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05.07.04

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Well, we're back to Tokyo photos again. Did you miss them? I kind of did.

Goodbye sunny Thai beach; hello fluorescent Japanese subway. Goodbye chicken coconut curry; hello tuna sashimi. Goodbye...Can you think of any more? Put them in the comments.

It's funny, while growing up in Canada all of Asia seemed like one big homogenous expanse. I never really appreciated the cultural and geographical diversity of the region. In fact, some of my friends and family still refer to all Asian people as Chinese (in a well meaning, if ignorant, way of course,) i.e., "That Chinese fella down at the corner store just gave me a present because I'm always in there buying smokes." Meanwhile, the guy working at the convenience store could be Vietnamese or Korean or whatever.

The difference between people from various European countries, especially the northern and southern ones such as Norway and Greece, seems both vast and distinct to me. However, I know that a lot of my Japanese friends couldn't tell a Spaniard from a Swede if their life depended on it, so I guess it goes both ways.

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05.03.04

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People seemed to get a kick out of the Swedish sun god pictures from my last post, so here are three more sun god bonus pictures for you.

I know that he's got a pretty crazy bathing suit on in the pictures, skimpy and yellow and all that, but actually, he seemed like a fairly nice guy. He just really, REALLY loved to sunbathe. I mean, he had an intimate relationship with the sun. He was like a solar sponge, laying there on his towel sucking up the photons. As soon as he would walk out on to the beach the rest of the island would grow dark because all of the sun's rays would be drawn towards him.

Although Karen and I couldn't bear to be in the searing Thai sun for longer than 30 minutes at a time, this guy, the sun god, would camp out on the beach in front of our bungalow from 9 in the morning until 6 in the afternoon. He would literally roast himself like a hot-dog under a heat lamp, all day long.

Every morning he would have a Snickers bar and a coffee for breakfast. Although I never spoke to him myself, I overheard him talking to a couple of Germans. I don't recall exactly what they were talking about, but I do remember him saying that, "Sweden, in the summer, is the most beautiful place in the world."

For some reason, that stuck in my head: "Sweden,...the most beautiful place in the world."

Ever since hearing that I've wanted to go to Sweden. Maybe I'll get the chance to one day, but let's just hope that not everyone there has the same taste in swimwear.

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04.29.04

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I hope you're not getting too tired of the Thailand pictures yet. I was only there for three weeks, but it looks like it's going to take me six weeks to show all the pictures.

Actually, I think that one or two more postings should do it. Then we'll all be moving back to Japan, photographically speaking that is.

Today's pictures are all from one of the most idyllic places I have ever been in my life: Ao Thong Nai Pan Noi beach on Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand.

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You may have seen this already, because it's been going around the web, but in case you haven't you should check out this guy's auction of his ex-wife's wedding dress (now ended).

It's almost too funny and well written to be true, as if it's just somebody making up a character, but I can't really say for sure.

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04.25.04

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I recently came across two interesting articles on weblogging.

The first is an insightful look at the future of weblogging according to Nico Macdonald:

www.theregister.co.uk

The author makes the important distinction that while the rise of weblogging has made it easier for people to become publishers, it hasn't made it any easier for them to become journalists; hence, the generally poor quality of writing and uninteresting content that is found on most web logs.

The second article is actually a bit trite, and I can't say that I agree with much in it, but the subject hits home. It's about child rights and the representation of children on web logs.

news.bbc.co.uk

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In other news, my Mom's still here. She's having a great time playing with Jack from the moment he gets up to the moment she gives him a bath and puts him to bed.

We went out for dinner tonight and had kimchi nabe and maguro sashimi and she loved it.

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