Favorite Asian Traditions [Archive]

hannle

08-23-2008, 12:01 AM

used to be receiving red envelope. now i'm on the giving end:frown: but it's all good though cuz i can keep my kid money for him..:biggrin:

popculturepooka

08-24-2008, 05:59 PM

Kancho.

SunWuKong

08-24-2008, 06:27 PM

bukkake

kimpossible

08-24-2008, 06:41 PM

going for white guys

Sunflare

08-24-2008, 06:54 PM

Thai slide

cloudzero

08-24-2008, 07:12 PM

going for white guys

just when i forget about the lipstick jungle commercial i just saw

Sunflare

08-24-2008, 09:26 PM

What about the helicopter man moves ? Yeah the shit's old I know. I'm running out of ideas.

cloudzero

08-24-2008, 10:00 PM

bargaining

eos

08-25-2008, 08:22 AM

Talking really loud and being completely oblivious to everyone around me.

Paradox

08-25-2008, 11:02 AM

Spitting in the streets and taking all the napkins at fast food places.

Sunflare

08-25-2008, 01:32 PM

Older men squatting instead of sitting down when they are tired of standing. I see that all the time from the locals. Heck, I do it to try to out-Asian everybody.

Picking your nose in public ?

Chooky

08-25-2008, 01:34 PM

The "I'll take your balls" Pontianak and other Singaporean methods of terrifying your kids into behaving.

cloudzero

08-25-2008, 01:36 PM

Talking really loud and being completely oblivious to everyone around me.

WAH, MMM HUY HUY MAAAAAAAAAAH!!?

those extended sounds really give it some zing. aiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

popculturepooka

08-25-2008, 01:39 PM

hentai

Sunflare

08-25-2008, 01:47 PM

Cosplay

eos

08-25-2008, 01:55 PM

But seriously? The food that we eat on holidays. Especially Chinese New Year.

Sunflare

08-25-2008, 01:57 PM

Ha ! I was just about to say that. You got to it first before I did.

Harajuku girls. I like it because to me it's kinky.

deez nuts

08-25-2008, 02:07 PM

going for white guys

So true.

kimpossible

08-25-2008, 02:33 PM

Cosplay

Pretty sure white people own this by now. Much like sushi.

Sunflare

08-25-2008, 02:48 PM

http://www.holyrandom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/cosplay.jpg

Yeah. They really do a excellent job at it don't they ?

eos

08-25-2008, 02:50 PM

And just why do you have this picture on hand? *raises eyebrow*

Sunflare

08-25-2008, 02:52 PM

*starts whistling*

Edit:

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/5484/cosplay094oa2.jpg

Now this is the kind of Cosplay I like. Hawt !

kimpossible

08-25-2008, 03:06 PM

http://www.holyrandom.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/cosplay.jpg

Yeah. They really do a excellent job at it don't they ?

goddamn. i told you not to post that picture of me. i didn't even shave that morning.

Sunflare

08-25-2008, 03:08 PM

LOL.

Seriously though, you know you're a beautiful woman. I know damuo thinks so, I'm sure. =)

kimpossible

08-25-2008, 03:10 PM

You bet. He loves that yellow outfit with my three day growth. I even keep the white kneehighs on.

Sunflare

08-25-2008, 03:15 PM

Alright ! You go girl !

Chooky

08-25-2008, 03:18 PM

goddamn. i told you not to post that picture of me. i didn't even shave that morning.

You look just like Amy Winehouse!

popculturepooka

08-25-2008, 04:02 PM

You look just like Amy Winehouse!

They tried to make Kim go to rehab, she said, "No, No, No...."

CARDINAL009

08-25-2008, 11:30 PM

Rising early and practicing Taijiquan

SunWuKong

08-25-2008, 11:41 PM

rising early and having a cigarette.

eos

08-26-2008, 07:27 AM

Rising early and having a beer.

...wait. That's my OWN tradition.

cloudzero

08-26-2008, 07:53 AM

^beer taste like crap

eos

08-26-2008, 08:01 AM

Pfft. You must not have had the pleasure of tasting Austrian microbrews at one of the fine establishments that specially cater to us beer, or actually BIER, aficionados.

Stick to your domestic swill, little one.

tommyhtown

08-26-2008, 09:52 AM

Concubinage

Flow to Live

08-26-2008, 03:14 PM

gamble alot. I'm Vietnamese :)

My dad once told me that gambling was in every Vietnamese blood.

Broomer

08-27-2008, 05:44 AM

Food.

CARDINAL009

09-08-2008, 12:53 AM

Drinking Iron Goddess (Tie Guan Yin) tea before playing my Taiji exercises during a hot day. This Cardinal learned that tradition from his Taiji associates.

One more good tradition. Reading the Chinese classics on a rainy weekend at least once a year.

Adaon

09-08-2008, 11:00 AM

*starts whistling*

Edit:

http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/5484/cosplay094oa2.jpg

Now this is the kind of Cosplay I like. Hawt !

A little pedo-fantastic too :biggrin:

Good food with people to enjoy it with. But then again, I'm trying to make that tradition one I celebrate as frequent as possible.

Sunflare

09-08-2008, 01:18 PM

*dim light bulb turns on*

Crap. I had no idea.

Excuse me,while I crawl under a rock to die of embarassment now. * embarrased *

Napoleon Chynamite

09-08-2008, 02:33 PM

I like the Chinese tradition of fighting over the bill after dinner at a restaurant so my wallet stays full.

Me: I got it this time (reaches for check)
Chinese dinner companion(s): No no, don't be ridiculous. Let me.
Me: Oh ok nice (sits back down)
Chinese dinner companion(s): Erm......*silence* *awkward smile*

eos

09-08-2008, 02:43 PM

I only fight with my grandma...and does she ever fight.

With my mom, she expects me to pay, and that's a given seeing as she's spent so much money on me and my sister.

kimpossible

09-08-2008, 03:18 PM

Old ladies are the toughest. While I am on that path I still need a few more years before I attain total mastery and am number one under heaven. I can't yet make a waiter cower in fear.

cloudzero

09-08-2008, 03:29 PM

^ in asia, the babies answer to the parents.
the parents answer to the elderly.
the elderly answer to the babies.

but this is youth obsessed AMERICA! old people are pre-deceased, and therefore not human. better pack on the botox with the money your kids haven't stolen from you

eos

09-08-2008, 03:55 PM

Shiet, my aunt be screaming at my grandma, her mother-in-law. A different kind of baby mama drama.

Adaon

09-08-2008, 04:21 PM

snailpoo

09-08-2008, 08:08 PM

Moon Cake!

Napoleon Chynamite

09-08-2008, 09:00 PM

snailpoo

09-08-2008, 09:06 PM

^ I like Mooncake too, I used to eat 1 or 2 whole at a time. Then when I got older I looked at the nutrition information (and I use the word 'nutrition' loosely here) and found out one was like 800 calories and 250% saturated fat, or something.

Dammit. Why did you make me turn the box over?

880 calories (something I don't mind)

64% saturated fat (something I do mind)

8g trans fat (something I really mind).

Crap.

Broomer

09-09-2008, 05:47 AM

Mooncakes, love them. Was at a dinner the other night and we're talking about the origins of the moon cake.

Anyway, moon cakes was one of the reasons why I was a butter ball.

Ka

AliBabaIncorporated

09-09-2008, 07:14 AM

eos

09-09-2008, 07:22 AM

^ Can you send some of those over here??? ^_^ Don't think I've seen those yet.

AliBabaIncorporated

09-09-2008, 08:05 AM

no licking the monitor please
http://www.haagen-dazs.com.hk/html/mooncake_2007/html/chi/index.html
http://www.haagen-dazs.com.hk/html/mooncake2008/chi/index.html

eos

09-09-2008, 08:11 AM

OMG. *Homer Simpson drool*

That's all I have to say about that.

OH! I just found out from my friend that we DO have them here....except it's not Haagen-Dazs. Oh well, still gonna get it.

CARDINAL009

09-09-2008, 06:50 PM

Drinking Pu-Erh tea after a slightly greasy meal.

It is also great after a few slices of mooncake.

Broomer

09-10-2008, 05:53 AM

i am truly in awe of the marketing genius who came up with the idea of ice cream mooncakes. Standard ice cream sandwich, instant 1000% markup. Neotraditionalism at its finest: in the service of corporate marketers.

Are they the same as the frosted skins?
It's amazing the variety you and get these days.
Downside: Weightwatchers are probably rubbing their hands now.

Ka

snailpoo

09-11-2008, 10:58 PM

Downside: Weightwatchers are probably rubbing their hands now.

They're probably still healthier than real moon cakes, though. There's not many things where the marketers have to pare down the serving size to half a bite to get "reasonable" nutritional facts.

Napoleon Chynamite

09-11-2008, 11:12 PM

Seriously, short of a ball of pure lard, what else is the size of a mooncake with that type of constituency.

cloudzero

09-12-2008, 12:21 AM

my urine is a very sensitive toxin detector. if i eat/drink something toxic, i will smell it when i pee later. stuff like sesame seed oil, coffee, low priced mooncakes

AliBabaIncorporated

09-12-2008, 06:57 AM

Are they the same as the frosted skins?
Nah, frosted skins just means the skin is frozen, but the fillings are the usual. "Ice cream mooncakes" are actually filled with ice cream (and an alleged egg yolk, which tastes suspiciously like cookie dough to me), and typically covered in chocolate.

my urine is a very sensitive toxin detector. if i eat/drink something toxic, i will smell it when i pee later. stuff like sesame seed oil, coffee, low priced mooncakes
unless of course, the toxin (or cardboard-filled mooncake) causes severe vomiting, diarrhea, and sweating, making you so dehydrated you can't take a piss for days. then you'll never know you were poisoned.

J Honcanese

09-13-2008, 10:10 AM

i am truly in awe of the marketing genius who came up with the idea of ice cream mooncakes. Standard ice cream sandwich, instant 1000% markup. Neotraditionalism at its finest: in the service of corporate marketers.That's also "glocalisation" at its best. Have you ever tried the ones by Godiva?

Broomer

09-14-2008, 04:55 AM

my urine is a very sensitive toxin detector. if i eat/drink something toxic, i will smell it when i pee later. stuff like sesame seed oil, coffee, low priced mooncakes

Too much information dude. :biggrin:

[QUOTE=AliBabaIncorporated;551572]Nah, frosted skins just means the skin is frozen, but the fillings are the usual. "Ice cream mooncakes" are actually filled with ice cream (and an alleged egg yolk, which tastes suspiciously like cookie dough to me), and typically covered in chocolate.
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Mega Homer droll.