http://prankstgrup.com
the most hilarious set of pranks!! And also something I feel like doing all the time. ...maybe.
(it would explain why I'm always singing random songs, eh?)
Go enjoy. :)
2006/08/17
2006/08/16
"men"
Japanese men are incredibly feminine by North American standards, or so I've noticed.
Of course, this only applies to the current young generation, as the older generations are more traditional.
All japanese male youth have perfectly shaped eyebrows as a result of tweezing and waxing. They also take extremely good care of their skin, and carry handbags instead of backpacks because it's more convenient. It is also commonplace here to wax any leg and facial here, if you're a guy. Fashion is also significantly more feminine than in America, which is proving to be a most interesting experience for me.
And women are more-or-less the same.
Now to find me some Yakuza...
Of course, this only applies to the current young generation, as the older generations are more traditional.
All japanese male youth have perfectly shaped eyebrows as a result of tweezing and waxing. They also take extremely good care of their skin, and carry handbags instead of backpacks because it's more convenient. It is also commonplace here to wax any leg and facial here, if you're a guy. Fashion is also significantly more feminine than in America, which is proving to be a most interesting experience for me.
And women are more-or-less the same.
Now to find me some Yakuza...
2006/08/02
Sinophilia
Random observation. I was just thinking about languages and linguistics (which isn't too hard to believe when you consider that it's I who's doing the thinking) earlier today.
And I thought about language pairs and relative difficulty: e.g. English phonetics is hard for Japanese speakers, but Japanese logographs are difficult for English speakers. So it's a bit of a trade off, I guess.
Anyways, I was thinking how most people don't flinch when a person of asian descent speaks fluent English. And yet, most people are shocked when a person of european descent speaks Chinese. Is this an example of unidirectional racism? Or is just simply because most white people who bother to learn to speak Chinese also come with some of the hugest egos known to man? It's as if they need this extra ego as some sort of overcompensation for self-confidence or something.
But I guess, anyone who does anything outside of his demographic norm would carry some pride for being able to do something outside his expected experience at all. So in that sense, it's normal. Just damned annoying.
And I thought about language pairs and relative difficulty: e.g. English phonetics is hard for Japanese speakers, but Japanese logographs are difficult for English speakers. So it's a bit of a trade off, I guess.
Anyways, I was thinking how most people don't flinch when a person of asian descent speaks fluent English. And yet, most people are shocked when a person of european descent speaks Chinese. Is this an example of unidirectional racism? Or is just simply because most white people who bother to learn to speak Chinese also come with some of the hugest egos known to man? It's as if they need this extra ego as some sort of overcompensation for self-confidence or something.
But I guess, anyone who does anything outside of his demographic norm would carry some pride for being able to do something outside his expected experience at all. So in that sense, it's normal. Just damned annoying.
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