Far East Cynic

Not so fast!

I’ll bet there are more than a few people pissed off here. Including every bar owner in Wanchai: U.S. aircraft carrier denied access to Hong Kong HONG KONG 21 Nov 2007-(Reuters) – China has refused permission for a U.S. aircraft carrier and accompanying vessels to visit Hong Kong for a

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Under the premise of, “That’s not funny! That’s sick!” The Muppets celebrate Thanksgiving in the alternate universe:

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Working your way up the ladder……..

I went out running this afternoon. Had spent the day in work trying to get some non-Korean related things done before I go back to the killing of trees in the name of allied unity. When your children are deprived of oxygen someday, and the sceptics have finally woken up

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The vanishing Blue Train…..

They are called Shindaisha in Japanese. It means “sleeper train”. A couple of days ago, in our morning Asahi Shimbun, the paper ran a front page article about diminishing ridership on these train lines. The trains which, with the exception of the opulent Casseiopea Train which runs from Ueno to

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Relationships

In my current funk, I’ve been coming to a slow realization. I’ve known it deep down all along, but the romantic in me has always wanted to suppress the reality of it.  Because when you accept the fact that relationships are not about sex-but about power and whose dreams get mortgaged

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The challenge of surfing the internet………

Is finding good quality,  free (e.g. no credit card info required), porn videos. Fortunately for us all, FOX News has come to the rescue: Fair and balanced baby!

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Unpacking……..

As I have said before, nothing becomes Korea like the leaving of it. It is good to be home. Even it only is for a week and then I get to go back to the grind in the land of the morning calm, once again. Thank God for the Thanksgiving

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As I seem to recall……..

Bullnav has to write a blog post praising a famous Citadel graduate. The reason: Citadel 70 -VMI 28 🙂

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Brain Dead…….

There’s  a lot write about, however I just don’t have the brain cells to write about it right now. This has been a very long week. I sure wish I was back in the city that I love. Instead I am putting in long hours here. There are a few

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