Expat at Large, had post a while back that I have thought about everytime I have a conversation with S.O. about things Japanese. Taking aim at the ever popular Singaporean Mr. Miyagi, Expat at Large quotes: “But anyway, that afternoon, at the coffeeshop with me were two Ang Moh (Singapore
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I have some interesting reflections on Asia and the attitudes they have over here to us, farang, gaijin, gweilo, and foreign devils. Unfortunately, I had a social event this evening, which I just got home from. I had just settled down with a cold can of VB to render forth
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I have some interesting reflections on Asia and the attitudes they have over here to us, farang, gaijin, gweilo, and foreign devils. Unfortunately, I had a social event this evening, which I just got home from. I had just settled down with a cold can of VB to render forth
Continue readingGood Grief! For two hours can’t we just all get along?
More Star Wars talk today, none of it good.Gaijin Biker has a post about the “hidden” meanings inside Star Wars, Episode III. According to the way he tells it, the movie is a veiled criticism of George W. Bush. He accuses George Lucas of “Laying on the Anti-Bush message with
Continue readingGood Grief! For two hours can't we just all get along?
More Star Wars talk today, none of it good.Gaijin Biker has a post about the “hidden” meanings inside Star Wars, Episode III. According to the way he tells it, the movie is a veiled criticism of George W. Bush. He accuses George Lucas of “Laying on the Anti-Bush message with
Continue readingCounting down…10 days to go!
As you might probably guess, I am a Star Wars geek. (I’m also a huge Star Trek fan…except for Voyager. Well, then again, I would not mind seeing what was under 7 of Nine’s jumpsuit.). The final movie in the series is scheduled for release on the 19th of May….just
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Went out to play golf today and worship at our ” Holy Mother of the 16th Fairway”, a rolling up and down hilly hole with trees on one side and the out of bounds stakes on the other. Oh and did I mention there is a massive bunker in front
Continue readingEither war is finished…Or we are.
There is an incredibly tragic photo that is making the rounds of the papers and the blogosphere the last couple of days. Taken by reporter Michael Yon, embedded with a US unit in Iraq. It shows an American soldier holding a girl who has been mortally wounded in a suicide
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Skippy and his friend heading for the bar: After all, he needs a drink after contemplating the lovely Keiko-san As Expat at Large would say: “And by “date,” I mean “have sex with.” You should check out his post on the subject of Bra Models. Speaking of Expat Adventures, be
Continue readingDavid Hackworth-May God give you rest and peace.
David Hackworth is dead. He died in Mexico while undergoing treatment for cancer. He was 74 years old and his cancer was a form of cancer now appearing with increasing frequency among Vietnam veterans exposed to the defoliants called Agents Orange and Blue. Throughout his life David Hackworth was a
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