Or insanely bizarre TV gameshows.
rofl yes! I love Japanese TV!
Will try include some of that, maybe.
Xio, I will think about that, perhaps.
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Meghan Dench
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05-26-2008 14:35
rofl yes! I love Japanese TV! Will try include some of that, maybe. Xio, I will think about that, perhaps. _____________________
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Brenda Connolly
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05-26-2008 14:44
That is the Germans. Japan's favorite import after Beck's.... _____________________
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Yosef Okelly
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05-26-2008 14:45
First thing I think of...... FOOD! OMFG!! I LOVE the FOOOD!!! Love it Love it Love it Love it Love it Love itLove it Love it Love itLove it Love it Love itLove it Love it Love itLove it Love it Love itLove it Love it Love itLove it Love it Love itLove it Love it Love itLove it Love it Love it!!!!!  I can eat asian food all day long and dim sum  (OK, so the pun only really comes across when spoken but I hope you get it anyway) |
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Har Fairweather
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05-26-2008 15:33
The posters celebrating Asian diversity are the ones who have it right. There is a huge area called Asia, and there are a lot of different cultures on it, some of which have some things in common, and many of whom don't like either very much.
Lemme see: Japanese: Shinto and Zen, hypermodern, poetic sensibility, warrior tradition Chinese: Confucian, Buddhist, Taoist and what have you, mother of east Asian civilization, obsessed by material development but with a hidden mystical streak that has sometimes been dangerous, chauvinistic. Vietnamese: Buddhist, agricultural tradition, ethnocentric, hostile to Chinese. Mongol: Buddhist, nomadic herdsman, still nostalgic for the tradition of Genghis Khan Uighur: Muslim, high Asian, trade-centered tradition Tibetan: Buddhist, mystic, religiously obsessed Hindu: Pantheistic, caste-ridden, one of the world's most ancient and deepest mystical traditions, intensely anti-Muslim I'm getting weary of it, and have hardly scratched the surface: Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Burmese, Nepali, Nagaland tribalists, Sikh, Punjabi Muslim, Uzbek, Tajik, Persian, Arab, Turkish, Azeri, Chechen, and the list is still a long way from exhaustive. I fear "Asian Culture" is just an illusion in the West that shows just how insular we really are ourselves. That said - love the food too. : D |
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Meghan Dench
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05-26-2008 16:06
The posters celebrating Asian diversity are the ones who have it right. There is a huge area called Asia, and there are a lot of different cultures on it, some of which have some things in common, and many of whom don't like either very much. Lemme see: Japanese: Shinto and Zen, hypermodern, poetic sensibility, warrior tradition Chinese: Confucian, Buddhist, Taoist and what have you, mother of east Asian civilization, obsessed by material development but with a hidden mystical streak that has sometimes been dangerous, chauvinistic. Vietnamese: Buddhist, agricultural tradition, ethnocentric, hostile to Chinese. Mongol: Buddhist, nomadic herdsman, still nostalgic for the tradition of Genghis Khan Uighur: Muslim, high Asian, trade-centered tradition Tibetan: Buddhist, mystic, religiously obsessed Hindu: Pantheistic, caste-ridden, one of the world's most ancient and deepest mystical traditions, intensely anti-Muslim I'm getting weary of it, and have hardly scratched the surface: Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Burmese, Nepali, Nagaland tribalists, Sikh, Punjabi Muslim, Uzbek, Tajik, Persian, Arab, Turkish, Azeri, Chechen, and the list is still a long way from exhaustive. I fear "Asian Culture" is just an illusion in the West that shows just how insular we really are ourselves. That said - love the food too. : D I'm trying to keep it as Un westernised as I can, Japanese will be dominating the sim, as it's what I know. But there's gonna be Singapore History, India hopefully. I'll get us much of it in as I can, one thing I notice the most is Buddhist pops up allot. _____________________
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Meghan Dench
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06-02-2008 09:02
Any more Ideas?
What do you think of when you think Asia? We want to put down some Infrastructure such as a train on the walkway, from India and Orangotang from Borneo  Ideas please...  _____________________
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Isabeau Imako
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06-02-2008 09:18
This is what I see when I think of Asia,
 Too many different cultures come to mind to focus on just a couple... Think of all the different languages, music, foods, ways of dressing, customs represented here. Mind boggling. _____________________
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Blot Brickworks
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06-02-2008 09:22
Because I am UK based when I think of Asian Culture I automatically think of the Indian Sub Continent not Japan or China.This though is changing with the astounding growth in China.I too love the food,I honestly don't think I have eaten any from a vast list that I have not enjoyed,I am greedy.
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Maureen Boccaccio
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06-02-2008 09:23
I can eat asian food all day long and dim sum (OK, so the pun only really comes across when spoken but I hope you get it anyway) I got it! Currently, I am on a Thai food kick. Fortunately, there are lots of Thai restaurants nearby that can feed my habit...heh. _____________________
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06-02-2008 09:24
Part of my family is Vietnamese. So I'm a bit aware of the culture there. In fact, it is my plan to wear an ao dai (Aozai in the maker's description (T_T)) to the celebration. (^_^)
The rest of my own awareness of Asian culture pretty much comes from Japanese Anime. So I'll best describe my awareness as...... skewed. (^_^)y _____________________
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MoxZ Mokeev
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06-02-2008 09:58
Rickshaws - Sake - Bamboo - Pandas - Music, Sweet Music - Geishas - Cute Little Wooden Shoes - Dancing Dragons - Paper Lamps - Open Markets.
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Meghan Dench
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06-02-2008 10:21
This is what I see when I think of Asia, Too many different cultures come to mind to focus on just a couple... Think of all the different languages, music, foods, ways of dressing, customs represented here. Mind boggling. I want that map up there Also yeah I didn't even think of Pandas! I will try find a Panda for the sim too. And yeah mostly people think about China and Japan, Japan is what I know but I wanted to focus on other places too such as India, Singapore, Borneo etc._____________________
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Infrared Wind
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06-02-2008 10:26
I've lived in Asia for over twenty years.
These icons come to mind: Temples. Night markets. Funeral processions. Puppet shows. New Years Celebrations (fireworks). -i |
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Cristalle Karami
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06-02-2008 10:31
It's too diverse to lump together. You could get different regions together and still find that there are vast differences between the countries, due to their historical influences, and the influence they've had on other countries (China and Japan especially). Icons don't do them justice.
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Karl Herber
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06-02-2008 13:35
I would love to see something that covers the whole of Asia, not just Japan. Asia is a big and very diverse place, from the East Pacific, to the Middle East, so I'd like to see it include places like China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan, Korea and so on.
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Nina Stepford
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06-02-2008 23:31
i think of indecisive and oblivious driving skills.
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