February 2012
i swear to god i am beginning to think westerners do not understand the rules of go/weiqi
the objective is not to get five pieces of the same colour diagonally in a row
the objective is not to be the first to capture a piece
the objective is to capture the MOST PIECES
jesus christ it’s NOT that difficult
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Anonymous asked: who is your favorite danseur or ballerina?
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YES
apparently meijia comes back in season 3
i won’t lose hope then
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argh i should have included the treatment of middle easterners after 9/11 into my little diatribe
but because central asia and east asia are so separate sociopolitically (partly why i don’t consider west russia to be part of asia at ALL — my friend was talking about how mongolians are influenced by the russians, but she completely fails to take into account that the russians...
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Watchrobbstark:
sozzney:
Games of Thrones - Season 2
GUUUYSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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oh that asian post made me completely forget the...
let’s forget the plagiarism of this show and also the sexism for like two seconds
AND LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW COMPLETELY ADORABLE ZI QIAO AND MEI JIA ARE
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I wish I was Asian.
spicyobsession:
lesbiancrimesquad:
stephotosynthesis:
dirrtywater:
tortugathegreat:
Seriously. I do. They’re so cute.
please don’t label asians as ‘cute’. we’re not an object.
Are Asians puppies now? I understand it’s supposed to be a compliment to some degree, but still. Do you think every Asian is cute? Hasty generalization. “I wish I was white. They’re so cute.” or “I wish I was...
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one of the biggest gripes i have with disney about mulan (leaving aside appropriation, the homogenization of all east asian cultures, the de-feminist-izing of the story, the horrid historical inaccuracy — the huns, really? huns were a threat to the HAN dynasty not the WEI dynasty. but whatever) is that it COMPLETELY bastardised the moral of the original, and now when people hear mulan, they...
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“Yet genius of a sort must have existed among women as it must have existed among...”
– Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own (via awritersruminations)
evewithanapple: #okay so i have never read woolf but CLEARLY I NEED TO START?? #virginia woolf
She was an historical British upper class white person, with all the flaws and limitations that come with that, but she’s also...
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Shanxi cuisine (山西菜 or simplified Chinese: 晋菜; traditional Chinese:晉菜) is derived from the native cooking styles of the Shanxi region in China, and it is famed for noodles, its fried flatbread (da bing), and its sour taste. The cuisine is also famed for utilizing its locally produced vinegar, just like the Huaiyang cuisine, but the flavor is totally different.
Generally speaking, Cuisine of...
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i swear to god though
just the MENTION of beijing/xianggang/hangzhou/suzhou/tai hu/shanghai/hunyuan/datong
will get me nostalgic
and also hungry
i must find the name of that sweet + sour fish i had in zhejiang + beijing
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WAIT
IF IT WAS THE BEST KNOWN BEIJING STREET FOOD
WHY WAS YANG ROU TRAN’ER NOT ON THERE
WHY
HOW
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Well known Beijing dishes and street food
[edit]Non-vegetarian
Peking Duck (usually served with pancakes) (北京烤鸭)
Hot and Sour Soup (酸辣汤)
Peking Barbecue (烤肉/北京烤肉)
Instant-boiled mutton (涮羊肉)
Sweetened Vinegar Spareribs (糖醋排骨)
Stir Fried Tomatoes with Scrambled Eggs (西红柿炒鸡蛋 xīhóngshì chǎo jīdàn)
Beggar’s chicken (富贵鸡) [6]
Sweet Stir Fried Mutton/Lamb (它似蜜) (Ta Si Mi)
Plain Boiled Pork (白肉) (Bai Rou)
Fried Small Meatballs...
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this haircut is doing wonders for him
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“All white women in this nation know that their status is different from that of...”
– bell hooks (via partypropagandaprofessional)
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i should reread lolita again shouldn’t i
but that requires me getting out of bed going downstairs and finding it
nah too lazy
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mmm that brings me back to the train of thought i had this afternoon:
i was never particularly sensitive/shy/as prone to crying/scared to speak in public when i lived in china.
granted, i was very young when i still lived in china, but there is just such a marked difference between me at four and then me at five that i can’t help wondering if it was in any way influenced by how i saw...
Dumb cracker bodymod bitch walking.
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
underwaterbimbofromouterspace:
Get real. I’m a caucasian woman and go through the exact same things, because I have metal in my face and visible tattoos. People think I’m a bum and I’m out for blood or for their children. They don’t give me the time of day or even look at me when I walk in a store that is not directly aimed at my demographic, until I’m passed the...
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“太感动了。小龙女她实在是太漂亮了。”
”你也是喜欢上她了？“
”但是杨过太不懂得珍惜了！他心里只有她姑姑！“
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i prefer the beijing skyline to hongkong’s, shanghai’s, and new york’s
the other three just make me feel INCREDIBLY small + claustrophobic
but beijing’s much more open
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i’m looking up a bunch of food to write about for fuckyeschina
wish fulfillment?
yeah
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okay
maybe i went a little overboard w/the youtiao
they’re starting not to taste so good
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“Lily realized she would very much like to kiss James Potter just then.
It was...”
– The Life and Times, Jewels5 (via ishipjily)
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eating youtiao rn
that’s right BE jealous
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