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You’ve probably heard the news about the 1:1 scale Gundam in Odaiba. If you think Transformers is going to lag behind then you’re wrong, above is a giant Optimus Prime somewhere (probably) in China.
I must say Gundam does seem to kick Optimus’ ass in terms of quality and materials ^^; Check out more Giant Gundam pics at Teddy’s Life Photoshoot.
Transformer via Neta.
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Zerg Swarm pictured on a cake. Looks “delicious” though I would feel bad eating a few drones.
You may be wondering what StarCraft has to do with an Asian-related stuff blog. Well, in case you didn’t know, StarCraft was released more than ten years ago, however, the game is played as a national e-sport in Korea every day, supposedly more than half a million Koreans are playing the game every night, and a great number of international players playing too (I’m one of them). Various major StarCraft leagues exist in Korea, with quite a few number of expectators. Many pro players are treated like movie stars ^^
Here’s an incredible match between Stork and FlaSh, dated 2007:
You may be a little amazed that a game created ten years ago is widely played, but you wouldn’t understand if you are not into it, like me ^^ if you’re up for a game or an IC Cup match I’ll gladly accept.
More cakes via Team Liquid
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For one reason or another, Japanese sounds pretty cute, don’t you think? Nice to hear Japanese gals all over speaking their cute language… now imagine if this happened to you:
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This is how Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China looks right now. But how did it look exactly 20 years ago?
In June 5th, 1989, amidst clashes in Tiananmen between the Chinese communist government and the democratic party, a courageous man known as the Tank Man stood in front of Chinese Tanks, impeding their advance.
Here’s a closer look. Little is known about what happened to the Tank Man, but twenty years later he is still one of the most iconic figures of the Chinese communism.
Democratic protests before the military took control.
Instant Ramen is not a blog about politics and I hate to discuss politics and love having Chinese/Taiwanese blood. One thing I do have to say: remember that oppression is not new and hiding out or conveniently forgetting or not writing in our text books about what a nation has done to their own or other people is a thing of everyday’s life in every government, Japan, China, USA, Russia, the list goes on. But the worst thing we can do is point fingers at who we think is doing bad things and forgetting that our own people have and do bad stuff too. Saying that what someone else did was worse is just a cheap excuse for evading what we have done bad.
Phew, that was my political whining for today ^^;;
Photos and article via Boston
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That’s right, the new installment of the MGS series, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker announced by Hideo Kojima just a while ago, will take place in Costa Rica (my homeland!), apparently in 1974 on the Caribbean Coast province of Limón. Take a look at the trailer:
I’ve always wondered how realistic the MGS games are, and this will finally be my opportunity to have a good idea about it ^^. The idea behind this new Metal Gear Solid is that Costa Rica abolished any militar activity (that’s true just in case, no military in Costa Rica!) many years ago and so it is a good place to set up the new Outer Heaven or sort.
Anyway, I’m really hoping to play this one as it will be fun to see how they think Costa Rica looked more than ten years before I was born. Here’s a picture of Costa Rica, not from the Caribbean coast but you get the idea. I can already start imagining Snake running around!
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Anybody knows the meaning of this image? The guy in the picture is either recovering from sickness (which would be good) or is seriously anorexic.
Asian countries are well-known for the lack of overweight population (and also their below-normal weight), and this is actually the case as you’ll be amazed that it’s hard to see more than a few overweight folks in Japan, especially compared to some places of the world. I don’t blame it all on the diet, since we don’t eat so much fast food around here but people are still a bit chubby, but also to the type of lifestyle (hey, Japanese folks do drink beer too!). My personal experience with Japanese, Chinese, and Taiwanese folks is that they’re always running back and forth, and I was truly amazed that Office Ladies in high heels will run faster than me if their train is leaving. Not saying that you shouldn’t take a rest, since I personally love to do so every day, but I guess this is one benefit of such a stressful lifestyle. One thing for another ^^
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Medium Kick, Shoryuken, Shinku Hadouken are all moves that I’ve been doing without a problem since Street Fighter Alpha came out. But for some reason I always have a hard time performing Ryu’s Piano Sonata, even though I play the piano. Ryu’s answer to Akuma’s Raging Demon maybe? ^^
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Or should I say, a poor man’s curry rice ^^;
Curry is one of Japan’s most popular dishes (particularly curry rice), and is also well known amongst East Asian cuisines. Curry originated in India and South Asia and expanded to all Asia, and arrived to Japan in the Meiji era.
Anyway, imagine how many spoons of rice you have to eat with each chop of vegetable on the curry above! Via Neta.
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I was until I found out that they served a sort of pork. (Thanks Osk)
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Since Japan is the top digital camera producer with brands like Canon, Sony, Nikon, Panasonic, Olympus, it’s important to know how they along with the rest of us Asian friends take pictures ^^; for those interested in not only the technical aspects of cameras but also the different stances when it comes to taking pictures.
Tasty~
