So I was bored out of my freakin’ mind tonight and decided to pursue this idea of mine. Suraj always comes up with these ridiculous slogans for random things and his latest one was incredibly awesome.
Suraj: So I went to the Mystery Spot the other day, you know, the place on Jaeman’s bumper sticker?
Jaeman: Huk huk, Kimchi.
Me: Nice, how did you like it?
Suraj: You know what?
It’s just a fierce, hard diag. That’s all it is.
Me (in my head): Mystery solved.
So here I was tonight with Photoshop CS2 buzzing in the background. I head on over to Google and find a better alternative to cafepress.com – zazzle.com. An hour later and I have this abomination of an inside joke shirt:
[Click for the backside, but don't mess with the options!]
I’m sure only the most intimate friend of Suraj and our fellow JOUF members will get what the hell is so funny about this shirt. Well, tell me what you guys think – changes can be made!
So I try to denounce the quality of all these American Competition Shows because well, most of them are rubbish. They try to be accessible to everyone but in the end, seems to be a tailor-made process nonetheless – the pretty, paragon model of a singer/actor/dancer/inventor makes the cut and the rest get shunned and even belittled by the audience.
However, browsing through youtube, I run into this clip of a contestant on Britain’s Got Talent. The show is produced by the same Simon Cowell America has grown to love to hate. Why the hell is British television so much better than American television? (Top Gear, even BBC News)
Just watch. Wow.
Three random cool things discovered with Asian roots:
1. beard papa’s cream puffs
Japanese food is expensive – unless it is beard papa’s. I went to the new (freakishly expensive) Westfield mall in the city, next to the Metreon, and saw this crazy cream puff store. Chris told me it was cream puff chain from Japan and it looked too interesting not to try. It was yummy – flaky outside and cool creamy inside. I kept thinking they would go great with some tea. If you’re ever at the city, head on over to the Westfield, gawk at the shopping insanity, then get some beard papa’s! (The name itself is awesome enough)
2. A Path of Tears
**The Korean says: “Let’s break up.”**
How is this not the most brilliant thing to come out of youtube for a long, long while? I like the great mixing of physiological and artistic themes. The music is spot-on and the artist captures the nuances really well. It really makes you consider how destructive relationships can become and how the chaos within contrasts with a seemingly calm exterior.
3. Bek Se Ju – ginseng white wine
I hate soju. Therefore, my concept of korean spirits was completely in the negative. Then, I was introduced to Bek Se Ju. Translated to “hundred year wine,” this finally casts korean liquor in a better light. It has a slightly sweetish, very earthly taste and it goes down very well. Unlike soju, which elicits an automatic gag from me, Bek Se Ju is very easy to drink, slowly or not. It was a good night!
‘Tis all!
