Asian Culture Discussion Thread

[computersputin]

Speaking of snacks. I always pick up a couple tins of these at any Japan airport .

 

[computersputin]

yall don't have donki or marukai market? that would be the best place to find those kind of snacks

Some snacks are region specific so you won't be able to find flavors just at any marukai.

 

[everysingletime]

I think the hmart my way only has the green tea joints.

Sadly

 

[computersputin]

E everysingletime How long does it take you to get to the city usually?

 

[everysingletime]

E everysingletime How long does it take you to get to the city usually?

In ny? I'm an hour out from Manhattan. I'm not really trying to commute there right now lol

 

[moe200069]

Not sure if this is 'Asian' culture....but the subjects are Asian people. Incredible story. Literally broke my heart. Made me sad. Made me angry. Had to stop 3-4 times just to let the tears flow. Definitely worth a read. I guess the article has been out for a bit, but I just came across it and had to read it simply because the cover photo looked so much like a photo of one of my family members when they were younger.

Check it out.


My Family’s Slave
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.

finally took the time to read this article. before I can say anything else, Rest in Peace to Lola. she is a champion with a heart the size of an ocean; how anyone can experience that type of treatment for half a century and still find the compassion to love, care for, and miss the people that essentially imprisoned you is incredible humanity.

similar to freeze, by the end of this article i was in tears. for those who read it, i know it must have been a roller coaster of emotions for yall as well. I was all over the place: mad, to hella mad, to feeling "wtf, DO SOMETHING" about the author and his siblings, to a place of understanding of why Lola just sort of acquiesced and accepted her situation. while im not filipino myself, I could definitely saw elements of Lola's life in mom's experience: the rural countryside childhood, the complete separation from family for decades, the dislocation from place of birth, and the trauma of living in a country for 50 years that'll never be home. this article just hit home in a way that was hella painful. in the back of my head, i couldn't help but wonder about just how many other women this has happened to and continues to happen to.

it's interesting that a lot of hollywood hints at the culture of having a Filipina and Mexican or Central American live-in domestic/nanny (when it's a european, white woman, they call her an au-pair, why tho??). in any case, the author does bring up a need for there to be better regulation and monitoring of this industry. im guilty of not knowing more or enough about it myself but it seems ripe for human trafficking and parallels that of indentured servitude, if not outright slavery.

definitely a worthwhile read. i took down a bunch of quotes from it for no other reason. good looks on the article freeze

 

[boywonder]

Damn, ya'll making me wanna go to Philippines. I was trying to plan a trip this summer but that was all out with the window with COVID. I honestly love Filipino women myself. As someone who has a thing for latinas, Filipino women have certain physical latin traits.

It wasn't until I went to Japan and started watching KPOP that I started really checking out other Asian women.

 

[danger style]

China Moves to Tighten Its Control of Hong Kong (Published 2020)

New security laws would allow Beijing to take aim at the protests that have roiled the semiautonomous city and posed a direct challenge to the Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.

www.nytimes.com

Sigh

 

[everysingletime]

I keep forgetting about the Washington post's pay wall lol

 

[everysingletime]

How do you guys feel about yogurt sake?

I did not know there was such a thing.

I'm just browsing through Japanese websites delivering to the USA and saw they have yogurt sake. Sounds interesting.

 

[HNL HI]

Sigh

wasn't this always their plan once the deal expired

 

[everysingletime]

Yea but I think there's still years before it's due to expire

 

[computersputin]

CCP taking advantage of COVID19 to seize control of "Lost" territories? Yeah no one saw that coming.

 

[computersputin]

How do you guys feel about yogurt sake?

I did not know there was such a thing.

I'm just browsing through Japanese websites delivering to the USA and saw they have yogurt sake. Sounds interesting.

Never had yogurt sake before but I'd give it a try. I like a good Dassai but I'm not a snob that I wouldn't try something like that.

BTW Socal people, you guys ever go to that Japanese food fair in the hotel where it's $50 a head for unlimited food and sake?

 

[shibadekobe]

'This is the end of Hong Kong': China pushes controversial security laws

Proposed legislation would effectively end one country, two systems status, say critics

www.theguardian.com

'This is the end of Hong Kong': China pushes controversial security laws

 

[computersputin]

Im not one for conspiracy theories but all last year, all we heard about Hong Kong was about the massive street protests until.....

You're next Taiwan. better hold it down, word to the South.

 

[computersputin]

If you ever go to any Japanese market, there should be a bundle of highball type mixed drinks. I always try out a bunch back in my hotel room before I go to bed.

 

[Nawzlew]

2termz

 

[shibadekobe]

2termz

I hope this happens in SKorea.
Moon Jaein is a Lapdog of Xi and KJU.
Election fraud lawsuits soon come for the recent Senate Elections

"FOLLOW THE PARTY"

 

[Deleted member 204831]

 

[danger style]

the movie that inspired an entire generation

They did Brother B so wrong in this

3 is the best one

 

[everysingletime]

Was trying to decide between

This

And

This

Ended up going with the Korean version and it's really good so far. Better than Tunnel already.

 

[Beruseruku Desu]

If anyone is looking for a great Japanese film I recommend 1 Litre of Tears. It’s a great film for sure.

It’s based on a true story of a Aya Kito, a dying girl who wrote a diary before she died due to an extremely rare disease in the 80’s. I believe the disease is still incurable even today.

1 Litre no Namida (TV series) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I found out about this film through Twice Sana. She said that this was one of her favorite films of all time that made her cry.

 

[Deleted member 204831]

the movie that inspired an entire generation

They did Brother B so wrong in this

3 is the best one

The 3rd one pisses me off. Haha.

Why they gotta kill Smartie?! Why?!?

 

[Deleted member 204831]

If anyone is looking for a great Japanese film I recommend 1 Litre of Tears. It’s a great film for sure.

It’s based on a true story of a Aya Kito, a dying girl who wrote a diary before she died due to an extremely rare disease in the 80’s. I believe the disease is still incurable even today.

1 Litre no Namida (TV series) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I found out about this film through Twice Sana. She said that this was one of her favorite films of all time that made her cry.

Going to check this out this weekend.