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Shōgun
While waiting for the release date of the new TV adaptation of James Clavell's novel, a look back on what I've learned about shōguns, daimyos, samurais…
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How we experienced the Wan An air raid drill in Taipei
Taiwan has been conducting air raid drills since 1978; this year, the drill has been expanded to Taiwan's 22 counties and cities.
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The mommy blogger and the misogynistic influencer
Heather Armstrong of dooce.com is dead at 47; Andrew Tate is facing charges of human trafficking and rape.
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Socialite Rank's "it" girls
I read a lot of blogs back in 2006 but I never came across Socialite Rank. So imagine my surprise when I read about it from an announcement about an…
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The suikinkutsu project
Wind is exhilarating, fire is exciting, earth is nurturing, Ku is... I don't associate it with anything because I don't know exactly what it is. Of all…
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How does contact with water affect you?
If you haven’t come across it yet, there is a study that affirms what most of us have known all along. Being around nature, whether in the form of…
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Filipino shopping habits, the "tingi" culture and plastic pollution
When I first wrote a blog post about the “tingi” shopping habits of Filipinos in 2013, I was only focused on the bad economics of the practice. So much…
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