Going through my bags recently, I found this notebook I bought a few years ago in Osaka during my last visit to Japan and I thought the little saying was hilarious. As is usually the case, it is unintentionally hilarious due to a bad English translation. In this case it's only slightly off. Let me state right off the bat that I could be very wrong, but I would have translated … [Read more...]
Winter Themed Japanese Smoking Manners Posters
Fellow blogger Erica Jordan recently brought an article to my attention about a new strategy being adopted by the anti-smoking organization "Legacy". Rather than focus on the health consequences of smoking as they've been doing, they are now attacking cigarettes as litter. My immediate thought was: "That's not new!" That sign is one of almost 80 in a long-running smoking … [Read more...]
Hanging off the Side of Mandalay’s Crowded Public Transport
You'll find a lot of options for getting around in Myanmar, but only the most expensive offer any comfort. Most are crowded at best, like the pickup truck above on the streets of Mandalay, and downright painful at worst. I was stupid lucky enough to try just about all of them during my time in Myanmar and you can read about all the fun I had in the series of posts detailing my … [Read more...]
Korean Band “Won” Plays 80s Heavy Metal in all its Cheesy Glory
South Korea (and all of Asia, really) is obsessed with pop music. So is the west, of course, but it's so much worse in Asia. If you're not a young, cute girl—or a guy who looks like a young, cute girl—surrounded by four nearly identical girls who each differ from you in exactly one personality trait, you have no chance of making it big in the music industry. None. That's … [Read more...]
Tooth Vendor in Marrakech’s Djemaa El-Fna
You can buy individual teeth or a full set with gums from this tooth vendor in Djemaa El-Fna in Marrakech, Morocco. If you read my previous post on Marrakech's main square, you'll know that this guy is only one of a countless number of interesting characters (remember her?) who hang out here. … [Read more...]