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  • Horimouja: Japanese Inspired Tattoo Artist

    While searching around on various download sites for some new wallpaper backgrounds, I stumbled across a file titled “Horimouja”.  I was curious, so I downloaded it and discovered that it was book scans from a Japanese inspired tattoo artist named Jack Mosher, who uses Horimouja as a nickname. Jack Mosher is an American artist, born…

  • Our Cats Have Adjusted to the Philippines

    For any of you that have been following my blog for a while you’ll know that I have cats and that they’re very much a part of the family.  We had cats the entire time we lived in Singapore and while some of them passed away due to illness or accident, we love them and…

  • The Use of Garlic in Philippines Superstitions

    As in the West, the use of garlic plays a prominent role in Filipino superstitions.  Filipinos have always been very superstitious and many continue to believe in their validity now.  I recently saw a neighboring family removing branches from the trees around their house because they thought a manananggal was hiding there at night, preying…

  • Children Selling Cigarettes in the Philippines

    I was sitting on that same second floor window where I saw the girl with the bag that said “Use Me” when I saw something else interesting.  Does this count as child exploitation?  Isn’t there a law against it?  Maybe there isn’t.  It seems like labor regulation is pretty loose in the Philippines, which can…

  • Do They Have These Pringles Flavors Where You’re From?

    Somehow, these just don’t seem very appetizing to me.  I prefer ‘normal’ flavors, like plain, salt & vinegar.  I found these on the shelf at a Mercury Drugs store, which is a combination pharmacy and convenience type store.

  • Crazy Guy Busting Crazy Dance Moves in the Streets of Antipolo

    One of the things I like about the Philippines is how unrestrained people seem to be, though this is sort of a special case.  There’s a stereo equipment store on a particular street in Antipolo that we walk down regularly and there’s almost always a guy standing in front of the store, in the street,…

  • A Smiling Pig in the Market

    So, you’re strolling through the market and you stop to check what’s for sale at the butcher’s stall next to you and then you see this: Somehow, the poor bastard looks like he’s smiling. I imagine they’re waiting for someone to buy this head, probably to make pork sisig or grilled ears.  We went tame…

  • Philippines Superstition: Wash Your Face With Menstrual Blood

    This is actually a screen capture from a Japanese movie called The Machine Girl.  The superstition isn’t anything quite as cool as having your face splashed by the blood of fallen enemies though.  In fact, it’s not cool at all.  It’s just disgusting. When girls are going through that special time, when they have their…

  • Just When You’re Trying To Convince Your Friends That Anime Is Respectable…

    Something like this comes along and ruins your argument. The average person won’t understand or humor the idea that hentai, or softcore weirdo stuff like this doesn’t compose the entirety of anime and manga.

  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Review

    I finished watching this series about a week or so ago and I was sad to see it go.  I wish I’d gotten around to writing a review of it sooner.  I was inspired to stop being lazy when I saw that Jamaipanese had done his own, very good review already.  He felt much the…