Far East Cynic

The Secretary of State wants to unwind a bit swigging some beer in a Columbian hot spot. And that's OK.

But a hard working member of the military or a Secret Service Agent wants to drink  a few beers and slice off a nice guilt free piece of Columbian tuna-and THAT's somehow a big deal.

Hillary only wishes she had tits and a bubble butt like this!

RIIIGHTTTTTTT!

Double f*cking standard if you ask me.

Moral of the story:

1) Chicks always get away with more than men.

2) ALWAYS pay the girl!

3) Don't go on liberty with the other guys.

4) Curfews suck!

5) The whole morality thing has gotten out of hand.

To be holed up inside the house because of this:

I needed the time to get caught up on this project. I spent most of the weekend holed up in my “man cave” writing draft after draft of a proposal and taking the occasional break to bang my head against the wall.

It is not that the work is that hard-but it is quite serious. In a lot of ways, the defense contracting business is similar to the world’s oldest profession. How to figure out how to get as much ass in your service-for the lowest possible price the market will bear.

Except, these are real people we are talking about here-and no matter how this turns out, real people are going to get screwed. People I know personally ( and possibly myself), and don’t deserve this kind of disrespect.

So this project weighs on me a lot. I know we have to get it right-and in a normal world we would have well over 60 days to so. With that kind of time this would be a relatively straightforward task and the weekends would be free.

But not our erstwhile task master. Who thinks its a good idea to staff a multi million dollar project in less than two weeks? I don’t-and I don’t know anyone else in the trenches who thinks it is either.

But such is the world we live in.

Snow keeps the phone from ringing-and that’s a good thing. Back to the salt mine……………

That the Philippines is still very screwed up: 

Normally, I adore Filipina women. No, really I do-and not for the reasons you gutter rats may think. While in Japan I got to observe both the good things and the bad things about Filipino society up close;  from time to time in other cities I got do good works of charity for a few ;  and at the end of the day, there is something to be said for the challenges that so many of them put up with-while still maintaining a kindred spirit. 

What other country in the world is proud of the fact that its #1 export is people?

Which is why there is one woman in the Philippines I actually loathe-Gloria Arroyo. Over the last few years she repeatedly has admitted that her administration is a complete and total failure.

140,000 women working as maids in Hong Kong? 150,000 working in Singapore? Doesn’t phase her.

500,000 men and women working in the middle east? A great national achievement.

And now-a further admission of the fact that she can’t, or won’t do a damn thing to help Filipinos in their own homeland:

Arroyo calls on Japan to accept more Philippine workers

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp…bwLZzsV8dfsAIg

Like the hostesses need that kind of competition……………

Besides the fact that its a blatant admission the Philippine economy  sucks, lets look at few obvious flaws with this line of thinking:

1) Filipino English is better than say that of-Thai’s. But unless they have lived in an English speaking country, its not the same as an native speaker.

2) Japanese hold Filipino’s in lower regard than the Chinese do-and that’s tough to do.

3)Filipino’s have this nasty habit of "importing" family behind them-if they think they can do it. Ask the US Navy, which had to do a severe crackdown on the practice in the early years of the 21′st century. The Japanese know this and want nothing to do with it.

And finally, there is still one industry that Gloria did not talk about but still gets a lot of Filipino "talent":

Against that backdrop-you think you are going to get Japanese students to Filipino eikaiwa? Not a chance.

But then-Gloria Arroyo was never known for thinking things through.

Surely, you don’t expect me to get the country to work?

And no-I’m not talking about the latest unemployment numbers.

Then again maybe I am-how certain segments of the male population in America are being underemployed-literally:

Married men and women, on average, have sex with their spouse 58 times a year, a little more than once a week, according to data collected from the General Social Survey, which has tracked the social behaviors of Americans since 1972. But there are wide variations in that number. Married people under 30 have sex about 111 times a year. And it’s estimated that about 15 percent of married couples have not had sex with their spouse in the last six months to one year, according to Denise A. Donnelly, associate professor of sociology at Georgia State University, who has studied sexless marriage.

Simply terrible-been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

Never going there again.

If ever there was an argument for the futility of marriage-and or monogamy in general-that’s it. Marriage survives for only one reason: there is no other viable way to raise children.

Oh other ways have been tried-the kibbutz, the commune, just dumping the child off on the street corner.

None of them have proven really viable yet-and some of the alternatives come with baggage (like jail time for option 3).

So, Americans are left with this depressing state of affairs.

58 times a year? That amortizes out to about  3 times per month. For someone like me-blessed (or cursed) with a strong curve of desire-that leaves one about 12 times a month short. No wonder single guys seem happier. They get some sort of control over the flow. ( especially if they live someplace where “off the shelf” options are available).

Talk about something that needs a stimulus package. Especially if you are part of that really unfortunate 15%.

I mean think about it. Even if you allow 7 days a month for “the Wound of Eve that never heals”, and another 7-8 days a month for being pissed off and unreasonable, tired, depressed or whatever, that should still provide a 12-14 day “window of opportunity.”

I blame romance novels and women’s magazines. For building the act into a mystical experience, rahter than the more correct description Shakespere gave it in Hamlet: ” A good groaning”. Which is amazing  when you consider how many cover items on a woman’s magazine have to do with sex. You would think the subliminal suggestion would pay off.

I also blame Sex in the City.

Maybe David Carradine was married? That’s about the best explanation I can think of………..

The tight economy even hits the world’s oldest entrepreneurs:

Tomorrow, Friday, around 6 AM, when the bartender announces last call at Fenwick, it really will be last call, as the bar will close for good, unless they win an appeal with the liquor licensing authority, which refused to renew their license due to “ongoing incidents.” This means they get shut down right at the beginning of the biggest bar weekend of the year.

Just last fall it looked like they would close down when the new landlord refused to renew their lease. But in a slumping market, they were able to change his mind on that. The liquor licensing authority doesn’t care about the local economy, nor do they care that Fenwick was playing a vital role in supporting the economies of Thailand, the Philippines, China, Russia and various countries in South America and Africa. “Antics at the disco have frequently been mentioned on Hong Kong-specific blogs and were often the basis of in-jokes among the expatriate community,” or so we are informed by Barclay Crawford of the SCMP. Antics. Right.

This is happening the same weekend as the Hong Kong Sevens-so its a double whammy, since Expats from all over Asia converge on Hong Kong and many of those Rugby fans have “needs” that must be attended to.

I was never much of a Fenwicks fan, truth be told. It was too crowded and it was too depressing. There where better places to go-Dusk till Dawn always had better bands IMHO. And, unlike Fenwicks, you don’t have to cut the desperation with a knife as you walk in.

It would be interesting to see how this changes the complexion of the other bars in Wanchai. Hmmmm…might be an idea for a trip back to Hong Kong in their somewhere…………

For two sinful indulgences in Hong Kong:

Krispy Kreme doughnuts in Hong Kong is shutting down. The HK franchise was owned and operated by the same group that runs Pepperoni’s, Jaspa’s, Cru, Wagyu, etc. They’ll probably continue through the end of this week and then that’s it. But as many who frequent their shops have noted, every time I went in, they were never busy. I think it just never took off in HK.

That Krispy Kreme was right down the street from McSorley’s-my favorite place to eat a two beer lunch in Hong Kong. Sigh.

And as for the other sinful indulgence? Well that’s probably a closure for the best. The real question is whether the other “retail outlets” can handle their “inventory”.

Obama did not say it, but he should have!

It proves my theory about when women say they just want to be equal with men though. When you hear a woman say that be very afraid. What it really means is that they want to enter the location and slowly, but ever so surely change it, mold it, corrupt it and in the end make it look nothing like it looked like before.

Kind of like the Naval Academy in 1976.

If Palin were a man-there would have been none of this “outrage”.  This is supposedly a tough woman-but it would seem not being called a pig bothers her. Tell me again there is not a double standard in play here.

You Are 28% Feminist

No one would consider you a feminist. You believe women should hold on to traditional gender roles.

They say that like it was a bad thing!

“The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.”-Art Spander.

My Canadian counterpart has done it again. He’s taken a complex issue and narrowed it down to it’s salient points.

Bottom Line up front-Just because you are gun loving, baby making, snowmobling MILF-does not mean you deserve to be on the ticket.

I’ve quoted his post for you below in its entirety. If you want to understand Gov Palin, The Canadian Skippy has done it for you:

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Is where the US Army is going. At first I thought this was an April fool’s post.

Then, sadly, I realized the Army was serious about it. Dogs and cats living together-in Iraq!

What’s next-giving married couples staterooms on ships?

Thanks DACOWITS! Thanks for nothing!

With John Cole’s assessment.

Doable.

Yea she’s OK-but for 5 grand, there better be more than an hour and more than one shot on goal included – and gymnastics and a hot tub would need to be involved.

She does pass the Lewinsky threshold though.

A better view here-which also answers the “rack” question.  (Slightly NSFW).

PROFANITY ALERT!

Spike has it right-America has gone off the deep end socially and politically.

I also owe every freelancer from Orchard Road to the LA Cafe to Wanchai an unqualified apology.

You see, I used to call Michelle MacaganlangMalkin a whore. Now I realize that by doing so, I’m doing real whores a huge disservice. They at least perform some sort of useful service for the money they receive and unlike Malkin-actually know how to do something useful with their mouths and fingers.  Then again real “sales professionals” know a thing or two about keeping the customer satisfied-for at least a while.

So to all the girls I have seen and hope to see again in the above listed locations, you have my sincere apologies for putting Malkin in the same league with these hard working women.

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Made it to Narita and now I am bored. Was able to sneak out of work early, catch an earlier train, and make it to Narita in good time. Now I am sitting with only 2 choices in front of me, Get loaded on the free booze in the lounge, or type a little. Being indecisive as I am, I am blending options one and 2 together.

I love to travel. I especially like to travel by my self here in Asia. The S.O. is dutifully pissed off at me, because I just told her 4 days ago I was going and NO she could not come along. This is my time, and where I want to go, she could not go…..If she had come along it would have been a repeat of the Bangkok trip in January. I’ll explain that in a minute.

Traveling by your self, it is all up to you. You set your schedule, go where you want to, sit and do nothing if you want to. Walking through the airport is an adventure of sorts, watching people and observing what they do and say. I always wonder where they are going and what has brought them here to Tokyo. Standing in immigration, I struck up a conversation with the punk clad young girl in front of me. ( What is it with young women and Pippi Longstocking socks? This chick had striped ones that went all the way up……..). She was on her way to Los Angeles. Was probably about 23 or 24, had a half open purse that was crammed chock full of stuff covered on the top by the obligatory pink Hello Kitty small towel that is common among young Japanese women. Between talking to me, she sent e-mail in Japanese on her cell phone. Would not call her cute, just intriguing..( 2 beers and she would be in window no problem..). Alas she was late, I was early, after the “I” stamp she turned left, I turned right and that was that. Another potential boink partner gone forever.

Then you get to the lounge. Lots of business people passing through coming back from China. Folks dressed nice, others ( mainly American sad to say..) who look like bums: T-shirt, jeans, cheap goatee, and a stupid ball cap. I guess that is something I carry on from my mother. She believed that traveling was something you dress up for. I know, it makes no sense, especially given the cattle car nature of economy travel these days. Nonetheless, I always try to look a little bit more snappy when I travel: nice pants, button down shirt, maybe a sports jacket if I feel like it. Besides I’ve been told looking nice will help you get upgraded.

Not today. Tried hard though, turned on the charm, smiled, made sure I got to a cute woman ticket clerk. She started to work it and then wham!, “I sorry Skippy-san, you were too cheap to buy a good ticket so I cannot upgrade you.”

Damn.

“Courtesy upgrade?”, I hopefully ask.

She smiles, then shakes her head no. Dekinai. (No way. Next time spend a few bucks eh?). Back to the back I shall go.

So its here in the lounge wondering where to go. Kolwoon or Wanchai? Stop at Hari’s bar to look over the usual suspects, or head straight to Wanchai where the odds of getting better value and performance are? (YMMV-Your mileage may vary). Decide to start at Hari’s for a beer, then push on over to Wanchai. Yea, that’s the ticket. Besides, I’ve never had good luck in Kolwoon anyway. ( Well, there was the Chinese nymph that one time……). Now I’m perking up. Need to throttle back on the beer some and sleep on the plane. Need to be awake for a night time foray a few hours from now.

Yea, like I said. I do love to travel. Hope this trip goes well.

Skippy-san

P.S. Forgot to explain the Bangkok (via Singapore) trip with the SO. As I e-mailed a friend at the time:

“If your idea enjoyable vacation you mean a week without sex, while the [S.O] has a cold, moving from store to store to subway station to temple to store to store, standing for God knows how long near fitting rooms waiting for her to try on dresses she doesn’t buy, or sitting at jewelry counters watching my savings go up in smoke (potentially), all the while seeing a parade of incredibly boinkable Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, and Malaysian girls go by, tormented by the knowledge there is absolutely no way I’m gonna get to boink them…….well, then I guess its a good vacation. Me, I like a slightly different cup of tea. So I prefer to think of this week as an act of charity that diverts me from my real charity mission of redistributing wealth from the US to Thailand; one person at a time……”

And that’s a fact!

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