The Asian-American Voter

Source: Slate

If you were running a campaign it would be difficult to spend money and pinpoint how Asians would vote. The word Asian itself is way too broad so people who fit this category have many different views on politics.

Akihabara Rail

Choo Choo!!

Travel to Akihabara and enjoy the view!

China spys on Skype conversations

So the most important question is.

Will phone sex will be intercepted?

Link: Reuters

Blind Masseur

Seems like prejudice to me. You HAVE to be blind to be a masseur in Korea

Link: BBC

At least it'll give the greatest blind masseur ever a job again :D

2008 not a lucky year for China

Except for two weeks of near-perfection during the Olympics, China has been awash in bad news, including riots, a massive quake and now tainted formula and sick babies.

Source: LA Times

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That was the problem, trying to have a perfect Olympics. For 7 years they cleaned up everything, ramped up government control, kicked people out of their houses to build the Olympic Green, hid important news from the West etc etc etc..

The Olympics overtook the Chinese psyche. They were obsessed with this irrelevant 2-week sporting event. I watched the Olympics every night as a sports fan. I wasn't impressed with the hosting of the event. There was no atmosphere in the crowds and no tailgating. There were no fan zones or entertainment. Just go to the arena and go home. I consider it one of the worst Summer Olympics I've ever seen.

As long as Chinese continue to think they are a perfect society and and hide/ignore the problems in the country, they will never grow. The Olympics have been forgotten already.

The Chinese habit of preferring to endure any hardship to avoid losing face in front of strangers doesn't help, either. Losing face to strangers is a fate worse than death ... at least Mao thought so.

Engrish from Pakistan

I think I'll pass....

Chinese Ugly Betty

It will be impossible to find an actress to play Ugly Betty in China unless they just find someone off the street with no acting experience. There are no ugly actresses in China. Such as there were no ugly hostesses or medal-presenting girls during the Olympics.

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The first season of "Ugly Wudi," a Chinese adaptation of the American comedy drama "Ugly Betty," is slated to debut on September 28. The protagonist, Lin Wudi, made her first public appearance on Tuesday.

Though the actress wears black-framed glasses and ill-fitting braces like the other Betty, her image was largely dismissed by the audience because she is not ugly enough, Oriental Morning Post reported.

Audiences hold the view that the "ugly girl" is beautiful, with a normal figure, big eyes and long hair, aside from the deliberate ugly costuming.

Hunan Television, which produced the adaptation, declined to disclose any information about the actress's identity in order to whet the audience's appetite. When reporters asked the actress about her personal issues, she was quick to avoid giving direct answers.

Holidays are all about handwriting

Can anyone in Canada hand write anymore? I know my hand writing skills have gone to crap. I type everything now. The only thing that I have to write are cheques and birthday cards.

But I know that in Asia writing(calligraphy) is still very important.

Source: Times of India