tokyo food

tokyo is a gourmet's paradise

somehow i had an inkling that was the case.

-p.

why boys will never grow out of anime and cosplay

and you thought it was all pokemon and doraemon.

-p.

What Goes On in Your House is None of My Business

"The suffering ordinary people have to endure as the world respects sovereignty is beyond belief"

a profitable foreign policy is not always the most healthy one.

i wonder if anyone will care.

tragic.

-p.

The Power of Alcohol

Young people in Europe get drunk to improve their sex life

somehow i don't think it's limited to just Europe.

there's a reason why Thailand is one of the biggest Whiskey consuming countries in the world.

cheers.

-p.

Aid Wanted, but not the Foreigner

by the way, if you read the title and thought that this would be about sex or STDs because the word "aid" was mentioned, please go away.


after the cyclone which devastated the country, killing 15,000+ and displacing 1.5 million people, Burma still refuses to allow UN and other aid workers inside the country.

"ridiculous," you may think to yourself.

but you know, Thailand is not that different, as anyone who tried getting a work permit in Thailand can tell you.

and the Thai government once said that Thailand only wants foreigners that make good money.

xenophobia + greed = ?

you tell me.

-p.

Facebook in Real Life

A bit of an over-exaggeration,

but that's probably why some of my friends refuse to upload pictures of themselves, or write excessive wall posts.

(but they'd look very carefully at everyone else's profile. sic.)

-p.

Food Prices and the Poor

I know that most of you out there probably don't give a flying fuck about food prices and poor people, but for the few that do, here's an interesting take on food subsidies.

Subsidizing food prices for the poor may actually damage their nutrition intake.

Why is that?

An extremely simplified explanation of a complex problem:

This is because the poor usually spend most of their money on the basic foods; bread or rice, especially after food prices go up. But once you decrease the price of those basic foods, the poor consumers then divert the money they have saved into buying other types of tastier, but less nutritious foods.

Enjoyment goes before health, I suppose.

Those that want a much more professional and clear explanation can go here:
Freakonomics

-p.