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(via A Purse That Doubles as a Wine Cask - Brit & Co. - Living)
This is going on the list of things I could use at…
- picnics
- dry weddings
- my couch on days when the fridge seems too far away.
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“In Singapore, where smartphone penetration is the highest in the world at 55%, according to go-globe.com, young adults are most inclined to visit social networking sites when out and while waiting – as well as in the bedroom. One in ten people surveyed admitted to visiting a social networking site while being intimate with a partner, and 17% have used social networking while on a date.” — Chinese, Singaporean Youths Go Overboard on Social Media - China Real Time Report - WSJ
This was my favorite story I read last year. Caution: it will make you want to find some exceptional Japanese food, book a last minute trip to Tokyo and/or go out drinking with your friends.
gq:
The Hangover, Part III
(The James Beard Award Winning Story)One of our favorite stories in GQ last year was correspondent Brett Martin’s very very funny account of what happened after Aziz Ansari asked on Twitter if a magazine (or travel channel) would please pay for him, chef David Chang and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy to go to Tokyo and eat food together … and GQ happily volunteered.
Tonight, Brett won a James Beard award for it in the humor category.
(By the way, this was also one of our favorite photos in GQ last year. It’s by Ture Lillegraven)
Yesterday, years of technical innovation culminated in this game devoted to the late 80s sitcom Perfect Strangers. Today, the site is down. I’m hoping it’s due to the pure brilliance of having Balki run along to the lyrics “Standing tall on the wings of my dreams…” and maybe some lack of servers to handle all of the excited user traffic.
(via Perfect Strangers: The Video Game is a flame in my heart, like a long-lost friend | Edmonton Journal)
As I mentioned previously, I’m learning Korean. Apparently, youtube recognizes I’m becoming a K-ballad fan…
looking at rocks
I wish this was a video. Come on North Korea…when are you going to debut your official Youtube channel?
The inspiration for learning it could be an episode in a Korean drama series: dialogue and all. Have you seen any Korean dramas or movies? I have been brought to tears twice this week from two separate K-movies!
I woke up this morning from a dream where I was adamantly arguing with a waitress for a vanilla coke because my friend wasn’t making any headway with her order. The kicker? The whole argument was in German. I haven’t spoken much German in years. I read the occasional article, eavesdrop on tourists, but that is the extent I use those skills.
Wondering if I should watch a German movie today. Perhaps, I’ll wake up from a dream in Korean tomorrow?
Writing a final paper? Every Foreign Affairs article has a “Cite!” button that automatically generates the citation in 3 different styles!
Where was this when I was in college?!?
There’s a word for my feelings right now: FOMO, the fear of missing out — that strange, jangly mix of unease, fear, and envy that results from knowing that you could be doing something more fun, more productive, or somehow more amazing at any given time. And whatever you’re not doing always seems to have a way of feeling just like that: more of whatever it is you’re most afraid of missing. (via You’re Missing Out On Something. How Does That Make You Feel?)
*I haven’t missed out on anything as epic as being a part of a start-up acquired for a billion dollars. However, I have been in a FOMO ridden cycle that probably won’t end until sort out what I really want to do with my life (right now) and pursue it.
“I beg young people to travel. If you don’t have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown. Eat interesting food. Dig some interesting people. Have an adventure. Be careful. Come back and you’re going to see your country differently, you’re going to see your president differently, no matter who it is. Music, culture, food, water. Your showers will become shorter. You’re going to get a sense of what globalization looks like. It’s not what Tom Friedman writes about; I’m sorry. You’re going to see that global climate change is very real. And that for some people, their day consists of walking 12 miles for four buckets of water. And so there are lessons that you can’t get out of a book that are waiting for you at the other end of that flight. A lot of people—Americans and Europeans—come back and go, ohhhhh. And the light bulb goes on.” —
Henry Rollins (via creaturefearrr)
It blows my mind when people say they have never had a passport or even traveled and seen more than their hometown/neighboring State. Yet they get paid occasionally and spend money on things they’ll forget soon. A passport for U.S. Citizens costs ONLY $135. You can travel anywhere and everywhere with it. The first step is always getting the passport, then you’ll experience magic.
(via cmirir)
Travel is by far the best education money can buy.
(via globalcultura)
(Source: runouttheguns, via wearethedigitalkids)
I have this conundrum every time I travel through a touristy spot (Bangkok, Phuket, Bali, etc.) with vendors trying to sell me stacks of hats. I always pause when the fedoras come out…but I have resisted the temptation to buy one so far.
(Source: nedhepburn)
looking at a shrine
Did they buy those coats in bulk?
Suu Kyi set for first trip abroad in 24 years