Gyoza girl try to kill her father and destroy his organization by poisoning gyoza, in her homeland, China. :P
Interesting/Weird Stories in the News
Started by blender1184 · 8 Jul 2005 · 1,969 replies
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tabana wrote:Gyoza girl try to kill her father and destroy his organization by poisoning gyoza, in her homeland, China. :P
If that's the case, then it must be a Reality Show. :beaten:
bmwracer wrote:
If that's the case, then it must be a Reality Show. :beaten:
Sponsored by Ajinomoto
Tu_triky wrote:Sponsored by Ajinomoto
And hosted by Katori Shingo.
bmwracer wrote:
And hosted by Katori Shingo.
Why? Does he love gyoza or something?
It's not mentioned on wikipedia. :confused: moshikashite... bmw is a smap fanboy. :shocked:
:P
:P
Tu_triky wrote:Why? Does he love gyoza or something?
I've seen him doing Ajinomoto gyoza CMs on TV in the past.
bmwracer wrote:
I've seen him doing Ajinomoto gyoza CMs on TV in the past.
Ah, no wonder.
When he holds the gyoza next to his big water-logged head, it makes them appear much larger. They should post a disclaimer 'Your gyoza may be smaller"
More food-people lookalikes:
From Yahoo! News:
Man sells Cheeto shaped like Chuck Norris on eBay for $16
From Yahoo! News:
Man sells Cheeto shaped like Chuck Norris on eBay for $16
bmwracer wrote:More food-people lookalikes:
From Yahoo! News:
Triky gives away Sun Chip shaped like the Total Gym for 2 months risk free
Tu_triky wrote:From Yahoo! News:
Triky gives away Sun Chip shaped like the Total Gym for 2 months risk free
If you've got a Dorito that looks like Christie Brinkley, we'll talk. :hehe:
bmwracer wrote:
If you've got a Dorito that looks like Christie Brinkley, we'll talk. :hehe:
We call her Cool Ranch Christie....
Tu_triky wrote:We call her Cool Ranch Christie....
I like it. :victory:
bmwracer wrote:
I like it. :victory:
Hehe.
April 3, 2008
Resentment towards Vancouver's visible majority
By Craig Takeuchi
This morning as I was walking to the bus stop, an old man came up to me and sarcastically exclaimed "Wow, whites are a minority! Great news, huh? HAW HAW HAW."
While I should have said something (like "Power to the White Peril!"), I was too tired.
But everywhere this morning there were headlines splashed across newspaper pages about a Statistics Canada study that has pointed out that visible minority numbers have changed so much that they are now the majority in Vancouver.
Thing is, what is happening now would have happened a long time ago, had it not been for legislation that either prevented or made it extremely difficult for people of non-Caucasian descent from entering the country.
Things like the Head Tax on Chinese Canadians, the Internment and dispersal of the Japanese Canadian community during Second World War, the Komagata Maru incident with South Asians, the prevention of non-Caucasians from owning land in the British Properties on the North Shore, American-influenced racist attitudes towards black settlers on Vancouver Island, the treatment of Aboriginal Canadian people, and more.
It's quite a change from when my siblings and I were growing up, when we were one of only handful (or sometimes the only) people of Asian descent. Or as an older Japanese Canadian friend once said to me, "We walk around thinking we're white until someone comes along and tells us otherwise!"
Every now and then I encounter some sort of incidents that reminds me that there is a lot of racial intolerance still in Vancouver. Like when we get told to go back to China (in spite of the fact that we're fourth generation Canadian and probably have been in Canada longer than they have). Or when a woman came up to me on the street and screamed "You fucking children of geisha!" I guess my mother really shouldn't have written those famous memoirs. Damn.
While a lot of the papers tried to present the information either objectively or with a positive spin, there will always remain resentment towards this new social reality. Particularly by anyone who sees these changes as a threat to their comfort, power, or ability to get ahead in life.
It's during times of economic difficulties or competition that these attitudes, often hidden beneath political correctness, surface and come to light.
My brother remembered that in high school, there was a public meeting arranged for students and parents to discuss concerns about the sudden and dramatic increase in Asian students when waves of Hong Kong immigrants began to change the social makeup of Vancouver.
At the meeting, my brother recalled a mother who complained that the Hong Kong students show up in school in expensive cars and are really flashy.
Um, for years the rich white kids always showed up in BMWs that their parents gave them. Why should it be okay for the white kids and not the Asian kids?
But it also happens during unexpected crises, such as SARS.
A Japanese Canadian friend in Toronto said that a few times when she was on the subway during that time, whenever she sneezed, she got a number of angry glares.
A Caucasian friend here in Vancouver said she was shopping at a neighbourhood grocery store run by a Chinese family. When the woman in front of her at the check-out had to pay for her groceries, this woman threw her money at the cashier, and took one big step back as she waited for the cashier to give her the receipt.
And of course, anyone of Middle Eastern (or South Asian descent) has had a difficult time ever since 9/11. One of the Straight's South Asian Canadian employees told me that he gets pulled aside every time he has to go through customs for a "random check". I've only had that happen to me once.
So while it is interesting to see that there has been such a huge growth in ethnic diversity, I am always aware that the potential for backlash is always lurking somewhere beneath veneers of politeness.
I don't think that will ever really change. But hopefully, those people holding those attitudes will be increasingly in the minority.
Resentment towards Vancouver's visible majority
By Craig Takeuchi
This morning as I was walking to the bus stop, an old man came up to me and sarcastically exclaimed "Wow, whites are a minority! Great news, huh? HAW HAW HAW."
While I should have said something (like "Power to the White Peril!"), I was too tired.
But everywhere this morning there were headlines splashed across newspaper pages about a Statistics Canada study that has pointed out that visible minority numbers have changed so much that they are now the majority in Vancouver.
Thing is, what is happening now would have happened a long time ago, had it not been for legislation that either prevented or made it extremely difficult for people of non-Caucasian descent from entering the country.
Things like the Head Tax on Chinese Canadians, the Internment and dispersal of the Japanese Canadian community during Second World War, the Komagata Maru incident with South Asians, the prevention of non-Caucasians from owning land in the British Properties on the North Shore, American-influenced racist attitudes towards black settlers on Vancouver Island, the treatment of Aboriginal Canadian people, and more.
It's quite a change from when my siblings and I were growing up, when we were one of only handful (or sometimes the only) people of Asian descent. Or as an older Japanese Canadian friend once said to me, "We walk around thinking we're white until someone comes along and tells us otherwise!"
Every now and then I encounter some sort of incidents that reminds me that there is a lot of racial intolerance still in Vancouver. Like when we get told to go back to China (in spite of the fact that we're fourth generation Canadian and probably have been in Canada longer than they have). Or when a woman came up to me on the street and screamed "You fucking children of geisha!" I guess my mother really shouldn't have written those famous memoirs. Damn.
While a lot of the papers tried to present the information either objectively or with a positive spin, there will always remain resentment towards this new social reality. Particularly by anyone who sees these changes as a threat to their comfort, power, or ability to get ahead in life.
It's during times of economic difficulties or competition that these attitudes, often hidden beneath political correctness, surface and come to light.
My brother remembered that in high school, there was a public meeting arranged for students and parents to discuss concerns about the sudden and dramatic increase in Asian students when waves of Hong Kong immigrants began to change the social makeup of Vancouver.
At the meeting, my brother recalled a mother who complained that the Hong Kong students show up in school in expensive cars and are really flashy.
Um, for years the rich white kids always showed up in BMWs that their parents gave them. Why should it be okay for the white kids and not the Asian kids?
But it also happens during unexpected crises, such as SARS.
A Japanese Canadian friend in Toronto said that a few times when she was on the subway during that time, whenever she sneezed, she got a number of angry glares.
A Caucasian friend here in Vancouver said she was shopping at a neighbourhood grocery store run by a Chinese family. When the woman in front of her at the check-out had to pay for her groceries, this woman threw her money at the cashier, and took one big step back as she waited for the cashier to give her the receipt.
And of course, anyone of Middle Eastern (or South Asian descent) has had a difficult time ever since 9/11. One of the Straight's South Asian Canadian employees told me that he gets pulled aside every time he has to go through customs for a "random check". I've only had that happen to me once.
So while it is interesting to see that there has been such a huge growth in ethnic diversity, I am always aware that the potential for backlash is always lurking somewhere beneath veneers of politeness.
I don't think that will ever really change. But hopefully, those people holding those attitudes will be increasingly in the minority.
Wow. I'm surprised and shocked. I thought they didn't had problems over there, because they are the majority. Western Canada is like southern US, so I guess it had to be expected I guess.
Never had problems with people here and never really heard people having problems too. Sure, sometimes you meet a jerk, but they come in every nationalities. Maybe they feel threaten in Vancouver somehow... :confused:
Never had problems with people here and never really heard people having problems too. Sure, sometimes you meet a jerk, but they come in every nationalities. Maybe they feel threaten in Vancouver somehow... :confused:
tabana wrote:Wow. I'm surprised and shocked. I thought they didn't had problems over there, because they are the majority. Western Canada is like southern US, so I guess it had to be expected I guess.
Never had problems with people here and never really heard people having problems too. Sure, sometimes you meet a jerk, but they come in every nationalities. Maybe they feel threaten in Vancouver somehow... :confused:
F*ck you children of geisha!!!!!!!
:hehe:
I never heard that one. Taxi drivers have colorful language, but they usually say "female dog" or something similar. :hehe:
I never heard that one. Taxi drivers have colorful language, but they usually say "female dog" or something similar. :hehe:
tabana wrote::hehe:
I never heard that one. Taxi drivers have colorful language, but they usually say "female dog" or something similar. :hehe:
Crazy...if I heard someone say that to someone...I'd say could you please repeat that so I can videotape you....
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