Phillipino, or Thai who has had the unfortunate opportunity to deal with Koreans in their country or in Korea. Koreans are some, if not the worst arrogant racists in the world. And that is a fact which cannot be disputed regardless of the fact that Koreans hate to admit this and continue to deny any wrongdoing on their part.
Btw, you mentioned that there seems to be a high proportion of japanese ppl in the blogsphere who hate koreans. So I assume you have the magical ability to identify a person’s nationlity through a web browswer or that you took a survey to find the nationality of every single poster? Most likely, you did the typical Korean thing and saw “Negative comment on Korea…oh, it HAS to be from a Japanse”.
You would be very surprised, much to your disappointment, that almost 99% of all the negative posts against Korea on blogs are from foreigners, like myself, from the other parts of South Asia, Europe and the Americas. I know how badly Koreans wish that the only people who dislike Korea can be Japanese, but sorry to spoil their wishes….believe me, EVERYONE with common sense finds Korean racism and immature arrogance to be quite offensive and obnoxious.
BTW, in my experience, almost all of the Japanese blogs about Korea I have seen have been nothing but ones which praise and fawn over Korea. Seems like if anything, those Japanese love that country. I personally think they are crazy. However, if you compare the number of Japanese bloggers who write negatively about Korea to the number of Korean internet sites which slam, deride, and make the filthiest racist drivel at Japan which you have ever seen in your life, it’s like comparing the number the number of planets in the solar system to the number of stars in the universe. Practically any Korean website, even if it has nothing to do with politcs or Japan, always manages to turn any neutral topic into a Japan bashing topic. Give me a break…some Japanese have recently become critical and negative of Korea due to the internet and more direct access to information from Korea where they can finally see the ugliness and racial hatred againt Japan that Koreans seem to live for in their lives 24/7. On the other hand, Koreans have been breast-fed racism and hatred for all things Korean from birth starting from the stone age. You cannot even compare the respective levels in both countries. Its like comparing a drop of water in the sink to the ocean.
Hold the presses!!! Another copy and paste Anonymous moron right above me!!!
I am prob gonna have to deal with idiots who rant on and on like anon…if this keeps happening, then i will just have to resort to deleting posts from anon. Further he is most prob NOT a westerner given that westerners are usually not as delusional and racist as he is…if he is, then he is giving westerners a bad name and is very lonely out there…i mean the lies he puts about how westerners detest koreans and his praises for japanese ‘naiveity and kindness’ in liking korea is laughable…バカのやつ。。。
Give me a break….I give praises to Japanese naivety and kindness? Personally, I think they are totally clueless and whacked since they are too oblivious to the obvious hatred and racism in which Koreans love to revel. However, sensible and very perceptive foreigners like myself and the majority of SE Asians see right through the farce and BS that Koreans project. We know the truth about how the number one driving source of every Korean person’s soul and life dwells on jealousy and hatred of others to whom they feel an inferiority complex (mainly Americans, Japanese, Europeans, and believe it or not..Chinese).
Japanese must be really dumb to not see through the BS that Koreans feed them.
PrinzJ: I still haven’t gotten a reply from u yet….i hope to get ur contact details given that we have ALOT in common and also u seem to check my blog the most often out of all my readers, i dun mind getting an email or something, mayb we can arrange a way for me to give u my email or vice versa and then i’ll delete the post? I’m kinda dissapointed that my loyal reader doesn’t want to know the person behind this blog..dun worry i don’t bite!
A guy with ‘masculine aura’ and licking ice-cream? Wow…. like the first the few minutes from a gay porn!
Alex: He was really attractive whilst licking his ice-cream, blushing….
Where do you find these hot men?
Paul
Paul:hehe….
I’ve seen many cases where non-Korean Asian girls lust after Korean guys. On the physical side of things at least, they do seem to attract more girls. Chinese guys with greasy and untidy hair does not help the matters and most Japanese guys are too short. Unfortunately, Korean guys are usually obedient to their conservative, confuscious parents and it is frowned upon in Korean society when a Korean marries outside of his race. So look yes, but handle with care.
And as for the anon dude, if you made your points a bit more succinct and less obvoiusly full of prejudice and hate, you might have been able to make some valid points come across. I stopped reading coz you bored me. You need to enjoy life more, every culture has negatives, you’d do better in your life and enjoy your stay more if you concentrated on the positives.
Anon: Thanks alot for ur comments, yes i do know all about the filial traditional values of korean men, i’ve been reading about Jodi on Asia Pages and poor her! the parents of jookster as well as his siblings are TOTALLY ridiculous!!! I mean jodi is ethnically korean, dun koreans love to talk about pure blood? well jodi is pure korean so i dun know what the problem they have with her is….and then there was this anecdote about another couple who broke off cos the guy’s parents disapproved of the girl coming from a single parent family and they had been going out for 2 yrs and planning to marry! i mean what the heck r these mama’s boys thinking?! is it like the electra complex where the son secretly loves his mother stuff? so thanks anyways for ur nice advice, much appreciated!
I agree…while I do not find most Korean men physically attractive compared to those from Japan or Taiwan, Hong Kong, I think they have nice and sweet personalities. Well, some of them…since there are many insecure chauvanists (aka. “mama’s boys” as you pointed out). I attribute that to the Korean culture.
Anon: i actually find korean men the most physically attractive out of all the ones u mentioned but personality wise i doubt they will come out high given that i hear some korean guys are still big time chauvinist(i find chinese guys tend to be the least chauvinistic as a comparison) which is a big demerit!
anon: It seems like u just want to get publicity by writing an OBVIOUSLY racist post on an Asian person’s blog whose whole blog is about East Asia, well no i ‘m not gonna play into ur little plan…and no, despite asian ppl’s perception of white men being better, i totally disagree and actually think chinese/kor/japanese men are a thousand times better looking…i think the still prevalent preference of many asians for ‘white beauty’,esp white men, stems from internalised insecurity and racism..i personally dun find the hollywood male stars that attractive(i actually kinda like the girls like natalie portman, nicole kidman, naomi watts, charlize theron, thandy newton,all of whom are gorgeous looking women)..i dun find white guys good looking most of the time…anyways this is just my personal preference, ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’.
Errmmm ..
Didn’t realised that you requested for an e-mail address ?!?!
Anyway, you of all people should know how the rat race is like when semester begins … Moreover with me taking cons, property & tax, I feel like I have hardly any room to breathe. Dumbass excuse enough for you ? Maybe you should provide me with some tips on how to get through ALL the readings for cons & property … then maybe I will have more time to read all my favourite blogs. Anyhow, I still read your blog, so dun worry that you’ll lose me as a reader, it’s just that I don’t leave much comment when I don’t feel like I have much to say about a certain topic.
So, the bottomline is, would you mind a reader who still reads your blog but doesn’t really leave a comment behind or do you want a reader to always leave a comment? If it’s the former, I take it that you still welcome me as a reader of your blog, but if it’s the latter that you press on, I would presume otherwise …
Hello,
I am not trying to be racist or demaning but just stating what I and many other foreigners have observed first hand. It seems as though most Koreans have very flat and wide faces and small eyes. I am seriously wondering…is that considered attractive in Korea? I am not trying to be funny or make a joke either, because this is definitely what I and many of my friends, even some who are Korean-Anerican, see first hand. I mean, if that is the standard of beauty in Korea, then I guess they probably do think they are the best looking, but I would definitely say that those actors in the photos are not representative of the Korean men I have come across in my many years of experience with Koreans. However, it seems very odd because from talking with native Koreans, their ideal standard of beauty seems to be totally the opposite to that of what the average Korean guy/girl looks like (without plastic surgery of course). However, almost all of them seem to believe that they are the best looking people on the planet and that they all look like Won Bin or Lee Young Ae. However, foreigners like myself find this very strange and funny because to be honest, fewer than 90% of the people in the country look like that. I am just wondering, is this denial or just wishful thinking?
Again, please…this is not an attack on Koreans or Korea because I love so many other aspects of the pepole and country and have had great times with all of my Korean friends. It’s just that foreigners like myself are really perplexed at why Koreans claim that they all look like supermodels when they definitely do not. Also, why is it that they deny there is any plastic surgery done in Korea when in fact I see clinics on almost every block in Seoul and personally know almost 7 out of 12 women who have gotten their “ssnagpul” surgery along with a nose job?
Again, I am asking this out of seriousness because it seems as though Koreans really like to think of themselves as better than what they are. Do they have some sort of insecurity about their looks?
Also, just to let you know before anyone accuses me of being a Korea-basher, American, or Japanese, I am half Korea/half Swedish and love my Korean mother to death.
hi!
I realise why you are interrest in Japan,and read Japanese.とても不思議でしたが・・・。
I went to KEIO univ.too, about 30years ago.And now it’s my son’s turn .He passed the exam of KEIO last month, and finally deside to go to other univ.
I don’t know much about Kawasaki city,but knew hiyoshi camps since I went hiyoshi for 7years（ああ永い！）4years hisgschool,3 years univ.
Your japanese sentence in ゲイ韓国 is realy great! much better than the articles in the web of japanese edition of Korean newspapers.
PrinzJ: It is not about leaving comments, its about replying my Q,i welcome ppl to read and NOT leave comments, u should only leave when u want to…i am completely ok with that, but what i was annoyed at was lack of reply when i asked for a contact eg, email, i wanted u to either give me ur email or tell me u dun feel like it cos of some reason, i will respect that, but i dun like it if u just not give ur email and not reply…since u have replied my Q and i am assuming u r not comfortable giving me any contact, my Q has been answered and you are most welcome to visit often, no obligation AT ALL to leave comments…but if u change ur mind, i am always here waiting…and yes, i am SO BEHIND in my own readings too…hehe…if u need notes, i can pass u my old ones but they are prob too outdated! no hard feelings?
anon: look, i don’t think its true that they have flat faces and small eyes and whatever u say they have cos i see plenty in melbourne who are super good looking..so unless u r sayin that only the good looking ones come to melbourne…also it is not koreans who think they are good looking but OTHER asians who think so, remember many asians including me have been influenced by the korean dramas into thinking koreans are good looking AND i am NOT korean and have NO connection with korea AND have NEVER even SET FOOT on korean soil so there is no need for me to defend them…its just that i and many other asians think SOME koreans are good looking, i obviously know not all look like lee young ae and won bin just like not all caucasians look like brad pitt and jen aniston…so its others who think koreans are good looking not koreans themselves(i am sure mayb they do too but thats not what my focus here is)
kimcafe:あ、先輩だ。。。 でも実は私は交換留学生として慶應で勉強した。日本語を勉強した。普通の授業じゃないでした。So i went on exchange, NOT the normal classes,だから私の日本語はすごく下手なんです。。あと、その日本語article は私書いたものじゃないです。。。ゲイジャパンニュースというサイトのarticleです。。私は翻訳しただけ。。into english….またkimcafeさんもう人のお父さんことしらなかった。。いろんなところ旅行にいったからずっとkimcafeさんは 20、30代の方かもと思ったんだ。。。
Obviously no hard feelings …
I am sure you would understand my level of discomfort in disclosing my e-mail address in your blog which is accessable by others. Not that I think random people will start writing to me, but it’s just me … in not giving my e-mail openly.
Thanks on your offer for the notes, I’m trying my best to REMAIN ALIVE in constitutional law & property law class. With so much readings & assignments from these 2 subjects + taxation (OMG, I feel like fainting just talking about it), I will have no life man! All the best with your readings too.
Hi,
Is there a chance you could post the web addresses to these blogs, can’t find some of them when I do a regular search?
prinzJ: Proven once again u r my most loyal reader, replying SO FAST!! anyways, i just thought i wanted to get to know u abit better given we had so much in common and also i won’t be at the law school for long…i actually am supposed to graduate much earlier cos i did summer to cut the time..anyways anytime u can ask for my email as i don’t mind leaving my email here so u won’t have to give urs, so anytime when u change ur mind, ask me and i will give u my email…and….actually i kinda know ur name cos u used ur real name on another blog’s comment a while back and that name matches ur initials….dun know y i am telling u that but…don’t worry for now, despite it being easy to find u given all the information i have, eg class u take,nationality,race,gender, but i don’t want to be this scary stalker…unless u turn out to be a real hunk..hehe..i am just jokin with ya!!!visit often!!!
Mikke: they are all in my link section right at the bottom of my blog so scroll ALL THE WAY DOWN and u will see all of the mentioned blogs and their links….do check them out!!
Actually, you are mistaken with Plunge. I know people who personally know him. He had once been turned down by a Japanese woman before in his life and was made fun of for his uncouth social graces. He used to be a fan of Japan, but then after he was rejected by that woman and creeping her out with his stalking behavior, she told him to bugger off and never to contact her again. From that point on, he has directed his insecurity and hatred to all things Japanese now.
Hatred of Japan is an obsession for those Korea-philes who have jealousy and envy towards Japan. In plunge’s case, it is a quite a sad and pathetic story (although very funny). Notice that he cannot say even one good thing or positive comment about Japan. Actually, he even gets upset when someone compliments or says something positive about Japan such as “Japanese products are very high quality”. That, my friend, is not a reaction that is from an objective person. That type of reaction shows a mentality of a person who goes beyond rightful criticism. It is one thing to point out and criticize negatives about a culture. However, when you start to scream and go crazy angry just because you hate to hear compliments about another country from other people, that is a sign that you are obsessed with smearing and hatred of another culture, just like plunge.
Wow Anonymous, you actually made me chuckle. Right-wing Japnophile numnuts who’ve never actually read my blog but only read about it on sites that hate me are what make it all worth it! You’re the perfect example.
Thanks for the kind write-up hcpen.
Hmm … I think law school is BAD !
Trains us to debate/question too much? That is one of the reasons why my replies to your comments are relatively fast. Do not discount the fact that our Uni’s system is so centralised on the email system …
I think I know which blog you are referring to on leaving my name?!?! Hmm … and what’s with Bedtime Stories being the authoritative blog for all other ‘tong zhi’ blogs? I have to admit that it’s good though. Gosh, sounds so constitutional law. I think Jay’s ‘But Enough About You’ is rather authoritative too .. hahaha. But I completely agree with yourself on ‘Alexander/Multi-Colours/What Does the World Look Like’ being that I really feel what the authors are trying to relate are rather genuine.
About getting to find me …. I don’t think so. Although I know your name as well …. hahaha
All the best with life after law school , ya ? I can’t wait to graduate !
Hi hcpen,
I was directed here via Kushibo’s blog.
From an Asian-American perspective, we find native Asia’s (particularly Korea/China) chronic obsession with Japanese WW2 atrocities, the war shrine issue, nationalism, and all related issues to be quite frustrating. If Korea or China had been in Japan’s place during that period, they would have done the same things that Japan is accused of. It’s simple power dynamics logic.
Alot of it is also a political manipulation tool used by the governments to deflect the public’s attention away from the inadequacies of political leaders, home policies and domestic problems.
Koreans and Chinese alike are dwelling way too much on the past and letting their nationalistic outrage jeopardize intra-Asian cooperation and pan-Asian unity for the sake of the future.
went to vic mart night market last night too. was soso. but later went to supper inn for porridge. yum yum. on the way back caught the fireworks
dmnk:hey did u check out the yukata stall?!! yeah…the night market was really small, not what i had previously remembered it to be when i went yrs bck….i am so happy about my kimono purchase…hehe…gonna find an opportunity to wear it but i am sure ppl will be staring…
prinz J: yes…but i won’t be graduating until i finish my subjects left, also how do know my name? u’ve GOTTA tell me…i told u how i found out about urs (thru the comments on another blog) so its only fair u tell me also ok? cos the ONLY way is if one of the bloggers i emailed to passed u my email (which means u already have my email)…tell me!
ps; it is easy to find ppl here cos as long as u know the name, class,race, gender, very easy to cut down…but of cos only for ppl with tons of time on their hands just hopping thru each class…not me…
anon: ur lies are so ridiculous that i just have to laugh to think that u would belittle my intelligence to actually believe that i would believe in 3rd rate script writing like that…
plunge: no problems:)
bluejives: dun be ridiculous…it is not asia’s obsession about japan’s ww2 crimes, its about justice and reconciliation…and the thing about political manipulation is something the western media and the japanese love to point to but it is TOTALLY IRRELEVANT whether or not its political or not…the only concern i have is that there are good solid grounds for the anger…and also bout distracting attention from domestic probs…hello? i am NOT chinese nor south korean so why am i angry or concerned? i couldn’t care much personally for china’s and korea’s domestic problems, i have no connections with them anymore, even ancestral relatives in china i dun keep in touch with them(neither do my parents!) at all…so why am i and many other overseas chinese/korean angry? we have never been ‘brainwashed’ by ‘anti-japanese’ education..i was not even taught about japan’s crimes in school and my parents certainly didn’t go on and on about japan’s crimes…the thing is u must understand, my generation grew up relatively properous so we could think about the injustice of japan’s war, whilst my parents and grandparents generation did not have time to worry about japanese apology/reparations when getting food on the table was a problem in itself or not being able to enjoy a prosperous life….so thats y its a hot topic now when it wasn’t 10 20 yrs ago….and talking about politics, the chinese govt actually tried to SUPPRESS japanese compensation redress movements in the past due to political reasons, so why doesn;t anyone complain about the suppression of the chinese govt’ on japanese war apology movement? in the end, japan faces a formidable force, the 1 billion chinese 47 million south koreans and countless overseas asians who all demand justice from Japan….do not forget that in the midst of this talk about politics,etc we are missing the crucial point of what the victims went thru and those who did not survive…if i were one of the countless women raped by the japanese army, i certainly would take great offence at ur suggestion that the current movement to help me regain my dignity and honour is merely political and that my suffering is not worth any attention…
It was easy to find your name … I am sure you’ll also know how it’s done; I won’t need to explain to you since you have spent nearly 5 years in Melb Uni.
Having a rather rare surname + the fact that I am able to also match your name with your chinese name stated in your blog (albeit, the very little chinese I know, I happen to know how to read your chinese name’s character) happens to help a lot. Doesn’t really matter now rite ?
And don’t worry, I’m not in contact with other bloggers & that is one matter which I would not know about your contacts with other bloggers.
I still don’t think that it’s easy to find out someone by just the class, gender, etc … if you are not personally enrolled in that subject. I just think that you can roughly narrow down who the person is likely to be. However, I don’t know much people in law & I keep a very low profile, thus making it more difficult for anyone to notice me
Arrghh … you’re one step closer to graduation than me & I just can’t help feeling like getting thru & done with everything when I’m faced with constitutional law & property ! Anyway gd luck for the semester !
prinzJ: i dun know how u found out….given that most ppl dun know my surname…anyways, which part of Malaysia r u from? penang by any chance? or KL?
hcpen, your mistake against this guy is that you had the nerve to say you are attracted to Korean guys. The nerve of you! How dare you say such sacrilege things! You should not say such offensive things to offend all the non Korean men! If you had said all them Koreans are ugly beasts, then you would not have been deservingly attacked like this! Now smarten up!
ok….whatever….
Hcpen,
I want to make sure that you get something straight. There are hardly any gays/queers in Korea. That is a disgrace for any culture and luckily, Korea does its best to stamp this kind of garbage out. Only weird screwed up cultures like white people and japs are filled with homosexual fags. I am proud to say that in Korea, you will be pretty much beated up if you are a flaming pervert or fag. Thank god our culture is not dirtified like those disugting animals in Japan or Europe.
우리 나라에는 그렇게 더러운 문화가 없기 때문에 훌륭한 나라입니다!
Anon: I think U SHOULD GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT, please count in chinese society including china,taiwan,hk, singapore in your list of ’screwed up cultures’ cos there are plenty of gays in those places and in china and taiwan and hk, they are pretty accepting of homosexuality now so they must be sick and perverted also…and also i wish u all the best as u continue to live ur life of denial thinking that korea has little gays…sigh, i wonder how long korea would need to catch up to the progressive standards of japan, west, and chinese society in accepting gays but i guess with korean people like u, VERY LONG….
anon: u must be the same guy who left that nonsense about korea having no gays in my other post, first of all, u r obviously not very bright, dun u realise i am chinese myself and my blog is called CHINESE CHIC or are u just plain dumb and stupid?? Calling chinese ‘chinks’ and ‘dirty’ on a chinese person’s blog is NOT a good idea and from now on, any posts from u SHALL BE DELETED….u pissed me off big time (do i need to remind u where all korea’s culture comes from???), and yes i would never even think of touching a korean man like u, u r a disgrace to dae han min guk and korea would be better off if u were wiped out of korea and this planet….gosh, first its the japanese fanatics criticising korea, now i have the korean fanatics criticising other races, what a bunch of idiots….
cool.
Just delete this idiot.
I bet you he’s the same guy who was ranting on about Koreans. Now he’s magically transformed himself as a Korean. I bet you he’s white.
ca va pas: Thanks!
anon: funny anon, that precisely what i was thinking!!! I had a slight suspicion that he has nothing better to do than pretend to be japanese and then korean just to piss people off cos he’s got such a sad life in reality and is desperately seeking attention…glad to know i am not the only one who suspects he isn’t japanese nor korean…
check his IP number, guarantee you he’s the same rabble rousing troll, whatever his nationality is…
So it is my wifes anniversary and I really do not know what to get her. I mean, after so many years, the creativity runs a little dry. And I mean, I cannot go online because I will sit there and just get stuck getting distracted due to my ADD and then I will go off searching about something weird like attract women dont talk to much and then go visit that same site and forget totally about my purpose in the first place.
attract women dont talk to much
Just a quick comment as I was doing a web search and came across this blog and found the Japan Times article in which I was quoted (my name is Greg Dvorak, the Australian National University student with the “rainbow flag imperialism” quote)… I’ve been surprised by how much this article has been redistributed and posted on gay sites around the WORLD–just trying to track down something else I came across so many references to this and I feel it’s good that there’s more exposure for alternative readings of homosexuality in Japan, but at the same time I was discouraged about how this particular reporter (a newcomer to Japan who does not speak Japanese) misrepresented a lot of what I was saying and also fused it together quite casually with the very naive remarks of a fresh-off-the-boat orientalist type American who felt so “liberated” in Japan.
Quick follow up in case anyone is reading–my point was to say that Japan does not have a precedent of identity politics centered around queerness or gayness, and its precedent of Nanshoku relations between samurai or monks, Kabuki actors, etc. were very much codified in a different way that followed a totally different trajectory to the invention of the European discourses surrounding homosexuality in the 1800s. So for SOME Japanese who feel inhibited in Japan, they compare themselves to “Westerners” and say that Japan is oppressive and not free. And for many foreigners, who are obviously outside their own cultural moral framework, of course there is a sense of freedom. But unfortunately what the reporter, Ms. Larkin, left out of her article, was the very IMPORTANT (!!!) point that that doesn’t mean that it’s easy to be a man who loves other men in Japan. Certainly it’s not stigmatized in the same way as the West but there is a whole other range of stigma and ostracization that comes up around the issue, as well as another framework of identity. My point was merely that to try and read all this through the lens of the rainbow flag is completely absurd and only a marker for how American hegemonic values and the largely American gay pride movement has become yet another imperialistic global standard through which we are able to see less and less of what’s REALLY there!!!!
Just because you can write in Korean, it doesn’t necessarily mean you are what you say you are. These days, many non-Koreans in Korea know how to read/write Korean. It’s suspicious that you are so eager to show that you are Korean and to show every stereotype of Koreans as ugly racist big mouths. Not denying that there are ugly racist Koreans, but based on your writing style, I have doubts about you. Your goal is to make Koreans look bad, and to make everybody turn against Koreans and to stir up hatred. You suck.
The written Korean above, suck. What did you use, Babblefish? Or did you cut and paste it from somewhere?
Hcpen, Koreans allegedly claiming “korea has no gays” is a typical stereotype used by white guys in Korea.
In the old days, yes, many Koreans did believe that there were no gays in Korea. But that was decade or more ago. Now a days gay themes are everywhere in the media, including the actors and actresses who’ve come out of the closet and who are thriving. Even in the military, there is controversy about discriminations against gays. It is impossible that Koreans don’t know about the gays when the air waves are full of the subject of homosexuality.
I have serious doubts when somebody claims that he’s Korean, then screams, “there are no gays in Korea”. He’s a liar, he’s pretending to be Korean, trying to perpetuate the old stereotypes of Koreans believing nonsense.
“above is the malaysian dessert ‘ice kacang’…”
For a second there I thought it was pot-bing-su (korean shave ice).
“The written Korean above, suck. What did you use, Babblefish?”
That’s too funny, I’m glad someone pointed that out.
Think we need a pic of yourself in a yukata
Paul
pk: oh, i didn’t know korea had that too….but i guess they would be similar….
Paul: hehe, i will put up a pic of me in my yukata in the future BUT only from the neck down…or mayb just the lower half of the body..hehe…no face pics!
All recent commenters: yeah…i think he is not korean cos it just sounds too fake…he is just SOOO eager to show everyone how racist koreans are and so i think he is probably another race, anyways anoyone know how to delete comments? cos i can’t manage to work out how to delete comments…
What amazes me even more is everyone in here who jumps on the bandwagon to protect Korea’s image not matter what the cost, even when a real Korean comes in an posts his thoughts which are really not that surprising. Trust me, you guys seem to really wish tbat the poster above cannot be Korean and Koreans are incapable of racist and homophobic attitudes. However, from so many experiences and conversations with Koreans I have had, the racist and homophobic comments from the anonymous poster above are definitely nothing out of the ordinary coming from a Korean and are in fact, quite normal. And for goku, could you point out what exactly is in his post which tells you that his Korean is not correct? To me, it looks absolutely perfect…and guess what, I am a native speaker. So what, are you guys going to claim that it is impossible for Koreans to be racist and rude and that Koreans are always perfect and that the only bad people in the world are whites?
Guys, it’s one thing to come down on bad criticism, but if Koreans refuse to acknowledge that our poop can stink just as bad as others, we really look even more stupid and immature in the eyes of others.
just wondering ah… why all ur writings all got no paragraphs ah?
hard on the eyes lar…
and also not very good writing style lar…
Not saying “Koreans are incapable of racist and homophobic attitudes. ” – your words, not mine. Just that I’ve seen these kinds of race baitings in other Korea related forums before they were found to be fakes. It’s becoming easier to pick out, especially when someone is over-doing it.
“To me, it looks absolutely perfect…a”
That’s the point, it’s TOO PERFECT. Ever read Korean netizens and how they slang it up and swear? The above sounds like he took the entire post out of a Britanica dictionary.
k.s: suggestions noted.
greg: Thanks for the additional points, hope u come bck often.
“…and guess what, I am a native speaker.”
First time I’ve heard a korean consider himself a “native speaker”.
The term “Native Speaker” is often used by “Native Speakers” of English. More likely, he was/is an English teacher in Korea. My guess is that it’s the first poster (the first person to reply to hcpen’s post) of this thread. It’s suspicious that he suddenly disappeared.
“우리 나라에는 그렇게 더러운 문화가 없기 때문에 훌륭한 나라입니다!”
Oh give me a break. This whole sentence is so awkward. Learn how real Koreans speak, asshole. As a real Korean, I’m going to give you some advice for you. Your mistake is using polite hirarchial structural sentence when you mean to be insulting. Stay away from the on line dictionaries and learn some slangs and insults from real Koreans.
Be warned. You will attract a lot of Japanese and Japanophile trolls who will attack you if you keep on supporting Plunge.
anon: it does not matter, i agree with plunge’s standpoint, anyways, its kinda hard to attack me when i have lived in tokyo, learning japanese, using japanese in my blog and even buying a yukata….hardly anti-japanese i would say….
anon: i think many people have already mentioned that the guy above is a fake just seeking to make ppl hate koreans…
all commentators: i think its so funny that there r ppl out there who must pretend to be another race to make themselves seem credible..glad that so many of my readers can pick that up too….
hcpen, hopefully you’ll be able to learn how to clean up your blog. Then you’ll be able to at least have a blog without all this nonsense (mine included).
The dress looked cute, from what I could tell despite the lousy flash.
hcpen, I think it may be time for you to require registered log-ins. Too bad some people have to use anonymity to be a-holes.
But the idea that Korea is trying to “stamp out” homosexuality is absurd, given how many gay-themed shows are repeatedly shown on Korean television right now (from Will & Grace to Queer Eye to The L-Word to Angels in America, etc.). Plus that movie “The King’s Men.”
For a long time, Korean culture had kept a lid on homosexuality, a kind of don’t-ask-don’t-tell way of dealing with it, but over the last few years the floodgates have been opened. I have some friends and relatives in Korea who are gay, and I had to research these trends for my work, and I tell you attitudes and openness are very different from what “anonymous” described.
kushibo: well, as long as its the chinese dress, its ALWAYS gorgeous and sexy for me…hehehe, n thanks for leaving a comment…
kushibo: yes, i don’t think korea is trying to ’stamp out’ gays and lesbians and i actually indicated that the success of the film ‘The King’s Man’ goes to show how much has improved…i think its the anon ppl who r going on and on about korea having no gays, and no i don’t believe their nonsense and neither does most of my readers…
Nice pictures!!
pisconight: Thanks! Come bck often!
IF you think about it, western cultures are much more homophobic then Korean culture. So much for all the “there are no gays in Korea” Korea bashings, disguised and written by anonymous western guys. In Korea, gays don’t end up being beaten to death just because of their sexual orientation.
anon:i think to a certain extent, western cultures are more homophobic…however i think korea is the least open towards gays as compared to the West and even China and Japan cos the reason gays in korea DON’T get beaten up is cos the topic of gay koreans is still SO TABOO that ppl do not want to acknowledge it…if something is not really there, how can u attack it? Koreans have a very weak sense of ‘gaydar’ and as far as i know just aren’t as aware as compared to others, for instance, guys tend to be more physical with each other cos no one thinks anything about it whilst american and chinese guys tend to keep physical contact at a minimum cos they are aware of the ‘possibilities’ b/w 2 men….examples of exposure in the media is unconvincing given that ALL shows with gay characters in South Korea are AMERICAN shows with WHITE gays which means koreans are aware of homosexuality now and do believe it exists BUT still generally believe that there are very little gay KOREANS and that homosexuality is still a ‘western thing’.
Thanks for the mention dude!
Cheers,
Alex
alex: no probs!
interesting description of your history buddy lar….
ks: thanks!:)
did u have fun during the games?
yep! but missing the bollywood on the bowl was a pity…i did manage to catch the last 10 mins of bollywood dancing on FedSQ on a sat though….
Surfing through blogs I found yours. I must say, it was an enjoyable read.
I must make one comment though. There should be NO limit on the number of guys and number of girls in a porn scene.
As the saying goes: “The more, the merrier.”
On other note, I want to also say I think it’s incredible you are able to speak so many languages. Mandarin, Cantonese, English, and some Japanese from what I gathered from your posts. Amazing. Your command of English is exceptional as well. I’m jealous! So, I’m curious, how are you able to learn so many languages? Just naturally gifted in languages or did you spend a lot of time studying and practicing the languages in school?
mr nasty: Hi, first of all thanks for the comments and even posting about me on ur blog! nways, if u read my blog, u must know i am all for women’s rights and so i cannot accept a pack of men on one woman, however if it were like group sex with one on one then even though i personally can’t accept it, i think it should be allowed…as long as there is no unfair abuse of women…
thanks also for the language comment, u r not the first commenter to say that and i am flattered..i guess i just have a knack for languages…and i have been educated in english throughout my life so of cos my english would be to a certain level, if it were otherwise, i think i will just sit down and cry,hehe…Also how do u know i speak cantonese? u can’t tell just from writing, but i do anyways and i understand hokkien/taiwanese dialect too…so are u asian by any chance cos u seem to be able to differentiate the chinese languages (most caucasians would simply lump everything as Chinese) and also u could tell my japanese level was not perfect nor native so,out of curiosity,r u asian by any chance?
Women’s rights? I don’t even know what that term means! lol Seriously though, so how about an unlimited number of women and 1 man? You know, that is most men’s fantasy. But I guess women’s rights advocate can argue that that would also be an abuse of women also since it would be one man plundering and hogging all of the natural female resources.
Or another example: In some fetish porn they have a man bound and gagged to be spanked, beaten, flogged, and many other numerous dirty little things done to him by one or more female. Some men really enjoy that! (Yum, Yum they would say.) Would that fall under the category of empowering women?
So how should the proposed bill read?: “No more than one woman and three men and no more that one man and 3 women in any given porn scene. Spanking women is not okay, but spanking men is allowed (and encouraged).” Or if you’re not only for women’s rights but human rights in general, the last one would read: “Spanking of men or women is not okay (unless it’s light spanking then it may be considered)” (All good proposed bills have little addendums like that! lol)
re: language I’d very much like to tell you I am a gifted psychic and know everything and that’s how I know, but I’m sure you will be skeptical. Truth is, I believe I read it somewhere on your blog posts. I cannot rememeber exactly where — it may have been your response to another person’s comments or inquiry.
Even having been educated in English at a very young age in an asian country, your English is still incredible. I have not met many who have your level of English abilities. And I have proofread many many papers written by International students from asia. (By the way is often much more strenuous then any final exam I had to take. lol)
Also on the flip side, I have taken a year of Chinese in college and I can safely say it was hard as shit. It would take me decades to master the language if it was even possible at all.
Are you Taiwanese by birth and grew up in Malaysia? Malaysian and grew up in Taiwan?… hmmm… Malaysians and Singaporeans are amazing and can speak a ton of languages! Proficiency is at varying degrees, but still…! The Dutch is also amazing, they can speak the Dutch language, English, German, and French.
In answer to your last question, yes I am asian — but I am not Korean. (I guess unfortunate for me, since you dig Korean dudes.
Oh by the way, speaking of which, I couldn’t find a picture of you on your blog. What do you look like? Post a pic or email me one!
mr nasty: thanks again for commenting….well u will find alot of international students actually have good english skills…btw exactly where r u from? can u tell me abit more bout urself cos ur blog reveals little..i am both malaysian and taiwanese cos one parent comes from each country…about porn, the bill will be in terms of ‘penetrator and penetratree’ not in gender terms…also its ok for sm stuff as long as it is not shown as rape as one thing that will DEFINITELY be banned if i had my way would be ALL rape storylines in porn shall henceforth be ILLEGAL…hahaha…but consensual degrading sm will be allowed….so spanking is ok..blushing…a group of women on a man is ok also as he would be the ‘penetrator’ and the limit is only on the penetrator and does not cover the ‘penetratee’…i would use these terms instead of men/women to cover other types of porn(take a guess, there is more porn out there now than just opposite sex ones!)anyways, i purposely did not put up my pics cos i do not want to reveal too much about myself….i am able to blog more frankly if i knew i had the cover of anonyimity…also u did not put up a pic of urself too….well, do tell me more about urself..
Penetrator and penetratee? Great terms LOL!!! Yes, I am aware there are more variety of porn than just opposite sex ones. You’d be surprised by how much I know about the porn industry! Actually, I thought about providing a different example in my previous post re: gay porn. I noticed you had quite a few links to sites regarding to sexuality of the same gender so I did not provide any examples of that nature so as not to offend.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand… hmmm, my original post was just a silly comment for humorous purposes. But since you brought up several points, I will respond. The idea of defining limits by penetrator and penetratee seems a bit off the mark to me. Some women use strap ons with other women, with other guys, in single scenes, in couples scenes, in groups, etc. In porn, often they use other objects, items, including other plastic toys, tools, and even food. Cucumbers for some strange reason seems to be the tasty food of choice. Couldn’t possibly be the phallic shape could it?
As for banning rape scenes and allowing consensual s&m, that may on the surface appear to be a good solution, however there is much more than meets the eye. Many s&m b&d scenes appear to be consensual on screen when in reality the actors themselves don’t know what they are getting into when they fill out the consent forms and agree to do the scenes. Other types of scenes where it appears to be non-consensual, the actors are enjoying acting out the fantasy. Of course, the ones where actors play out the role of non-consensual acts is damaging for the obvious reasons. One may argue then that those scenes which depict the actors not enjoying themselves are more damaging than the ones that appear the actors are enjoying themselves. But that is just an illusion, and a harmful one at that. Scenes which depict actors enjoying themselves when reality they are not gives viewers a false sense that whatever activity they are engaging in at that time is okay to do or try at home, when in reality it’s uncomfortable, painful, degrading, etc.
To be honest, now I’m just arguing just for the sake of arguing about the fine points. In reality, bottom line is that porn is actually severely damaging no matter what form it is in. The damage is so high that most people do not realize the extent. From the way pornographers recruit (trick — in some cases kidnap) young actors into the industry to the massive addiction and the catastrophic damaging effects the massive addiction causes the millions of viewers. I could go on and on about the damaging effect, but I’d rather qualify all of this by saying that porn is soooo much fun to watch!!
Ok, changing topic… Yes, of course I know there are international students who have a good mastery of English. I know many many international students. What I meant to say was that your ability is one of the best I have seen — at least in terms of writing. Perhaps you found my comment about proofreading offensive? The comment about proofreading difficult papers was based on my experiences. In my experience, those who ask for proofreading tended to be the ones who needed help the most, while the ones who have a good master of the language were less likely to ask for additional help.
Next topic… Yes, good idea on maintaining your anonymity. I understand. I was just thinking there may have been photos I missed of you because you mentioned that you met quite a few fellow bloggers so I was thinking they already knew what you looked like from your blog pics. Yes, I do not have any pics on my blog. I just started the blog and do not have it set up to post pictures. Also, I didn’t really intend for my site to be that kind of blog. My site is more geared towards me writing a lot of obscene, obnoxious, rude, and untruthful things. lol When we know each other better, I’ll be happy to send you a pic.
Wow, this post turned out waaay longer than I had intended. oops.
p.s. – You should break your post down into paragraphs, it would make it easier to read!
mr nasty: yes….ur post was reallly loooonnggg…about porn, mayb u could tell me more bout it cos although i would consider myself liberal in certain areas, i am actually really conservative when it comes to things like porn, i don’t know much (neither do i really wanna know in terms of seeing it to understand) i heard about women and strap ons in a book on prostitution i read where this perverted client wanted one of the girls to f him anally and i have heard about the fruits stuff but it doesn’t matter, it is usually inserting all kinds of things into women isn’t it? so the males are still penetrators…and u know about gay porn too? hmmm…most straight guys would stay waaaaayy clear of that area…sounds fishy..unless…hehehe..
about rape, the law will ban all depictions of rape, the actors real feelings is totally irrelevant cos i am SURE most men don’t care about the real feelings anyways…can i ask what do u do as an occupation and ur ethnic bckground? i would need to know more about u….leave it in ur blog if u don’t want to put it here and i will go check…visit often!!
Hello again,
Insertions of objects can be done by both sexes. Many of such insertions are in lesbian scenes. I know about porn because a friend of mine worked in the industry (not acting, marketing and promotions — mind out of the gutter hon
You “would need to know more about (me)? May I ask why?
mr nasty: What i meant was that i would like to know more bout u, sorry if i sounded demanding!! like i would just like to know some things about u like are u a student? what ethnic bckground? u know just to get to know u cos u know some things about me from the blog but i hardly know much about u….so just out of interest, sorry if i sounded rude, didn’t mean to!
No worries. All in good time!
mr nasty: alright, drop by often!
WAH, u been blogging so regularly lor.That;s really good lar
lol. i hope i was the one that is ‘better looking’ in person!
anywayz, we should catch up soon or something. right now i’m in my midterms..so probably during or just after easter lar.
have fun with law!!!
(though i think that is improbable)
WOW. What can I say? I guess all i can say is Thanks a bunch dude. No worries on not being able to reply to my sms or calls. U have a life to and I cant keep bugging in as and when i want.
Do take care dude. Keep in touch. Cheers
daniel: yep…sure…
ks: hehe…u know me lar…i just blog all at one go, saves me time….hope u like the pics!
anon: no worries….n u have a habit of calling me ‘dude’ heh? hehe,its kinda weird but whatever suits u…n feel free to ‘bug me’ whenever, i DON’T mind!!
Well, i want to call you dear or something else…but you might take it the wrong way
From that picture alone, you make me want to watch more Taiwanese variety programs already! lol.
anon:hahaha….i got a call from u the other day but i left my h/p somewhere so i couldn’t pick it up…sorry~
executorlouis: i purposely chose one which would attract the girls and gay men, there are more pics on my online photo album..do visit often n leave comments! So sad…no one is leaving comments..sniff,sniff..
looks delicious
love the dress
ana [lua]: thanks!
ana[lua]: thanks! I like it too…glad to have someone from portugal which is quite rare really…
Uim sure u know that cheongsam or qipao is actually a Manchu costume, it is NOT really Chinese….
however, the high slits were made popular during the roaring 1930s in Shanghai, then the international quarter of Asia…
Oh yeah, I think it would be best if your next post is on a HOT rainbowlander, may i suggest Brandon Wong… hee hee
ks: yes i know, i introduced the history in one of my earlier posts already….also i wouldn’t know anything about gay celebrities…but i will try to put up more nice male celebrity pics in benefit of my female and gay readers…..
Well, my tip would be to link up to other gay bloggers, to widen your exposure. You’ll definitely get more comments like that.
Oh, i forgot to add that if you visit others and leave comments regularly, they might be more inclined to do the same. Keep blogging!
executor louis: yes, i have linked with other people already and actually quite a few have linked to me already. I also do leave comments on some blogs very regularly. Thanks for the support and visit often!
how come no updates one?
ks: Busy lah…but will update soon.
Hey HC!
How come you dont put in any more posts which say bad things about Japan? Come on…I miss it! I love it when you write stuff about how evil and terrible they are! I am Korean and I love it when you and Plunge write great stuff about how such an ugly country Japan is! Please write more!
anon: Pls don’t give me that crap….if u can read properly, u must know i have never written anything that says Japan is a bad and evil country…using Japanese in my blog would suggest i am friendly towards Japanese culture more than anything else…time for u to go bck to english school….a warning to others who want to insult koreans by pretending to be koreans, don’t waste ur time cos no one believes u…
looks kinda nice ler
hey, u didn’t say who u had lunch with?
any possibility for a hukilicious hot male?
Happy easter dude…oppss…forgot…i use dude too much on u
Happy easter babe.
ks: Thanks for the comment….who i had lunch with? Well…thats a secret…haha…
Anon: Hiya! Thanks! Happy Easter to u too!
Hi,私は毎朝地下鉄でたくさんの女性を見ますが、日によってすごく美しい女性ばかりに見えたり、それなりだったりしますよ(^^ゞ
ところで、メルボルンには日本人女性にインドメシア人女性、韓国人と中国人の男性が？
東洋人ばっかりなんですね
Hmmm… didnt realise China Town has such great dishes…hmmmm
lawboycool:謝 謝 你 的 留 言 。 非 常 高 興 能 認 識 到 一 個 法 律 界 的 朋 友 的 部 落 克 。 要 常 常 來 我 的 部 落 克 逛 逛 留 言 唷 。 。 我 也 在 你 的 部 落 克 留 言 了 。 。 。 再 次 謝 謝 ﹗
kimcafe:実は、メルボルンには白人多いけど、私は東洋人ばかり興味がある。。ハハハ。。東洋人ほうがカッコイイときれいだと思う。。個人的な意見だけどね。。
i want to go and try the 肉羹湯麵. Do they have mee sua there too?
我來了 ..
不懂要說甚麼，就是很喜歡這里。
而且還想賴在這裡不走呢。
對了皓全，我沒有你這樣的本事。
因為我必須讀完 STPM 就出來社會賺錢生存，
所以希望你到了世界各地，
別忘記和我分享你所有的一切。
我知道我這一生中無法到處旅行，
因為我還有一個家需要我這個長子去保護。
不管你去了那裡，
我都會一直在這里和你分享所有的一切；
雖然我不能陪你身邊看世界。
dmnk: Hi. Yeah try it out…Taiwan Cafe has alot of Taiwanese dishes which are quite authentic like 鹵 豆 干﹐ 海 帶 ﹐ 豬 耳 朵 ﹐ 貢 碗 湯 ﹐ ETC. Don’t know if u had them in Taiwan, but worth a try..also saw u again the other day at 7-11, i don’t know why u always complain u need to be on a diet on ur blog cos this time i had a good look and u look SO thin, u don’t need to worry about being fat lar..(i am sure u r happy to hear that)so go eat all the nice cakes now!
Ooby:謝 謝 你 的 留 言 。 。 。 我 也 在 你 的 部 落 克 留 言 了 ﹐ 希 望 你 看 到 。 。 我 深 信 你 有 一 天 也 能 到 處 遊 玩 的 。 你 的 部 落 克 是 我 唯 一 閱 讀 的 同 志 中 文 博 克 。 很 喜 歡 中 文 的 ﹐ 因 為 用 中 文 怎 麼 樣 還 是 比 英 文 更 加 能 夠 表 達 出 人 的 感 情 吧 。 希 望 你 能 時 常 來 我 這 逛 並 留 言 唷 ﹗
dmnk: Sorry! Totally forgot to answer ur question,do you mean ‘or ar mee sua’ (cannot remember how to write in chinese but its that famous taiwanese mee sua dish)or mee sua in the noodle soup dish? If later, then no they cannot put mee sua in that noodle soup cos taiwanese just don’t eat it like that…i think they also have the or ar mee sua dish…
食色性也，食色性也。
这个世界真的是秀色可餐，美好的食物也总要跟心爱的人一起享用才最有滋味。再棒的佳肴，一个人也难以下咽，或者味同嚼蜡。这不是东西不好，是因为伴随着食物吃下去的，是满口满心的寂寞。寂寞的滋味，一定是苦的，仿佛用海水腌渍的一条黄瓜，爽脆变做苦涩。那些浸泡在泪水里的心，就如同那条黄瓜，只尝得到苦涩，还有无能为力的深深寂寞。两个相爱的人，哪怕分食一碗只加了葱花的白水阳春面，也是最浪漫甜蜜的吧？
oh i meant or ar mee sua one of my favourites
say hi next time you see me!
i dint see you sorry.
yeah, thats nice…too bad i doubt they have nice ones in melbourne cos that mee sua is hard to make…no need to say sorry, i prob look different from my photo anyway…yep, will definitely say hi next time, i mean if i were to meet u by chance 3 times, obviously yuan fen lor..
滑翔翼﹕ 謝 謝 留 言 ﹗ 真 的 萬 分 感 激 。 。 要 時 常 來 我 這 逛 唷 。 。 。 並 留 言 ﹗ 還 有 你 寫 的 好 有 道 理。 。 。 完 全 同 意 。 。
我也是有啥就说啥啦~
我的部落格朋友都说无法留言，你知道为什么吗？
可 以 呀 ﹗ 我 已 留 言 了 。 。 有 空 來 我 這 走 走 唷 ﹗
不行啦~ 你去看看~
马来西亚尊严被外国博客攻击，您要是马来西亚人的话请来帮手！
http://khamun.blogspot.com/2005/12/blog-post_26.html
Wow. Sounds like you really had a good time. Wish Monash had such generous student union cards too. Free main course! lolz.
Yeah, i know how it feels. I don’t mind washing plates and mopping and stuff, but things like the BBQ pit are always the worst.
executorlouis: yes!! I did not mind washing dishes and mopping flrs cos i thought it was a good learning experience BUT the BBQ pits were really bad especially the smell when the hot running water touches the surface….but it was a good experience!
executorlouis: wow…two comments..thanks man! Well, my friend from Monash says u guys have union cards too but its mainly for places in the suburbs…
executorlouis: just wanted to add, we get alot of nice deals for alot of nice restaurants around the CBD so next time, we can go together and you can use my student union card too!
yoyo. did u see me yesterday along swanston st?? i was there around dinner time but i didnt realise that anybody said hi to me.
maybe cos i was sleep deprived. had only slept 7 hours in the past 2 nights.
daniel: nice to hear from you…no it wasn’t you, its this other blogger whom i’ve now bumped into like THREE times…i said hi to him…you seemed to have had a fantastic holiday urself!
talk about gelati, have you ever tried the durian favour at IL DOLCE, on Lygon?
lawboycool: No, is it good? Where is IL DOLCE near? I wanna go try!
Bak Tong Gou ROCKS and RULEZ.
bestest greatest. one old stall near Malay Street in Penang right?
anyways, mucho apologies for the misunderstanding on louis’ blog.
Oh yes, it is absolutely delicious and irresistible. The shop is not too far from FCUK, u wont miss it.
you read Japanese?
wow, the pictures are making me hungry.
Joshua: Yep, its fine, all a misunderstanding…not to mention that u r from Penang!! I thought u were Singaporean…about the stall, i always go to the one in Chinatown, Campbell Street…visit often! Penang bloggers must support each other…i will definitely be visiting ur blog regularly to see whats happenin in Penang…hehe..
lawboycool: Thanks! I will definitely go try and get bck to you whether i think its nice!
Ca Va:Haha, well i am sure they have tons of nice things in KL too…or u can come down to Melbourne and i will take u around..haha…
lawboycool: I have been learning Japanese since Form 1 all the way till university..did japanese in uni too and went to Tokyo for exchange last year at Keio University (which is where Japan’s PM Koizumi went..)…actually go to my archives and u will see that i started this blog in Japan…so yeah, i read Japanese, knowing chinese characters most definitely helps!!
Wah, my fren is getting REALLY popular now. Is that why he has so little time for me…. I miss you…. ha ha hee hee
the searcher: Hi!!! I see u’ve taken my advice and changed your profile name…well u don’t have to listen to me mar, u can use whatever profile u want, it was only a suggestion lah…but thanks anyways hahaha, no time for you? I ALWAYS have time for my GHB…talk to u soon!
That’s cool you attended a classical concert. I’m a classical music lover. By the way, you mean “Tchaikovsky”, the gay composer right?
hi!
Coming Out in Japan,この本のことは知りませんでした
日本では一部の世界（芸能界など）ではゲイであることは認められているけれど、その他の場所ではComing Out するのは勇気がいるでしょうね
李香蘭﹐ 私の半生,この本は知っていますが、読んではいません
でも、山口淑子さんには大変興味がありますね、私の母は彼女の大ファンです
私は、一度彼女が国会議員の時にあるホテルのロビーで見かけたことがありますが、とても美人でした
あなたの解説を読んで、この本に興味を持ったのですが、同時代の女性、愛新覚羅 浩の自叙伝「流転の王妃の昭和史」という本が書棚に眠っているのを思い出しました
ご存知でしょうか？ 李香蘭のように数奇な人生を ‘Manchukuo’ で過ごした女性、The last emperor の弟と結婚した日本の貴族の娘です
こちらから詠んでみることにします
HC, Penang stays the same in general, changes really slowly. Ah but if u have been back within the past year, u should have noticed without fail the hideous roundabouts which cost a bomb to be erected. bum.
and i wonder how many other Penang bloggers there are? thus far i have encountered two (u included) and i am still such a noo-b when it comes to blogging. darn i cant even format my entries to be classy. er can i link u up?
and yeah u r right, it’s Campbell Street. The array of food there. But this is not the time to gloat.
lastly, Penangite(s) Unite!
檳城雖然很少變化，可是我非常喜歡這種感覺，
因為我柔佛的家鄉也是一樣。
總是覺得小時候和媽媽一起去過的食物檔，
至今還一樣保留著當初的感覺。
雖然過了許多年，
可是我卻依然可以在同一個地點，
看見熟悉臉孔的伯伯在賣著我小時後吃過的食物。
可是在雞龍坡這裡就找不到這種感覺。
吃过槟城的小吃，蛮不错的说~
可是，槟城出名的不是Asam laksa吗？怎么没介绍？
还吃过一种类似大型的“海蟑螂”的海底生物，很重口味呢~
kimcafe:はい、知っています。。先年、朝日テレビ彼女についてのドラマが出って見ました。常盤貴子 主演するようです。お母さんは彼女の大フアンですか？本当？すごい。。だからお母さんは戦争の時代に過ごす経験があったね。私は大二次大戦と日本のことは興味が持っていますよ。。。
joshua: yeah…Penangites Unite! haha…also i must say ur english level is VERY high…i am really really impressed..u are so young but ur level of english is much better than the average malaysian, i sensed that from reading your blog….can i guess you r teaching english part-time? If not, you should seriously consider doing so! Also i like the way u write in ur blog, very funny, very witty!
GOSHHHHHHHHH, ur blog screams of calories!!!!!!!!!! but still very nice…
really wonder how they tasted like… nyam nyam….
ooby﹕ 謝 謝 你 的 留 言 唷 ﹗ 原 來 你 是 柔 佛 人 呀 。 。 剛 好 和 檳 城 相 反 ﹐ 在 馬 來 西 亞 半 島 的 南 端 。 。 關 於 家 鄉 ﹐ 我 想 它 永 遠 都 會 在 人 們 的 心 裡 保 有 一 個 特 別 的 位 置 ﹐ 特 別 的 意 義 。 。 就 象 檳 城 永 遠 都 會 在 我 心裡 有 一 席 之 地 。 。
ops, anonymous is me :p…
敢说敢认!!!!
滑翔翼:我 介 紹 的 那 個 是 因 為 我 在 墨 爾 本 看 到 。 。 我 不 是 想 介 紹 檳 城 的 美 食 。 。 。 如 果 要 介 紹 的 話 ﹐ 還 須 花 一 整 個 post呢 。 。 哈 哈 ﹐ 檳 城 美 食 太 多 了 。 。
xavier: yes, they were super delicious! About calories? Dun worry about it too much! 人 生 就 是 該 嘗 盡 天 下 美 食 ﹐ 不 用 太 介 意 其 他 的 東 西 啦 ﹐ 只 要 不 要 太 膀 ﹐ 何 必 活 的 這 麼 不 自 在 ﹖ 況 且 世 上 也 有 人 喜 歡 胖 子 的 。 。 。 最 重 要 要 活 的 開 心 ﹐ 自 在 ﹗
oh was nice to finally see you in person actually.
but sorry i was on the phone and rushing somewhere.
well i was quite shocked but that was not a bad thing.
maybe we sdould make a point to meet for a 4th time because i was so rude the 3rd time?
I feel so hungry right now after reading your post…
Nice….. I’m so hungry now…
Alex: Hi! Thanks for dropping by. Oh, how wonderful u like classical music…i wouldn’t know whether he is gay or not, i really dun know too much about gay filmstars, musicians, politicians,etc…sorry!
Mickey: Hi! Thanks for your compliments, its just great to hear someone say they appreciate what i write on this little but personal blog of mine. Also thanks for linking to my post on ‘Crystal Boys’ on ur blog! I have deleted ur comment as i dun think u would want so many ppl to see ur details but i have added u to msn and also saved ur MSN blog. Thanks again!
DMNK: Yes, we should come out sometime since i don’t think we will keep bumping into each other like this (but thats what i thought about the 3rd time)..will email you to set a time/day for lunch or dinner sometime…and dun worry about being rude. I understand…just hope i didn’t shock u too much. hehe.
harvey: hehe, i feel so hungry myself after reading my own posts….more food posts coming up! n thanks for leaving a comment!
alex: i replied to ur classical music concert comment so head over there to take a look! Also, thanks for the comments!
真的要做旗袍噢~
记得让我加入设计团噢~
滑翔翼:我 從 小 就 對 旗 袍 很 感 興 趣 。 。 覺 得 它 能 充 份 展 現 東 方 女 性 美。 。 現 在 都 有 在 設 計 ﹐ 但 當 然 是 不 專 業 的 啦 。 。 你 要 加 入 ﹖ 好 呀 。 歡 迎 歡 迎 。 。 你 也 可 以 在 自 己 的 部 落 格 貼 些 自 己 的 設 計 或 旗 袍 照 片 呀 。 。
All this talk about penang food is making me yearn for Penang asam laksa or penang fried noodles. …YUMMY. Oh well..maybe we can meet up and eat all the original penang food at gurney drive once u get your cute ass back here to Penang in July…….
anon: guess u r from penang and currently in penang, well u can easily go eat out and eat correct? about meeting me…eeerrrrr..who r u?
“or qian ji pua, mai or” heheh that is FUNNY. Maybe next time he should order “gei bui ji pua,mai gei” ( chicken rice without chicken), “ca mi ji pua, mai mi” ( fried noodle without noodle)
wow!!! those are really nice Qi Pao.. like hcpen, i liked Qi Pao since young, and i cant agree more that it is able to bring out oriental beauty to the MAX.
张曼玉 in 花样年华 also got some pretty retro Qi Pao…
in ur post i especially like cecilia cheung’s
lawboycool: hahaha! yah, that is funny! I thought he was funny ordering like that…so u speak Hokkien? How come?
i never visited an old-school cinema sans my parents. rekindling memories of the smoke, super huge compound and two levels uh?
all the old cinemas went out of business once i started receiving pocketmoney. haha that was way way back.
gurney drive has good food meh? overrated place. nows its relocated to a plot right in front of the hokkien cemetery. Haha
Island Plaza still happening le. Erm, sorta. Cos I go there almost everyday for gym. As I am a chic fella, everywhere I go counts as being HIP!
remember what ppl used to make fun of PCGHS and CLHS ppl? thank god i was never put thru the torture of either institution.
and you ah, better be a food critique. reading ur blog at wee hours in the morn is bad for weight management
Ooi…. Penang Lang only talk about FOOD FOOD FOOD all the time lar…
I really like Penang history and it is so wonderful that it was once the melting pot of British Malaya…. aaahhhhh
I hope your love affair does not INCLUDE you wearing these dresses, right? ha ha hee hee
xavier: yes, 花样年华 qi paos are my favourite kind as they accurately show 1960s style chinese dresses which have a high collar, tight fit, and knee length hem…cecilia’s qi pao is of the 1930s style…
the searcher: hahaha…
joshua: You never visited any of the old cinemas in Penang before? My friend who is like 20 has been when he was really young so u must have been too!
About gurney drive, i don’t think its overrated..i love the place…
Island Plaza is no longer hip lah…it used to be really really popular but not anymore…although metrojaya there has helped business alittle i guess….
Also what did ppl say about the schools?? I think students there are really smart lor..its not like anyone can get in…its difficult to enter in the first place..
yeah, i like to share food pics cos i know it attracts my readers attention, y u so worried about weight? u go to gym often right? I am sure u have a fit,taut and sexy body by now…why so worried about weight? enjoy the world’s delicacies, thats what life is all about…
u make me feel so old lar when u say u haven’t been to those old cinemas b4, like i come from another generation when we only have a few yrs age difference..hahaha…
the searcher: yes i think Penang is a wonderful place too! Sad that its lost much of its sparkle…
yes, i speak hokkien, i am a hokkien myself.i can even talk filthy in Hokkien
lawboycool: ok..so a KL hokkien lang…hahaha…talk dirty in Hokkien? Hehehe..sounds sexy! just JOKING!
Beautiful! I love ladies in qi pao… So elegant. It’s gaining popularity in the West too…
Sounds like you guys were having a nice time…. You’re from Penang?
alex: yep, we had a nice time…and i am from Penang…
alex: yes!!! I LOVE women in qi paos. They look simply exquisite…elegant yet sexy…sexy yet modest..i think its actually much more popular in the West than in Chinese-speaking areas…apparently, Western and Japanese women buy more qi paos than chinese women…sad…
Well, nothing beats real Penang food. But the next best thing isn’t always so bad after all. Penang prawn mee rules!!! =P
executorlouis: well, i just learnt this weekend from a KL friend that KL people call it ‘prawn mee’ but in Penang, we call it ‘Hokkien Mee’ so if i was to order ‘hokkien mee’, apparently, i would get the dry fried type! and yeh, i guess the next best thing is always nice..but i can always wait till i am bck in Penang:)
o chien! o chien! my fav!
xavier: i like it too…in fact this is both a taiwanese AND a malaysian delicacy indicating its hokkien roots..in fact the name is hokkien too so i think its a hokkien dish…just a little history from a history buff..hehe
haha…” or jian” issues let me recalled back an incident of mine. ” bang! bagi teh limau ais tapi tak mau ais arrr”in one of the mamak stall in KL, and u know what the mamak stall asst replied me? Ah moi… u nak i BUAT macam mana???
xavier: sorry the comment about or jian being taiwanese and a hokkien food is from me, i forgot to log in so it came out as anonymous..
anon: thanks for visiting and leaving a comment! i am glad u r a girl I have alot of male readers so its nice to have comments from female readers too!
I am the first anonymous who left you yr first post. U ask me who I am? DUDE….Who in the world knows that you are coming back to penang in JUly,besides me??????
anon: yes i know who u r now, the post u left just made me think u were from penanglah…glad the mystery person has been unveiled…anyways about Penang, actually nothing has been confirmed yet…
I think you got that nice approachable face, thus, people like chatting with you for directions etc etc…. hee hee
Have fun ya…..
oi, when i go melbourne, bring me there ya! love the lychees bang martini
the searcher: don’t know….many people have just come up to me asking for directions…and thanks for the compliments!
xavier: yep! sure thing!
OMG. Mussels and oysters! Dang, stop showing all those food pics. Its killing me with temptation!
executorlouis: haha, u can go try as well…they are sooo delicious, i am sure u will like them too!
I was in the bank one day and some dude came up to me and asked, “You know when’s the First Day of the Next Lunar Month?”
Flabbergasted.
And I shall spare you the details about an Auntie asking me about PMR tuition classes, thinking I am 15 years old! Happened this week!
Hey, i just set up an online community for asians abroad, have been abroad or settled down in other countries. Wondering if you are willing to promote it in a blog post.
(You can get the advert image on my blog.)
Do sign up as a member as well, cos it would be cool to have a central place to discuss stuff! =P
http://www.vunderworld.com
joshua:wahh…i guess you have a nice, friendly face!
executorlouis: I’ll sign up when i have time….i am sure it will be awesome! So Asians who have been or are currently living overseas,do join up!!
joshua: Also thanks for linking to me! Penangites Unite!
Congrats on your first anniversary! I think with the effort you put in your blog and your entries, it was bound to take off eventually.
And now it has, keep up the good work!
(Sorry to hear about your friend who avoided you. I think its rather rude of him without even talking things through with you.)
Ever considered a link section on the side of the blog?
Its common practice in blogging to use reciprocal links – if someone links to you, you link back to them. Common courtesy.
executorlouis: Thanks for the congrats!! Well, about my once No 1 reader, i was angry but i was and still am more hurt than anything else, cos it reflected on me as a person, its a pity, but i guess i am the only one who feels pity…also about linking, i do have a link section! It is right at the bottom of my blog so scroll all the way down…however i don’t link bck ppl just cos they have linked to me, like u said about reciprocating comments, i only
lin k if i truly like their blog or we have some common similarities,interests,etc…anyway i linked your blog a while bck already!
Tell us more abt this CK person. Sounds interesting
WOW….1 year? Thts like a milestone. Congrates. Will keep reading yr blog even though at times i just glance true and say tht i read your blog
Dnt forget to write more abt this CK person.
Wow, ONE YEAR ALREADY! *clap clap* and it began in a foreign land? so exciting lah reading your blog!
I am a big fan, seriously.
P.S. Is it my name I see there at No. 2? ahem
happy 1st Anniversary.
Keep up the good work. 
I must admit, I love to read your blog it spices up my day.. especially in this cold season, keep it up mate and thanks for the chat last night, you are really an interesting guy
anon: CK is this annoying person who is not very nice and such a pain in the ass sometimes…NOT!!!
aiyo CK, can you be anymore OBVIOUS???!! It is obviously you right? Who else would go on and on about wanting to know CK more but CK himself?? You are a nice person lah…friendly and nice….*hugs* Like you said, friends like u don’t come by everyday…..and u dun read everything?! hhhmmmmm….
joshua: Well thanks for ur compliments!! I am glad to know u r a big fan:) About No 2…..errrmmm….actually besides prinzJ who i would rate as my No 1 fan before, all the other names were stated just randomly leh…pai sei pai sei:)But thank you for commenting so frequently, who knows? You may indeed become my No 1 loyal reader in the future? hehehe…i love ur blog too….of cos lah, penang lang must support penang lang…thanks again!!!
PS: We MUST come out lepak when i go back Penang k? Then maybe u can show me, the ‘older generation’, what are the cool places for young people like u:)
ca va: Thanks for the congrats!!! I like ur blog too, actually i read all the blogs i have linked up including urs…do comment more often, cos i know u do visit and all comments incl urs are GREATLY appreciated:)
lawboycool: well thanks alot for your compliments, it means alot to me:) …and it was great chatting too (though apologies u felt tired the next morn for work!) We have much in common so its nice to know..and i am an interesting guy? well, i hope in future it will be the ‘nice’ or ‘friendly’ guy and not the ‘interesting guy’. hahaha…thank u for regularly leaving comments and keep warm for the coming cold (and not to mention rainy!)winter:)
executorlouis: Just found out u added my link to ur blogroll! Thanks:) Like i said, i have linked to ur blog already awhile bck…
I think you are really a nice guy, and I really like our friendship!
NOthing beats a GHB who would like to share stories, swap gossips and talk about cute guys….
YOu are the man lar….
Haha. I didn’t notice it right at the bottom. Think i saw it once but must have forgotten. Anyways, you’re welcomed!
ghb: Hehehe…it is fun to have a ghb….thanks for the friendship and talk soon!!
executorlouis: thank you for all the comments u have been writing…like i said i LOVE comments. can’t get enough of them, so other readers if u r reading this, leave a comment!!:)
Happy Anniversary!
明年的今天，我還是一樣會祝福你哦。
rat: Thanks for the comment!!
Ooby:謝 謝。 希 望 這 個 部 落 克 會 有 二 周 年 。 。 也 希 望 你 喜 歡 我 寫 關 於 你 的 那 一 段
Eh? I got leave comments before? I don’t think that I’ve commented much, so I don’t deserve your mentiona lar, hehe. Anyway, keep up the good work! It takes heart and soul to maintain a blog for this long. I hope that I can congratulate you again next year ! ^^
Happy Anniversary!!!
I’m glad that you have achieved so much milestone in your blog alone… I’m sure the same is reflected in your life too.
Hahaha…. don’t envy about us here. I’m sure there’s someone else you can call as Tongzhi friend at your uni… you just have to find them
So good luck and all the best! I’ll be continuing to read your blog… and cheers to a great blogging year ahead!
harvey: Yes u have commented before…and thanks for ur compliments!
Alex: Thanks…well, there are actually a few i know who are Tongzhi in lawschool but i don’t know them…thanks for your continuing support( u were one of the first blogs to link to me:))and hope you will continue to enjoy my blog!
Happy Anniversary 2 U and ur blog. Ur blog is nice with mixtures. Yar it takes a lot of … to keep 1 yr blog. U’ve got more readers now.
Cheers!
CK: Ok…i am not following you..you acknowledge that i mentioned u in my blog, being one of the two that does which is a good thing but i sense u are pissed that i did not mention and tell everyone its u? I dun understand so please just email me and explain to me…
人与人之间, 的确需要把握机会, 然而, 如果他这麽怕, 何毕觉得可惜?
这就证明了他于你有别, 并非你想相中那麽样. 我认为这不是你的损失… 别难过.
这是他的损失
cibetronic: Thanks Sooo much for ur kind wishes!!! Also i had a look at your blog…well its really a great blog…but i had trouble reading…i know u purposely write in a unique style but it is quite difficult to read…just my little opinion…hope to see u visit and comment on my blog in the future..always welcome new visitors’ and their comments:)
xavier:謝 謝 你 溫 馨 的 留 言 。 有 可 能 我 這 個 人 蠻 相 信 緣 分 這 東 西 吧 。 我 人 也 蠻 重 感 情 的﹐ 所 以 會 比 較 容 易 敏 感 ﹐ 受 傷 害 。 我 會 試 著 不 要 去 在 乎 當 別 人 這 樣 對 我 ﹐ 可 是 說 的 真 的 還 是 比 做 得 容 易 呀 。 謝 謝 你..:)
I think Jo Hyun jae is the hottest Korean actor of all time! He’s just so… darn friggin’ hot!
still no update? always feel very happy after talking to you……
GHB: Nice talk we had that night….about updating, been busy but i have alot of things to blog about….there has been ALOT of things which have come up which i will probably share with my readers as soon as i have time to blog about it:)
嗤~我慢报道哦？留言已经那么多了咧~
我不依~快开新帖，我要当第一。
你的部落格那么响！肯定能过钻石周年啦~
你 沒 來 晚 啦 。 。 。 最 重 要 是 有 留 言。 。 哈 哈 。 。 。 還 有 真 的 非 常 感 謝 你 的 祝 福 唷
not really an update, right?
Hey, love the blog. The links you list at the bottom of the page are awesome – especially the asiansexgazette webstie;)
Anways, I’m looking to find blogs of Chinese people and their experiences in foreign countries (esp Canada or the US). I am building a website to teach Chinese people English and educate them about the West.
Any kind of assistance would be very much appreciated! Keep up the good work, chinesechic!
contact: deseabrook@hotmail.com
the searcher: I said i am busy so its an update to inform my readers…hehe
Darren: Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment, hope to see u drop by often and i will keep in touch with u shortly…:)
cool
kraloyun: thanks:)
Glad to know that you’re already a year old
And you’re one of the few I know who does update on a daily – well almost basis! How cool is that!
Unfortunately I’m illiterate and some of the stuff you say just slips by me. Sigh. I’m dumb.
Paul
savante: Thanks:) Well, ur command of english is farrrr from illiterate…not too late to start chinese lessons now…hahaha
alex: Thanks alex, i will be contacting u soon:)
PS: I have deleted ur comment just in case u dun want other ppl to see ur email address…
yo, how come so long still no new post?? someone is getting lazy!
xavier: I have exams lah…so wait till after my exams end lor…:)
we miss you, like superly…
come back soon ok?
*pinches your cheeks*
joshua: yep, sure will…will be back soon, thanks for the continuing support:)
Gorgeous picture, thank you for sharing it. I love the way everything shows up in reflection in the water. Good luck on your exams, and congratulations on your one year anniversary!
My Girl looks like it could become very addictive! I agree that I think approachable people get asked for directions more often than not. Take that as a compliment!
All of your food pictures look amazing, and I’m intrigued by the lychee bang martini. I’m going to have to find a few of those recipes!
Qi paos really are graceful and elegant, as these pictures show. They are enjoying great popularity in Europe right now, so hopefully the whole world is catching on to their beauty!
You should get your mother to write down her memories of living in occupied Malaya. I am sure a publisher somewhere would be interested in a survivor’s account!
rising son of nippon: Thanks…i think the picture is beautiful too….i love the temple area in Kyoto, would like to go back to visit again! Next time in winter:)
zhonghuarising: Thanks:)
rising sun of nihon: Thanks for the comments!!! Keep them coming:)
zhonghuarising: Totally agree:)
Bizknowledge: Its actually my mother’s friend, not my mother…my mother is not THAT old, hehehe….
Happy anniversary.
Like this photo. Like what you said about two people should be cherishing love…it is such a fragile thing.
I started my blog a year ago as well.
Happy blogging!
thanks vivian:) I didn’t know u visit my blog still, thanks…do leave comments often!!!!
Wheeee! FINALLY YOU ARE BACK… praises to the heavens!
glad to hear you are coming home.
it is where the heart is.
and we are gonna go paint Penang PINK this weekend yes?
Wheeee! FINALLY YOU ARE BACK… praises to the heavens!
glad to hear you are coming home.
it is where the heart is.
and we are gonna go paint Penang PINK this weekend yes?
Wheeee! FINALLY YOU ARE BACK… praises to the heavens!
glad to hear you are coming home.
it is where the heart is.
and we are gonna go paint Penang PINK this weekend yes?
Wheeee! FINALLY YOU ARE BACK… praises to the heavens!
glad to hear you are coming home.
it is where the heart is.
and we are gonna go paint Penang PINK this weekend yes?
Whee… YOU ARE BACK! praises to the Olympian gods!
And you’re coming home! Yippee… Home is where the heart is.
Dude, we are gonna paint the island PINK this Sunday uh? Muahahaz
joshua: Hahaha, yeah…i am soooo looking forward to meeting u guys this sunday…see u then!
I had great time too. well, your mini lecture on QiPao was interesting
. I am glad we met up before I leave Melbourne. All the best to you, my friend, hope to see u again in the future. I will miss melbourne and you…
lawboycool: Thanks, i hope to see u sometime again in the future…anyways, if i have time, i will give you a call on Sat before i leave….take care:)
Lol…so this is your first time at Old Kingdom eh? He’s alright. He’s just trying to be funny. Once you get to know him, you know he doesn’t have any ill-intentions. Just trying to liven up the situation.
jushie: Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment:) I LOVE comments so please visit often…i have actually been to ur blog twice i think cos it was linked to either Quan’s or Louis, can’t remember…anyways, i was told he is actually a straight forward but nice person by someone BUT that kind of attitude is not acceptable. I am NEVER going bck again and would DISCOURAGE anyone from going as well…so melburnians, refrain from going!! Boycott them!! I mean he needs to be taught a lesson ok, he has that kind of attitude precisely bcos he knows he can get away with it and the place is full of customers..i shall be voting with my money…gosh i sound like such a b***h but believe me, he is the b****, NOT me…dun get the wrong idea, i am a nice person, aiyor dun wanna scare u away,hehehe…thanks again for leaving a comment Jushie, it is MUCH APPRECIATED:)
My frequent readers: I have included this as a special note, i am getting so little comments…sniff sniff. I know i went into hibernation for a long time but how come no readers are leaving comments? Is anyone actually reading?? I actually look forward to certain specific ppl whom i always check for their comments so please leave a comment…i am begging..ppl i always look for their comments include: My GHB, lawboycool, CK, Alex, Louis,Josh…so leave a comment lar, aiyor ur comments are very important to me ok….hehehe…i will be so happy if u left a comment:)
Hi there, I received your post card and taipei Metro Map today. Thank you very much. hugs
and.. I am always here, constantly reading your blog
Walao, I’m coming for the rescue, haha , and I’m commenting from Singapore! Wow, first time I read such a long post. So tired already. Welcome back to Malaysia!
First, about that stupid worker in the restaurant, I hate that kind of attitude oso. If they’re charging so much the service shouldn’t be like this. So rude!
OMG,that jap girl is so strange. She even purposely went to gay areas to make a gay friend? Gosh, I wish everyone’s like that. It’s nice to know that very very old gay men exists. I read that gay people actually existed primordially.
You seemed to have had lots of girls talk. Wait, you’ve never watched straight porn? Haha, I watched a lot of porn actually. Normally for straight porn only the Europe one can turn me on, coz the guys are hot. ^^
lawboycool: No worries…and thanks for leaving 2 comments..hehe…i am SO HAPPY to know u are reading my blog and always leave a comment when u read lor..so i know:) Also, guess what! I was cleaning my cupboard at home when i found this pamphlet which i had taken the last time i was in Taipei which was a special brochure introducing the cultural aspect of Taipei in commemoration of 120th anniv of Taipei City! The brochure has websites of the many cultural sites and introduces many cultural things which is what u wanted right? It lists over 15 places incl museums,etc..the opening hrs, prices,way to get there via MRT,etc AND it even shows a Museum for Bu Tai Xi for children with performances and short classes i think!! I have to check the website but its all there! I was so happy when i found it cos no one incl my taiwanese room mate had any idea where to see Bu Tai Xi but now i found a place which specialises for children!! I will be colour copying (cos my mother finds it useful too and wants the original)and sending it to u shortly…oh my, it even introduces the Eslite Bookstore which i was telling u about, the 24hrs one…anyways, thanks for commenting and i am SURE this brochure will be so relevant for u given it is a special cultural one which may not be available now.
harvey: Thanks man! By the way, why r u in Singapore? holiday ar? anyways, u may not believe me but i have never seen porn at all in terms of one whole feature length one..and i DO NOT want to see porn involving women as it sickens me, especially the ones involving a whole group of men on one single female or rape scenarios.yuck! I am a feminist and a humanist and i cannot tolerate that kind of things..haha, i will have to blog about porn sometime, i am sure will scare all my readers away as if i had my way, many types of porn will be banned…with regards to tongzhi porn, i have watched a total of 2 to 5 hrs in my entire life i think and the first time was only last yr….i don’t think its very healthy so dun go gila gila watch everyday k? Hahaha..like lecture from a 60 year old person…i know, i have always been known for my conservative and proper values…thanks for ya comments again…love u to bits:)
Hi! Thanks! can u send the brochure to my singapore address? mail from Malaysia takes ages to reach Melbourne, by the time it reaches here, i might have gone back home. I will email my Singapore address to ur Hotmail account. million thanks!!!
lawboycool: Sure…i have replied ur email..let me know when u receive the letter.
hmmm koreans r cute? my workplace is near a language center n wow… so many koreans. yar, they’re cute… lolz
cibetronic: yeah, they r damn cute right? hehehe, me and my incurable korean fetish…
Let me guess, Old Kingdom is run by Hong Kong people? It’s normal in HK for the restaurants to be really rude. The people there don’t mind, but everyone else does.
Er, small request? Not such a long post please. @.@
how i wish my hostel last time is soo open about masturbation.. n damn why I never catch other ppl masturbate one.. then maybe i can join them too ekkeke!
mrbunnyban: I think actually malaysian chinese…anyways, so rude and i am NEVER going back anymore!!
Ceusm: Thanks for the comment dear:)
hows life in Penang?
lawboycool: Been great..just eating so many cheap and delicious hawker food, korean,chinese,japanese…watching TVB drama and hanging out with friends…thanks for the comment! haha..i just love comments:)
cant read dear
interesting
lawboycool:Thanks for ur comments!! I REALLY appreciate it:)
lawboycool: Do u mean the font colour? I changed it…thanks for the suggestion…
I hope you will blog more about this. hun hao!
hmm… i m still proud of my malaysian accent.We are unique
Everything seems to be revolving around China these days. NOt many people are away China is still a very fragmented country with strong regionalism!
nice to know u adrian.. yes.. we do have some common thinking lor.. ehehe.. yah hardly to find traditional thinking guys like us nowadays ahaha..
i always proud being a chinese.. well Hahah even porn i prefer chinese rather than western one lar ahahah.. Ooops am i getting dirty here? uhmnn..
As odd as it sounds, I am truly grateful for being born a Chinese. Ok ok, I am NOT pure Chinese but… It’s seriously amazing how much this civilisation has accomplished.
Chinese is cool.
i think looking down on chinese who dont follow their roots is a bit harsh. Sometimes the environment we grew up, our past experiences shapes who we are…..
hi chinese chic
very good post. i’m eager to learn mandarin and chinese cultural traits. i’m an indian and will be spending 2 yrs fm august at shanghai.
keep continuing the good work
cheers/ragzz
ceusm: Yep! Do keep in touch and have a great week:)
jerry:thanks…i visited ur blog and tried getting in but ur blog url seems to have a problem..can u leave your blog address again?
lawboycool: Of Cos….i guess each has its own merits:)Also thanks so much for all ur comments!
the searcher: thanks for ur comment dear…much appreciated:)
ceusm: I didn’t know chinese porn was popular…isn’t it Japanese porn? Well, i wouldn’t know anyway…hehe
joshua: Glad u think the same way…hope to see u when u return to Penang sometime:)
cava: I agree…i don’t blame chinese who did not have a chance to learn mandarin or chinese culture much due to their environment but they should at least make an effort to understand..further, many english educated chinese actually look down on chinese educated, mandarin or dialect speaking chinese and view anything remotely chinese to be ‘old fashioned’…so that is what i view as very unhealthy and worrying…
shin: Hi!!!!! Namaste. I am honoured to be one of the first blogs which u have left a comment at…i visited ur blog, its SO new…i hope u do enjoy shanghai…its very developed and modern now….so which place r u studying ur mba at? It is taught in English correct? Also i simply love indian culture too cos india and china both are civilisations with a long and rich history…do visit often:)
was nice to finally see the face with such in depth knowledge of….
Qi Pao!!! haha, i really like that.
anyways, thanks for the compliments and wish u have an enjoyable holiday in penang.
Hcpen: Yeah looking down of ppl is not right, no matter what and who. Unfortunately, it happened everywhere. I am definitely against it. I think chinese themselves too can be quite ’superior’ at times. I have heard of comment like this
“what do you expect, they dont eat rice”
That’s bad.
xavier: Thanks…keep in touch!! And yeah, i adore qi pao:)
cava:i agree looking down on ppl is bad but i have always only heard of english educated ppl looking down on chinese educated chinese..the world now still values western things more…for instance, playing ‘western music’ like the violin and piano is more prestigious than ‘chinese music’ like the er hu which is not even taught in malaysia anymore…further, with regards to the chinese dress (the qi pao) only recently has it been more sought after and fashionable for young women to wear it…From the late 1960s to the mid 1990s, chinese women, either western or chinese educated looked down on wearing the qi pao as ‘aunty’ ‘old fashioned’ and ‘not fashionable’..this is a symptom of subconscious shame of wearing something which represented their ethnicity…haha…i just have my way of mentioning the beloved qi pao…anyways, i know its bad to look down on ppl but i just dun like the way we prioritise western civilisation and culture over our own native ones(this is fast changing though, thanks to the rise of China)…if u would like to know what is western in our lives i can list it out for u…i am aware many ppl do not realise how much the world has been ‘Caucasianised’ and view many western things as ‘normal’ when they aren’t…and this starts from clothing…our clothes now are ALL western…NOT normal…i have always regarded myself as wearing ‘western clothing’ and not simply ‘clothing’…but i do not have any other options cos they do not sell chinese clothing anywhere now..take a cursory look bck to the 1940s in England and China and u can see that the english wore similar clothing to us now with modifications whilst the chinese have abandoned wholesale our clothing opting for western style clothing instead…so sad..:(
I’m a little confused at your being proud of being Taiwanese, and not Chinese, yet being proud of being Chinese.
I mean, most Americans wouldn’t say they’re proud of being British once upon a time.
anon: yes, many ppl are confused cos usually, those who support a distinct taiwanese identity and think taiwan is an independent nation do not want to be associated with china or chinese culture whatsoever…however,i am balanced in my thinking and i dun think its necessarily contradictory…u must understand that chinese ‘ethnicity’ is a race, a culture, and does not equate to ‘chinese nationality’and thus u can be proud of being both an ethnic chinese and ur nationality..eg: proud of being american (nationality) and chinese(ethnicity) proud of being malaysian (nationality) and chinese (ethnicity) and taiwanese (nationality) and Chinese (ethnicity)…taiwanese is a nationality and not a separate culture or ethnic group (although many taiwanese independence advocates would argue otherwise)and thus i can be proud of being both chinese and taiwanese…the american/british example…although it is not popular and indeed politically incorrect to associate americans as being the same as british…in reality, there is no such thing as an american culture or race..i categorise america,britain, australia,nz,and canada as all coming from the same culture and race, the anglo-saxon race/culture..when we talk about american culture, it is really a variation of this anglo-saxon culture just like taiwanese popular culture is really a variation of chinese culture…thus you can be proud of being american(nationality)and ur anglo-saxon bckground(not necessarily british…ethnicity)…hope u have a better understanding of what i am getting at now…
yup, i am proud to be RICE!
actually i am first generation malaysian chinese, both my parents are real CHina Chinese
I cant believe tht i just decided to pack my bags and decided to head to penang for 2 days. It was an adventure and a blast. Thanks for everything
xavier: Wow, thats really rare….can u tell me abit more cos i am interested, like when and how old were ur parents when they immigrated to Malaysia?
hoknotyalc: No probs:) I hope u enjoyed Penang cos i sure re-discovered Penang!!
Be it China or Taiwan or overseas Chinese, we are still Chinese. I think you can’t compare the Chinese, particularly in China, Taiwan, Macau or Hong Kong with the Chinese in South East Asia. Why? Simply because of our surrounding and local culture. In Malaysia, we need to be multi-lingual to survive. And when we are being grown up in multi-lingual environment, you will have all sorts of influence in lifestyle and languages that we speak.
In a multi ethnics society, we need to adapt our life within our own culture and other ethnics culture. They must be respect and somehow modify our lifestyle so that we live in a harmony way.
Actually I disagree with ppl who said Chinese cannot speak Mandarin is so called “banana man” or 香焦人. If an oversea Chinese can speak Cantonese, Hokkein, Hakka, Teowchew etc, still they can speak in Chinese. Because Mandarin is also a dialect in the northern part of China, so do Cantonese, Hokkein etc which form the major dialects in the Southern China.
When I was in Shanghai in April, I talked to some locals there. What a surprise, they hardly practice Chinese tradition now, let say in wedding, New Year etc. So can we say mainland Chinese are really “Chinese”? Why? Because I believe I understand more Chinese custom than they do.
I can’t read a lot of Chinese, but I am trying hard to learn it now. But in a way, I can speak in Malay, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkein and a bit of Hakka. So I guess I am still Chinese, even though my knowledge of Chinese characters are limited.
Have you been to Thailand? Look at the Chinese there. They even dream in Thai language. Ha ha ha
What I really salute about being Chinese is that they can survive whereever they are. Most know how to preserve most of the culture and at the same time adapt to the their environment.
In my opinion, what currently separate mainland China and Taiwan is only the political ideology. If you compare between the two in culture and people, they are almost identical.
It’s just like Malaysia and Singapore.
Well, different ppl look at things differently. So I guess no matter what’s the similarity or differences between mainland China and Taiwan, the most important is that people in both sides will live in prosperity, harmony and peace.
It’s almost laughable reading your nationalist comments. You have failed to realize the much of the turmoil in the past political history stems from people sharing your arrogant views about themselvs that somehow belonging to one special group means superior. Americans, Germans, Japanese,..etc..etc..all feel the same way about themselves just like the way you do about yourself…for whatever whatever whatever reason just like those you have blah blah blah blah……no different from the view of Nazis….get it….Elitism..the feeling of superior…when are people like you going to realize the your life is no more better than lives of other people around the globe…it certainly doesn’t deserve any more special treatment than others…all life is equal..this is a humble thinking..humble thinking leads to peace….I certainly hope more people DO NOT feel like you feel about your country or whatever…you don’t belong to one country …you sure are not slave to your country…your country doesn’t own you….get it? Your patriotism blinds you….you probably one of those that will DIE for your country…how funny….Wake up..you have much to learn….
Anonymous: I totally agree with u
bryan: Thanks for ur comments bryan…i totally agree with u that for overseas chinese it is ESSENTIAL to adapt and adopt the culture n practices of the majority in order to survive…however this doesn’t mean to abandon ur roots, i advocate ‘integration’ but NOT ‘assimilation’..thus it is ok for overseas chinese to be less chinese than the mainland Chinese or HK or Taiwanese ppl..however i see alot whom have not only adopted western culture but have almost completely ABANDONED their chinese roots which is sad…
also with regards to being able to speak a Chinese dialect but not Mandarin, i again COMPLETELY AGREE with u that that is sufficient as as long as a Chinese can speak a dialect be it FuChoW, Hainanese, Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Hunanese,etc it is ok..Mandarin is only one out of many dialects..many people think Mandarin is a language when it is really one of the dialects….i DO NOT consider Chinese who speak dialects ‘westerners’..so i agree with u there…
regarding Chinese from China as being less traditional and retaining less traditonal chinese culture, i AGAIN AGREE with u…many ppl think mainland chinese should be the most traditional but as ur experience in china shows, this is not always the case. The Cultural Revolution (1966-76) was disastrous and almost completely eradicated all traces of Chinese culture where the qi pao was banned, temples were closed down, ALL traditional practices during Chinese New Year and all other festivals were banned, antique was destroyed,etc so i know in many ways overseas Chinese are more traditional and have preserved more culture than their mainland counterparts…which is one more reason i am proud of being taiwanese cos taiwanese are much more traditional than mainland chinese, something which many people across the globe are not aware of…
and the fact u are making an effort to learn mandarin is already something which satisfies my standard…i am promoting people learning Mandarin, NOT BLAMING people for not knowing it in the first place…note the difference..its the effort that counts:)
Thanks for leaving a comment and do visit again soon:)
anon: I find it just as laughable reading ur delusional comments…first of all, make no mistake, people SHOULD feel good about their country, thats what makes their country strong..just look at Japan and South Korea, their ppl are nationalistic and their country are strong and rich…there is a connection..
of cos nationalism and patriotism DOES NOT MEAN elitism or feeling superior towards others…u can love ur country or ur heritage but still respect other nationalities and races around the globe..I DO NOT feel superior towards other races cos if u bothered looking at my past posts, i have lavished heaps of praises on South Korea and the Koreans, does that sound like an elitist Chinese speaking? If i were truly arrogant, i would be saying stuff like how much more superior Chinese culture is and how Korean culture is really a sub group of chinese culture( believe me i have heard comments like this alot!)and I do NOT AGREE with this…i admire korean culture just as i love Indian culture which has a comparable history and depth to Chinese culture…i find some indian men really sexy…
so i DO NOT feel superior so please do not assume things next time before u ask me…
also u r sooo wrong about me dying for my country cos i will NEVER die for my country in most circumstances cos living is the most important thing, we should all aspire to live on and survive whatever the circumstances…i think YOU have much to learn when it comes to jumping to conclusions and assuming things when they r not there…
Wah, free chinese lessons ah!
Paul
savante: Well, i am just interested in Chinese,hehehe
第一次的經過,總不想讓自己白走一趟,
終於還是留下了些痕跡,
彭皓全..
謝謝你在我生病的時候,
給我的噓寒問暖,
感恩!
hehehe, i know i m WK la
.I will amke sure I will be there when u return to Penang next year. Cant wait to tell u this: I had great time with him tonight.:)
lawboycool: Thanks for ur comment! Always glad to see ur comments…well, u say u will come to visit me in Penang next year one hah…then next yr i will see whether u come or not..hahaha…about ur date, i am sooo excited to know:)
小喬
謝謝你的留言.希望以後也常能看得到你的痕跡.還有你生病時給你的問候,只不過是朋友該做的,不用這麼客氣啦!其實我更感動你生病時還打電話給我.有空打給我吧!
‘小朋友’(哈哈)
OMG, those are no ordinary Penang food. Must be very very expensive. Yummy but defintely not for poor people like me. T_T
oh gosh.. all food.. i’m hungry
Traditional Guy here (uhmnn u should know who am i anyway) DON MENTION MY NAME YET hehe..
anyway I miss penang but huh cannot go lar..UNi starting soon lar.. sigh…
harvey: yeah..they are kinda expensive but very delicious..hehe..and thanks for ur comment:)
famezgay:wow! u changed the concept of ur blog. I like the new blog look much better:) Also thanks for ur comment and do come leave a comment regularly:)
famezgay: Hi!! Thanks for ur comment and i know who u r from your post about your ‘f buddy’ lar…haha…u r the only one with a blog i know who had a ‘f buddy’Thanks for letting me know ur new blog address:)
HC, just curious, but why you reply comments like some shopowner thanking the patrons? lol… just my two cents
plus, i am under the influence of a strong dosage of cough mixture. so oddities MUST be pardoned for i am not really myself
Penang is soo much fun, but I am not there. What a bummer.
And dude, I haven’t been to most of the places you mentioned. Maybe it’s cos I am dirt poor.
Hellow, I’m the first anonymous person who was confused on the whole China/Taiwan issue. If you are pround of Taiwanese independence, there will come the day when being separate from China will make the two cultures too different. This is just history. Your accent is already an indicator of that. One day, your children or grandchildren or greatgrandchildren will say, I’m Chinese? and not see how that is.
joshua: Yeah, the places are kinda expensive BUT still cheaper when compared to Australia…hey sms me when u return to Penang k? gosh u seem to be in KL most of the time! i’m going bck soon so message me when u come bck:)
joshua: I don’t understand so maybe u would like to clarify what it is that you want to ask. And i don’t have a problem with my style of replying..besides it’s my blog so i reply comments as i please. You seem to be sick for quite awhile now:)
anon: Thanks for ur comment, well i do not think taiwanese and chinese culture will divert so much as to become 2 different cultures…overseas chinese living in singapore and malaysia have lived outside the sphere of china for decades if not centuries and the culture can still be categorised as ‘chinese’ so taiwan which went thru more than five decades of KMT sinicization is not going to become ‘non-chinese’ anytime soon…
America and England also have been separate nations for over a century but american and british culture are essentially ‘anglo-saxon’. Nothing has changed, variations exist but the core has not. However, it is now clearly not politically correct to say that american and british culture are essentially in the same cultural category…i am NOT saying that american and british/taiwanese and chinese culture are the same or even similar BUT what i am saying is that they are similar enough and will not change any time in the foreseable future to be categorised under the same cultural category…
bù guò yì
My url is: darkclarity.blog-city.com
I hope you don’t mind I link to you
Jerry
Japanese Occupation, whoa I just finished watching black sun
Jerry: Thanks for linking my blog, do visit often though my posts on China-related issues aren’t that much despite my blog name:)
anon: I wouldn’t want to watch that kind of film….it is TOO gory for my liking…i prefer films which show the barbarity of the Japanese but yet in an acceptable manner…difficult i admit…
where are the pic for penang laksa and penang kui teow?
lawboycool: Hehe….those are so common i didn’t bother to put up…actually i haven’t eaten kuei teow yet cos i dun really like it!
Ahhh……MD…….Give me MD anytime…hehehehehehe. Thanks for showing around dude. Really appreciate it. Next time, will really need to plan proper cause transportation and lodging ate 1/2 my salary for tht month. OUCH. But it was indeed adventureouse and fun.
Cheers….I WANT MY MD…..;.
CK: Haha….next time i can arrange a meeting with MD if he happens to be bck in Penang and i am bck too..hehe…sorry about the expenses incurred!! Lesson learnt: Learn to drive!!!!! (gosh am i giving away the fact that i can’t drive?)..well as i told u, i like to be driven, not to drive…hehe…glad u enjoyed Penang:)
hcpen, thxs for dropping by. im going penang next mth n will try those at gurney plaza. it’s been a long time i havent been there. din know it changed a lot.
cibetronic: Do drop by often…..and do visit Gurney Plaza…the new Gurney Drive hawkers centre is also done now so u can have a visit when u come:)
Sorry if this seems late, but nice meeting you too!!
wow~~ those food pics r really appetizing~~ i’m so hungry now! hahahaa..
and btw, thanks for dropping by at my site
Alex: Its never too late. Keep in touch!
pikey: No problem, i am glad u like the food pics!!
OMG i love korean shows for his hunky male lead actors.. most of their actors are too manly and i like it kekeke!
這樣的機會並不是很多
意思是說
版主..現在就在我半邊
而且..
半推半就的要我去留言
好啦..
我想以後見面的機會也不多
兩個人有點傻傻的坐在Gurney Hotel樓下的星巴克..
太陽還真有點曬
重點是..
這邊沒什麼人好看..
不過還蠻享受的..
加油吧..
Famezgay: Wah, same taste ,same taste:)
ahworm:謝謝你的留言,以後也希望能常看到你的痕跡…跟你聊天還真有趣的,蠻開心的.像你說的,以後分隔兩地,不知道何時再相逢?隨緣吧,加油 小喬! 生日快樂!
wait.. same taste means u r my competitor.. damn.. go away go away ahahaha
famezgay: hehe….no lar, i where got qualities to compete with u…no one want also..:( haha
Hey…is this the same film maker we were talking abt on the phone the other nite?????? The one frm KL????
How is my MD anyway?:P
I disagree, I think Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC) is NOT an ideal democratic society. Instead, it is a arguably a chaotic democractic system, taking the worst of western democracy and putting it into a Chinese context!
the searcher: I do not think so and i am proud of the democracy of Taiwan. It may not be the ideal and indeed has alot of flaws BUT it is still the most democratic system compared to HK and China. But u r entitled to ur own opinion.
CK: Haha…i think so….and i dun know how ur MD is lar…he doesn’t use MSN also…i asked before…hehe, since when has he become ur MD??
Taipei is a lovely city.
legalmate: I am glad you like it:) Hope u are enjoying urself and ate all the lovely food!! Also waiting to hear about ur fantastic experiences in Taipei!!
I love Bangkok TOO…
Yee, how come you didn’t go watch aqua show? Oh wait, they only have bouncing boobies there. I went there when I was young (like 7) with my family and we only went to see aqua show and temples. So boring……
the searcher: Me too:) I need ur help to translate something for me…i found a site about V6 of Academy Fantasia…hehe
harvey: i have seen it b4…not very interested…but i enjoyed my stay in Bkk and i personally like temples and places like that:)
oh gosh.. thanks for the free advertisement!
but please bear with my lousy english ahaha!
Oh i love BANGKOK… The hot guys especially oops
You may need to read this if you want to visit China:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-6-19/42846.html
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Former Chinese Restaurant Employee Tells All
The Epoch Times Jun 19, 2006
Editor’s Note: This article was widely circulated on China’s internet websites. We believe it will provide our readers an insight into the mindset in China.
I remember the host on a program about animal rights saying, “Please take care of our animals. It will be good for everyone.” However, some Chinese don’t think about the animals when eating meat. They dare to eat anything but aren’t aware that what they are eating may actually be harmful to them.
Ah Chang, who has worked in the restaurant industry for many years in China, has witnessed the use of all kinds of tricks used to fool the public into buying inferior meat. The following is his experience as a kitchen helper in a restaurant in Guangdong Province.
Five years ago, I left Guangxi Province for the modernized Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province. With the help of a friend from my hometown, I was interviewed by restaurant owner Peng Da, and eventually hired as a kitchen helper. When the boss introduced me to the “Big Guy” – a popular name for a chef, I was shocked to see that the “Big Guy” was a female. Everyone called her Sister Rong. Sister Rong was in her 30s and was quite attractive. She told me that my responsibilities included killing animals, cutting and chopping various meats and bones, and preparing the meat before it was cooked.
On my second day at the restaurant, Rong pulled me over and said, “Ah Chang, since you are new to this field I will teach you a lesson: How to “use” the weigh scale. Our scale is accurate, but the displayed weights are not. Four hundred grams will show as 500 grams. This is not trickery but rather a common practice in this profession. All restaurants are doing this.”
Under Rong’s guidance, I quickly learned to use the scale. According to Wu Tian, when there were customers watching us, we should be careful not to let them see us exchanging bigger pieces of meat with smaller ones; or after killing a fish, cutting a section from it. Generally speaking, it was an open secret in this profession. Only when serving our friends would we not cheat, as our conscience’s wouldn’t allow it.
The Peng Da Restaurant was flourishing during the time I worked there. Every morning I had to kill many cats, sometimes five or six, and sometimes as many as ten. However, I didn’t see the cat meat sold in the restaurant. What happened to the meat? After thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn’t figure it out. Later, I paid more attention and found that some of the cat meat was stewed with medicinal herbs, and sold as stewed leopard meat with medicinal herbs for 198 yuan (approximately US$24.25) per dish. When Rong saw that I was confused, she said, “Leopard meat stewed with medicinal herbs is the signature soup of our restaurant. Cats are very common, so only by advertising the meat as being from a wild animal would it be attractive to diners. After removing the heads and claws and soaking the cat bodies in the herbs, even the smartest diner can’t discern that what they are eating is cat meat. Cat meat cost us 20 yuan (approximately US$2.50) for each carcass, but leopard meat cost 138 yuan (approximately US$17.25) per kilogram.”
With Rong’s teaching and guidance, I was soon promoted to Cook’s helper, and made responsible for arranging the food on the plates. One day, when Rong and I were on duty, someone ordered stewed deer meat. I was angry when I saw the order because I hadn’t seen any deer meat after having been there for six months. Thus, I said to Xiao Hong, the floor director who took the order, “We don’t have any stewed deer meat.” She replied, “Why was it on the menu?” Rong came over and said, “We have it. How could we not have it? The mountain tortoise meat was deer meat.” “What?” I thought I had heard wrong. The restaurant charged 68 yuan (approximately US$ 8.5) for 500 grams of tortoise meat, and 268 yuan (approximately US$ 33.5) for the same amount of deer meat. “Are you afraid?” Rong asked, “There is no deer meat in the whole city. I believe few people have eaten it, so how can they tell the difference? Don’t worry about it. I will be responsible.” After hearing what she said, I had no choice but to serve the tortoise meat. Still, I worried about complaints from our customers. Despite my apprehension, nobody complained and the restaurant earned an extra 200 yuan (approximately US$ 25) every time they sold the dish.
On the second day, some guests ordered stewed tortoise and stewed deer at the same time. I became flustered and hurried to ask Rong what to do. She calmly said, “Tell the waiter that the tortoise meat has been sold out. Next time, in this kind of situation you should remember to provide customers with the dish that earns us the most money.”
After following Sister Rong for a while, she told me some inside secrets about the food in restaurants. She told me not to eat white phoenix claws (chicken claws) cooked by our restaurant. Instead of using white rice vinegar to bleach the claws, the chicken claws were whitened by soaking them in Hydrogen Peroxide. Also, the white tripe we served was bleached using an unknown chemical. Rong also suggested that I not eat fried cookies because they all contain sodium borate that harms one’s health.
At that time, local people enjoyed eating internal organs, especially tripe. Sometimes when business was slow, the tripes would dry out in the refrigerator and lose their firmness. Rong taught me to make the tripe look fresh again by soaking the tripe in some kind of chemical for an hour, and then put it in boiling water for a while. After washing the tripe with water for an hour, it would be firm again. Actually, the chemical used for soaking the tripe was a corrosive. I had used my bare hands to mix the tripe while it was soaking in the chemical and my hands actually turned brown. After doing this several times, my fingertips were damaged. Rong saw them and said, “Why are you so foolish. Why not use a spoon to stir?” She bought some medicine to treat my wounded hands. I asked her, “The chemical harmed my hands. Won’t it hurt people’s stomachs?” Rong said calmly, “Don’t care so much. Now people pursue the taste, and you just need to know you shouldn’t eat much tripe in the future.”
Once I asked Rong, “Do all restaurants take inferiors as superiors and mix the spurious with the genuine?” She sighed and said, “People are the same all over the world. They all pursue profit. Furthermore, we just make the best use of everything. If we throw away those dead animals and bad quality food, who would compensate us for the loss even though we guaranteed the quality? To tell the truth, I don’t want to do this, but we receive wages from our employer so we should consider our employer when the opportunity to make money for the business arises. We neither stole nor grabbed [their money]. Our customers came to eat here of their own free will. They can complain if they are not satisfied. They are all intelligent people and know how to protect their rights. You should know that it is not easy to cheat them. Sometimes you really need to have some abilities to cheat people.” I couldn’t understand Rong’s way of thinking very well. I felt that it was not absolutely correct to say that she didn’t have professional ethics. No matter whether I understood or not, the restaurant continued to prosper.
One day, a vendor showed us some very expensive herbs, called aweto, which he was selling for about 6,500 yuan per 500 grams (US$615 per pound). Rong and I went to the storage room to examine the herbs. I heard Rong question the salesperson, “Mr. Wang, are you kidding me? Bring me fresh herbs.” I saw Wang walk away embarrassed without saying a word.
After Wang left, Rong spoke to me with an aweto in her hand, “These herbs used to be good, but now they are worthless because they’ve been cooked and lost their nutritional value.” “How could you tell?” I asked curiously. Rong crushed some of the herb in her hand and said, “See, this herb is dry and has no flexibility. Because it’s been cooked, it lost its natural color and became hard. It’s flavorless. The sellers cooked their food with the herbs before selling them. They’re so unethical.” I smiled bitterly and thought that some of the things we did in the restaurant were no better. Rong noticed my expression and continued, “Well, these herbs are really expensive. What we do is nothing compared to this. It’s tough to be in the restaurant business nowadays.”
Next day, a customer ordered shark fins. After examining the shark fins, Rong immediately told the delivery person to take the fins back. The seller wasn’t happy and asked why. Rong said, “You think I don’t know anything? These shark fins have been chemically processed. Once they are cooked, they will shrink to one-fifth their original size. Are you trying to ruin our reputation?” The seller immediately slashed the price. As Rong was going to reject the offer, the restaurant owner asked us to use them. Rong had no choice but to buy them at half price. After the seller and owner left, I asked Rong what was the chemical she had referred to.
Rong explained to me, “I only know it’s a kind of chemical that can make shark fins grow from the size of a needle to the size of a bean sprout. It’s dangerous and you can get sick from eating it.” I was shocked and started to worry about those rich people who wanted to eat well to improve their health.
One day in April 2000, a wholesaler brought over some camel humps. Rong asked the wholesaler to cook it and let the kitchen staff taste it. Everyone said it had good texture and told Rong to try it. Rong hesitated and took one bite. I saw Rong secretly spit the meat into the sink drain. From then on, the camel humps became a hot dish in the restaurant. Many customers came back repeatedly and ordered the dish. I liked the texture and snacked on the dish from time to time using the excuse of tasting for flavor. Rong smiled and asked if I really liked the camel hump dish. The question came out of nowhere. I was confused and asked her what was wrong. She chuckled, “Those so-called camel humps are in fact breasts from female pigs.” I was quite shocked by what she said and did not believe her. Rong smiled and told me that the wholesaler had admitted it to her. She had been keeping it a secret all this time.
The next day while I was slicing the ‘camel humps’, I paid close attention to the dark red flesh and found several holes spread out evenly. If they were real camel humps, why were there holes in them? The holes must be what were left after the nipples were removed. The smell of sour milk hit me and then I totally believed what Rong had told me. A few days later, I confirmed it with the wholesaler and he admitted it. I had to admire the thought they put in it. If they called it female pig breast, who would dare eat it? After giving the meat an exotic name its price went up tenfold and could thus be served in a high-end restaurant. I never again wanted to eat ‘camel humps’ after learning the truth; not even when the kitchen staff wanted me to taste it for flavor. It might sound weird but now every time after I cut the ‘camel humps’, I can smell the milk on my hands even after I washed them many times.
On a hot summer day in the year 2000, Rong went out and came back with about 100 dead fish. Each of them weighed only about 130 g (~0.3 lb). Rong asked me to check them over and throw away the smelly ones. It took three of us an entire afternoon to finish the job. Rong called Chef Ah Bing to take 30 of them and blanch them in boiling water. Then Ah Bing stir-fried them with ginger and garlic till they turned golden brown. Each fish was put in a small stewing cup and stewed with dried longan and some other Chinese herbs. Rong asked the assistant manager Xiaohong to strongly promote the fish-longan stew for 58 yuan (US$7.2) per cup.
Later, Rong told me that a friend of the restaurant owner ran a fish farm and these young fish had died because of the hot weather. The owner’s friend didn’t want to waste the fish and asked the restaurant owner and Rong whether they could use them. The owner, without even thinking about it, bought them at 3 yuan (US$0.4) each. According to the assistant manager, the fish-longan stew became extremely popular. One customer came three days in a row asking for the dish. Some people thought it was so good that they took extra servings home. I greatly admired Rong after this. She could turn the rotten into something desirable, and sell something worth 3 yuan for 58 yuan! It was indeed very profitable! On December 10, 2001, Mr. Zhang, a factory owner, ordered a dish called “Indian star tortoise stewed with aweto”. It was said that he was looking for a cure for his ailment, and Indian star tortoise was said to be effective in treating certain diseases. Indian star tortoise is a nationally protected animal. If it is for sale, it is being sold illegally. Thus it is very rare and expensive. Even the cultivated ones are sold for 12,000 yuan (US$1,498.35) per kilogram. Mr. Zhang had ordered one kilogram, for which our restaurant would charge him over 10,000 yuan (US$1,248.63). We also added on the cost of the precious aweto herbs.
After the Indian star tortoise was sent over, Rong called Mr. Zhang and asked him to come over and check it. Perhaps Mr. Zhang was reluctant to appear to be too picky, he hesitated. Rong urged, “Mr. Zhang, you have to come to give us some directions. Don’t be so old-fashioned. Come and direct us.” She flattered him as if he were a specialist. He arrived in high spirits. In order to set his mind at ease, Rong even weighed the tortoise while Mr. Zhang watched.
But the tortoise was not killed. Instead, it was sent back to the storeroom. Rong asked me not to leave after work. At 9:00 pm, after all the staff working in the kitchen had left, Rong asked me to lock the door of the kitchen. Then she took something out of the refrigerator and threw it on the floor. The thing was as hard as stone, and it made a loud thud when it hit the floor. I opened the package and found a dead tortoise inside. Rong laughed and said, “Ah Chang, this tortoise can earn you half a year’s salary.” Thanks to Rong’s help, my salary at that time had been raised to 1200 yuan (US$150) a month. Rong then threw the dead tortoise into a basin, turned on the tap and let the water wash over the tortoise. After about an hour the tortoise had softened. When I fished it out of the basin, a bad smell hit me. I asked Rong to come and have a look. She looked at the dead tortoise, smelled it and frowned, “Oh, Mr. Zhang is in bad luck. He has to eat this stinking tortoise now. But who will eat it if he doesn’t? Our boss had asked three shops before he could get this ‘inferior item’. After exchanging the good tortoise with this one, we will earn at least 7,000 to 8,000 yuan (approximately US$875 to 1000).”
I was a little frightened. This is a business worth more than 10,000 yuan (US$1250). If Mr. Zhang finds out and rejects the tortoise, who will pay for it? Since he has spent so much we shouldn’t give him something which would harm his health. I murmured, “Sometimes we need to demonstrate that we have a conscience.” Rong looked at me for a while. Then she sighed, “This is not the time to talk about conscience. Our boss asked us to do this, and we must do what he says. We just have to. Ah Chang, it is true that people should have a conscience, but it really depends on the situation. If Mr. Zhang went to other restaurants, he would eat similar kinds of things. Don’t those who want to get rich fake things? We’ve already tried our best. We are at least better than those who sell fake medicine. It won’t make much difference to Mr. Zhang’s health whether he eats this tortoise or not.” I had nothing to say. After all, we are only carrying out our boss’s orders. Why should I worry?
I started washing the tortoise. Rong asked me to discard all of the flesh on it. I couldn’t believe what I heard. What shall he eat if all the meat is eliminated? Rong laughed at me and said, “The meat has all decayed. We would be really harming him if we let him eat the meat. So we have to get rid of it. The efficacy of the tortoise lies in its shell anyway. The shell is very hard to cook. After 20 to 30 hours of cooking, the shell won’t be dissolved. The reason why I asked Mr. Zhang to come and check the tortoise was to gain his trust. The meat of the tortoise won’t last that long. After 20 to 30 hours of cooking, the flesh would have dissolved into the soup. So removing the meat will prevent the bad taste in the soup. Otherwise our deception will be discovered.” While she was talking, Rong had taken out some meat from an ordinary tortoise from the refrigerator and put it under the tap to wash. She said, “The meat of the ordinary tortoise can make our dish flawless. Mr. Zhang is really lucky this time. He bought only one tortoise but he will eat two! Of course, when I become rich in the future, I would rather die than eat this kind of thing!” She said laughing loudly. After picking all the meat from the shell of the Indian star tortoise, she stir-fried the shell three times with ginger and shallots. After washing it again, she tasted the shell to make sure there was no strange taste left. Then she put it into the pot to cook. After everything was done, she asked Uncle Chen who was on night duty to watch the tortoise soup and add in some water once in a while. It was 1:00 a.m. when we left.
At about 9:00 a.m. , the Indian star tortoise soup was sent to Mr. Zhang. Later, the cashier told me that Mr. Zhang was not a fool. He felt the soup was not as good as that served at the Tianshan restaurant. He also had loose bowels after he ate our dish. So he phoned our restaurant to complain, exclaiming that he wanted to be reimbursed 3,000 yuan. Our boss summoned Rong to find out what had happened. She came back looking very unhappy.
Four days later, I didn’t see Chef Ah Bing. I asked around and was told that he had been fired the previous evening. It was said that a lot of customers had complained about our soups recently. I knew that the true problem was related to the tortoise soup. The boss didn’t know that the soup was actually cooked by Rong and me, nor did Ah Bing know that his dismissal was caused by a pot of soup that he had not cooked. So Ah Bing was a victim of our deviousness. No matter what, the restaurant still made a profit through selling this tortoise soup, even if it was less than expected.
I didn’t dare tell anyone what we had done. I felt dreadful for continuing to work with Rong. I might end up being a scapegoat for her in the future. I wanted to get away from her. So I started to keep my distance, and often found faults with her, which Rong noticed.
I was subsequently fired.
i cant wait to go bangkok after SPM. your travelling infos are really useful!
famezgay: No Problem:)
famezgay: Me too!!!!
ikanbilis: I am glad u find it useful…hope ya like it:)
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legalmate: Thanks for letting me know dear, i was wondering how come so many days still can’t access his blog…
mine is NOT included…. urrrghhhh
the searcher: hehe….urs already so popular what..
Taiwan’s system is chaotic. But it is one of the best in Asia. One of the things you see is competition between different parties , which may seem chaotic. What you are seeing is the natural process of finding the system that works. Taiwan has been democratic for less than 20 years, and as Sir Winston Churchill said
“Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”
Speech in the House of Commons (11 November 1947)
The culture between China and Taiwan are very different. Some people may think they are the the same looking from the outside, but they are not. When you go to Shanghai, do you every wonder why so many taiwanese and 台商 hang out in 新天地 and don’t hang out with the locals ?
China had 文化革命 and Taiwan had 日本殖民. The cultures have gone their different paths.
Besides, we speak 台灣國語
( That is DaiWan GuoYi in Hokkien )
In addition to my last comment I do think that Taiwanese culture and Chinese culture are as similar to be called the same in general. Just as US/British are similar.
However it you told a British person that their culture was the same as the US they would probably disagree.
If you said they were anglo/saxon, they would probably agree.
Maybe what is needed is an english version of the term 華人。Which is chinese , without really saying 中國的。
Wah, no picture of babylon ah!
Paul
savante: some pics are not suitable for this blog!
Hmmm yes I was shocked with the yellow shirt phenomena too when I was there. we were in a restaurant and gosh.. everyone wearing yellow alike – waiters and patrons… I was wondering who is who.. but I applause their love for their king.
cava: yep…i was very shocked initially to see so many ppl wearing yellow…i saw ppl in buses over half with yellow shirts..i thought they were attending a convention! but they were ordinary ppl…also on the streets sometimes over half wear yellow…truly shocking…i have a different view of such worship for one human being (reminds me of Japan during the war yrs) but they are entitled to their own beliefs.
小黑子: i agree. thanks:)
oh new place.. new life… Good Luck yah
famezgay: Thanks:)
Hey dude. To this very day..i dnt really know how to address you. Hehehehe. Anyway, hope to see you around should I make my way down to Sydney. Ig you really need help settling in, do let me know and I will sk my bro to help you out. No worries at all. Cheers
cool, ive read your blog from time to time.. im from sydney, i’ll email ya my contacts if you need someone to show you around
where do i get your email address?
おめでとう！！！
all the best, get admitted soon!!!!!
hey i wanna go melbourne now!
You do sound happy moving to a new place so good luck, man! Plenty of gay bloggers in Sydney, go hook up with them.
nothing beats going to a new place with literally nobody u knew, the excitement is just sooooo nice
congrats!
CK: Thanks alot CK!! I will tell u if i need help:)
JW: YES!! I would be interested in making new Sydney friends…do u have a blog? If so, may i read it?? Can u give me ur email address? i would like to contact u!!
kaneko: i am surprised u still read my blog, i sent u an email but u never replied, reply! I want to know how have you been…thanks for your well wishes:)
legalmate: Thanks
ikanbilis: Come come:)
savante: who?? introduce…i hardly know any…i am excited about my new life in Sydney
xavier: Thanks!! I am looking forward to a new environment in Sydney:)
sorry dont have a blog, email gpx_syd @ yahoo . com . au
jw: Ok, thanks!!:)
Yellow is the birth colour of His Majesty King Rama IX Bhumipol Adulyadej. I don’t think it is shocking to see Thais wear yellow. It is to show their deep reverence for HM. For every Thai person, HM represents Chao Chiwit or their ‘Lord of Life.’ HM is someone really special to all Thai people.
By the way, the first pix is NOT the Thai Parliament, but Ananda Samakhon Throne Hall built during King Rama V Maha Chulalongkorn and completed during King Rama VI Vajiravudh. The throne hall has one of the NICEST domes in the world, it depict the glorious deeds of the Chakri Dynasty
Wow, This is the first I’ve read your blog and I like it a lot. You’re a very good writer. Good luck in your new life in Sydney. Take care there, the crime is more serious than Melborne, especially regarding women’s safety. But Sydney is my fav city and I wish you the best.
wei wei.. waiting for ur post from sdyney eh.. don keep us waiting!
anon: Thanks for leaving a comment. I have realised that the security in Sydney is much less than in Melbourne and some areas in Sydney like Kings Cross are pretty dangerous at night…i will be careful:) I also find Sydney people abit less friendly than Melburnians…it could be bcos i am biased,haha…well, i hope you will continue visiting and i hope to see ur comments often! By the way, where are u from?
famezgay: Yep!! I have been busy settling down and getting used to things…i shall update my blog soon:)
why you don’t update? haha
–ratmickey
ratmickey: I am busy lah…i know u r waiting for the ’special news’ on Zhang Xiao Quan…hehe…be patient…i will post about it soon:)
Wah, two months no post already. You better post something before we all become worried about you, yea?
harvey: Yes, i will be posting updates very soon!! Keep checking for updates! Just had alot of stuff to do in the past few months..:)
ks: Only saw your comment recently, thanks for ur corrections on the Parliament thing”)
但愿我们在痛苦的时候依然能保持笑容…
nishiki: 謝 謝 到 訪 。 。 我 也 希 望 如 此 可 是 真 的 很 難 。 。 但 還 是 希 望 大 家 當 遇 到 困 難 時 能 夠 保持微 笑 。 。 。 拜 訪 了 你 的 部 落 格 ﹐ 加 油 唷 。
New place, new life! Good luck!
i must learn to watch tv more, maybe i should sacrifice my time at rainbowlander paradise……
hey, maybe not…. rainbowlander paradise gives hope… hee hee
the searcher: Yes yes, many many nice cute guys for a rainbowlander like you to oogle at..haha.
unique valentine: Thanks!!
hi)
vestito:
:)
hey there
im from brazil, and i was trying to find something about the new film “eternal summer”, after i watched i was so excited about it.
i wish i could talk to you.
if you want, fell free to add me on MSNmesenger:
rafafurious@hotmail.com
or just e-mail me. thanks!
rafael: Thanks for ur comment…i am surprised to get someone from Brazil…good to know that my blog is read so ‘internationally’…haha…
anyways, i will contact u shortly when i have the time:)
Just found your blog while doing a search on the movie. Glad to find someone else who’s as interested in this movie as I am. Best of all–you can speak English.
Anyway, I don’t think I’ve ever longed to watch a movie the way I am aching to see this one. Hopefully it gets released on DVD sometime within the next six months.
In the mean time, I’ve been listening to the soundtrack and watching the trailer ad nauseam to tide me over.
BTW, any chance you can translate this article (http://blog.webs-tv.net/anike/article/3667182) into English? From the crummy translation at Babel Fish, it seems to be about the love scene between Zhang Rui Jia and Zhang Xiao Quan! Oh, and any chance you can translate lyrics to the movie’s theme song?
looks like a good movie… is it out yet?
jw: yes..its out already…but the dvd is only available in Japanese without english subtitles…so if you don’t understand japanese then sadly u won’t be able to watch it…but it is available for rental at the japanese video store..i really liked the girl in the hanbok…so demure and feminine…also they used many korean words mixed into the japanese conversation so that is interesting….i could understand most of the korean as they r pretty simple…haha…
typoprone: My Summary of Article: About the scene of the two being nude…they only had a sock to cover up their ‘important bits’ and put masking tape over it to prevent their ‘manhood’ from dangling about…however, it remains to be seen whether the scene showing both of them butt naked will get into the final version of the movie…this is the interesting bit on the article…some stuff about how professional they are…but nothing important…also about the song lyrics…sure i can help u translate (try my best!!) but you will have to provide it….
Hahaha. Thanks for the summary; interesting about the sock. How I’d love to have been on set when they filmed the scene. Snce that article was written before the movie came out, I wonder if the butt shots ever made it into the final cut?
Anyway, I think these are the lyrics to the song.
词曲:阿信 制作:阿信
编曲 阿信+任伯璋+蔡昆奇+大麻
吉他:大麻 贝斯:蔡昆奇 鼓:任伯璋
钢琴+键盘:阿信 弦乐编写:阿信+Tina
我骄傲的破坏 我痛恨的平凡 才想起那些是我最爱
让盛夏去贪玩 把残酷的未来 狂放到光年外 而现在
放弃规则 放纵去爱 放肆自己 放空未来
我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯
让定律更简单 让秩序更混乱 这样的青春我才喜欢
让盛夏去贪玩 把残酷的未来 狂放到光年外 而现在
放弃规则 放纵去爱 放肆自己 放空未来
我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯
我要 我疯 我要 我爱 就是 我要 我疯 我要 我爱 现在
一万首的mp3 一万次疯狂的爱 灭不了一个渺小的孤单
我要 我疯 我要 我爱 就是 我要 我疯 我要 我爱 现在
盛夏的一场狂欢 来到了光年之外 长大难道是人必经的溃烂
放弃规则 放纵去爱 放肆自己 放空未来
我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯
It would be awesome if you could give me the gist of it.
Oh, one last thing: you mentioned another Taiwanese gay-themed movie, Formula 17, so I checked it out. It was really good (though definitely different in tone from Eternal Summer). One thing I found funny is how the main character in Formula 17 wears a shirt that is very similar to the one Zhang Rui Jia’s character wears in Eternal Summer! See comparison pic here. Coincidence? I think not!
typoprone: Ok…give me some time to help you translate the major meaning of the song lyrics…as for Formula 17…i am surprised u haven’t heard of it before as amongst the Chinese gay circle, its pretty well known n was a big hit in Taiwan a few years back amongst the str8 audience too…
also about the shirt…OMG!!!!! It is THE SAME….hhhmmmm…but mayb cos there is a rainbow stripe running thru which represents the gay community….anyways, can i ask where u r from? Do u own a blog too which u can share with me?
Thanks!
Anyway, I didn’t know about Formula 17 because I haven’t really been into Asian/gay culture/entertainment until recently. Plus, it’s only been in the last couple of years–and especially in the last couple of months–that I’ve had this burgeoning feeling of “Asian Pride.”
I’m in Canada, by the way. I have a blog here. Doubt you’d wanna read it, as the tone is (intentionally) negative, repetitive, bitter, and whiny. Really, it’s mainly just a place for me to get things off my chest… even if no one ever reads what I’ve written.
Currently, it’s provided me with a kind of outlet for my Eternal Summer obsession.
typoprone: Hi….the first part of my translation of the lyrics:
(By Ah Xin of the famous Taiwanese boyband ‘MayDay’)
My pride in the destruction
我骄傲的破坏,
the normalness which i detest,
我痛恨的平凡
Only now do i realise that those are what i love most,
才想起那些是我最爱
Let the full summer have its joy,
让盛夏去贪玩
Throw the cruel reality of the future lightyears away,
把残酷的未来 狂放到光年外
And now,
而现在
throw all the rules out the window,放弃规则
love with all your heart,
放纵去爱
let go of urself,
放肆自己
leave the future blank,
放空未来
I won’t bend, I won’t bend, etc…
我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯
Let the usual pattern become simpler,
让定律更简单
Let order become chaos,
让秩序更混乱
This is the youth i like,
这样的青春我才喜欢
Let the full summer have its joy,
让盛夏去贪玩
Throw away the cruel reality of the future lightyears away
And now,..
把残酷的未来 狂放到光年外 而现在
second part to be finished later…
Also, i had a look at ur blog…so u study at UBC? Wow, i heard its a pretty good college. Also, i am assuming u r Chinese-Filipino in heritage? Cos i read somewhere u immigrated to Canada with ur family when u
Awesome! I look forward to the second part.
You’ve heard of UBC? I guess the fact that you recognize its name means it’s not such a bad school. I just transferred there this semester. And yup, I’m Chinese-Filipino.
HAVE FUN!
I wonder if I could EVER work in Sydney….. hee hee
oh i didn’t know sydney has mixed season. interestinggg… take care of ur health dude. cold weather is not a nice thing.
the searcher: Haven’t started working yet lar…but i am SUPER looking forward to working life!!
cibetronic: Thanks for the comment …..the weather is NOT NORMAL for sydney..its supposed to be warm now but for some weird reason, its so cold leh…people say this year has got the coldest Nov day in 100 years..but i prefer the cold if given the choice so i am not really complaining..heh heh…
Happy birthday to you.
–Mickey
Happy Birthday!
Mickey: Thanks:)
Typoprone: Thanks:) PS: Give me abit more time to help ya translate ok? I have been busy with assignments,etc…will definitely translate the later part of the song…
happy BELATED birthday to u sweetie..
Hope you had a good birthday! No rush on the translation… though your profile now needs updating.
Happy bday dude.
pluboy@takashi: Thanks for the birthday note and for dropping by:)
CK: Thanks:) Hope all has been well for you…
hi there, how long have your learned law there? I would like to communicate some legal stuff with you. All right?
my blog: doroto.blogspot.com
doroto: Sure. Please feel free to ask me any legal questions…..i have studied law in Australia for 4 1/2 years now…if including legal studies in high school then 5 and half yrs all together:)
happy birthday to you
I am one of visitors to your blog from hong kong but in fact i am from south korea so korean natioinal.
hope today is the best day for you among all of the days in your life…
best,
jae yeon
jaeyeon: Thanks for your well wishes and hope to see ur comments in future.
Happy BDAY
http://knowledgeislight.blogspot.com
Happy birthday! All the best for the year ahead!
Belated Happy Birthday! ^_^
alibaba711: Thanks…and ur blog looks really interesting!!
Louis: Thanks…many congrats on ur graduation and may the future hold bountiful unexpected surprises for you:)
Harvey: Thanks Harvey..much appreciated:)
happy belated birthday to you man. wishing you all the best!
Happy Birthday! Take care.
cibetronic: Thank you for ur birthday wishes!!
Scott: Thanks for the well wishes.
Heya..i got linked to this blog from CBL =]..you live in Artarmon? so interesting how youve described it. I used to live there from when i came to Aus (2yrs old) till i was in year 1 (5yrs i think) went to Artarmon public and got dragged all around Chatswood by my grandma hahah..I need to come check the place out again its been tooo long i prolly wont recognise it hehe..Yeah >_< this reply is way late arr oh well
I am happy to hear tht all is going well with u and tht u got a good deal on yr rental. YEAH.
Good luck in yr new job and have fun.
Cheers
This site interesting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_Chang
CK: Thanks a million!! Hugs.
anon: ok….i’ll check it out
typoprone:
Here, sorry for the long delay, i’ve been super busy lately and my internet is not working..
放弃规则 放纵去爱 放肆自己 放空未来
Give the rules. Love with all your heart. Let go of yourself. Leave the future with endless possibilities.
我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯
I won’t bend. I won’t bend. I won’t bend….
我要 我疯 我要 我爱 就是 我要 我疯 我要 我爱
I wanna be crazy..I wanna love…
现在
一万首的mp3 一万次疯狂的爱 灭不了一个渺小的孤单
Now, ten thousand mp3 ten thousand love cannot erase the small feeling of loneliness…
我要 我疯 我要 我爱 就是 我要 我疯 我要 我爱
I wanna crazy wanna love…
现在
盛夏的一场狂欢 来到了光年之外 长大难道是人必经的溃烂
Now, the unforgettable summer of craziness…we’ve come to light yrs away. Is growing up an inevitable part of life?
放弃规则 放纵去爱 放肆自己 放空未来
我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯 我不转弯
Give the rules. Love with all your heart. Let go of yourself. Leave the future with endless possibilities.
I won’t bend. I won’t bend. I won’t bend….
paulstar: Yep, u should go check it out though it prob hasn’t changed all that much i am sure…hehe:)
I’m wondering if they’re planning on releasing the movie in Japan, or if there will be a different version made for Japan…
serz? that was like..14yrs ago, id be lucky to even know how to get to my old school haha so for me it will be like going to an entirely new place =]
thanks for that, 100,000 filipinos, that’s on a similar scale to the Nanjing massacre. I didn’t know about the Japanese orphans either. How sad.
Thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to translate the lyrics for me.
Learning a couple of years ago about the Rape of Nanking (and the various other atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers during WWII) definitely made me see Japan/the Japanese under a different light.
In a way, they were almost worse as the Nazis…
paul: haha…well give it a go..and Merry Christmas and a happy 2007:)
typoprone: No Worries Man…:):)
JW: Its good to allow more people to become aware of the multitude of issues that have been left by the Pacific War….i am always heartened to hear that people have gained a further understanding of the war in Asia during WW2 as a result of my writing.
Dear Adrian,
We all have heard the saying that life is a rollercoaster. We have ups and we have downs. I am glad that you are still standing on your own two feet even after what you have gone thru.
The new year is around the corner therefore take what you are going thru as a lesson in life.
U know for a fact that you can talk to me about anything no matter what time. HUGS
Clayton
CK: Thanks alot. It means alot to me for you to say these kind words at a time of pain. Also, i received an sms from u but again with no content. Please email me if its something important. If its just to ask how i am, well u know from this post…haha…
Hey there. Come on. Those words were not words of kindness. Those are words from a friend and that is all. Besides, if i dont say those, wht kind of friend would i be in yr time of need.
Wish you were in kl so tht i can take you out to cheer u up.
Take care and I will email you instead of sms-ing u.
hugs
CK: **Hugs**
Actually i think i’m experiencing the not-so-well period of my life too.
But you konw what,you’re not alone.
Remenber:you have our surport,be it your silent but keen readers or people around you.
It’s not easy though.All we need is just some time to get over with.After that…he he…
:p
seng086: Thanks for your comforting words. I am glad to know i have a silent reader…how long have u been reading my blog? Where did u come across it from?
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. *Hugs and Kisses*
I discovered your blog searching info about Eternal Summer, but your blog in general is very interesting, thank you so much ^_^
Take care (=^_^=)
Merry Christmas and a happy new year
- Mental Dribble.
I am so happy someone else loves this movie and song. Hi from Texas and I would love to know more about the movie since I can’t see it.
I didn’t know about this until you posted this article. I hate the fact that it was happening back then.
About your blog, it’s really interesting, i like it, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, even Taiwanese. All asian. Hehehe….. No matter where we are, right!
ken: Not sure, with popular sentiments in Japan being indifferent towards Japanese wartime atrocities, it may not get a screening in Japan..
typoprone: Me too.
dan liang: Your compliments are greatly appreciated:)
akame: You too!
anon: Thanks, u too:)
Sounds interesting, can you get english subtitles? I might mention it to my Singaporean friends
JW: All singaporean dramas have english subtitles! So all the Chinese dramas come with eng subs n ‘You r the one’ has it too…the drama i d/l had english subtitles and u dun need to download separately:)
Hi I’m from Spain and I really love to see this movie, do you know where can I find it??? I saw Crystal Boys,Formula 17, The king and the Clown, Nagisa no Shindobaddo,Boys Love, Bishonen, and other asian gay films ad I really like them, asian boys are so cute ^^
15days later……Happy belated new years
Sounds like you had a good NYE, im also looking forward to a good 2007 ^^
Personal fridge + tv = sounds like you already have a good start to 07
paul: Well wishes r never too late”") Happy Belated New Year to u too!
Happy NEw Year, but I think it’s time for an update, right?
the searcher: Yep!yep! Shall update soon….just been really busy with work and all…sigh…
Wish your luck 2007!
I have been to Mel on biz trip and had fun night with “Asian Night Party” in a certain hotel.Its hotel has 3 clubs, one for Korean, one for Chinese and one for Japanese. Is still there?
superbackers: yep!! I think its still there….its not three clubs.. i think its three different theme nights…never been there…but heard of ppl who have…:)
Hi hcpen,
i’m curious to know where is this site where u d/l ‘you are the one’?
thanks.
i luv ur blog. i’m from the philippines with chinese blood so that explains why i’m also into chinese, jap and korean movies.
all the best for 2007!
vinchipmunk
vinchipmunk: Ohhh…another filipino-chinese reader i have…i had one fil-chi (or chinoy as the filipinos call it) whom was really really (i mean ~~really~~) into the taiwanese film ‘eternal summer’ which i blogged about, wonder how he’s doing now…anyways, i d/l the drama from: dun know if its still workable though cos the drama was in feb 2005 and the seeds may’ve been destroyed now, but do try anyway:www.d-addicts.com/forum then searhc for torrents and then ‘you are the one’…hope u can d/l it and of cos happy 2007 to u too!!
Hahahaha… hey! I’m still around. Eternal Summer (Region 3) gets released in Taiwan on the 9th (Today? Or is it Yesterday by now?).
YesAsia.com won’t be releasing it until the 25th, though, because the movie’s still showing in Hong Kong. Anyway, it’s better than the May release originally listed on the site.
typoprone: That’s great!! Hope i get to see it here in Sydney soon!!
Haha…that gay homeparty would’ve been quite a sight. Anyway, looking forward to the next two in your little trilogy.
typoprone: you bet it was a shocking scene! Anyways, will post the next 2 instalments soon:):)
oh, asian homos, i saw their movies here
anon: alright.
u should try to look for info about “The Blosooming of Maximo Oliveros,” a Filipino indie movie that won a lot of accolades in film fests worldwide last year.
u should try to look for info about “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros,” a Filipino indie movie that won a lot of accolades in film fests worldwide last year.
anon: I heard bout that film:)
Have a great Chinese New Year to all of you!
The endings to Lan Yu and Bishonen both left me feeling crummy and sad. Still, though, they are great movies.
There’s a dvdrip of Eternal Summer now floating around online. Have you had a chance to watch it?
Gay-themed Filipino movies are horrible compared to their Chinese counterparts. They’re typically heavy in stereotypes and… just don’t cover the subject matter in as delicate a manner.
Have you heard of Markova? It’s about a man who was a comfort gay to Japanese soldiers during WWII. It’s not bad and certainly better than the more mainstream fare like Manay Po! (of which I have a dvdrip and can upload for ya if you’d like!)
Happy Chinese New Year!
sara: Happy Chinese New Year to you too;):)
typoprone: Happy CNY typoprone!:)
typopron oh my!!!!! a gay ‘comfort man’ for Japanese soldiers during WWII?!!! I MUST SEE THAT FILM>….THANKS THANKS, i mean given my incredible interest in Japanese warcrimes in Asia and the comfort women system, its interesting to see men being forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers, do u think its based on historical fact cos i have heard somewhere that there were cases of male rape by Japanese soldiers during WW2 (those perverts!P)
Also, i think its true Chinese films have been very progressive in recent yrs their portrayal of gay men beyond the ’sissy effeminate queen’ seen in many Thai movies (and in ur knowledge Filipino movies too)
Thanks typoprone for ur recommendation of the ‘comfort gay’ movie…i’ll definitely try to get a copy of the movie:)
I can accept gays because I must, they will not go away just because I do not accept them. I feel great pity for them tho.
What do you think of the Mardi Gras celebrations? I think Mardi Gras is a disgrace to humans. Ok, let me put it this way, whether it’s gay sex or hetro sex, it definitely promotes immmoral sex and debauchery, in this case it happens to be the gay type. It really doesn’t matter what your religion is, it just comes down to your own individual moral standards. Are there any gays who are against the Mardi Gras or immoral sex? Not many at all.
I feel pity for them that they can’t experience the love and happiness derived from marrying a wife/husband, and raising your own family and if you are lucky enough, even have grandchildren. Life should be about family. That’s the key component of society which is breaking us all down. We need good fathers and mothers.
On the whole scale of things, even if we were to leave religion alone, let’s be honest. For the survival of the human species, gays and lesbians play no positive role. In fact it could be viewed as negative. If the earth was faced with a crisis and we had to handpick some people to start a new colony on a new planet, gays wouldn’t be part of them. So let’s not try to defend gays as being normal because that is simply not true.
I wonder how you define love? You really think the love between 2 men is going to be the same as the love between a woman and a man?
I would like to know if you have heard of a happily married gay couple who lasted for more than 30 years.
I think your defence for gays using “love” is quite weak, and I am not saying it is not possible, but in most cases you should replace that word with “lust” and “short lived love” or “like very much”. Everlasting love? that’s even hard for hetro couples. I would say it’s near impossible for gay couples. I would be happy to be proven wrong however
Just adding to the discussion, nothing personal 
jw: Thanks for your thoughts on the issue. If i think u r who u r, i’m not that surprised at your views given that u r a devout christian.
First of all, i’ll address each item u raised.
Mardi Gras….i think its a wonderful celebration of love showing that love is an incredible and lovely thing regardless of gender…u say it promotes ‘immoral sex whether heterosexual or homosexual’….erm, r u refering to ‘anal sex’? well i simply dun think the parade is promoting that cos altho i dun know much about the Mardi Gras, i HIGHLY DOUBT they carry placards saying ‘lets all have wonderful anal sex ok?’
Its a parade and celebration of tolerance and compassion…(hhmmm…isn’t it a Christian ethic to promote tolerance and Christian compassion, love thy neighbor???)NOT a parade for sex….i think u need to get that message…u may have misunderstood the message and meaning behind Mardi Gras…
Also how can gays be against ‘immoral sex’ when its the only way for homosexuals to ‘do it’??it doesn’t make sense…
Also your sense of pity is seriously misplaced….you must know that the marriage rate amongst straight people is VERY VERY low across the developed world and divorce rate is EXTREMELY HIGH now..in many countries…in summary, many STRAIGHT people aren’t getting married ever in their entire lives now and many more are divorced….so do u feel pity that they’can’t experience the joys of being married and having children’too??
Further, many young couples nowadays never have children even if married (like friend of mine she’s married but not intending to have any children or a work collegue of mine whom has been married over many yrs now but she says she doesn’t want any children)…do u also feel a ’sense of pity’ for them too??
U seem to think its only gays whom won’t have the joys of marriage and raising a family but u must realise the straight world has also changed from the 1950s view of the world u still seem to hold…marriage and raising a family is not ‘enjoyed’ by many straight people nowadays also so it really isn’t relevant to the gay issue…
The thing u mentioned about needing good fathers and mothers i TOTALLY AGREE but as i mentioned in my post, its NOT and i repeat NOT homosexuality that is breaking down families but various other factors…if u still cannot see that, then, i really have nothing to say…
The thing about ‘a world crisis and handpicking ppl for the new colony’ arguement u wrote kinda seriously freaked me out jw…u sound scary and i’m abit taken abk u r THAT conservative and anti-gay…of cos we can leave out the gays,….and the handicapped, the straight ppl who have infertility problems, the overweight, the skinny, the single mothers, the prostitutes, the drunkards and the drug takers from that new colony shouldn’t we? Cos they r also ‘undesirables’…
About gay couple married for 30 yrs, well JW in case u haven’t realised gay marriage was only possible a few years ago so aren’t u asking for the impossible? Also conditions of intense discrimination by the larger society is also to blame…show me a happily married korean-black couple of over 30 years? (this is legally possible) Why is there so rare cases? Cos of discrimination…not cos they dun love each other…
Also ur lust argument is applicable to straight relationships also…many straight guys ‘like very much’ have a ’short-lived love’ or ‘lust’ after women and nver really love them viewing them as sex objects, or in the case of short-lived love have an affair with another woman 10 years down the track AFTER they are married…
To end, i seriously think all ur arguements are deeply misplaced and misguided…almost everything u say is not exclusive to gays and can be applied and are indeed highly relevant to straight relationships too..so i don’t see how they r relevant to homosexuality…eradicating homosexuality simply won’t resolve the same problems in the straight world…but i do appreciate u adding ur own thoughts on the matter and as always respect your viewpoints on the issue:):):)
hi hcpen,
I appreciate your reply. There is only so much understanding we can reach of each others thoughts in this kind of exchange. But let’s just try our best anyway. Sorry for my bad writing.
About the Mardis Gras. I wasn’t concerened so much as for the idea behind why they have it. But the resulting behaviour from the participants and other gay people who come to watch. Can you tell me why they don’t dress up respectably and behave respectably? Have you actually been to one? If they just want to promote their acceptance into society and show their love, surely they can do this in a more respectable way. You missed my meaning of immoral sex completely, I am sorry that I did not make it clear, but I did not mean anal sex was immoral sex. I think you are reading too much into my words on your own, and perhaps because I have revealed to you that I am a christian (probably not as devout as you think), it seems to me that you are pigeon-holing me along with all the christians.
Immoral sex can of course happen in both the straight and gay world. That is why I said
“whether it’s gay sex or hetro sex, it definitely promotes immmoral sex and debauchery”.
If you have sex with someone “just for fun” eg. one night stand, I see that as immoral sex. I hope you agree. If they cheat on their lover, that is also immoral sex. If they have group sex, that is also immoral. etc. I hope you now understand what I meant. In no way did I ever say this was exclusive to gays. My statement was simply that Mardi Gras creates the environment which promotes and leads to the above said immoral sex. I would be just as critical of a parade organised by straight people if it ended up with the same results, again, that’s why I said
“in this case it happens to be the gay type. It really doesn’t matter what your religion is, it just comes down to your own individual moral standards”
your quote “isn’t it a Christian ethic to promote tolerance and Christian compassion, love thy neighbor” just shows a misplaced understanding of the Chrisitan ethic. I know it’s just so easy for people to say “but aren’t christians supposed to be loving and understanding to all people?”. I know my statements were quite strongly put, but nowhere did I say that they should be “eradicated” like you alluded to.
If you are trying to say to me that the Mardi Gras isn’t sexually charged, then like I said above just look at the way they dress up and behave on the parades. If anyone misunderstood the message behind the Mardi Gras, then maybe it is the participants themselves?
I am very aware of the current trends in the straight world, in relation to marriages and giving birth and divorce rates etc. I do feel pity for those people who cannot enjoy the riches of life which is attained from having your own family. That includes members of the straight community, and all members of the gay community. This is the current trend of the current world we live in, and of course it isn’t ideal and it isn’t something we should just accept as reality. We should promote good healthy relationsips and becoming good fathers and mothers.
I totally agree with you that the straight world has changed since the 50s. I hope you can see the big picture and realise that just because the world trend is going a certain way, that this isn’t somehow “normal” or the “way it should be”. The view I hold that we should promote good family values, and less on the individual values, just because this is not in accordance with the current trend, does not mean I am wrong, or that I should just give in. I am saying this in reply to your
“straight world has also changed from the 1950s view of the world u still seem to hold…”
By this I hope you don’t mean that you simply accept things for the way they are and that you are saying people not getting married and not having children and getting divorced is just normal, because this is the age we are living in.
your “i repeat NOT homosexuality that is breaking down families but various other factors…” I think that can be refuted with my “reading too much into my words on your own” because I never said homosexuality is breaking down familes.
I am sorry if my “world crisis and handpicking ppl for the new colony’ arguement” freaked you out. I was afraid you might read that wrongly. I was intentionally making a objectively reasoned point in a very overt way. As crass and staight forward as the point may be, I think you ended up re-enforcing it further by bunching gays with the “handicapped, the straight ppl who have infertility problems, the overweight, the skinny, the single mothers, the prostitutes, the drunkards and the drug takers” on your own.
Ok I admit that I was expecting you to say “gay marriage was only possible a few years ago” so you are right, it would be asking for the impossible
. I guess my point was more that a love between a man and a woman is re-enforced and enhanced by creating a family of their own, love is overall about commitment and perserverance. I am saying that it is naturally harder for a gay couple to last the distance.
And again with the last point, I am not excluding the problem to just gays. I am totally aware that this is a problem for society as a whole. My point was that from my observations, the love between gay couple is not equal to the love between a man and a woman. Again it really depends on “how you define love”.
Thanks for this exchange, and I hope that it provoked you into thinking more deeply about the issue. It certainly had that affect on me
this article finally got me off my feet and i have done some research, and stumbled across the following from http://home.messiah.edu/~chase/h/articles/rogers.htm
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Some homosexuals comfort themselves with the thought that their feelings could be biologically programmed within, beyond choice or any personal responsibility. Gay activists claim that homosexuals are born gay, and that homosexuality should therefore be viewed as normal and natural. Yet, others with a homosexual orientation feel trapped by such logic, fearing they are hopeless victims of a genetic fate they want no part of.
Certainiy, people don’t choose to develop homosexual feelings. But that does not mean one is born pre-programmed to be forever homosexual. We are not bio-robots. And we cannot ignore environmental influences and our reactions to such influences. Even if some types of homosexuality occur as a ‘product’ of nature, does that make it desirable or normal? Nature produces a host of biologically influenced conditions, such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, diabetes … but we don’t consider these `normal’just because they occur ‘naturally’. So why is homosexuality given a different status? It is also worth noting that there are now some in the academic realm suggesting that adult sexual attraction to children could also be the product of an inherent biological influence. If proven true, would this mean we approve of sex between adults and children?
There are those who also believe that if homosexuality has a biological ‘origin’, then religious prohibitions against homosexual acts should be disregarded as irrelevant in the light of modern scientific discovery. Advocates of this thinking don’t understand however, that when a religion declares certain human behaviours to be wrong, such as homosexual acts, it doesn’t matter if there is a biological origin or not. In fact, such scientific discovery would only confirm what ancient religious writings already state: our present human condition is flawed, both biologically and psychologically. Religious writings make clear that humanity consequently struggles with many inherent and harmful weaknesses. Yet, it is also clear that We are intended to overcome and master our natural tendencies and weaknesses. rather than justifying and indulging them.
In spite of the many theories and even recent but in conclusive genetic and brain-related research, there is still no scientifically accepted evidence proving that homosexuals are “born gay”. However, if science one day confirms a genetic or other hormonal bio-influence encouraging homosexual development, not all those involved in homosexuality would have this influence within them. And as has been clearly stated by genetic researchers, those with such a possible influence, would not be obligated to be homosexual. For example, some scientists believe that there are people born with bio-influences toward alcoholism, drug addiction, criminal behaviour and even divorce. But does that mean such persons are required to become, and therefore remain addicts and criminals? Biology may influence, but it doesn’t automatically justify every possible resulting behaviour. Neither does it eliminate personal responsibility, will, conscience or our ability to choose whether we will control or be controlled by our weaknesses.
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According to the above there is no scientific evidence that one is “born gay”. If you advocate that, it is your personal belief, and not a known fact.
I would be interested in any articles you might find to the contrary.
hie… sorry for disappearing for so long!
hope all’s well with you!yh
joshua: Hi JQ, no need to apologise…no obligations what…hope all’s good for u too, n i wanna wish you a very Prosperous and Happy Chinese New Year:)
hcpen,
You have done well in highlighting the current state of affairs when it comes to the “gay” topic.
Can you tell me your thoughts on the web page I provided in the earlier post?
http://home.messiah.edu/~chase/h/articles/rogers.htm
I don’t know you you read as far as the previous origination of sexuality of the author of that page. If you haven’t it is at the bottom of the page. Please do yourself a favour and read the entire page if you haven’t already. I trust that you are not so biassed that you would not open yourself to the other side of the argument.
It is quite worrying that society is letting the younger generation
“readily accept their homosexual identities”. What is more worrying is that articles like yours will only re-enforce this trend.
It seems to me that to a degree(correct me if I am wrong), that you are letting the “cuteness”, “fashionable” factor of gays, get the better of your judgement.
I have a very good audio clip of a debate on this topic, argued by a non-christian from a totally non-christian perspective. I will send it to you.
It is definitely seen and proven that at least some gays, want to be helped and when correct help is given, there have been many success stories. I repeat, not ALL but AT LEAST SOME. Now, the type of propaganda that you quoted and condone, is taking away that opportunity to those who want help. In fact will probably convince many of those to just give up and accept it as reality. You are not doing them a favour.
We should be sending a message of acceptance, but not denying the chances of receiving help to those who want it. And glamorising the “gay” condition as something “natural and normal”? Please, where is your proof of this?
Would you would be in support of gay marriages too? And for them to have a child through IVF? To give them a chance to have their own “family”? If that is the case, the meaning of family must be redefined in every dictionary in the world. And I guess some people still insist that this is being “progressive”. A child must meet emotional needs from both a father and a mother to be raised as a healthy child. Family is the fundamental building blocks of society and it is crucial that we protect this institution if we are the grow into a healthy nation. Leaders of a nation who rightly protect this for the benefit of the majority is doing the right thing. They are doing their job. I think you might actually agree with this paragraph. If you don’t then, wow this world really needs help, as even a very bright individual like you has lost the true spirit of family and humanity. I hope you do agree and even if you don’t now, one day you just might
I’ll send you that file I was talking about.
also see NARTH
National Association of Research & Therapy of Homosexualtiy
http://narth.com/menus/born.html
Let me know if you have any convincing evidence or research that shows that homosexuality is genetically linked. I could not find anything in the above site.
And for those who are interested in the audio clip i sent to hcpen, I found it online here Just click on “listen now”.
Here is a quote from a famous gay researcher
(3) When “gay gene” researcher Dr. Dean Hamer was asked if homosexuality was rooted solely in biology, he replied:
“Absolutely not. From twin studies, we already know that half or more of the variability in sexual orientation is not inherited. Our studies try to pinpoint the genetic factors…not negate the psychosocial factors.”
I have one really good audio clip which is about 20MB big and about 80 minutes long. Again, arguments based on non-chrisitian terms. Let me know if you are interested. As it will surely be some very stimulous and food for thought.
Again, if you have any materials you can suggest to me I am fully open to it too.
jw: I’ll reply to your comments after i’ve read some of the links you provided and when i’m free k? Been flat out with work recently….thanks for ur thoughts as usual:)
jw: Thanks for your thoughts and comments on this issue. I’m frankly very surprised that you have so much interest in this area given ur research and lengthy replies…i will reply ur posts once i’ve had a chance to listen to the recording and links you’ve provided cos i have been busy lately and haven’t read them yet…sorry for the delay:)
http://teazed.blogspot.com/
You might find this gay blog from Korea in English interesting.
Jason
Thanks for that link.
“Gaydar Australia can help you find someone in Sydney to hook up with or you can get picked up right off the street there.”
I wonder what this “hook up with” would mean? Would I be wrong to think that it means for casual sex? “get picked up right off the street”?
So, no matter how nice the idea of the Mardi Gras is, like I have pointed out already, and the above re-enforces my point, and to put it crudely, it is a chance for gays to proudly announce their acceptance into society, and whats more, get together and indulge in large amounts sex, alcohol, and in some cases drugs.
Do you not see a problem with this at all? Do you advocate freedom of speech, freedom to express oneself so much that you are willing to mask one eye to the potential harmful effects on society as a whole resulting from this? Can you look at the long term picture?
It is not for the “gay” factor that I criticise the Mardi Gras, but more for the above factors. I wonder if you can say with a clear conscience that on that night there is not going to be any further contraction of HIV.
I wonder if you can convince the majority of gays that night to just hold a respectable parade, and to not indulge in any casual sex, group sex, as a way to clean up the image of gays to earn the respect of the non-gay population. Can you tell me with a straight face that you can convince them to do that? Let’s aim for 50%? Can you?
If I was to say that, in the straight population, people do have casual sex, and immoral sex, but as a whole there are just as many who enjoy long term monogamous relationships (or at least try), as they realise that this is the key to long term happiness. Am I way off here? I look around my office and see many married people with kids, and those non-married who aspire to this, this is NORMAL. Now, in the gay population it is rather the exception and not the rule, that one yearns for a long term MONOGAMOUS relationship, or that any value is placed on such a relationship at all. Tell me with a straight face, please. I am not talking about 100% here of course there will be exceptions, but from my observations and studies done on their social behaviour, this IS THE RULE FOR THEM.
So, let’s just tell them it’s ok, just be proud of it and fight for your equal rights. We are facing low birth rates as it is already, so go on, just exacerbate the problem. We need to encourage more gays in this world, right? Oh, but you believe in the unproven fact that there is a “gay gene”? Or maybe you just don’t care about the world and the directions it is heading. I think it’s great and we should show our compassion for fellow human of course, but why are you so willing to compromise the basic mechanics of a healthy society in the process? I’m sure there are people who grew up with fantasies of having sex with a brother, a sister, their mother, father, or an infant, so do you let your compassion for them as humans get the better of you enough to tell them it’s ok, you can’t help it. When it really comes down to it, a man’s genitals and a woman’s genitals were designed for certain purposes, you are going along with a trend that redefines their purpose and function, for the sake of human compassion? Or what is it? you tell me. Food for thought.
Interesting post.
Cool personal blog madam……Well i am in general interested in east asian issues and articles…..I just had a few questions on overseas chinese…..By china i meant greater china(hong kong,taiwan included)…..
In Australia are chinese the largest immigrant group? Are they a sizeable number of chinese in australia?
Also What professions do chinese australians mostly undertake upon graduation?
And what quality of life do they enjoy compared to an average australian? will they be counted as a model minority?
Sorry for the long comment..wanted to ask whatever questions i had at once……..thank you…..
It sounds like you had a blast
. The last time I went was about 10 years ago. I admit back then I just went along with the crowd and I hadn’t really given the “gay” issue much thought. I guess people are attracted to it simply because it is a good party atmosphere, and it promotes tolerance and acceptance to a group of people who have been discriminated against and misunderstood in the past. So it seems to be all for a good cause and a bit of fun on the side.
I believe that yes it is important to teach the population to be accepting of homosexuals because I know that there are a lot of “gay haters” out there. These people are just as ignorant as the people who actually go ahead and promote and glamourize homosexuals. Some people like yourself, seem to be letting the appeal to your sensualities stop you from examining the bigger broader picture. There is absolutely no reason to glamourize and promote homosexuality. Accept them, yes. But no need to promote it. When my child is going through their developmental stages in their sexuality I would rather they be taught by society that heterosexuality is the norm, and the preferred, and not “it’s ok if you choose either way, if you have tendencies towards the same sex just let yourself go with the flow”
Ok, so for those who are in favour of the above argument, if conscenting adults who are siblings decide to have sex and/or get married etc, how is it different? I really would like to know. To be consistent, incest would also have to be ok, as would polygamy (marriage to more than one partner). So if people started parades to promote and glmaourize incest and polygamy, you should be fully in support of it, to be consistent with your reasoning – being that if two or more conscenting adults share their love and do not harm any others, then what right do we have to discourage it? So do you support incest and polygamy? I mean they are loving humans who just want to do as their tendencies urge them to do and are not doing anyone any harm, so your answer is yes?
Some even try to argue and pitt unhappy heterosexual couples against happy gay couples, as if the former justifies the latter. They are 2 completely separate issues, but I can see how the human nature in us can try to draw this kind of illogical comparison.
In the Netherlands they legalised gay marriages and the result? Not many people are getting married anymore. Marriage is no longer a means for a society to build families, it has become redefined. I kinda would like marriage to stay the way it is for the benefit of the majority and not let it lose it’s meaning just for the sake of a few minority. This is called looking at the bigger picture. Humanity has spent 1000s of years developing the most fruitful and happy structure for the building blocks of our society which is the family. There was a reason why incest and polygamy and homosexuality was discouraged. Sorry to put it this way, but you have fallen for the propaganda of the gay activists.
A friend of mine had a gay brother and noticed that he goes through “many boyfriends”, and I guess it comes down to your individual moral values as to whether you see anything wrong with that. I heard that his brother has been steadily changing his viewpoints on his sexuality. I view this as a positive, but you may not.
For those that argue that there is a “gay gene” there is no proof of this, if anything it has been proven through studies of twins, that there are at least over 50% environmental and psycholgical factors that determine the sexuality of a person, and many gays agree with this. Those who promote the “gay gene” are the gay activists with a political agenda.
More information to digest
from wikipedia
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Father-son Relationships and Male Sexual Development
Investigation into parent-child relations of homosexual and heterosexual men is heavily documented in research literature, and a link between the absence of sufficient bonding with same-sex parent or role models and the development of adult male homosexuality has been proposed. Numerous studies have found that adult homosexual males tend to report having had less loving and more rejecting fathers than their heterosexual peers
Bieber (1976) stated:
Since 1962 when our volume was published, I have interviewed about 1,000 male homosexuals and 50 pairs of parents of homosexuals. The classic pattern was present in more than 90% of cases. In my entire experience, I have never interviewed a single male homosexual who had a constructive, loving father. A son who has a loving father who respects him does not become a homosexual. I have concluded that there is a causal relationship between parental influence and sexual choice
– p. 368
Bieber (1976) later expanded and clarified his earlier findings by saying:
We have repeatedly stated and written that a boy whose father is warmly related and constructive will not become homosexual; however, one must not get trapped by the fallacy of the converse, that is, a hostile, destructive father always produces a homosexual son
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The above is open to criticism, however one constant is that the fathers were non-loving and hostile. So even if you want to argue that “because the child was gay already that is why they formed a closer bond with the mother”, there is undeniable constant trend that the fathers showed lack of support and love to the child. Also, this obviously isn’t the only factor in the development of a child’s sexual orientation.
Here is famous Freud’s speculation:
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Historically, Freud and many others psychologists, particularly in psychoanalytic or developmental traditions, speculated that formative childhood experiences helped produce sexual orientation; as an example Freud believed that all human teenagers are predominantly homosexual and transition to heterosexuality in adulthood; those who remain homosexual as adults he believed had experienced some traumatic event that arrested their sexual development; however, he did believe all adults, even those who had healthy sexual development still retained latent homosexuality to varying degrees
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This is the current critique of all scientific studies done so far
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The studies performed in order to find the origin of sexual orientation have been criticized for being too limited in scope, mostly for focusing only on heterosexuality and homosexuality as two diametrically opposite poles with no orientation in between.
It is also asserted that scientific studies focus too much on the search for a biological explanation for sexual orientation, and not enough on the combined effects of both biology and psychology.
In a brief put forth by the Council for Responsible Genetics, they review studies done so far and conclude that the evidence that sexual orientation is fixed at birth, is inconclusive. On the discourse over sexual orientation: “Noticeably missing from this debate is the notion, championed by Kinsey, that human sexual expression is as variable among people as many other complex traits. Yet just like intelligence, sexuality is a complex human feature that modern science is attempting to explain with genetics… Rather than determining that this results from purely biological processes, a trait evolves from developmental processes that include both biological and social elements. In addition, scientists rarely take into consideration sexual preferences that are not described by the two poles heterosexual and homosexual, ‘in hopes of maximizing the chance that they will find something of interest.’” [23]
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tahari deepak: Thanks for the comments…..to answer your Q….
I think Chinese are the largest non-European immigrant group in Australia including all Chinese that is Chinese from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand,etc…if u lump all the ethnic Chinese together, they do form the largest immigrant group i think but don;t quote me on that! There are also large populations of Greek,Arabic and African immigrants in Australia.
I don’t know about professions that Chinese-Australians take upon graduation but i guess lawyers, doctors, enginneers, architects, computer science, accounting and commerce are popular professions.
I believe chinese can be counted as a model minority in Oz, like in many other countries…
Hope i’ve answered fully ur queries and thanks for dropping by….:)
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hi hcpen,
I just wanted to acknowledge some oversight on my part. I took the liberty of reading through your first gay post again, and it is more clear to me now where your stance is. I apologise sincerely for misrepresenting you in some of my comments.
I do however still have a couple of points, being that you mentioned that you do not advocate “acceptance” but “tolerance” for gays. I think the Mardi Gras goes far beyond just “tolerating” gays in my humble opinion. I got the impression that you support the Mardi Gras as having a positive impact on society, correct me if I am wrong. I think I have voiced my opinions about the Mardi Gras already
Also, the foundation to your belief relies on your belief that there are natural occurances of gays. You and I know that this is not a proven fact, and that all studies so far are inconclusive. If anything, they have proved that there are definitely social factors involved. I think this is where we fundamentally differ in our opinions. I think that there is definite environmental and social factors involved, and that ALL humans have some differing degree of HOMOSEXUAL tendencies, and that there is a point in our developmental stages of our sexual orientation in our youthful ages where these environmental and social factors influence the inclination of the same. (especially close personal encounters and the type of nuturing and the type of relationships we have had with our close ones and those we identify with etc)
Just because it does happen in the animal kingdom, does not prove that it must be natural in human beings. Please note the important fact that only animals with “SOCIAL” structures exhibit this behaviour. So this only re-enforces the fact that homosexuality is derived from social factors. So in all cases gayness can be seen as a social anomaly. Can you provide any cases where non-social animals exhibited this behaviour?
Having said that, I am concerned about any movements which promote and glamourize gayness. And I think at the very least you might agree that, whether you do concede that gays aren’t neccessarily “born with it” or not, we should definitely be discouraging it rather than encouraging it.
I also wish that we agree that this discussion isn’t about liking or hating gays. I do not hate gays and have never indicated as such. I was hoping merely for academic discussion.
I also think that we might actually agree that gay marriage should not be allowed, and this is only being pushed by gay activists for the social/legal benefits that it provides. It is natural that a government wants to give preferances to marriages which procreate if you look at the big picture and think about the responsibility that the government has for it’s nation. There is nothing stopping gays living under the same roof and having a relationship. The government wants to recognise and give benefits to families which procreate and provide for the next generation if the nation.
Thanks again for bearing with me, and at least I have provided plenty of food for thought for you and those who might happen to pass by
jw: You’ve written alot on this issue….i will attempt to address everything you said, but i apologise in advance that i’ll most probably miss out bits and pieces simply cos u’ve written too much and i’ve had to digest too many information!!!
Basically, i accept that you are not hateful of gays but view them as similar to child sex offenders, incest,etc…
THATS WHERE WE DIFFER as i put gays in a different category from those….no i do not agree and think its absolutely disgusting incest and paedophilia so we shouldn’t allow ppl who want to have sex with children and their own parents and siblings to indulge in those fantasies. But gays are in a COMPLETELY different category. Pls let me know why u just DON’T seem to get it????
Whats wrong with a man loving, caring, wanting to spend the rest of his life with another man (same for woman-woman relationships)???What’s wrong with a man having sex with another man? PLs let me know. I simply don’t think its wrong and its NOT cos my sensual senses nor the cuteness of gay men has got to me, i support just like most of my generation now (countless surveys done worldwide have CONCLUSIVELY INDICATED that the younger the generation, the more accepting of homosexuality across nations, including asian countries and that most young people in China, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia and Japan feel that being gay is either normal, someone’s personal choice which should be respected regardless of right or wrong, or wrong but no big deal) And those ppl support my thinking not cos we we don’t care where the world is heading (in your words) nor cos we got ‘blind’ by the ‘cuteness factor’ in gay culture but cos its something our hearts are telling us that there’s nothing so wrong about liking someone of the same sex, that our hearts are saying its wrong to continue to treat homosexuals as essentially sick people, and that just cos gay love is the love of a minority of people DOESN’T make it wrong, it makes it DIFFERENT:):) Thats fundamental reason i see why the tremendous change in attitudes towards homosexuals in the past decades, especially the past one decade has seen an enormous shift in straight people’s attitudes towards homosexuals….just look at all the examples i’ve given u in my ‘gay trilogy’ of how the MAINSTREAM MEDIA now actively promote acceptance of gays and their culture….we’re talking about mainstream tv, comedies, talkshows, we’re talking about korean dramas, chinese talk shows, top respectable newspapers like the Chinatimes in Taiwan, Xinhua in China, Japan Times in Japan and the New York Times in America, all of which have a liberal progressive and gay-accepting position and regularly and ONLY write gay-positive articles in the past 5 yrs….(Believe me, i’ve done my research, the above newspapers are very well regarded and read by many people and if u think i’ve been ‘brainwashed’ by ‘gay lobbyist’ ….then those highl respecte newspapers have also been brainwashed…
really …do u not think for one moment, how can almost all the world’s top selling and well-respected newspapers with first class editors and journalists all be brainwashed at the same time and believe that homosexuality is not wrong or not wrong enough to need change? Think about it.
And NARTH the information is all biased and so sad i pity them….u couldn’t find any gay-positive articles there simply cos the sourse is a biased one, just look at their name, i mean why should homosexuals need therapy? They were created in separation from the NATIONALLY RECOGNISED body, the body which almost ALL top psychologist in America belong to, and the most well known one, also mentioned in the article u gave me ‘CHOICEs ex-gay pastor’ called the American Psycologist Association. APA removed homosexuality as a mental illness, so its actually incorrect for u to continue to refer to it as an ‘illness’ or as ‘abnormal’. As the article u gave me indicated, NARTH is really not mainstream and a right-wing ideological Christian-based group. APA which has stopped ‘reparative therapy’ bck in 1971 is the MAINSTREAM one, the national body….so basically, my ideas on homosexuality are in accordance with what most pyschologist in America agree as the correct approach, one of self-acceptance, whereas ur opinions concur with NARTH, the organisation no one knows about besides conservative gay-bigots….
Besides, The position in Australia is the same…the main body for Australian psychologist does not view homosexuality as a mental disease that needs therapy and thus n Australia, as far as i know, gays and lesbians who go for counselling will almost always be given ‘affirmative counselling’ in ‘accepting and embracing’ their homosexual identities…these are the professionals jw, the medical experts, so i think my opinions on homosexuality is not only in the majority, as indicated by earlier mentioned surveys on how most young people nowadays can accept homosexuality as ‘normal’ or
no big deal’ (if u don’t believe me, ask ppl around ur office or friends whom aren’t conservative religious believers, i can almost guarantee, in Oz as well, most people can now accept homosexuality)…i mean even the sydney mayor was at the Mardi Gras parade and the labour party too! so are u gonna say the Labour Party, a huge party in OZ, the Sydney mayor have all been ‘bought over’ by the ‘gay promotion agents’??
We aren’t dumb u know….if the world’s top media, if major AZ political parties and if the Mayor all think homosexuality should be embraced without discrimination as ok, how does that reflect on the minority view of ppl like ur conservative narrow view towards homosexuals jw?
I mean when was the last time u heard a major public figure say on the press ‘homosexuality is a mental illness’ or ‘being gay is wrong’??? I think years, maybe even decades now..even John Howard and President Bush don’t say it….even if they think it…
For ur articles on wiki, well its full of bull shit i’m sorry, i just have to say it, its so full of nonsense about people turning gay cos of lack of fatherly love and how a boy with a good father doesn’t become a homosexual…oh my goodness lord, what utter nonsense…and its written in 1976, so i don’t blame the author, he’s probably got his senses knocked bck in now and regrets what he wrote bck then…cos we must admit, society has progressed from 76, and we now know alot of things previously believed such as ur opinion that homosexuality is an illness has now been discredited by the MAJORITY of ppl…and u know it cos u see it urself, Brokeback mountain and its popularity with many people, rented in every major rental video store all over Aus….gay comedies, progessive articles in the newspapers and television,etc…Really, that articles on wiki about all that father-son relationship is so nonsensical that its scary there are still people like u who ACtually do pay attention….
I won’t even explain why its nonsensical cos it just is….if only it were that easy to turn gay…pls look again at my post, 1st one IN DETAIL again, i know u’ve already done so, but pls read it again…it does state why i believe being gay is a natural state…so all ur ‘evidence’ about ‘inconclusive’ evidence regarding natural gays just don’t sound convincing, i would know, i do have alot of contact with gay people’s blogs, online diaries, gay friends, experience…etc..there is overwhelming research that now show there is the possibility of a gay gene and if u pay attention even NARTH keep attacking the wealth of evidence in medical journals which now point to the existence of a gay gene…the fact that NARTH is so worried about all this info just shows how MOST respectable researchers and scientist are confident of a gay gene whilst only right wing conservative Christian groups like NARTH believe in the gay mental disease theory, that u r suffering from ’sexual brokenness’…please, give me a break…such bigoted homophobic thinking!! just why is loving members of the same sex ’sexual brokenness’?!!! the articles never tell u except the usual ‘oh, cos u can’t lead a fulfilled happy life….’ errrr, says who? Oh of cos, i forgot, from the conservative gay-therapy people who are NOT gay and don’t know much about being gay but seem to like to jump to absurd conclusions that being gay ‘cannot lead you to a fulfilling happy life’…like they have any credibility…
And the therapy programs, the ex-gay already admitted that the failure rate is extremely high, even his ‘high’ success rate is only 65 percent which is very low and could be exaggerated figure just to prove that he is correct….so what happens to the many who fail….ask them to try again….seriously i’m against reparative therapy cos more harm is done than any harm that could ever come from leading he gay lifestyle…there is just so much evidence out there that the therapy is seriouslydiscredited, extremely harmful…ur research is so biased sometimes i really wonder HOW, LIKE HOW u can tell me u are an objective person when u consistently ‘research’ those organisations and sites which are opposed to gays and believe in a specific agenda and theory such as gayness is an illness?? Obviously anything u find is going to support ur own biased and bigoted views….but of cos i’m guilty of the same cos i only read gay-positive information and sources and never anti-gay therapy type sources and so i want to thank u for giving me the opportunity to read that ex-gay’s link cos i did find it helpful….however reading more only serves to reinforce my beliefs that being gay is not wrong, not diminish it cos ur arguments and ur evidence is all seriously flawed, misguided and outdated…
Also nowhere did the ex-gay canvass why there should be change, only that people who want change should be given the opportunity….and his mention of ‘failures’ of ‘leaders and counsellors’ u’re probably not aware of….i’ll fill u in on this cos i know about his groups ‘Exodus’ and ‘Choices’ a long time ago, they’re a conservative anti-gay Christian group whom have a flawed ideology like urs based on contempt for the gays (when i mean contempt i dun mean hate, cos i know they and u don’t hate or dislike gays, but underlying ur basis for arguing for change of homosexuals is UNDENIABLY cos u guys feel homosexuality is wrong, is a flawed condition, and is an UNACCEPTABLE condition)
Ok bck, to why there is mention of ‘failures of leaders and psychologist’ in that articles, its cos of VERY high profile ‘exposures’ on the founder of Exodus i think, and some other ex-gay counsellors in Exodus or Choices who were supposed to have ’succeeded’ in changing ‘to str8′ but it was revealed in the press and by undercover journalists that they were secretly frequenting gay bars, and having gay sex YEARS even whilst in Exodus and claiming that they had recovered…i think the leader of Exodus even fell in love with his founding partner for Exodus (how hypocritical) and the two left Exodus eventually…so thats y the ex-gay had to mention it cos it was pretty big and a big discredit to those advocating ‘change is possible’ when even the leaders of the ‘therapy movement’ failed to change and instead eloped together…go check it out, i can’t remember where i saw this story but its true, even ur link mentioned this failure of leaders…i’m just trying to fill u in on what that meant in case u didn’t know the significance…
About marriage being threatened by gay marriage, well read my very 1st post on the ‘gay issue’ cos i made it VERY CLEAR why i think homosexuality is not affecting heterosexual families and the marriage rate so ur statement that gay marriage in the netherlands has caused a decline in marriage rates overall is ignorant and bull crap…i get very pissed when people try to blame society;s problems such as failing marriages and low marriage rates on homosexuals…just a case of scapegoating a minority group…pls read my 1st post again…i made it inexplicably clear where the problem lies in low marriage rates now (eg.. young ppl don’t want commitment, want freedom, women value careers over babies now,etc)…and high divorce trend worldwide…so please don’t write ignorant statements about family needs ‘protection’ from those homosexuals cos its absolutely illogical and bigoted…
And u blame me for saying u r bigoted, cos u r from what u r writing, its just typical conservative gay-bashing bigotry…
Your comment on how gays don’t want long term committed monogamous relationships is also NONSENSE i REPEAT NONSENSE…cos i can tell u i know and read alot of gay ppl’s thoughts, the VAST MAJORITY do yearn for long term and are committed to long term monogamous relationships…but many aren’t confident that they can actually put it in practice or whether it will actually work in the gay world in PRACTICAL TERMS…but saying that they don’t strive to achieve long term monogamous relationships is just so ignorant and gay-hating that i don’t even know if there could be an even MORE INSULTING comment on gays…i’m sure many gay-friendly str8s would agree with me on this one…
Well, i hope i’ve answered most of ur queries, and thanks for ur inputs and comments and having this discussion…i do hope that one day, not me, but YOU will come to ur senses and let ur HEART decide instead of ur stubborn bigoted brain (and i mean this with some sincerety, not trying to attack u or say u r stupid and beyond help, cos i know u’ve been sincere in discussing this gay issue with me!)…no offence intended…and hey, at least i’ve actually spent the time to read thru all ur lengthy links and detailed comments!!
Jason: Thanks for the link!! eeeee….hope to see more cute korean gay guys and their sexy figures..
jw: I’ve replied ur comments in my mardi gras post.
qushibo: Thanks for dropping by:)
Firstly, thanks for your post, I appreciate the discussion that you bring. I appreciate that you endeavour to let me “wake up” and see the light. So I hope you will answer some of my requests below.
I admit that I did sound quite bigoted in my first few posts, and it’s because my opinion on this is quite firm. I cannot help but notice that your reply also sounded very bigoted, and partially non-objective. I know we are all emotional human beings, but to maintain objectivity on discussing an issue I believe we should not think with our “heart”
You wrote
“our hearts are telling us that there’s nothing so wrong about liking someone of the same sex”
“but YOU will come to ur senses and let ur HEART decide instead of ur stubborn bigoted brain”
1) From your first post
“however i believe that those whom are straight but ‘turned gay’ will change bck straight again when they are given the proper treatment”
Can you give me some examples of the above, where a mature straight man turned gay, and then straight again?
2) And I would seriously like for you to help me understand that a MAJORITY of gays want a long-term monogamous relationship. Please provide me with any links and testimonies to indicate that majority of gays indeed want to have long-term monogamous relationships. I am seriously interested and would be more than happy to be proven wrong, because I will be relieved to know actually.
3) Also, you haven’t commented on the audio clip I sent you, from Townhall.com. This is clear indication that it is not just Christians who hold this kind of viewpoint.
4) You haven’t given me a well reasoned OBJECTIVE rationale on why a person who develops sexual orientation towards a child, a sibling, a mother/father, is different to someone who develops sexual oreientation towards the same sex. Why do you see some of them as being wrong, and the other being ok? Being objective means, discarding the social stigma which has been attached to those issues.
How do you know that there isn’t an “incest gene” if there is a “gay gene”. Oh, and please provide the studies that you have read which indicates that a “gay gene” exists.
5) You also didn’t comment on polygamy. I am sure that you know that polygamy, incest, these things have been common in human societies throughout history. If a man is able to support more than one wife, and those same women are fine with the man having multiple wives, then why not let them? Who are we to say that they are wrong? We want to let gays get married too after all, shouldn’t we be fair and let all adults freely choose how they want to live their lives?
6) Also, what do you think of my commment “It is natural that a government wants to give preferances to marriages which procreate if you look at the big picture and think about the responsibility that the government has for it’s nation. There is nothing stopping gays living under the same roof and having a relationship. The government wants to recognise and give benefits to families which procreate and provide for the next generation of the nation”
If we can’t have an objective discussion, and your main arguments are that “the current trend in many nations are that we are encouraging gays to embrace their sexuality, so it must be right”, and because “my heart says it’s right”
So, I guess there is a world-wide trend that says ex-enemies of Japan from WWII should just let go of the past, and be progressive and forward thinking, as they have done in Europe re Germany. So this must be right, as indicated by polls.
There is a world-wide trend where people place greater importance on self, rather than family. Hence the low-birth rates(we will feel this in the future). People have learned to enjoy staying single and spending their income on themselves, or marrying and not having kids, because they put more emphasis on self-enjoyment, and don’t want the financial strains of having a child (Even though society itself can be seen as creating these conditions). Forgoing the idea of raising the next generation. I guess this must also be right, because that is the new trend, we should embrace this.
People are spending less time interacting in real life and more via electronic means. This is the trend so it must be right.
People are spending so much on cosmetics, plastic surgery, trying to be skinny, stay skinny, getting stressed if they gain 1kg. This is the new trend, so it must be right.
I guess whatever is the current trend must be right. 50, 100 years ago, people were just lost, we are much wiser now. 50, 100 years from now, this world will become just that little closer to perfect.
I think we are on differnt planes, your comment about letting “my heart” decide I think sums that up. There are issues which I probably would let my “Heart” decide. But this isn’t one of them. I’m from Mars and you are form Venus?
Anyway thanks again, and I didn’t take offence at all, and I hope you didn’t either
But is it really justifiable to criticize shinzo abe for visiting shrines madam pen? ..i mean yes they may be some persons who may have done henious crimes involving the nanking massacre……but in the same shrines lie the souls of some great japanese who had sacrificed their lives fighting a losing war with pride….what about kamikaze’s….Also the shrines are a respectful resting place for their ancestors….it seems unfair to relate nanking massacre to shinzo’s visit to the shrine..also i am concerned about the rising chinese nationalistic sentiment against japanese…What would be your opinion about it…..
hari,
The answer is simple. Why should the PM stop visiting the shrine
* The Shinto shrine’s head priest secretly enshrined 14 top, or Class-A, war criminals in 1978
* Emperor Hirohito stopped visiting because it honoured war criminals
* Hirohito’s son and heir, Emperor Akihito, has not visited the shrine since ascending the throne in 1989
* Many people from neighbouring countries and abroad see the shrine as a symbol of Japan’s past militarism. This is not going to change. This is reality.
* The head of Japan should be seeking methods to reconcilate with these neighbouring countries, and not antagonising them. Whether it is for his personal beliefs or not and whether it is to win him votes, he is the head of Japan and people will judge him in this light, the image of Japan largely rests on his words and actions. This is reality.
* Look up the lies propagated from the accompanying museum at the same shrine (Yasukuni)
* What practical solutions can be offered? To keep telling Chinese and Koreans and others to just “get over it”, “it’s none of your business”?
hari deepak: I don’t need to write my opinions given jw has replied you already except to add that another reason is that the ‘ancestors’ INCLUDING the soldiers enshrined there, not just the 14 warcriminals, do not deserve ANY RESPECT given that they were the ones responsible for all the atrocities committed during WW2. The soldiers in Yasukuni were involved in various warcrimes during WW2 INCLUDING raping the ‘comfort women’…so the important question is why should
they be ‘respected’ by the PM of Japan??
jw: Great comment;)
mariana and yuko: thanks for your comments:)
hari deepak: Pls read my posts carefully and don’t ask me irrelevant questions….Further, I’m NOT Mrs.Pen….you have obviously not read my intro carefully…first calling me madame then mrs now??
sorry if i offended you in any way..anyway your name in the profile was hcpen??? so i was confused…also it was very impolite of me to ask you about some questions i had in my mind…sorry and take care..i won’t bother you again……
COngrats dude. Happy to hear tht u r doing well. Do keep in touch. Who am I? The guy who keeps sending u blank SMS:P
Hi! I’m the one that really love this movie. It can make me sad and happy in ths same time. But i don’t understand the end of this movie. The last sentence has a lot of meaning.
hari deepak:
well…wouldn’t you assume that i am single given that i’m only 23 and only started working?
Further, i am not from China so its VERY annoying when you keep asking questions on China….if u read carefully my posts then you are very welcome to continue commenting here:)
PS: where r u from hari deepak?? also what is ur occupation?
Anon: Thanks for your wishes:)
howdy! i just found yr article after doing an internet search. greetings from singapore where the movie opens on 26th april. i’ve got the dvd already and have been obsessed with the show since then.
set up an online ’support group’ for eternal summer groupies: http://community.livejournal.com/eternallysummer/profile
these are some blog posts i made about the movie: http://smeowly.livejournal.com/tag/eternal+summer
cheers!
Just one want say thanks for translating the song for Eternal Summer.
And your article about Taiwanese progressiveness towards the gay culture was very enlightening. Thank you for the information.
It was after I finished watching “Eternal Summer” that i am proud of my gay asian pride…thanks to movies from Taiwan. Cheers!
Congratulation!!
lifebook: Thanks lifebook:)
Hi there~
Saw your blog by accident while searching for info on NAATI. I’m 26, originally from Taiwan, currently finishing up PhD in science at Uni Melb. I’m interested in becoming a technical translator/interpretor. Was hoping you can share with me more info on the course you did and where you did it? It’ll be fanstastic to hear more of what you went through to pass your test. Hope to hear from you soon! Congrats!
Cub: Good to hear from a fellow Taiwanese. Well i attended this short course which cost around $900 for 21 hrs…quiteexpensive. It teaches you techniques for translating which is pretty useful and i did a one on one with a teacher whereby i would practise sample passages which are similar in style to the NAATI real exam passages. Practising the sample passages which i did alot with the teacher (whom is also NAATI qualified) correcting my mistakes proved extremely useful. anyways, if u wanna know more, u can provide me with ur email address ad i’ll let u know more tips,etc…by the way, which level are u intending to sit for? level 3, 4 or 5?
Hi there
Boss, do you havy any copy of sample passages of texts used for NAATI testing? I`d take the exam from English to Polish and simply need some samples to see the level of difficulty of English texts.
Thanx in advance
Pawel
nope sorry i dun…..but i think you can get sample papers from the naati office, they sell samples for certain languages, not sure about polish tho…check them out:-)
Thanks for your response!
Not too sure which exam I wanna sit yet, I’m not sure whether I can sit the more advanced ones without having sit the more basic ones?! Still gotta understand more about how it all work.
It’ll be fantastic if you can give me more info on your experiences and how you’re intending to look for jobs now.
I think most likely I’ll probably get a NAATI qualified teacher to do some one to one sessions with me then sit the exams. Does that sound like a good idea to you? How did you find your teacher and is he/she based in Melbourne? How much did it cost per hour??
Hope to hear more from you soon
My email is cubboo@gmail.com
What a beautiful song!
太好了！
なんと綺麗な曲なんでしょう。心が落ち着きます。
I know it’s kinda late to notice this blog as u r in syd now. However, u can meet many korean at Clayton, Vic. A few Korean grocery shops, hair studio, and restaurants.Highly recommend The Taste of Korchi. A nice restaurant to meet korean and impressed ur taste bud.
“Just to be balanced, I would like to point out that not only the Japanese military but other countries soldiers…”
I don’t believe you needed to include the above item “to be balanced” in your article. It is clearly two different things. Here’s why. 1) On one side you have random acts of rape perpetrated by troops on women on a massive scale (an act which accompanies any war). 2) On the other we have a systematized organization of women, by the military, for sexual enslavement, again on a massive scale.
Clearly two very different events. And to be fair, the Japanese military perpatrated both above examples.
anon: Thanks….and by the way, Sydney is FULL OF KOREANS!!!:)
goku: Yes, its true that the Japanese committed both types but rape in war is unacceptable whatever form it takes place so to say that one kind is committed in all kinds of war is meaningless…just bcos something happens doesn’t make it right nor acceptable. For in the end, the woman who is raped cares not ‘what kind of rape’ she was subjected to.
find your blog pretty boring
hello, i’d like to know whether you have the song ‘you make me feel brand new’ and could you send it to me? i really like it alot! thanks.
ellis_987@yahoo.com
shopgirl: er….don’t read it then.
hihi i am a fan of redwan ali and i really hope to have the song ‘you make me feel brand new’. if u have it wld u PLZZZZ send it to me? i will greatly appreciate tt =] thanks!
oops my email is endlesstalez_caprius@hotmail.com. sorry 4 any inconveniences caused =[
I find your blog pretty interesting, but it’s getting to be a long wait between posts.
Beautiful…Thank you…
Lonnie
marcelproust:thanks;thanks!! Been feeling lazy n unmotivated recently to update..heheh
congrats on passing the translation test. any chance i can get in touch with u directly?
J
hi there… my comments were removed? why? all i asked was how to contact u directly…
Anon: I didn’t remove your comments…its still there..u congratulated me on my passing my test…its still there..thanks..
yeah sure u can contact me directly, just leave ur email here and i will email you…if u don’t want others to see ur email just let me know and i’ll delete ur email after saving it. Hope to hear from u soon!!
i like your blog chic.. keep it up..ahmm how long hav u been in australia?
mykiru: I’ve been in Australia for more than 5 yrs now…thanks for dropping by:)
The book….”The Rape og Nanking”
Has the History and photos of this era………great book.
Photos are soldiers during war..
Jim Smith
anon: I can only delete the whole comment as i don’t know how to edit comments (not sure if its possible)….anyway,I sent you an email already to the address you gave me…hope you reply soon:)
Well, while I understand where you’re coming from, the (disturbing, I’ll admit) emotional side of the story is overcoming reason.
In answer to your questions about men- simply put, no. I mean, sure, there are men out there that fantasize about rape and really have thoughts like those online comments.
But most men don’t- the reason you don’t notice them, though, is because they’re not making the online comments.
You only notice the abnormalities like rape and online comments, which are done and made by a very small percentage of the population.
The noise is disproportionate to the commonality of it. There’s no deep-seated nature to men along those lines.
yuan:wow! you actually took time to read my extremely long post!! thanks,thanks:):) well, it has nothing to do with online comments or otherwise…if you read what i pointed out the cases of men doing all kinds of stuff which are reported in the press…u’d know what i’m talking about…maybe u missed some paras (cos it is really long i admit) i think you should read everything else to get my full arguement. The online porn was just one part contributing to my thinking, there r other things which i’ve pointed out which bring questions about men into perspective…so i don’t think i’m being emotional….and further, even if i was being emotional, my emotions are based on reason, reasons which are based on facts.
Anyways, thanks for your input.
jim smith: thanks, i read it already..
I absolutely loved Taegukgi. That was one of the movies that made me cry definitely.
And Crash. Also another one.
Day After Tomorrow.
And 28 Weeks Later.
Yes, I know – I’m weird.
sam: You aren’t weird lar..i loved Crash as well…though my housemate said that there were too many coincidences in there..but i liked it anyway:)
congratulations…you have finally achieved your life dream….what would your next goal be….would you consider settling permanently in Australia itself?
Congratulations and welcome. Could be all downhill from here, though.
What other nationalities or ethnicities do your fellow lawyers come from? just out of curiosity…thank you
“taegukgi” in my opinion was a movie very different from conventional korean movies and the war scenes were fantastic the last scene in which jin tae is shot and killed as a communist is both gut wrenching and agonizing……it is an emotional masterpiece.
“hotel rwanda” by contrast was more dry and slower paced but it was very realistic….
And graveyard of fireflies was very touching and depressing at the same time….
hari deepak: Nice to see you back here:) I couldn’t agree more with you:)
anon: eh, how come you deleted your own comment??
hari deepak: thanks, thanks:) Others are from various places, too many for me to list includng Caucasian Australians of cos…by the way, where are you from hari deepak? How old are you?
marcelproust: yeah, i’ve been warned..haha..thanks for ur congrats and i had a look at your blog, you write pretty eloquently, one that befits a barrister.
hari deepak: why no answer? i’m sad:(
i am from india. my age is 21 years. i am a final year engineering student…..
On the first part of your article relating to divorce, i guess divorce rates in japan(or even taiwan) are fuelled more by the hectic work schedules(overworking).
On the part relating to violence on women, partly it is not completely fair to criticize males for overreacting as breakups can be mentally devastating and to an extent i think asian men are far more sensitive in many fields compared to their western counterparts…so that could kind of justify the overreaction to an extent.
Also violence against women is definetely abhorrable,but it is a small minority of men who generally indulge in such grevious acts…Also to an extent even though it has reduced greatly asian societies are themselves more male-centric than western ones….Even in 1920’s china for example women were merely meant for bearing and raising kids and even when say atrocities were perpetrated against peasant women by higher class or caste people it was something very common…..and look at the foot binding which was practiced in earlier confucian societies…..women liberation and rights in japan,taiwan or china is a post 1950’s development.
hari deepak: Namaste! Good to have a reader from India:)
hari deepak: Thanks for your input. Well, i don’t think violence against women can be condoned at all frankly, WHATEVER the reason. Also, i think we can’t group Asia in one single category as within Asia, the social climate and status of women can be vastly different. For instance, women in Hong Kong would have more rights or be more socially advanced in society than say women in Pakistan or even Japan.
What a long post!
Your passion level is admirable, but I didn’t see much suggestions for solutions to the problems you pointed out. I believe the problem must be looked at from the root level. We need to change the society so that it stops breeding such men in the first place.
That is why a healthy family is so important. With fathers and mothers who have enough time to love and rear their children with the right values and attitudes.
On the topic of divorce, I really would not consider marrying a girl who even thought about all these backup plans. Yes I do agree that a career for a woman is very helpful and empowering. Being a full time mum is a job in itself, and a good husband will acknowledge this and support her and encourage her. Divorce doesn’t even come into the equation when I am looking for my future wife, and I don’t expect it to be in hers either.
Love is not an emotion, it is a decision, and a decision is followed by the right actions. Why would you plan to get married to the wrong man/woman enough that you need to contemplate what to do incase of a divorce? I know many couples with healthy marriages and I take encouragement from them and look to them as model couples.
Just my quick thoughts for now.
Reminded by your link, I just clicked on BeijingorBust. Great to see that 吴皓 is “finally officially free!”
Congrates Dude
Hi there. I’m doing the NAATI test soon. Wondering if you could give me some advice. My email address is chujenny84@hotmail.com
marcelproust: Yes!!! I didn’t know you also read his blog..thanks actually for bringing it up as i didn’t know that he had started writing again as i checked so many times before but he never wrote a new post for an entire year!
nineteenseventyfive: Thanks 1975:)
jw: Thanks for your input, as always:)
Well, i agree with you that i didn’t give out much solutions…i mean i had hardly enough space to list out all the problems with men!!
On the divorce thing, well, one fundamentally different view and belief you hold from me and like 99.9% of the population, religious or not, is your view that ‘love is not an emotion, it is a decision.’ I pity you then if thats what you belief in cos it would mean that never once in your life have you really loved someone. In fact, love is ALL ABOUT EMOTION, it is influenced by various rational factors but it is itself an irrational emotion. No wonder when i said two gay men in love was romantic you disapproved. Cos according to ur understanding of love, thats a ‘choice’ a ‘wrong decision’. Similarly, if someone loves someone of another ethnic background or social status, it must also be a ‘decision’ . Since i and i am sure almost ALL my readers cannot agree with the fundamental argument of yours that love is a decision, then your next question of how you plan to marry the wrong person becomes totally irrelevant doesn’t it? Cos you don’t decide to marry the wrong person, you fall for someone, and love ain’t rational. (mostly anyway)
AND EVEN if you indeed plan to marry someone you think is perfect and fits your every criteria and have NO INTENTION ABSOLUTELY to divorce them after marriage, many ppl do think this way during what i call the ‘love honeymoon period’, how do you know things won;t change in the future? Things change. People Change too.
Whom you married at 26 may not be the same person at 54 or even 29 when you realise that they aren’;t what they seemed to be during the courting period. I mean we always hide our flaws and present only the very best during the courting period right? People like you have to realise that things don’t always go ‘according to your plans’…husbands may find out that their wife is sleeping with another man 20 yrs down the road when she was such a (seemingly) sweet innocent girl 20 yrs before, women may find that their husbands are domestic violence prone and hit them all the time once they get married when he seemed to sweet and gentle during their dating days..humans aren’t god, we make mistakes when choosing people, thats when divorce comes in. Not having a backup plan is just plain stupid and naive at best and dangerous at worst…many women have learnt it the hard way…
On your thing on full-time mothers, you again provided me with the answer to the question,
you said ‘a good husband will…’ well jw, in case you haven’t realised, thats an idealistic utopian society you are talking about, NOT the current reality of our world…not ALL men are ‘good husbands’, cos ‘bad husbands’ may well be unappreciative of their wives sacrifice taking care of the children which i fully respect, and go out and find a younger more ‘modern woman’ as opposed to the plain-looking ageing wife who toiled and cleaned and cooked for him for over 10 years…we have plenty of examples of Asian husbands like that (and western ones too!!)What happens then? You tell me.
Anon: Yep, sure…i’ve emailed you already.
congrats eh !
atomic love, smeowly,pip 820: Wow!!! I can’t believe I am getting so much reaction for this post..it seems that there are many fans out there of eternal summer…I am glad people are becoming more proud of their ‘Asian gayness’…cos i think its just so important to have positive role models in the media telling us that the ideal gay lifestyle and the ideal gay male is NOT white.
Further, any more comments PLEASE POST IT ON MY LATEST ENTRY. It doesn;t matter irrelevant to my latest one as i don’t check this anymore so pls post it there k!!
congrats hc… well done.
famezgay: Thanks:) I haven’t seen your comment in ages!! Come visit and leave me a comment more lar..!
jw: Thanks, as always:)
hcpen,
When i said “love is not an emotion” i didn’t think you would think of it so one dimensionally. So you think 99.9% of the population would disagree with me. hmm. I would suggest that you ask some long time successful married couples and ask them what true love is, and what kept them together through the good and bad times when they wanted to give up. I bet they are not in the 99.9%. How soon some weak people foget their pledge “til death do us part”. Why make that pledge in the first place? It’s not like I am not allowing for ANY possibility for a divorce, of course we live in a world full of people who make wrong decisions, so I grant that it is inevitable for some. But we need not encourage any more of it.
While none of what you say is factually false, I don’t like the message that it is putting across to the readership. Why can’t we be the different ones who actually have a long lasting marriage. I believe in the saying “where there is a will there is a way”.
In a relationship, there is always going to be moments which are void of the emotional lovey dovey feelings. Weak minded/self-centred people may decide to call it quits because they don’t feel that “love” anymore and are too proud/lazy/busy or don’t know how to rekindle it or keep it going. They may start to resent the other and either express it in a physical way, or clam up and just shut the other person off altogether. If left untended, this will soon lead to total rejection of the other. The key is to resolve the issues before they start to lead to the resentment stages. A good couple who have the will to make their marriage work, find a way through the tough times, and will stamp out the problems before it gets too big. This is what love is. It’s a commitment – a decision no less. I am not talking about dictionary definition. I am talking about practical real life definition.
I don’t see a brother and sister, or a parent and child contemplating divorce. A married couple is supposed to be “as one”, forming a life time bond on a greater scale than the formerly mentioned. So why shouldn’t we start advocating that people actually start taking responsibility for their vow to accept the other as a true family as pledged on the alter, and not cheapen that original vow. I can see why some devoted couples make it a point to re do their vows every so often. Again I know where you are coming from, but I am not of the school where I just accept things for the way they are going, and to come up with solutions that fit in along the way. I am of the school where people’s grass roots values, discipline, and repsonsibilities are reformed to make a better path for the next generation.
I’ll finish with a story I was sent recently which I think illustrates some of my points.
–When You Divorce Me, Carry Me Out in Your Arms–
On my wedding day, I carried my wife in my arms. The bridal car stopped in front
of our one-room flat. My buddies insisted that I carry her out of the car in my
arms. So I carried her into our home. She was then plump and shy. I was a strong
and happy bridegroom.
This was the scene ten years ago.
The following days were as simple as a cup of pure water: we had a kid; I went
into business and tried to make more money. When the assets were steadily
increasing, the affection between us seemed to ebb. She was a civil servant.
Every morning we left home together and got home almost at the same time. Our
kid was studying in a boarding school.
Our marriage life seemed to be enviably happy. But the calm life was more likely
to be affected by unpredictable changes.
Dew came into my life.
It was a sunny day. I stood on a spacious balcony. Dew hugged me from behind. My
heart once again was immersed in her stream of love. This was the apartment I
bought for her.
Dew said, you are the kind of man who best draws girls’ eyeballs. Her words
suddenly reminded me of my wife. When we were just married, my wife said, Men
like you, once successful, will be very attractive to girls.
Thinking of this, I became somewhat hesitant. I knew I had betrayed my wife. But
I couldn’t help doing so.
I moved Dew’s hands aside and said you go to select some furniture, O.K.? I’ve
got something to do in the company. Obviously she was unhappy, because I had
promised to do it together with her. At the moment, the idea of divorce became
clearer in my mind although it used to be something impossible to me.
However, I found it rather difficult to tell my wife about it. No matter how
mildly I mentioned it to her, she would be deeply hurt.
Honestly, she was a good wife. Every evening she was busy preparing dinner. I
was sitting in front of the TV. The dinner was ready soon. Then we watched TV
together. Or, I was lounging before the computer, visualizing Dew’s body. This
was the means of my entertainment.
One day I said to her in a slightly joking way, suppose we divorce, what will
you do? She stared at me for a few seconds without a word. Apparently she
believed that divorce was something too far away from her. I couldn’t imagine
how she would react once she got to know I was serious.
When my wife went to my office, Dew had just stepped out. Almost all the staff
looked at my wife with a sympathetic eye and tried to hide something while
talking to her. She seemed to have got some hint. She gently smiled at my
subordinates. But I read some hurt in her eyes.
Once again, Dew said to me, He Ning, divorce her, O.K.? Then we live together. I
nodded. I knew I could not hesitate any more.
When my wife served the last dish, I held her hand. I’ve got something to tell
you, I said. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her
eyes. Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know
what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the serious topic calmly.
She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I’m
serious. I avoided her question. This so-called answer made her angry. She threw
away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man!
That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to
find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a
satisfactory answer, because my heart had gone to Dew.
With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she
could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and
then tore it into pieces. I felt a pain in my heart. The woman who had been
living ten years with me would become a stranger one day. But I could not take
back what I had said.
Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see.
To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had
obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer.
Late that night, I came back home after entertaining my clients. I saw her
writing something at the table. I fall asleep fast. When I woke up, I found she
was still there. I turned over and was asleep again.
She brought up her divorce conditions: she didn’t want anything from me, but I
was supposed to give her one month s time before divorce, and in the month’s
time we must live as normal a life as possible. Her reason was simple: our son
would finish his summer vacation a month later and she didn’t want him to see
our marriage was broken.
She passed me the agreement she drafted, and then asked me, He Ning, do you
still remember how I entered our bridal room on the wedding day? This question
suddenly brought back all those wonderful memories to me. I nodded and said, I
remember. You carried me in your arms, she continued, so, I have a requirement,
that is, you carry me out in your arms on the day when we divorce. From now to
the end of this month, you must carry me out from the bedroom to the door every
morning.
I accepted with a smile. I knew she missed those sweet days and wished to end
her marriage romantically.
I told Dew about my wife s divorce conditions. She laughed loudly and thought it
was absurd. No matter what tricks she does, she has to face the result of
divorce, she said scornfully. Her words more or less made me feel uncomfortable.
My wife and I hadn’t had any body contact since my divorce intention was
explicitly expressed. We even treated each other as a stranger. So when I
carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped
behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of
pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten
meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly, Let us start
from today, don’t tell our son. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down
outside the door. She went to wait for a bus, I drove to the office.
On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. We
were so close that I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I
hadn’t looked at this intimate woman carefully for a long time. I found she was
not young any more. There were some fine wrinkles on her face.
On the third day, she whispered to me, the outside garden is being demolished.
Be careful when you pass there.
On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I seemed to feel that we were still an
intimate couple and I was holding my sweetheart in my arms. The visualization of
Dew became vague.
On the fifth and sixth day, she kept reminding me something, such as, where she
put the ironed shirts, I should be careful while cooking, etc. I nodded. The
sense of intimacy was even stronger. I didn’t tell Dew about this.
I felt it was easier to carry her. Perhaps the everyday workout made me
stronger. I said to her, It seems not difficult to carry you now. She was
picking her dresses. I was waiting to carry her out. She tried quite a few but
could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown
bigger. I smiled. But I suddenly realized that it was because she was thinner
that I could carry her more easily, not because I was stronger. I knew she had
buried all the bitterness in her heart. Again, I felt a sense of pain.
Subconsciously I reached out a hand to touch her head.
Our son came in at the moment. Dad, it’s time to carry mum out. He said. To him,
seeing his father carrying his mother out had been an essential part of his
life. She gestured our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my
face because I was afraid I would change my mind at the last minute. I held her
in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway.
Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly, as if
we came back to our wedding day. But her much lighter weight made me sad.
On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son
had gone to school. She said, actually I hope you will hold me in your arms
until we are old.
I held her tightly and said, both you and I didn’t notice that our life lacked
intimacy.
I jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay
would make me change my decision. I walked upstairs. Dew opened the door. I said
to her, Sorry, Dew, I won’t divorce. I’m serious.
She looked at me, astonished. The she touched my forehead. You got no fever. She
said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Dew, I said, I can only say sorry to
you, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I
didn’t value the details of life, not because we didn’t love each other any
more. Now I understand that since I carried her into the home, she gave birth to
our child, I am supposed to hold her until I am old. So I have to say sorry to
you.
Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the
door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove to the office.
When I passed the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet for my wife which
was her favorite. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and
wrote, I’ll carry you out every morning until we are old.
I accept what you say : love is an irrational emotion…..similarly liking someone is itself an irrational emotional….
Also jw,
How many of those happy idealistic couples are really happy…….
Also i think interracial marriages hardly work…especially when the racial backgrounds are wide apart……
But any love which develops out of respect for a person or a society is i believe true love…pure love…most of love in this world is born out of lust not respect….
Just some random ramblings based on both of your discussions…no personal questions intended….
Lonnie: Thank you…also thanks for adding me on your blogroll as well as mentioning this post in your blog:)
jw: I think we are in agreement more than we both think. I basically agree with everything you say. I had thought and misunderstood you as not allowing room for ANY option of divorce. The fact that you see the possibility of divorce as inevitable in certain circumstances show that we are more in agreement than anything. I also believe in working things out after the initial lovey-dovey feelings dissipate but I am merely suggesting options for women (and men too!!) to protect themselves in case things REALLY don’t work out. I believe in ‘if there’s a will, there is a way’. But sometimes, like cases of constant extra-marital affairs, what is the point of keeping a marriage that has already lost its meaning? It really makes us ponder do we want to keep marriage for the sake of it or give each other another chance in love? But of cos, i definitely agree that most cases require REAL effort b/w couples…Further, i think you always say that ideal couples or marriages can work and i do not doubt that, but the difference b/w conservative or religious ppl and more liberal-minded people like me is that we see REALITY and make plans in cases where the ideal fails to materialise whilst ppl like you seem to want to hold on to ‘ideals’ so much so that you refuse to make any plans in case ideals fail and then blame ppl who don’t meet those ideals as ‘weak-minded’ and ’selfish’. It can also lead to harsh results by mindlessly following ideals.
hari deepak: Thanks for your comments.
i always thought you hated japanese because of the comfort women issues which you are so sensitive and passionate about…nice to know that you don’t hold a biased opinions towards anybody…..
in relation to the theory on homosexuals(relating to the argument between you and jw in your previous posts) :-
1.in your opinion gay gene(homosexual gene) exists..
2.In jw’s opinion gays are created because of paternal abuse or seperation from parents…
neither of your opinion seems to be entirely true though i would say that both of you are partially true….
i think that the probability of a homosexual being born is much less than the probability of a male child or a female child being born….but there is no scientific theory as yet as to why exactly homosexuals are created(as far as i know)…..
Also the reason as to why homosexuality has a greater acceptance in japan,china,taiwan,korea etc(mainly referenced in movies like brokeback mountain,gohatto etc.)….is mainly because those cultures were to some extent or the other influenced by mahayana buddhism which does not differentiate or distinguish between sexual preferences…..christianity does differentiate….but i think because of the increasing globalization homosexuals are being more and more widely accepted in all societies……George Michael was a gay…savage garden lead singers proclaimed themselves to be gays…..Martina Navratilova was a lesbian…..so they are quite a few great homosexuals…..
Homosexuals were never looked upon as a minority more as queers……at least as far as i know…..Still i guess the world has many more lessons to learn on tolerance…..
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hari deepak: thank you for your comments;)
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i was planning to watch brokeback but after reading about some of the scenes which you mentioned i am beginning to have second thoughts..oww grose….But probably the movie was so highly rated because of it’s breathtaking photography……..
hari deepak: No, i think it was the gay romance which attracted people to the film…anyways, have a watch cos many ppl liked it.i think i just analyse a film too much sometimes.
Interesting thoughts on the war
savante: Long Time no see…glad that you took the time to read it:)
even though i do respect dalai lama to some extent…it is no exaggeration that he is cashing in on the ‘Tibet’ sentiment…the sentiment that he is the messiah of the Tibetan people wrongfully enslaved by chinese government…..Even this is responsible for creating a pull effect on people towards him than solely his integrity….
hari deepak: Thanks…also please do not keep deleting ur comments. I’ve realised that you have deleted many of your past comments…next time, think carefully before u leave a comment as i have seen ALOT of deleted comments frm you!
i am sorry…but i don’t do this with only your blog but with all blogs….i always delete when i feel what i write is slightly controversial or if i make spelling mistakes…i will always remember to preview before posting …..take care
nice post …the way you described the male nude models was hilarious…..iron ladies is something about transsexuals right?
by the way is your mother thai then?
hari deepak: Well, It is VERY ANNOYING for me to have to keep deleting your deleted comments.
hari deepak: You deleted your own post again! I had to delete it again…i mean you don’t have to be so careful, it is really very tiring to keep seeing deleted comments. Also why do you have the tendency to always ask irrelevant questions and wrong assumptions?? I mean assuming my mother is Thai is just so silly…read my profile pls…also i would rather you not leave comments anymore considering how u keep doing these things although i nicely tell you in the pass…i hope i am not being too mean nor straightforward…feel free to keep visiting though:)
sorry..my only interest was in political issues related to east asia….also i did not see the tag malaysian/taiwanese….since you talked so much about thailand movies i thought you had some thai roots…i will stick to china law blog or something…..but since i am leaving all i wanted to say was why do you have such strong biases towards people…in my opinion gay haters are wrong,similarly persons who perpetrated the nanking atrocities are wrong….but at the same time the way you hate all japanese because of the atrocities perpetrated by a few people is irrational…and why are you encouraging anti-japanese sentiments in young chinese…i mean what if it leads to race riots in china…you don’t care right…however many japanese are killed by chinese it is justified because their ancestors perpetrated nanking massacre…..similarly it is wrong to discriminate against gays but mardi gras is an aberration,to encourage philistinism is not justified….My opinions are only against your views…All the best for your career in law…i will never post again…i don’t think it would be necessary……see you
hari deepak: I’m sorry you feel that way, as usual you do not read my post carefully. I don’t hate all japanese nor do i encourage pedastery. See ya.
Because of Nanking only one generation of Chinese had to suffer, But because of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki generations of Japanese had to suffer. Even though both cities are completely rebuilt still the scars of atomic bombings remain. Young children with deformed respiratory systems. The list of horrors is endless. The author’s taste in films seems to be very good.
Even if the Japanese issue an apology what is the great big deal about it. Is it going to change the history or something, or is it simply for satiating the Chinese ego that they are the victimized ones.
gorgeous headhunter: It is important because it allows the victim nation to heal. It is important becos you can’t just commit atrocities and then deny you did anything wrong. In peacetime, we put criminals in jail, but because of the circumstances of war, we could not prosecute the entire Imperial Japanese Army …thus an acknowledgement and full sorry is the least the Japanese are expected to do. Also the atomic bombings japanese arguement is indeed what you say, to satiate the Japanese ego that they were the victims of WW2 and not the aggressors.
PS: In case you didn’t know, chemical weapons affected many Chinese living in the countryside and the effects of leg rotting continue to this day. Further, the Japanese goverment estimates at least 300,000 chemical weapons are still left in china and there have been frequent accidents. (The chinese side estimates at least 2 million chemical weapons used by the Imperial Armed Forces remain in China). So next time you want to talk about the atomic bombing ‘excuse’ think about the looooooong list of warcrimes committed by the Japanese and anyone with a conscience would shut up about Japanese suffering during WW2.
Readers: How come no comments?!! Isn’t the introduction on Thai and Filipino entertainment interesting? Or is no one interested? I’m sad…sniff sniff..
For your kind information miss hcpen,wartime trials of japanese war criminals were very unfair,They were even more unfair than the “nuremberg trials”. All chinese are trying to do in my opinion is trying to gain a sympathy wave just like the way jews have gained one for holocaust. But i am not trying to argue against it. It is their viewpoint and perceptive. But I am angered that a nation which has itself perpetrated many atrocities in taiwan and tibet sits back and criticizes japanese for war crimes. Don’t you think it is hipocrisy. And why are you supporting chinese in this viewpoint,You are from taiwan right,aren’t you angered at what the chinese government did to your motherland,though you are currently in oz.Sorry if i overreacted.Maybe i don’t even have a right to ask you these questions.Anyway i just passed by your blog randomly,and these are just my opinions.keep posting.Also the name is “gorgutz headhunter”.
gh: Well, I see you are from the right-wing faction. It is typical response of the Japanese rightwing to argue that the Tokyo Trials were unfair. The only thing unfair about the trials was that more people weren’t hanged!!
Also I am not biased and irrational like some people, just because China did some stuff to Taiwan DOES NOT MEAN that I must go against everything China says. Thats just plain dumb. This is not about China’s side or Japan’s side…it is about the truth, about what really happened. Agreeing with the chinese does not mean you must hate japan. Your arguement is very much based on ‘taking sides’….Japan must learn that to deny things will not make things go away. Further, it is not only the Chinese whom possess my viewpoint on WW2, the South Koreans as well as SouthEast Asian nations also largely agree that the Japanese were aggressors in WW2. Japan is alone in its historical perception of WW2 either with the West or with the rest of Asia.
why do you have to make statements like :- “The only thing unfair about the trials was that more people weren’t hanged!!” . Ok getting deeper into the topic. I had read a book called “emperors new bones” by “Adam Williams” about the japanese occupation period of china. Sorry if i am boring you with history but in the 1920’s-1940’s three factions dominated china :- “chang-tso lin’s”(warlord forces) supported by japanese.Of course the legendary “Kioumintang” under “chiang Kai Shek” and Mao tse tsung’s communists. The majority of the atrocities were inflicted not directly by japanese but the warlord chinese forces controlled by the japanese(according to the book). And Chiang-Kai Shek whom many consider to be the father of Taiwan Himself respected japanese philosophy and principles. Japanese occupational forces were mostly made of shady societies called “black label societies”,who are thought to be the precursors of “yakuza”. So All i am tring to argue is that there could be a reason for the atrocities. Black label society members were known for their ruthlessness. Nanking massacre was perpetrated by members of these shady black label societies. They are in no way are true representatives of imperial japanese army. Also chiang kai shek himself repected japanese a lot. Well china would never have had to go through those famines if chiang kai shek would have won the war. But Mao had to win. Well history is history.
“Great nations are always forged with ruthlessness and bloodshed.”
Hi there,
You are chosen to represent your country in the first international blog
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The aim of this blog is to prove to the world that differences in language, religion,race and nationality do not make us hate each other and we can make this world better if we express our opinions with respect to others.
If you agree to join us please send e-mail with your nick name , age , country and your blog address to sharm_lover@hotmail.com where you will be sent an activation mail which makes you entitled to contribute in WUB, your name as one of the contributor will automatically be updated.Please read the rules before you start any posting in WUB where you will also find the aims of this WUB.
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Thai and Filipino entertainment industry definitely exist and are substantial,But they pale in comparison to the Hong Kong industry on the financial front. I do not think any Filipino or Thai stars you mentioned can match the charisma of actors like andy lau or tony leung or takeshi kaneshiro for example.The reason being hong kong industry has a lot of financial muscle behind it’s productions. But they do not madly advertise themselves like bollywood though. And Yes of the recent asian movies i think even you would agree that south korean movies are technically superior in special effects and innovative storytelling(The best example being one of the movies you mentioned in your previous posts taegukgi).
GH: Definitely Agree! But i still think thai and filipino actors are cute:):)
I posted this here because i was not sure if you would read comments posted on your earlier posts.
Hello you profile says you are a practising law student, but only recently read your old post which describes you completing law and being appointed as a solicitor. First of all congratulations for becoming a lawyer. Lawyer in australia wow!!! Your parents must be really proud of you. Your english seems to be very very good(almost westernized english) and at the same time you seem to be proficient in japanese and mandarin(considered by some as the toughest language in the world). Also i have heard from my limited knowledge that english is a weakly right branching language whereas japanese is a left branching language. Would it be very difficult for a person who has done english as his first language to learn japanese or mandarin.
Are normally taiwanese as good as you are in english. Anyway i always repected taiwanese for their hard work. Just look at the kind of corporations taiwanese americans started, Jerry yang cofounded Yahoo and jen hsun huang co founded NVIDIA. Also taiwanese companies like ASUS are so much ahead of comparable chinese companies.
Were you a topper in your class by any chance?
Also now since you are a lawyer it would be nice if you could post a wider variety of topics on international issues(for example recently infamous virginia tech massacre) which you find interesting. You are restricting yourself too much to either ww2 comfort women issues or lesbian/gay issues or east asian movie issues. Anyways just a suggestion. Take care.
GH: Well, Thanks for reading but i only post on issues which interest me and so i don’t think i am limiting myself at all. In fact, if you have a look around, most blogs don’t post on issues and topics as wide as i do and REALLY limit themselves to only one topic or country…which is perfectly fine of cos since everyone has their own niche interest. As for my English, you’ll be surprised how many people have the same level or an even better English level than me.
GH: Well, i don’t know what kind of book you are reading but you better throw it into the rubbish bin. To say that it was the Chinese whom committed atrocities against the Chinese during WW2 is like saying it was the Jews controlled by the Germans who sent their own into the death camps. Its a ridiculous claim which anyone with an ounce of common sense would be able to figure out. I think the author of that book you read must have been highly delusional whilst writing the book. Also, the atrocities were committed by your average Japanese soldier and not by some dark society elements as you claim. Even the Japanese right wing would not argue that some ‘triad’ groups composed a section of the Army. Further, the atrocities committed were so widespread and common that we would be indeed kidding ourselves to say that they were merely a ‘minor’ part of the Imperial Armed Forces of Japan and not ‘representative’ of the entire Japanese army. If anything, brutality and savagery was the RULE and not the exception for the Japanese Army. I have extensive interest in this area and done personal research as well as subjects in this area during my university days and so i think I just had to correct some of the inaccurate historical views you hold. May I ask which country you come from?
sharm: Thanks. I am honoured to be invited as a contributor to your weblog. I will be in touch with u shortly!!!
I do not think it would be necessary for me to mention my country. Anyway i just argued with you in a complete sense. Whatever you said i conterrefuted till you finally wrote the last comment,which was a sort of an angry rebuke. I think you are a very sensitive person. Anyway,Sharm has spammed the message about WUB to almost all of the chinese related blogs you could find,i even found the same comment on other chinese related blogs too. Have a great Day.
GH: Thanks for letting me know about sharm. About the WW2 issue, I am indeed very sensitive because it is an emotional and sensitive topic. I was just trying to clarify some points but if you feel my explaining to you what the facts are means being angry at you then it can’t be helped. I am not angry at you…i mean i don’t even know you. Thanks for your input anyways:)
you could add Zhang Yimou’s “To Live” to the fabled list of yours.
P.S. people interested in gothic stuff can visit my blog
whywhy and Alvin Y.: I am sorry I don’t have it!! I would really like to have it too:) And also sorry for the long delay in my reply as i don’t check older posts so PLEASE leave any comments regarding ANY POSTS in the LATEST post to ensure a prompt reply!!
Anon: Soudayo ne:)
Wow, Petronas looks so majestic.I have read articles about ethnic clashes between chinese-malaysians and malaysian muslims. But even then I feel malaysians have developed a kind of inferiority complex because of china’s growing economy and also it’s emergence as a new world power. I always felt this was the reason for racial prejudice or hatred which malaysians have towards chinese. Also being multilingual gives malaysia a far more globalized feel than even a developed country like japan. But i do not think malaysia inspite of being a well-developed country and all will be able to exert influence on global affairs like either japan or china. Also someone told me it is easiest to get a malaysian visa compared to anywhere else in the world. Have to visit kaula lampur one day.
GH: I don’t think Malaysians inferiority complex has anything to do with China. It is more to do with the West and also to some extent Japan. Also, the history of Chinese and Malays in Malaysia goes bck to a long time ago and doesn’t really have much to do with China’s recent economic rise. U are thinking too much from the modern perspective of things. And i totally agree that Malaysia will never have the global influence of China or Japan but thats not important, i mean how many countries in the world do? Even South Korea, Taiwan, HK, India and and Mexico don’t have much global influence despite their strong economies so its fine for Malaysia not to also.
looks very very pretty to me. gotta run to malaysia asap!
have you been to italy yet?
Hi! Weng Lopez here, Filipino from Manila, Philippines.
Much appreciate your writing about South East Asians.
I also admire your tackling interests and current issues/events at your own pace.
With high cost of making movies, the coming of digital technology is very welcomed here in the Philippines. It has opened more options for Filipino filmmakers to do their art. I’m both amazed and proud that in spite of everything, I know of at least three annual local film festivals for independent filmmaking.
There is also mainstream festivals like the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). MMFF regularly starts December 25 to January 1st week, exhibits only Filipino-made films produced and chosen for festival. The Mano Po series is one such film , that it’s like a franchise (Mano Po 5).
To help you find more info and videos, please type in “ZsaZsa Zaturnnah”, “The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros”or “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (original Filipino title).
“Ang Kagila-gilas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah” is first an award-winning comic book written and created by Mr. Carlo Vergara. Then it was adapted for the theater as a musical comedy by CCP Tanghalang Pilipino, then to “ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh”. Ms Zsazsa Padilla is the Filipino actress-singer in the title role.
“The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros” is the first movie from the Philippines to participate in Sundance’s World Cinema Competition (Dramatic Category) in 2006. Same director Mr. Auraeus Solito was again invited this year 2007 to exhibit his film “Tuli” (roughly translates The Circumsicion) and to participate in a panel discussion entitled “The Burden of Representation.” [Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 21, 2006, "Only in Hollywood" column of Mr. Ruben V. Nepales. Incidentally, I kept that copy for sentimental reasons. I met Auraeus years ago while doing theater with University of the Philippines Dulaang UP. From time to time, I would hear from friends news about what he's doing
]
I’m familiar with the general impression of Philippines and Filipinos abroad. Admittedly some of it are not good like the state of poverty and lack of better job opportunities.
How I wish they could all do their work here at home. Alas no, so they do what they can.
Leaving the comfort of family, friends, the familiar, Filipinos take jobs abroad, like domestics & wait staff in service sector, and shipmen, nurses, doctors, teachers, engineers, etc. in other sectors. What income (US$7B in Jan-June 2007) they remit to their families fuels the economy to keep our country going. We call them OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) and they are our heroes. Eight million of them at least.
Re Filipino guys, I have to share with you that just today, I flipped through the Cosmopolitan Magazine Pinoy Edition, the Cosmo Men and Centerfolds 2007. Confirmed not just cute, hot too. Try Dingdong Dantes, Derek Ramsey, Jon Avila. Alfred’s there too.
I came across your blog while searching for use of phrase “Filipino chic”. I clicked on your link to check the context of phrase.
It also interested me to read your background in art and law. I haven’t read all your posts but maybe you could refer me to an earlier post on this topic.
Maraming salamat din po,
Weng Lopez
ric: Hi there! yeah you should go to Malaysia and South East Asia sometime, its indeed very pretty and relaxing. No, i haven’t been to Italy or Europe yet for that matter. Must do someday:)
gh: I have seen Zhang Yimou’s “To Live” its pretty good!
Weng Lopez: Hello Weng. Thanks for your thoughtful comments!! Yeah, the movies you mentioned i know about already and actually mentioned it in my post already. I am desperately searching for those films online, would you happen to know sites online where they are available for d/l? Or do u have any of the films and can upload them with eng subs onto youtube or something? cos i really want to watch it!!! And also i haven’t written much on SEA at all so this is kinda my first post besides introducing my hometown of Penang before.
PS: are you a guy or a girl? cos u said u were looking for ‘filipino chic’ which would seem to indicate that u r a guy but then u read women’s mags and call the male stars ‘hot’…haha…i’m prob being too nosy!:)
WordPress Readers;
This is my first post at wordpress. I transferred over from blogspot as i found the functions at wordpress are so much more superior. But i will still be keeping my blog over at blogspot.com. So now i have 2 blogs at different places! Hope you enjoy my blog and leave comments people!
My name is Sarah oppermann.Im` an Irish Studnt with a view of doing my History Research topic on Comfort Women, I stumbled across an article on Comfort Women on wikipedia last year and had never heard of this before, if i do my project on Japans use of Comfort Women it will be the first time anyone has done so in the Irish education system…You seem to have done your research and i aim to interview spomeone as a source… any ideas? Thanks
Well said. I could never exactly understand from your previous posts,why you were so sensitive about gay rights and issues.Could it be because you feel they are a minority?
Since you have studied and completed law in the oz,my only question is would you remain there,or would you come back to china and contribute something to a nation which you respect so much?
I wish both you and your brother great success in future,Bye Bye.
GH: I am not from China so I wouldn’t ‘go back to’ China!
About the gay thing, i write about alot of stuff so i don’t understand why you feel puzzled about it..:)
thanks god i have chinese education background(having two months left of studying in Chinese Independent High School in Malaysia) as China is getting stronger and stronger.Moreover,i think that learning Chinese (and its culture,philosophies) is enriching too.i mean we can see through a topic from different perspective.
i’m totally agree with yr viewpoints.well,you have taught me a lot.:p
seng086: Yes, you would be at an advantage now:):)
Hi 彭皓全,
I like your blog, I am an asian male myself who is a student studying criminology. I am from QLD.
I think your thoughts are very similar to mine.
Chow Ben
ben: Thanks for your comment”)
Welcome to my city. But don’t forget the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Manly, Freshwater, Dee Why, Long Reef all the way to Palm beach. Who knows, one day you might even buy a house on the Northern Beaches. The Opera House is just ‘down the road’ by ferry!My immigration lawyer friend (migration agent) lives here, near Curl Curl beach. He is from Malaysia.
student: Thanks, thanks!! Yep, i like Manly alot too, especially the ferry trip getting there, one of the must-do things when you are in Sydney!
Your friend from Malaysia is indeed very lucky to live in such a nice location:)
cool,has your job hunt yielded any results,Is it also possible for you to upload your complete education details so that i can ask around my friends who are abroad,i cannot promise you any concrete results,but i can try.by upload i simply meant to list them out in a comment.take care and all the best for your job hunting. never give up.
gh: Thnks ya…er, is it possible for you to give me ur email address, then i email you? i will delete it once i email you so no worries bout other ppl seeing ur email. I would really appreciate all the help i can get:)
Hello again. Weng Lopez here from Manila. Re Southeast Asian roots, I’ve checked out available dvd titles. Some films are available but has no English subtitles. I would like to send you one title my friend recommended. Send me a note at “ubejamcake@gmail.com”
also, Dr. SMS is a real cutie and my gender is female.
GH: Thanks. I sent you an email already.
Weng Lopez:
Thanks thanks…actually i am interested in only the ones i mentioned cos i have gone thru a list of tagalog film intros and i aren’t really interested in the other movies. But i will still email you and see what film you have. Thanks ya..salamat.
不讲我也没发觉叻
不过，我想你也想太多了吧 hehe
seng086:哈哈 我也觉得我想太多了。
Hi! I encountered your blog accidentally while searching Oom Ruk online.
I am a filipino-chinese(Fei Lu bin hua qiao) living in the Philippines. To make the story short, I am chinese by blood, but I am born and raised in the Philippines.
I want to say thank you for appreciating and praising Filipino movies/ entertainment. Even Quentin Tarantino visited the country months ago. Actually we have lots of tv series, which are aired everyday. I think you can also avail the TFC(the filipino channel) in Australia. I hope you can also visit the Philippines, I tell you we have one of the best beaches in the world.
Thanks! Xie Xie
Hi…sorry this is unrelated to the above article but I was wondering if you could help me, I read your blog on the singaporean series “You are the one” and am really interested in seeing it.Would you know where I might be able to D/L it. I’m a huge fan of Nnadia’s and its been ages since I’ve seen her in anything. I havent seen her in any TVB series in ages. Thanks in advance for your help.
flute: I am also a real fan of Nadia (or Nnadia) and u can actually see her in a TVB series called ‘fei duan liu chang’ released in 2005/06…you can d/l the series at: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php?search=you+are+the+one&type=&sub=View+all&sort=
However, this was a year ago so u will have to check whether it still works!! I was simply incredibly lucky to be able to find and d/l the entire series given how old it was (in 2005)!!
anon: Thanks for ur comments, i would love to visit the Phillipines one day!!!
congratulations! I can relate to how you feel 因為我不久前也剛拿到台灣國籍，至少不必再擔心工作找不到而被迫出境…… keep it up!
Michael
michael: thanks for ur well wishes!! where are u from originally? Its pretty rare to hear of someone taking up 台湾国籍！
happy belated birthday dude
famezgay: thanks:)thanks:)
Hi, I can’t find any contacts on your blog. Can I ask you to send a note for me? My email is in profile.
Thanks, Chris
chris: er, why do u want my email contact? pls introduce urself first:)
Congratulations and welcome to your new home. Oz is a great place..the people are kind and caring, the food is good,life is fun, nobody cares if you are white, yellow or green or straight or gay. I’m glad I came to live here many years ago from Johore.
Indian woman was only put there for show. Everyone knew only a Melayu was going to be the space tourist courtesy of the Russkies as part of buying their warplanes to be used when we attack Brunei.We cannot beat anyone else, can we?
I am a from Penang as well living in Sydney. Glad to hear that you like this city. I am not sure about Melbourne but there are lots of authentic Malaysian food in Sydney if you miss some
也祝你聖誕快樂！雖然已過了。。。嘿
seng086：谢谢你的祝福，希望你也拥有一个美满的2008
Hi, it was interesting reading a bit about you, and your description of your moral values and issues. It seems like they are very similar to mine, though we have different backgrounds (kinda 2nd gen Chinese Aust). My politics seems to be more left leaning though.
Hope you like Sydney, never mind the crappy transport and high real estate costs. We have a beautiful harbour and lots of different food to compensate.
Hope you had a great xmas and have a happy New Year.
aimlesswanderer: thanks for the comment and if u own a blog, i would love to have a read too:)
Merry Christmas and have a fantastic 2008 ahead!!
ecky: recommend, recommend!! and please post in my latest post lar..
Nah, don’t have one, that’s definitely the last thing the world needs.
I’ll leave it to more interesting people like you.
Keep up your amazing array of languages, most impressive!
Enjoy the great weather we’re having ATM.
aimlesswanderer: Thanks! You too, enjoy the sunny weather whilst it lasts…:)
HAppy NEw Year to you! May 2008 bring you greater things in life. Stay true to yourself and thanks for dropping by my blog.
hi
Congratss!!!!!!!!!!!
my name is gaurav kapoor, i am from india .can u plz help me preparing my documents as i want to migrate to australia from india .
i will be really thankfull to you if you cold spare some time for helping me in this task. my email id is gaurav_dexter@yahoo.com
thanks
maximus leo: No worries, i am happy for you and the progress u have made in your life since ur time in Japan. May your 2008 bring many more surprises and wonders into ur life!:)
I think you are right, but since when has “face” had anything to do with either logic or reality? The CCP want to get their hands on all the territory they can get (hello occupied Tibet), and any excuse will do. I think that the CCP is also annoyed that they haven’t quite finished (ie won) the civil war, with Taiwan a constant reminder of their failure to achieve complete victory.
It’s also a convenient issue that the CCP can inflame every now and again to distract their subjects from the CCP’s corruption and rampant unemployment.
aimlesswanderer: Completely Agree:)
I’m not sure how it will get sorted out, and it might well persist for ages. Democracy in China may not solve it either.
Hopefully the Taiwanese won’t overly provoke the mainland into doing something rash. I just hope they don’t start lobbing missles at each other, or it could be hello WWIII.
aimlesswanderer: Yeah, thats true, but i don’t think taiwan does any ‘provoking’ at all, the only party doing the provoking as far as i can see is CHINA with its aggressive speeches about invading taiwan, the anti-secession law it passed legalising the invasion of taiwan in ‘05 and various infringements on taiwan’s sovereignty. Actually, with democracy in china, it may help the situation abit as at least some voices against attacking china can be heard.
When Taiwan’s politicians start saying things like they want to declare independence, that’s just pouring oil on the fire, and they know it-but it is sometimes popular. Then the Chinese start saying things like they’d invade Taiwan if they declared independence, and stage war games nearby, simulating an invasion of Taiwan. Then the Taiwanese and yanks stage wargames of their own simulating a defence of Taiwan. Next the Chinese ‘test fire’ new missles near Taiwan. The yanks sell Taiwan a big chunk of advanced military hardware. The Russians sell the Chinese a big chunk of advanced military hardware, and the Chinese military keeps growing rapidly…. and on it goes.
I hope that the massive investment Taiwanese have made in China (being the largest foreign investor by a margin), and the economic chaos that would result al over the world if there was a war (not to mention casualties and regional stability) dissuade both sides from doing anything stupid. We can only hope.
I am not sure if democracy will help the situation, as politicians often look for a scapegoat (esp a foreign one) to blame things on, to deflect attention to their failings on the home front and to bring the country together by rallying around the flag. Politicians in a democratic country can whip up enough sentiment to invade a country (Iraq anyone?), especially if there is a less than free media (‘democracy’ doesn’t necessarily = a free media, or even decent elections, eg Russia) and some historical animosity. Not to mention that cronies may stand to gain financially from the venture.
I just hope that China, which wants to be seen as a ‘responsible’ emerging world power that no one should be afraid of, lives up to that billing.
aimlesswanderer: I doubt war or conflict would occur in the near future over the Taiwan issue as too much is at stake for BOTH China and Taiwan. China’s economy is booming now and it wants to be recognised as the next superpower as well as to be well respected in the world. It knows that invading Taiwan would throw its economy (as well as that of the entire world and asia) back 30 years if a war occurs. Also, attacking Taiwan would also be counter-productive in gaining international respect as well as indeed taiwanese people’s hearts and minds.
China will probably not attack Taiwan taking into account all the international condemnation envisaged as well as international and domestic economic harm it would definitely unleash. And with the Olympic Games in Beijing this year, we can be safe for 2008 at least…and i am sure Taiwan would know better than to declare independence (which is unnecessary given that it is already independent!)and get itself involved in a war with China a war it is gonna lose anyway!
Independent for all intents and purposes is different from going around shouting it to the world. ATM China only minds if Taiwanese politicians start talking about doing it officially – symbolic though it may be.
That is, I hope, true, and I would much rather there not be a war. I can’t see any reason now why it might occur in the short term, given the massive economic and diplomatic ramifications, however, who knows what the situation will be like in the future? A desperate or massively powerful government (China’s, the unless the Taiwanese are either suicidal or crazy or have acquired gundams) in the future might think that a war with Taiwan sounds like a good idea. Governments have started wars for illogical and irrational reasons in the past and will likely do so in the future.
You’re right, ATM the Chinese govt weighs up the pros (very few if any) and cons (an awful lot) and decides to just periodically make speeches and propaganda to inflame public opinion. Let’s hope that the worst that gets lobbed over the straights are propaganda broadcasts. In the meantime they have a substantial number of missles, troops and military hardware pointing at or close to Taiwan, and have made piles of detailed plans about a hypothetical invasion-just in case.
On 10 September 2001, who would have thought that the US would, within 1.5 years, invade both Afghanistan and Iraq?
Hopefully the two countries will grow closer together economically and culturally, and there will be a peaceful, voluntary reunification, with 2 free democratic countries joining together.
I think the most likely scenario for a war would be if the US dramatically fell from its position as the most powerful country in the world and its place was taken by China, who occupy a similar position to the US now-unchallenged military and economic supremacy (this would mean that India or even Russia somehow went off the rails, or that Europe hadn’t become one entity). In that case, with unparalleled economic, military and political strength, China might decide to forcefully reintegrate Taiwan with the motherland. If the US (and everyone else) were not able or willing to help Taiwan, then the Chinese government might well decide that it is worth it if the Taiwanese refuse to ‘voluntarily’ join up. Empires/countries which are far more powerful than any of their rivals have, historically (eg Rome), tended to act arrogantly-it’s a human thing. But that’s unlikely, at least I hope so, for any of my future descendant’s sakes.
aimlesswanderer: yeah, i agree with your thoughts generally but for me, reunification between China and Taiwan is ultimately a decision for the Taiwanese people and is a choice, not a must.
It is a choice, and I think it’s likely that there will be a time when the Taiwanese decide that signing up is a good idea.
On another note, I was looking through your archives. Japan is a very strange place-from the outside and from the inside.
Your post about the problems with Japan and its denial that it did anything wrong and the contrast between its and Germany’s post war behaviour is, unfortunately, all too true.
AFAIK none of my relos were abused or killed by the Japanese, thankfully. My dad however, still has, err, problems with them. He thinks they might remilitarise and do it all over again, and he wouldn’t go to Japan “because of what they did”. Neither my brother or I suspected this, until it came out when we told him we were going there for a holiday. I guess it’s an understandable legacy of Japan’s previous actions, not helped by their denials and dodgy education.
Yeye didn’t mention anything bad when he talked about HK during the war – not that he would have, thinking about it. He and mama went to Japan in the 60s for business and had a good time, though I don’t think he’s the sort to hold grudges.
aimlesswanderer: Yeah, Japan is a difficult country to understand. It is still troubled by historical problems which just won’t go away:)
I am assuming that you are originally from Hong Kong given that u talked about ur grandpa and HK during the war…well, Hong Kong didn’t really suffer as much during the war (of cos stuff like food shortages,etc was commonplace) which is prob why your grandparents don’t have much bad memories.
The Japanese missed out on a great oportunity to clear the slate and go forward without alot of baggage. I can understand the need to deny that your country did anything wrong, but that has just perpetuated the mess…. no wonder many younger Japanese are perplexed when them pesky furriners asked them about massacres and terrible experiments, and when said furriners get upset at their deliberately induced ignorance.
However, there is much to admire about Japan. A strange but interesting place, as you would have found out during your stay.
Yeye stayed in HK and mama and kids went back to the village. There wasn’t much to eat and that’s about all I’ve heard about it, besides that the Japanese soldiers liked sugar. Reminds me that I should ask yeye about it next time.
Well, from Dad’s side of the family I am, but yeye and mama were originally from Guangzhou, and from mum’s side too (though goong goong from Shanghai?). I was born here, as was mum and porpor and tai por (goong?) and maybe further back. So if any stupid bugger tells me to “go back to where I came from” he’s gonna get it.
I am very westernised, and my very limited Japanese is much better than my Cantonese. You’ve got very impressive language skills!
aimlesswanderer: I see…so ur mother and you were both born and bred Aussies whilst your dad was originally an immigrant from HK?
Thanks for ur compliments:)
PS: How old r u and what is ur occupation now?
Mum and are, but I get mistaken for a local in HK and even Japan. My genes are about 97% Chinese. Dad came here when he was 10, so he is pretty westernised too. Now that I think about it, it’s a pity that he didn’t teach me Cantonese when I was a kid, though at the time I was quite happy not to.
I’m 27, currently trying to find a job that is interesting-not much idea what though, which is somewhat problematic. I’ve got a BCom majoring in demographics.
aimlesswanderer: Thanks for the intro…yeah, its a pity you weren’t taught Cantonese as a kid, it would be handy to know an extra language now:)
Yeah, no worries.
It’s so ironic that the KMT won the parliamentary elections in Taiwan promising closer relations with China, given that they and the CCP were, less than 60 years ago, shooting at each other!
aimlesswanderer: Yeah, ironic isn’t it? And the CCP actually prefers the KMT nowv over the DPP!! Who would have thought of that? How times can change people and circumstances…
Yeah, I guess that it is a hopeful sign for the future-that formerly bitter enemies can get along after a relatively short amount of time.
I wouldn’t have thought it was such a common misconception as you say that many Chinese in America are actually from Taiwan. After all, until the 1980s, it was well-nigh impossible for people to get to the USA from the PRC. What perhaps you also leave out is how many of those who went from Taiwan to the USA were the children of people who just a generation earlier had come to Taiwan from the mainland in the wake of 1949, such as, for example, Pai Hsien-yung, author of Crystal Boys.
Incidentally, have you been following the recent developments on beijingorbust? Hard to feel cheerful about it.
aimlesswanderer: Yeah..
Lust, Caution is pretty good on the cheongsams too.
marcellous: Yes, I saw that already…indeed nice cheongsams..though the storyline was nothing worth getting excited about…alot of commentators have said it is ‘revolutionary’ in sexual terms for a chinese film but i found it very ’stereotypical’, the sex scene was where the man dominated the woman, it even had the tragic ‘typical’ ending of the chinese virtuous woman sacrificing her life for the man she loved…or maybe its just the feminist streak in me:)
marcellous: You would be surprised how many Americans and Australians have this misconception. Even here in Australia, many people assume u r from China or with parents from China once they know u r of ethnic chinese origin…ask people where lucy liu’s parents come from and the first answer would be ‘prob china?’ and not ‘prob taiwan?’.
I also didn’t feel the need to mention the part on mainlanders immigrating to taiwan then america as its not very relevant in my opinion. Taiwan is an immigrant society, having parents whom were from the mainland does not make one any more ‘Chinese’. A good comparison is the UK and Australia. One does not need to mention how some Aussie guy whom immigrated elsewhere had grandparents who came from England would we? Many Australians have british roots but no one mentions them now (in fact many aussies dislike being associated with the brits too much) , so there was no need for me to mention that some had mainland roots. Besides, those whom immigrated had lived in taiwan for years and held taiwanese passports and thus can only be regarded as taiwanese.
about beijingorbust, r u talking about the internet clampdown by authorities? quite frankly, its nothing new, and i don’t feel much about it. china will improve its human rights record at its own pace…
Stephen Chow’s movies are always good, so looking forward to it.
aimlesswanderer: yeah, thats true!! But i am way more excited about this film than his previous ones cos of the sentimental father-son relationship theme. So u into Asian entertainment too?
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Actually I was talking about the recent arrest which has tempted BorB out of his safe zone – see the latest posts and the series of clips from youtube about life under house arrest by the person who has now been (re-)arrested.
I’m not getting on a soap-box about human rights in a general way – I’m thinking more about the individuals who, to adopt your way of looking it, are ahead of the times so far as China’s own way of improving its human rights is concerned. It’s not really a very nice place to be.
marcellous: Oh ok, yeah, another activist being rearrested would certainly serve as a threat to Beijing or Bust given his ordeal…but i think if he tries to remain invisible, the authorities shouldn’t harass him…but then again this yr is the olympics and they may not want to take any chances.
We can only hope.
As for China not being a nice place to live in due to its record, the sad thing is it is merely one of dozens of other countries in the world with similar oppressive systems. But people now only care about China’s situation cos its the next superpower and neglect to see the sorry state of other countries.
I realised my “not nice place to be” statement came out looking more categorical than I meant. I meant not nice for wh or hj or other people who for whatever reason aren’t able to go with the flow the way most of us are able to do with prevailing social values and so are kind of trapped while they wait for China’s position to develop in its own way. I think wh is finding it hard to remain invisible.
marcellous: Well, I don’t think most of us do ‘go with the flow’, especially in this day and age of individuality and liberalism. Its just that some people are more passionate about their convictions whilst others are more practicable and choose bread over principle.
indeed some people like hz are ahead of their times but it is ppl like them which push china to reform faster..however, everyone has to be patient, a quick transformation such as that seen in the former Soviet Union would only lead to chaos and disaster, as can be seen by the state and status of Russia now on the world stage.
I personally don’t think its difficult for hz to remain invisible, i think he’s just worried that even if he does nothing the authorities will still decide to put him on ‘protection’ until the olympics is over.
Some movies, yes. In this case it looks like it won’t be as funny as previous ones. Will be interesting to see what it’s like.
I’ve watched K and J dramas, and a few HK and TW ones too. Mainly watching K dramas now.
aimelesswanderer: I used to watch kdramas alot..haha..but nothing new or interesting to watch recently…:)
Now you have me confused: hz 是谁？
I tend to like more serious dramas, don’t like the fluffy, sappy ones. Watching Yi San (mostly bureaucratic and political machinations) and Hong Gil Dong (interesting and sometimes silly). Lobbyist certainly shone a light into the extremely dodgy world of weapons lobbying.
Though often not reflective of everyday life, they are interesting windows into other countrie’s life, society and culture.
aimlesswanderer: Couldn’t agree with you more:)Though, my taste are more emotional, romantic kinds though i too hate the sappy fairytale love stories where the guy is just unbelievably perfect…abit silly and not credible in my opinion…the ones u mentioned, r they k dramas or k movies?
aimlesswanderer: hz是BorB的作者。
They are Korean series. Yi San and Hong Gil Dong are ongoing,and Lobbyist recently finished. Good ol d-addicts has everything you need.
Gee, CJ7 is on really soon.
It wouldn’t be an understatement to call taiwan as the brain center of china from what the blog entry says and from my own personal knowledge. But in my opinion taiwan is something china should emulate, I mean where else in china is creativity allowed to flow freely, where else in china is iconoclasm allowed?. Also perceptibly, taiwanese i believe have a feeling that they have been continuously suppressed by the chinese, and hence taiwanese demand for seperate stateship does make sense to a certain extent.
But in my opinion chinese do not see the importance of harnessing soft power. Probably with the exception of taiwan,HK their service sector lags compared to their economic growth.
As a final conclusion i think taiwan has always been 70 percent western and 30 percent chinese.
I have just seen rating for Lust,Caution on imdb, rated 8.1, wonder if it good enough to get ang lee another oscar though, will try to see this one.
I personally feel stephen chow is a bit overrated, It is surprising even a director of zhang yimou’s calibre is not as well recognized as stephen chu in the western media.
I guess media hype does it for him.
aimlesswanderer: Yeaa…i’m so gonna watch that film as soon as it comes out!
Anon: I beg to differ..i personally think the director that is overrated is Zhang Yimou and its media hype for him that keeps him in the limelight..I like Stephen Chow (NOT Stephen Chu) so back off!! haha..i’m kiddin’:) To each their own taste.
Anon: erm, are u hari deepak? cos ur comments are eerily like his, they don’t make much sense and aren’t relevant to what i wrote…how in the world is taiwan 70% western??? Hong Kong maybe, Singapore yes, but Taiwan??
also what is really good about kdramas, is it that they are different and mature compared to western sitcoms?
anyways all of the american sitcoms nowadays are toally monotonous, most of them are pointless romantic comedies, really getting fed up with them.
anon: Well, its popular in Asia because of the similar culture and look of the actors. American people and culture are more distant to Asians as compared to Koreans…but korean dramas can get pretty repetitive too!!
Yeah, some kdramas are definitely repetitive and formulaic (esp the romantic ones, not that I watch them), and they seem to be less popular than they once were both overseas and in Korea-a case of them being more familiar. Their productions values are generally high as well-they look good.
But there are some which really are different-would a US series show what dodgy things go on in the defence procurement (ie defense lobbyist) area? There is so much opportunity (and criminal convictions) for graft there…..
Yi San is mostly about the bureaucratic and political shenanigans in the Chosun era (a few hundred years ago), with just a small dash of romance and action-no way that would fly in the US.
aimlesswanderer: Yes, thats true..in the US they can be pretty conservative in terms of not wanting to stray away from certain mainstream appeal formulas…as for romantic dramas, well, my taste are very different from urs i watch korean dramas for the love and family dramas, i’m not interested in chosun dynasty ones,action ones, or political ones..haha..and no need to clarify that u don’t watch romantic dramas, i know alot of guys whom watch them and enjoy them..and they r straight too:)
I have watched a few sappy ones, which no self respecting red blooded male would touch with a barge pole, but after a few they became annoying and way too predictable, hence the shift to more serious (and hopefully less predictable and more sensible) dramas.
Each to their own.
aimlesswanderer: oh my god, i hope i don’t have another conservative reader..i seem to be getting alot of conservative readers lately…i personally don’t believe that what is appropriate for guys and girls should be so rigid in the 21st C. In fact, I admire ‘hot blooded guys’ whom are ‘man’ enough to indulge in supposedly ‘female activities’ or have female characteristics such as liking romance dramas, having a compassionate heart,etc..in fact, i think its attractive and sweet…but then again i’m prob the odd one out:)
Me, conservative? In some ways, yes. I generally don’t like those type of series, but then again other people don’t like what I watch. Everyone has different tastes, that doesn’t worry me. But what does my taste in dramas have to do with compassion? That’s a human thing, not a female thing.
But on the flip side, does that mean that in the 21st C you shouldn’t be so rigid in your thinking and should watch more ’serious’ dramas?
aimlesswanderer: I think I have to apologise for not making myself clearer. What i meant was its fine that everyone has their own likes and dislikes, be it guy or girl, but i interpreted your comment ‘no self-respecting red-blooded’ male to mean that real (straight) guys wouldn’t watch these kind of dramas which i disagree with. I don’t believe in making people ‘fit’ their category.
Thus, its fine if u dislike love dramas just like i dislike ’serious’ dramas. i don’t watch them because i genuinely don’t like them, not for any other reason. Thus, if u don’t watch romantic dramas cos u dislike them and not bcos u think its ‘unmanly’ then thats fine too:)
Also about the compassionate bit, i meant ‘conservative’ people would think men shouldn’t like babies too much, or cry when watching romance films, or want to be kindergarden teachers, all of which i associate with having a compassionate heart. (and all the above seem to be associated with women more) I hope you understand where i am coming from, i am NOT saying u r not compassionate.
btw, are u christian-just out of curiosity?
That’s ok, I didn’t think you were serious, and I wasn’t really being either. They are just boring. Pretty girls are good all well and good, but boredom, frustration and a frequent urge to shout out “WTF” mean that they generally aren’t for me.
I know what you mean – the ‘old’ (or not so old) stereotype. Babies are good, unless they are feral or need burping. I’m not game enough to teach a bunch of kids day in and day out though.
No way, I am not religious. Do I sound like it? That’s a bit worrying.
aimlesswanderer: Haha. The religious bit- I was just making sure..
That’s interesting. I didn’t think I sounded religious, but I guess I do a bit.
BTW, as I guy, I can say that, if guys are staring at you and drooling, then they definitely like what they see, despite your modesty.
aimlesswanderer: Huh?? I don’t have guys oogling at me! I wish i did though…haha…
I was skimming through your archives yesterday, and didn’t you mention guys were staring at you?
aimlesswanderer: U obviously don’t have the experience of weird men looking at u…these are not cute guys or appropriate places( eg. like a club) to be doing this kind of thing..they are WEIRD FREAKS…i would be flattered if they were either 1)hunks 2)not so overt and obvious 3) or it happened at an appropriate place like the clubs or bar…i mentioned it not to boost my ego.
No, I must admit that I haven’t experienced anyone staring at me like that-I could do without it.
Sorry about that, I can understand that it would be worrying in that case.
aimlesswanderer: It’s ok. I hope you don’t ever have to…but then again, if its some pretty gal, you prob would not mind..haha…
That’s right, pretty girls of the world, go right ahead!
If I’m at a restaurant and a pretty young Chinese girl is taking photos of everything she eats I will try not to drool too obviously.
aimlesswanderer: Haha..
On second reading, it sounds a bit dodgy, like I’ve absorbed one of the less savoury aspects of Japanese culture, so I should amend “young Chinese girl” to “young Chinese woman“.
aimlesswanderer: Its ok…:)
If you say so, but I would prefer to set the record straight.
Guys my age should most definitely not be drooling over young girls.
aimlesswanderer: Hahaha…yeah…but i think you have read my previous posts…thats y ur making an effort to please me, which is nice but not necessary..you can speak your mind frankly, its really ok:)
My general guide to staring etiquette.
Guys my age staring at women my age=ok.
Guys my age staring at women older than me=ok. Guys half my age staring at girls half my age=ok.
Guys my age staring at girls half my age (and barely in their teens)=not ok.
When I get to 40 it’ll be ok to stare at women half my age, but that’s a long way away.
aimlesswanderer: Hahaha..cool guide! But i think u shouldn’t stare TOO obviously cos women half ur age by then won’t appreciate it…i mean it would be like a ‘dirty old man’…or in malaysia, we call these people ‘dirty uncles’..haha..
Yeah, I think you’re generally right, but if I do, somehow, look like a successful, distinguished older gentlemen then they may well be flattered.
aimlesswanderer: Well, i guess thats true for some girls…but it depends on a person’s values and outlook i guess…
Oh yeah, they will fall down (likely out of sheer horror) like flies before me! But ideally the wife will prod me if she catches me doing that. Then again, I guess I should be staring at her instead.
I suppose a few million $ (or looking like you have it) always helps impress many people, but then the kind of people that it attracts…
aimlesswanderer: yeah..it will be attractive to some people but then again, like u said, the kind of ppl it attracts may not be all that attractive (in terms of personality)…but then again, if a guy is after sexual pleasures then who cares if the younger woman doesn’t love him? hey, at least she loves his money!! its a case of both getting what they want, ‘the man her body, the woman his money’..difficult to make a judgement i guess..altho if he is married then its bad…gosh, i am going off the topic,i am talking about affairs mere staring and ogling is fine i guess..hehe..
Well, I don’t know if I will ever have lotsa $, so that’s not likely be a problem.
The majority of guys will always like looking at pretty women, if they can get away with it.
Aiya, no post for Chinese New Year? Goong hei fat choy, san din fai lock. Ok, that’s it for Cantonese, back to ingrish.
Do you still get your share of the intergenerational wealth redistribution even though you’re overseas?
aimlesswanderer: Happy Chinese New Year to you too!!!!!!:) Have a great Chinese New Year celebration with your family:)
Ah, smart girl, you went to make sure that you got your cut of the phat lewt! Have fun over there.
Have a big relo gathering tonight, should be seeing some long lost relos.
aimlesswanderer: hi, do u have an email? Since u’ve been following my blog so religiously, i feel like i want to contact u…i will delete it once u put it up so don’t worry!
In principle Taiwan should rightfully remain independent. Simple reason being that they had been ‘unofficially’ independent for so long! Its crazy to take back a country when so many years have passed since 1949.
Moreover, it is Taiwan who had been planning all along to take back communist mainland with the Allies support right til their ouster from the UN seat in 1971! It is still enshrined in their constitution til the ’90s when Lee Teng Hui realised the inevitable and unofficially abandoned the agenda simply because the snake is unable to swallow the mouse that had turned into an elephant!
However, everything in life is conditional. China happened to have awakened from their deep slumber in the ’90s, subsequently joined WTO in 2000, opened their markets and have became a much more wealthy and powerful nation. It is because of this fact that they now have the power to demand and coerce if neccessary.
If PRC’s GDP and wealth is still the same like the Mao Era with the same old rigid, closed market communist ideologies now without a seat in UN, do you think they have the audacity to make so much noise? No of course, because they know the world would be against them! US and their allies would bombed these communists to shreds, which according to published history is exactly what the Allies had intended to do in the ’50s right up til the ’60s before Taiwan got kicked out of the UN and replaced by PRC, LOL.
Thank God it didn’t happened, else the world would have lost a gold mine to feed them for the next hundred years.
Since China has now woken up with more American and world’s interests vested heavily in them, it is only natural for US and most of the world to side with the CCP. Simply because it makes pure economic sense.
Hence if Taiwan is smart enough to take the realist’s path, they must realised that the union is an inevitable fact, the goal post has shifted and they should try to negotiate for a peaceful settlement instead of going the independent route which will marginalise Taiwan even further from the rest of the world.
In other words, resistance is futile and any talk about a nation’s pride is irrelevant here unless Taiwan is foolish enough to take the onslaught of 700 missiles which is aiming right at the Island now. No matter how much we detest some of China’s policies, nothing on this planet earth can stop them right now. The Enlightened ones would choose to ride on top of this neo-communist tiger instead, LOL.
dragon888: Thanks for your comments. Well, i can see your arguement but i respectfully disagree. I do not think reunion with China is an ‘inevitable’ conclusion as you put it, if that were the case, countries like South Korea should also be compelled and ’smart’ to become part of China and countries like Singapore and Thailand should also be part of China to reap in the full benefits of China’s booming economy right now. Further, Taiwan should have simply voted to become part of Japan in the 70s and 80s when Japan’s economy dominated Asia..if one were to look from a purely economic perspective, then all Asian nations should have been ’smart enough’ to want to become a part of Japan in the 80s..clearly that would not have been a desirable outcome. Economics may well be important but sometimes, dignity and a sense of pride in one’s own country despite its cons may be much more important…
wow i would fuck with any of them
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If you want people to leave their contact details I think you need to set up a linked email address for that purpose.
I’m not saying that all the world’s eyes are on your blog, but generally speaking most people won’t want to put contact details up on a blog even if you promise you will remove them later.
At present, it seems a strange double standard: you preserve your position but ask others to risk theirs. I’m you don’t mean it to be that way, but that’s the effect of it.
Anonymous today just because I can’t be bothered with the rest of the rigmarole. If you’re really keen to know who this is I will own up later.
If you want people to leave their contact details I think you need to set up a linked email address for that purpose.
I’m not saying that all the world’s eyes are on your blog, but generally speaking most people won’t want to put contact details up on a blog even if you promise you will remove them later.
At present, it seems a strange double standard: you preserve your position but ask others to risk theirs. I’m you don’t mean it to be that way, but that’s the effect of it.
Anonymous today just because I can’t be bothered with the rest of the rigmarole. If you’re really keen to know who this is I will own up later.
If you want people to leave their contact details I think you need to set up a linked email address for that purpose.
I’m not saying that all the world’s eyes are on your blog, but generally speaking most people won’t want to put contact details up on a blog even if you promise you will remove them later.
At present, it seems a strange double standard: you preserve your position but ask others to risk theirs. I’m you don’t mean it to be that way, but that’s the effect of it.
Anonymous today just because I can’t be bothered with the rest of the rigmarole. If you’re really keen to know who this is I will own up later.
anon: thanks for the comment and advice. If u have a blog it would be nice to allow me to have a look at it…as for the double standards thing, well, people already are able to see my blog, it would be unfair for an anon person to have my contact details as well as my blog as well whilst i know nothing about them right? …and for those who own a blog and wanna meet up, all they have to do is leave their blog link and ask me to email them and i would do so…thanks anyways for ur advice:)
anon: thanks for the comment and advice. If u have a blog it would be nice to allow me to have a look at it…as for the double standards thing, well, people already are able to see my blog, it would be unfair for an anon person to have my contact details as well as my blog as well whilst i know nothing about them right? …and for those who own a blog and wanna meet up, all they have to do is leave their blog link and ask me to email them and i would do so…thanks anyways for ur advice:)
anon: thanks for the comment and advice. If u have a blog it would be nice to allow me to have a look at it…as for the double standards thing, well, people already are able to see my blog, it would be unfair for an anon person to have my contact details as well as my blog as well whilst i know nothing about them right? …and for those who own a blog and wanna meet up, all they have to do is leave their blog link and ask me to email them and i would do so…thanks anyways for ur advice:)
OK, I own up. I’m not a stranger. I don’t mean you need disclose your real, full-time email adress, but you could set up one dedicated to receiving communications from others here.
OK, I own up. I’m not a stranger. I don’t mean you need disclose your real, full-time email adress, but you could set up one dedicated to receiving communications from others here.
OK, I own up. I’m not a stranger. I don’t mean you need disclose your real, full-time email adress, but you could set up one dedicated to receiving communications from others here.
marcellous: Well, i don’t know why you didn’t leave your identity in the first instance, given that it would not make any difference to me. As for setting up an email especially for this blog, i have thought about it and know plenty of bloggers whom have done so but for my own reasons, do not want to do so myself..besides, i am already on another friendship social networking website and so this blog is not really a place for me to eagerly make new friends..and for those whom do leave their contacts here, it would mean they really are sincere in knowing me and so it would be great for me to know them too:)
marcellous: Well, i don’t know why you didn’t leave your identity in the first instance, given that it would not make any difference to me. As for setting up an email especially for this blog, i have thought about it and know plenty of bloggers whom have done so but for my own reasons, do not want to do so myself..besides, i am already on another friendship social networking website and so this blog is not really a place for me to eagerly make new friends..and for those whom do leave their contacts here, it would mean they really are sincere in knowing me and so it would be great for me to know them too:)
marcellous: Well, i don’t know why you didn’t leave your identity in the first instance, given that it would not make any difference to me. As for setting up an email especially for this blog, i have thought about it and know plenty of bloggers whom have done so but for my own reasons, do not want to do so myself..besides, i am already on another friendship social networking website and so this blog is not really a place for me to eagerly make new friends..and for those whom do leave their contacts here, it would mean they really are sincere in knowing me and so it would be great for me to know them too:)
Just didn’t own up to who i was last time cos of the hoops u have to go through, but it seems like it has got easier now.
Anyway, hope u had a good time in Penang.
Just didn’t own up to who i was last time cos of the hoops u have to go through, but it seems like it has got easier now.
Anyway, hope u had a good time in Penang.
Just didn’t own up to who i was last time cos of the hoops u have to go through, but it seems like it has got easier now.
Anyway, hope u had a good time in Penang.
marcellous: yep, i indeed had a much-needed rest and relax time in penang. Met up with relatives,friends,etc and explored penang, kl, and melaka on this trip back..shall update on that soon (once i get some rest and settle down!)
marcellous: yep, i indeed had a much-needed rest and relax time in penang. Met up with relatives,friends,etc and explored penang, kl, and melaka on this trip back..shall update on that soon (once i get some rest and settle down!)
marcellous: yep, i indeed had a much-needed rest and relax time in penang. Met up with relatives,friends,etc and explored penang, kl, and melaka on this trip back..shall update on that soon (once i get some rest and settle down!)
Hi I’m back too!!!
Re your comment way back (Aussie citizenship), I’ve gotten used to life in TAiwan, so I finally decided to work on my papers and stay for good. And my boyfriend lives here loh…
michael
oh by the way, welcome back from your vacation too…
I visited KL two years ago, but only for an overnight stay. Unfortunately I couldn’t find an AMEX ATM that worked, so I didn’t have enough money so didn’t dare stray far away from my hotel… hahaha… horrible experience…
Visited Penang a few years ago, loved the place,the Malay and Chinese fusion. Thanks for the memories.
michael: i see..so how is the process for obtaining taiwanese citizenship (actually do u have citizenship or pr???) what are the requirements? I am interested in knowing if u dun mind telling me:)
btw, what do u mean u r back too?? i don’t know what u mean. where u from?? cos u sound malaysian?
anon: You are welcome:):):)
Hi HC,
I said I was back because I was finally able to find your blog again. hahaha~~~ now it’s on my favorites list.
As for applying for Taiwan citizenship, these are the main documents/requirements: at least five years of employment in Taiwan, an annual income of 420ooo in the previous year (around S$21000?), and police records from country of origin. The other minor docs are easy to obtain… (e.g. passport, ARC, …)
Taiwan offers a better health/medical system than the Philippines, and there’s a lively gay community here. It’s not the best place to live in the world, but I’m now too old to move again… haha.
kumichael: Yeah, Taiwan has a very advanced national healthcare system which you find only in developed countries..like Japan or Australia. So where are u from? U still haven’t answered my ques! Also how old r u? The Taiwanese elections r coming so i guess as a citizen now, u can vote too!
which part of taiwan do u live in by the way??? taipei by any chance?
hi HC,
haha i tot you’d notice that i have compared Tw with the Philippines. I left Cebu City for Taipei at 16 (dat was 21 years ago wen Taiwan was not yet a popular destination for tourists and workers, especially, …haha) and yes, I live in Taipei, and for the past two decades I have seen Taipei grow into a very very gay-friendly city.
Michael
michael: I see..glad to have another filipino reader on my blog, if u’ve been reading, u must know that i fell head over heels for filipino movies and tv dramas last year..haha..i even watched a few abs-cbn dramas uploaded on youtube and online…
Also, indeed u went to taiwan quite early (although the economy was booming already bck in the 80s when the Phillipines was having economic problems and political ones such as People Power…)
Taiwan has liberalised ALOT in the past decade on gay issues and gay rights..it was already becoming more open in the 90s but from 2000it became even more open, i am proud to say it is possibly the MOST gay-friendly country in Asia, even ahead of Thailand (the thai media is nowhere near as gay-friendly as the taiwanese one as i’ve watched a few thai dramas/movies and they remind me of taiwanese ones more than 10 yrs bck!)..
i am glad u found something and someone in taiwan that u liked:)
Hi HC,
Haha, you remind me of a Singaporean friend who was also into Filipino movies. He knew more Filipino actors and movies than I did. Talaga!
Do you still have relos in Taiwan? Wen was the last time you were here?
Yeah you were right! The Taiwan economy was already booming during the late 80s when I first arrived here. But to many people then, TAiwan seemed to be not the right place to go for studies, and many friends back home were even trying to dissuade me from coming. What surprised me was that my father allowed me to leave home… hahaha… and I’m really thankful i made that decision back then (although at that time i really had no idea about the difference between PRC and ROC LOL)…
Michael
michael: Yep, pinoy entertainment is truly fantastic:)
And yeah, i do have relatives in Taipei, actually half of all my relatives are in Taiwan as my dad is Taiwanese and i do visit from time to time, though not often, the last time was back in 2005!
So u went to Taiwan to study?? Are you of Chinese ethnicity? Cos i know quite alot of SE Asian Chinese went to Taiwan to study in the past before China became as accessible as it is now:)
Hi HC,
Yeah, I’m one of those Chinese-Filipinos who speak Bisaya (the language in the central Philippines), so I’m also called Bis-tik (there, you know one more term). Yeah, my primary purpose for coming here was to study (and of course to learn more about “being Chinese”), but you know you get used to the local lifestyle and the conveniences that Taipei had to offer, and it is even more difficult to adjust to a “lower-”level standard of lifestyle after you get used to all the stuff here. So now I cannot imagine how I would cope were I to settle back in my hometown. Of course I still love the beaches and the food (mmm…), but they pay better here…
Do let me know when you visit Taipei again.
Michael
What a very interesting blog. The red’s a little hard on the eyes though. lol
michael: Yea! I’ll tell u next time go back to Taipei, we could meet up!:) Also, which part of Taipei do u live in?
kloggers: Thanks for the comment/advice!!
I used to have many Chinese-Malaysian classmates back in “pre-college” in Taipei. And I couldn’t comprehend how they were always being discriminated against (e.g., not being able to enter into university because of the quota) and still be proud of “their country”.
michael: Well, I can understand how they feel its ‘their country’ just like i still feel Malaysia is ‘my’ home despite all the racist policies…just like the Phillipines will always have a special place in ur heart rite, even if one day they discriminated against chinese there as well??
But its the deeds of the government and a section of the population which is hideous:)
I feel bad about the Japanese because there where Jap docters that killed Jewish people in Japan in the year 1925. Those bully’s probably got excited when they smelled leucine in there victims sweat.
i watched Masahe last year. It was showing in Taipei but only in one theater… but before that the last time i saw a GP pinoy movie was wen i was in high school (the time wen everybody was still crazy about Sharon Cuneta). you probably need to give me a list of must-watch pinoy movies.
michael
michael: Man, you are missing big-time!! hahaha…but then many filipinos dun seem to know how to appreciate their own movie industry, judging from the disinterest/negative comments i often hear about it from filipino readers as well as on filipino blogs..look thru my later-half 2007 archives for the post on ‘rediscovering my SEA roots’ for a whole list of recommended pinoy films, incl. gay-oriented ones, as well as watch ‘crying ladies’ and ‘got 2 believe’:)
Yeah, lots of dodgy stuff going on in Malaysia. Back in my uni days I did an essay on the rigged system – what I found was not encouraging. It was just entrenched inequality and discrimination, and was an unfortunate example of what happens when the majority decides to shaft everyone else.
The original intent was good (the Malays were dirt poor and the Chinese and colonials had the vast majority of wealth at the time of independence), but how it ended up….
Not to mention the corruption, cronyism, nepotism and just strange stuff which happens when a country is essentially a one party state. I was surprised that in previous elections there wasn’t a bigger anti BN vote, but I guess the happiness over the good economic growth and better living conditions is being overridden by the concern over discrimination, corruption and general dodgyness.
I don’t think the BN will be able to change itself (or its policies-much easier to get started, extremely hard to get rid of), and things could get ugly if they decide that they are going to stay in power no matter what – cue arrests, media intimidation and the usual.
aimlesswanderer: Yeah…but then again, without the NEP, the Malays would be even poorer than they are now and it could create further frictions and racial riots like May 1969 or the anti-Chinese riots in 1998 in Indonesia…so its a kinda no-win situation both ways….
And yeah, actualy all the stuff you mentioned about oppression and all has already been in place since decades ago and that was the surprising thing with this elections…it seemed that democracy, though still tainted and corrupt, broke thru and the opposition made such huge gains…i heard the media was TOTALLY pro-govt before the elections and didn’t even give any media coverage to the opposition but since the big election upset, apparently, now front page as well as special articles are devoted to the opposition’s policies and leaders..quite and improvement and utterly unthinkable just two weeks ago!! So its not all bad…its improving, the situation:)
Yes, the aims of the NEP were laudable, but putting them into practise without creating a really dodgy system (and a big problem for the future) is extremely challenging. It could have been worse I guess. Perhaps the Chinese and the other communities could integrate and spend more time with each other. Some things I have read suggest that they have minimal contact with each other, which would certainly not lead to greater understanding. The government though seems to be failing the poorest bumis, who need help the most. They’re dirt poor, and then they see all these filthy rich Chinese flaunting their wealth, no wonder they get upset. Perhaps the govt is too focussed on the other, richer bumis, those who are ‘in the know’ and can milk/rort the system.
I hope that Malaysia is slowly changing for the better – especially politically, it would be healthy for the BN to lose power, which would show that the system truly works (ie that it’s not a 1 party state), and so that other parties can have a go at fixing some of the problems.
The media turnaround may well be a change for the better, but whether it is long term is the question. The BN may well still be in shock and may not have gotten their crud back together. Once they have time to regroup they may well get nasty. After all, there are massive benefits to being in power, and there are a vast number of dubious things that would come out if they lost government. One hopes that they don’t adopt a ‘hang onto power at any cost mentality’, which would stuff the country up big time.
aimlesswanderer: Yes, the races indeed dun really mix in Malaysia..even in schools they don’t really mix and many go to race-specific schools such as chinese highschools or indian highschools where the emphasis in on speaking mandarin or tamil despite following the national Bahasa Malaysia curriculum. We, Malaysians, should indeed mix more.
Actually, the NEP has created alot of rich bumis and the poor bumis are also disenchantised by them..they can see all these rich bumis, especially in KL and Selangor, which is one explanation for them turning against the govt as the urban malays can see the rich/poor gap very clearly even between themselves…and as for media, i think things will last long-term as the BN has always wanted to be in power which explains the elections and media coverage being rigged for the past 50 yrs…but something happened these elections, and the govt knows now that if it doesn’t improve its act, it can suffer at the elections.
Its stupid to segregate people’s educations so much, but then again that’s happening (to a much lesser extent so far, thank goodness) here too. That can only lead to bad bad things.
Let’s hope that the govt tries to improve its performance, and doesn’t instead try and cling onto power. Yeah, the numbers being what they are, a fair few bumis need to vote for the opposition as well as nearly all the Chinese and Indians if the govt was to be voted out. Next election it’ll be interesting to see what happens.
There are alot of problems with Malaysia, it will be a challenge to stop things developing into a bigger mess.
You wanna meet for lunch or something on sun or mon? Email me if so.
aimlesswanderer: Yep, I’ve replied your email:)
hello i have read your article and it is quite interesting! about the part why filipino’s have so many half celebs is that Philippines has been white washed being in spanish rule for 300 years and 100 years of american rule, i myself is spanish, american and pure filipino i have to say Philippines has a diverse culture so you wont be surprised if some or many Filipino’s look half and etc.’Quite interesting having spanish, american, chinese, mexican, other south american countries and etc. in our culture and people.
thanx 4 the great read again
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Therefore I’d like to sit for the NAATI exam to get some etra points. However… I know the test is really tough, it’s almost impossible to pass it, only 20% of students are successsful, blah blah blah. These are just rumors, my friend’ s friend has a friend who’ s sister failed it… you know how it goes. So I don’t want to get scared before I even take the exam… I just want to try it with no expectations and we’ll see if this is the way.
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Thanks a lot, mate.
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Tereza,
I’ve replied your email. Hope it helps!:)
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Every piece of journalism or someone’s opinion is biased to some degree. Thinking that the ‘Western media’, or any other group are unbiased is rather naive.
Don’t forget that since journalists were banned from Tibet and neighbouring areas there weren’t really any journalists on the ground, who could have better found out and reported what was going on. As it was, they were trying to report on things remotely, with very little to go on. What were they going to report, that they didn’t know anything and had no idea what was going on? No, they mixed rumour (from Tibetan independence sources most likely, who are likely to be biased, naturally), occasionally wild speculation, and their perceptions of the CCP does to anyone who doesn’t do what they want, and it’s no wonder that what was produced was often inaccurate and sometimes alarmist. In a large measure that’s a result of the banning of reporters – an information vacuum which was filled with rumour and speculation in the absence of fact.
Of course everyone – despite what they may think – has preconceptions about just about everything, based on their upbringing, and what they have read and heard. Yes, many furriners go to China and are surprised that most people aren’t obviously oppressed. Just like I would guess that many Chinese reports go the the US and find that things aren’t what they expected either.
The “great economic gains and the new wealth” (which the CCP always touts) which has flowed into Tibet have disproportionately gone to the new Han Chinese migrants, which has, not surprisingly, made people unhappy. Though the CCP would deny it, what has happened to Tibet is basicaly like what the old (Evil) colonial powers did. They came in and took over a “backwards” country and its people, installed their people to run things, brought people from the home country in as settlers (who did far better than the natives), absconded with the local resources, and claimed that they had made things “better”. In some ways things are better, but in others….. A similar but forgotten thing has happened to Xinjiang, where a more violent separatist movement has bubbled away for decades. Xinjiang has alot more natural resources, though.
If you were a Tibetan and were seeing the new migrants come in and take over everything, and you and your fellow natives were getting shafted, would you be unhappy too? There isn’t really any way for them to vent their anger besides rioting. Here we can slag off the government as much as we want, we can vote for someone else, we can protest, but in China you get arrested for that. That said, there was probably a group of persons helping to organise things,
What do you think the reaction would have been if the CCP had dragged out all the foreign tourists, many of whom would not want to leave? It would have been a public relations disaster, and would have been an admission that the place was out of control. Letting them stay was simply the better, less messy option, since they weren’t being targeted.
I am sceptical that monks venting their anger during a ‘controlled’ visit to a pre sanitised monastery is a sign that things aren’t as bad as we might think. More likely they thought that they had crushed dissent at the monastery and were surprised that it happend, and had to figure out what to do once it happened. If they were trying to send a signal to the world with that I think it failed completely.
It is true that, because of international sensitivities, the response wasn’t as heavy handed as it might have been, but many people will still feel sympathy with the rioters because they have gotten a raw deal. And as I mentined earlier, they have few other ways to express themselves. People here are allowed to demonstrate – in China the aren’t unless it is officially sanctioned, like the protests against Carrefor.
The problem that the CCP had gotten itself into was that, after a lifetime of demonising the Dalai Lama, it was kinda hard to suddenly reverse course and talk to him, and then to do a deal. Now they’ve agreed to some talks, but certainly nothing much seems to have resulted yet, and there are concerns that they were only staged to placate the pesky furriners. Hopefully, though it may take years, they’ll be able to sort something out. In the long term if this prompts both sides to come to an agreement this may be a good thing.
It seems like most Chinese think that Tibet was a primitive feudal theocracy (which I suspect is close to the truth), rather than a utopian Shangrila which is the vague Western view. The DL also apparently owned slaves, and for decades there was a CIA funded guerilla movement running loose. He also seems to have some fairly hard line view about gays too, which seem to be toned down for his western audiences. Thus most Chinese wonder why, since things are much better there in some ways, there is so much criticism.
Both sides were only making it worse, though it seems to have cooled down now. Attention has now focussed on the earthquake and the cyclone. The Chinese see all the fuss as anti China, and there is an element of that. The Western media is often lazy and resorts to easy “Evil Chinese Government” stories. The Chinese media does what the CCP tells it to do, ie propagate the view that the Evil Furriners are out to sabotage the Olympics and insult China, and that All Is Well in Tibet.
All this nationalism is useful to the CCP in that the Chinese people have been distracted from worries about corruption and price rises, and they are more supportive of the CCP. If things get out of hand however, xenophobia would be a huge problem for them (and everyone else), and could lead to serious economic and political problems. The West sees a boycot as only a protest against some of the problems in China, but the Chinese would take it as a grave insult, so I think that it would be a bad idea.
The earthquake and the somewhat uneven but generally prompt response of the CCP has also increased support for the government, though there are some uncomfortable questions which are now being asked about construction standards and corruption, especially at schools. At least they seem to have learnt a few things, and there weren’t really any restrictions on media access this time. Certainly a much better response than the good ol paranoind generals in Myanmar. BTW, where are the requisite Evil Burmese Junta, and the Tragic Earthquake in China posts?
OK, that’s enough, off to sleep.
aimlesswanderer: wow…..that was a lenghty post….I appreciate ur thoughts on the matter but like i said, i think the chinese government has improved alot as it could have easily locked away the monks somewhere at that journalist’s conference when the monks barged in or shipped all the foreigner tourists from Tibet so that it can censor the information instead of allowing the foreigners to witness the uprising and being unable to control what they say…
like they did in 1989.;)
Anyways, I should let you know about the rockclimbing thing, i’ve just been very busy with other stuff, lets arrange a time sometime!)
It is true that things are better than they used to be, partly because the CCP wants to be seen as a responsible emerging power (and are thus somewhat responsive to foreign criticism), and because of the impossibility these days of keeping something huge secret. With all the mobile phones, the internet, and so much travelling, keeping large incidents quiet is virtually impossible. Not to mention that trying to do so may come back and bite you in the ass, as the SARS episode did.
Hopefully things will gradually get better, but as long as the CCP’s main goal is to keep a monopoly on power, things will only get better up to a point. The recent restrictions (with more to come likely) on media access to badly affected areas in Sichuan, where the locals are not happy, are an illustration of how things are open up to a certain point (ie when they start to endanger the government).
Ok, let me know when.
aimlesswanderer: Yea, I agree…anyways, I shall inform u of when I’m free…weekends or weekday nights is better??:) regards, Adrian
Either should be ok. It’s much warmer during the day, if you get cold easily.
Hi from Bangkok,
The link you have provided to my blog is not working. Would you mind correcting it, please? The name is Bangkok of the Mind, the address is http://bkkmindscape.blogspot.com/ .
Thanks.
aimlesswanderer: Ok, why not this weekend? Cos i’m afraid of the cold….bzzzz…it’s been so cold this past week. I’ll email u or vice-versa for a day n time, prob sunday is good for me (is it open by any chance??)
bkkdreamer: It has been corrected.
It is open on sunday, that’s a better day for me.
aimlesswanderer: ok then, its confirmed then this sunday”) what time this sunday??
It is refreshing to see a new and unbiased article about the Tibetan issue, It is sad that everyone blindly believes the western media. I think the main problem comes because Tibetans are very clannish and they are not able to tolerate chinese dictating terms to them in anyway to them. Protesting to the extent of sabotaging the Olympic torch relay does not speak highly of their attitude. But even in the future i think the Tibetan and Taiwanese independence issues will be clash points for Chinese and American Governments. Somehow reading your post has reduced my sympathy for Tibetan protesters dramatically.
ethereal: Thanks for the comment.:)
oppanon: I’ve replied both ur emails.
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nice article, i concur with most of your thoughts, I do not know about interracial gay relationships, but i have heard many cases where young innocent asian women marry some elder white man to gain greater social repute or economical position and end up being betrayed or divorced in a country which is not your own, and a culture which is not their own.
But fault also lies in the way asians or south asians tend to always associate whiteness with economic prosperity and greater social repute and secutity for them and their progeny,just as you mentioned.
maddy: thanks for the comment.
This is an old chestnut. I’ve expressed some of my opinions in my post Rice Queen, Potato Queen and also Marginalia
Since where one is coming from is crucial in discussing this, I will disclose that I am “white” and I live with a Chinese man who is in fact 3 years older than I but, who is, as he never fails to remind me, “looking younger.” He gets furious about those age-and-beauty-disparate pairs pretty much just as you do.
marcellous: what does ‘this is an old chestnut’ mean?? also, thanks for ur insight..would u mind explaining how u met ur chinese partner and why u (and him) are attracted to each other? does race play a factor? are there any significant gaps b/w the two of u (since age isn’t an issue here being the other way around and only 3 yrs)??
Well I think I mean it is something which crops up again and again, and that also it is a bit of a perpetual conundrum.
I’ve already overstepped my own bounds for saying as much as I have about D so I can’t really answer your other questions here.
mcls: ok, i will if i do:)
marcellous: ok, alright. I understand…
please delete my earlier comment as promised then
First, why the hell does the RAAF have a base in Malaysia? It’s not like we have enough aircraft to spread around like the yanks. And the Malay Emergency was ages ago.
Today was the first day that my climbing related aches and pains have subsided. I think I was perhaps a bit over ambitious doing that overhanging climb after such a long break! You did well, with a bit more experience your technique and climbing muscles will develop. You don’t seem like you do or enjoy much physical activity, and that kinda shows, but perhaps you can overcome that in time.
Hmm, so you were ogling the guys there. You really should look at the climber you are belaying at least, say, half the time, as their progress affects how you belay. On difficult climbs you should be paying close attention. Sadly there were alot more guys that girls there (as usual, unfortunately), so it was alot easier for you! His name is apparently Chris. Sorry I neglected to introduce you.
aimlesswanderer: I do like exercise!!!!! I really enjoyed the rock-climbing experience, truely:) And yeah, it started to ache, but surprisingly, it wasn’t that bad despite me being so thin and i recovered within 3 days. And i’m sorry about the belaying stuff, i was NOT looking at guys, i was looking at you BUT i didn’t know how to control the speed so its a technique problem to master…i also assumed if u slipped it meant i had to put you down but OBVIOUSLY not..so i’ll learn, it takes time:)
And lastly, if fine, no need to introduce, haha, he was cute Chris…yeah, not alot of ladies there unfortunately (for you)..or they’re all too old!
mcls: Thanks for the reminder, I’ve deleted ur earlier comment already.
How many calories does rock climbing consume? is it more exhausting than a marathon or something and what kind of equipment did you people use?
sorry just out of inquisitiveness, i know this entry is unrelated.k
hcpen: You might, but the impression you give is that you are unfamiliar with it, and somewhat out of your comfort zone. I am glad you liked it, but in a few months any muscle you built up will all have leeched away! Though you should remember some technique. I don’t think being skinny has anything to do with recovery time, it’s how much you used your muscles. The more you used them the longer they will be sore.
Yeah, you will get better with more experience. I was annoyed because I should have told you, and because I was struggling with the climb. The belaying technique they teach you is simpler but it has its drawbacks. The way I do it you can tell if there is slack to take up, while you can’t with both hands on the tail.
Yes, sadly they were either way too young or too old.
Maddy, I had a quick check and supposedly you burn about 770 calories an hour, equivalent to just over 1 big mac with cheese. You get tired very quickly, especially since you are using muscles which normally don’t get used at all. If you go to an indoor climbing place they will have equipment you can hire and can show you what to do.
maddy: ur question has been answered by aimlesswanderer.
aimlesswanderer: nope, rockclimbing is new to me so it hasn’t anything to do with exercising, its something anyone, incl. those whom do regular sports, may not enjoy or get used to.
The belaying they teach is indeed abit difficult (to know the climber’s intentions i mean):)
Hope you now have a better understanding of the complicated monster that is the Australian tax system!
aimlesswanderer: Nope, thanks for reminding me, i gotta ask some friends about it:) hey, u know where we could play paintball in sydney? cos i’m feeling like paintball recently but dun know where its available in syd:)
Oh yes, the alarming excitement of the tax system, you know you need it.
Well, the places are all on the outskirts or outside of sydney. What, you have an urge to run around with a gun and shoot paintballs at people? Google “paintball sydney”.
There are actually laser versions of it, and the ranges are much longer. They sound awesome. You can also have different types of ‘guns’ too.
還記得我嗎?
跟你说哦，今天我在网站打我的中文名字，
竟然出现了你的名字。
突然唤起早前跟你的回忆~
aimlesswanderer: Hi, thanks for the info, we should go there together sometime! also,hey, i need ur help for something, i’ll call u sometime this weekend.:)
ooby: Hi;)好久沒見到你了呢﹐我當然還記得你。。過得好嗎?
這麼巧?!難道你和我的名字有如此相似嗎?在哪個網站又如何又找到回我的部落格的?很高興又見到你在我這裡留了痕跡﹐希望能常常來逛逛唷:)
Yeah, you gonna organise a group of victims, err, participants?
Heh, wasserproblem? There are some things I can help you with, and some things I can’t.
aimlesswanderer: sorry i haven’t called yet…hahaha….been busy, call soon!:)
Dear Chinese chic,
ld white guy
I’m glad that you hold strong views on life and relationships. About these white/Asian relationships you are concerned about… Have you had to opportunity to poll Asians and whites who are in these partnerships. Are they happy with their choices and would they do it all over again? About class distinction, I observed plenty of this among the
chinese even though communism was introduced almost 60 years ago. Upper class Asians have been using this system for thousands of years to keep the common people in there place… I have relative who have married Asian ladies and have been together for many many years and their wives do not kiss their husband’s bachsides… These ladies were taught from childhood to put the family first and when possible do help their parents and relatives. Asian culture seems very hard on women who are divorced or single mothers. Many Asian men do not want to rise a stepchild as his own… in Western cultures it is not unusual to find a man who will rise and educate a child of his Asian wife as his own. What are these divorce or unwed mothers to do? Of course, there are preditors who seek to exploit the weaker partners, they come in a rainbow of colors and races. If the people involved in these interracial relationships are living good and happy lives maybe you and I should mind our own business. Any relationship between White/White, Asian/Asian or whatever can be a sick exploitation of the weaker partner but like I said, my cousin’s wives can hold their own with their partners and they are good women.
Try to tell them they are being exploited or miss treated….
Oh yes, thanks for the opportunity to discuss this important subject. I appreciate your views and realize that you do struggle with this difficult issue… talk later
ld white guy again….
ps also call myself handsome Jerry at times….
handsome jerry: ok, thnks for ur thoughts on this issue. I am conflicted as well…yea i know it shouldn’t be any of my business but it just pisses me off and annoys me..i know its kinda mean but thats how i feel..sigh…
I love the film festival…..always good and the Italian festival bet it was heaps of good food….
m5lvin: yeap!! It indeed was fun at the italian fest, had a look of ur blog, nice blog, …also thanks for visiting my blog and gd lck with job-hunting;)
Their facilities are fantastic, but I’m not very sure about the people’s mentality. Having been working in Beijing for the past year, they are still not ready mentally.
Let’s just hope they put on a good show.
legolas: I’m sure they will;)The Chinese have invested too much effort n too much face in it already…had a quick look at ur blog, re; the decision to place relationship over career was very noble of you..very admirable but hard decision to make i believe…:)
I am a bit concerned about their security. Despite the thousands of security cameras, hundred thousand police, hundred thousand soldiers, checkpoints galore, scanners&detectors, permits&passes, surface to air missles, and serious$, a Korean TV crew walked right into the main stadium and filmed the rehearsal for the opening ceremony-then posted the footage online. Talk about embarassing!
Reminds me of last year at the APEC summit, and the Chaser guys who literally walked right through the $300 million "ring of steel"…..
I hope that it all runs smoothly, but the government has gone risk averse and has decided that they don't care as long as things run smoothly and there are no embarassing "incidents". So censorship, travel restrictions, reporting restrictions, bar closures and other measures have been put into effect to minimise possible problems.
Will be interesting to see how it goes, and whether people think that it was a success afterwards. They must be madly hoping for low pollution!
aimlesswanderer: Yea..will be interesting to see how the reflection on the Games are after the Games.
Will be watching the opening ceremony at home with colleagues. Can’t wait.
legolas: yeah..i’m super excited myself..the first time the chinese nation has held an olympics..i’ll be glued to the tv on time tonite..enjoy!;)
No matter what, it’s gonna be wonderful I’m sure.