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4 May 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Chinuck $0.05
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 $0.08
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 $0.01
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 $0.01
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 $0.10
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 $0.18
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...
26 Apr 2021 2 minute read 2 comments Chinuck $0.07
Chinese spinach soup is one of a whole class of Chinese soups called "choy tong". "Tong" means soup and "choy" are green leafy vegetables. This version is done with spinach, but the same recipe is also made with watercress, dried bok choy, or Chinese...
23 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments ApocalypseHow $0.09
Just imagine........ Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, having eaten the forbidden fruit, rather than clothing themselves and hiding from shame, instead openly laughing and ridiculing God for His "silly prohibition........" THIS IS US. Now imagine.....
20 Apr 2021 2 minute read 1 comment Maximilian Brichta $0.03
States can exercise violence over their people in at least three ways: Instrumentally (through police, military, corrections), structurally (through social organization that grants power and privilege to some while depriving others), and epistemicall...
19 Apr 2021 1 minute read 14 comments Cje95 $0.18
No matter what was going on in my personal life my dog Rusty was always there for me. When my parents first got him for me I was in the middle of recovering from my latest major concussion in 2012. From the time of my memory coming back until this mo...
