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Coalition Apocalypse: Redux
Brian Topp wrote an interesting retrospective about the coalition saga of last year ( Read more... ) -
Korean music and sleeping in a buddhist temple
I wrote a couple of new articles for my monthly column on my travels in Korea.
My November article was about staying at a Buddhist temple. It was one of my favourite experiences in Korea, so I actually did it twice. Since Canada is overwhelmingly Christian, learning about Buddhism was really interesting since its not widely practiced in Canada. ( Read more... ) -
Asian vacation #4: the final destination...unless if we ever come back
Winter vacation is just over a month away, so its time we got decisive and picked a great place to visit in Asia, our last trip before we return to Canada, find amazing well paying jobs, and live happily ever after ( Read more... ) -
Favourite books of the 00's
Top books of the 00’s I read ( Read more... ) -
List #3: favourite music of the 00's
Best Music of the 00’s
I'll admit, its not that different from some of the music on the Top 200 Pitchfork list, I thought it was a good list minus all the artists I never heard of before.
With the music industry dying and fragmenting, it will be interesting to see what kind of list would look like in 2019.
20. Neil Young - Greendale - Not his best ( Read more... ) -
My favourite movie's of the 00's
Since I continue to be at work all week with nothing to do, lets continue on with the list generation of things for this decade ( Read more... ) -
Best TV shows of the 00's
As many of you know, I have a lot of time on my hands at work. Probably too much free time. No classes this week or the first 2 days of next week. Do I get to work from home? Nope. Do I get to leave early, hells no!
Since I have too much free time and can't go anywhere, I might as well do what I love to do. Making lists. And since its 2009 and ( Read more... ) -
Japan: land of the morning sun, futuristic technology and fashion, plus natural disasters!
So my long-term mission to finally travel to Japan was accomplished! Hurah! It was at great expense and I got a nasty sore throat, but it was worth it!
In short, our trip started with a quick trip through Tokyo, then was off to Mount Fuji, to be followed by a trip to the Osaka-Kyoto-Nara area, and then finally trained to Hiroshima and took the ( Read more... ) -
Korean TV
I was always a fan of zany Japanese game shows since they were pretty crazy. Korean TV as it turns out, is also a little zany. I'm a big fan of a couple of the variety shows where each week they do some kind of silly competition that results in hilairity. My favourite episode lately was when they brought in Korean music stars to make songs with ( Read more... )