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17 May 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Cje95
It has been a minute since I last wrote about the ongoing struggle occurring in Myanmar. While some things continue to be done concrete moves by either side have not yet occurred. If anything has been shown it is that the civilian population will not...
11 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
Most people aren't aware that Kubrick originally intended Full Metal Jacket to be an allegory about the death of the music industry, in addition to a biting commentary on the duality of man. From the beginning of the film, when the amateurs, wannabe...
6 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Cje95
While I had read about the mass arrest and imprisonments as bad as it is to say I expected that with a government being overthrown by the military. However, I did not expect to begin to read headlines that Myanmar's military is "disappearing" young m...
5 May 2021 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95
A different rebel group, that is aligned with other groups across Myanmar in protest to the military takeover and arrest of democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has made headlines today. Previously I have written about the Karen ethnic min...
4 May 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Chinuck
Even though these dumplings are better known by their Japanese name, "gyoza" is a Japanese phonetic translation of "jiaozi" from Chinese. The Chinese characters used for both are the same (餃子). Sometimes the Chinese ones are called "potstickers", w...
2 May 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Kev HK
Fight Club is a classical movie produced in 1999 directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Helena Bonham Carter. When the movie was premiered at the 56th Venice International Film Festival, it immediately invoked lots of co...
1 May 2021 1 minute read 1 comment RoaringTiger
There are 3 “gosanke”(御三家) in Japan you have probably heard about a lot. These are Yoshinoya, Sukiya and Matsuya, famous Japanese fast food chains. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ “Gosanke” means a combination of three key words: 有力(influential) , 有名(famous), 人気(popul...
29 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments RoaringTiger
It has been believed that Gods dwell on mountains from ancient times, therefore Japanese used to climb mountains to pray for the health of family members. This is called mountain worship and many people climb high mountains to pray to Gods. Statues...
29 Apr 2021 1 minute read 1 comment RoaringTiger
It's said the temple is the place of origin of the famous Japanese beckoning cat "maneki neko" that many of us got used to seeing in front of Japanese shops. There is a belief that "maneki neko" brings in customers and money. There are many lege...
29 Apr 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Cje95
After the hugely disappointing statement released by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) about the meeting with the de facto leader of the Myanmar Military Junta which stated that the leader would consider the block's suggestions, a ne...
