Popular Posts
- Sephora in Hong Kong
- bare-bottom babies in china
- magic, magic, magic
- it's a fake, fake world
- (no) swiffers in china
- selling deodorants to strong women
- Buttocks Bras in Korea
- as promised: carved wooden penises in Thailand
- UCLA in Asia
- shopping in seoul: part 1
- "the hunger games" in china (???)
- *real* shopping in shenzhen
- cute culture in asia
- toilet seats in china
-
Recent Posts
Tags
addiction advertising Amazon.com awesome awesomeness bathroom Beauty branding china clothes confused consumer behavior counterfeit cultural differences culture custom-made customer service dress Fashion fat food Gap hong kong J.Crew jewelry Korea korean law marketing market research movie obsession on-line shopping paralysis by awesomeness restaurants selling Seoul sephora shenzhen shoes shopping Thailand toilets trademark wtfCategories
- advertising (17)
- comparison shopping (15)
- Customer Service (2)
- ethics (2)
- fakey makey (10)
- gifts (2)
- HAPPY DAY! (1)
- Hong Kong (10)
- lesson of the day (8)
- Life in China (61)
- life is a mystery (13)
- love/hate relationship (6)
- new thing i bought (that i shouldn't have bought) (4)
- new thing i bought (that is awesome) (3)
- obsession (9)
- OH HAPPY DAY! (4)
- pet peeves (12)
- regrets (2)
- rest in peace (2)
- something awesome (23)
- something new i noticed (53)
- something new we tried (23)
- Uncategorized (28)
- WTF (24)
- YOU SUCK! (14)
Tag Archives: fat
Watching “Food, Inc.” in China
Friday nights are movie nights at our school. Our friend EM, who shares my interest in ethical food consumption, was hosting a screening of “Food, Inc.,” so I went. And I winced, gasped, and cringed through the entire movie. Those … Continue reading
Posted in lesson of the day, Life in China
Tagged china, chinese yogurt, confused, consumer behavior, cows, culture, eggs, evil corporations, factory farming, fat, food, Food Inc., food safety, Inc., movie, restaurants, safety standards, shoes, shoes in yogurt, soles, toxic, yogurt
2 Comments
changing korea: blind news anchor
i haven’t been in korea in about 7 years, and i’ve been noticing that a lot has changed since my last visit — especially the TV content. for one, there’s a lot less emphasis on weight loss. during my last … Continue reading
Posted in something new i noticed
Tagged anchor, autism, blind, Braille, broadcasting, changes, culture, disabled, fat, fatty, KBS, Korea, news, sign language, television, TV, viewers, weight, 이창훈
Leave a comment
durian: this time for real!
remember that time when i wrote about eating durian and it was all smelly and The Husband was gagging and we had to throw it out and blah blah blah? well, it turns out what we ate wasn’t even a … Continue reading
Posted in something new we tried
Tagged durian, fat, fetal pig, food, frosting, indecent, jackfruit, ken and cindy, mangosteen, not very smart, prostitutes, singapore, smelly, stinkiness, stinky
4 Comments
an american craving
being the overweight*, meat-loving americans that we are, it’s been pretty tough getting through the past 3 weeks without consuming big hunks of fattiness that cling lovingly to our arteries. so this weekend, the group trekked out to the Shekou neighborhood, … Continue reading
Posted in fakey makey, Life in China, something new we tried
Tagged american food, cheers, china, fake, fat, fatty, food, shekou, shenzhen
1 Comment
wtf moment of the day
i went to get my hair done at a korean salon the other day, and as soon as i sat down on the chair, the stylist asked me, “did you just have a baby?” errr… no, WHY DO YOU ASK, … Continue reading
shopping pre-china : to do or not to do
ok, so for those of you who are unfamiliar, i am headed to china for a year with The Husband because TH got a one-year fellowship in Shenzhen. it’s exciting, it’s a chance of a lifetime, blah blah, blah. anyway, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged china, clothes, custom-made, fat, fellowship, priorities, shenzhen, shopping, skinny
Leave a comment