Propaganda newspapers are the funniest. I think Burma is notorious for its xenophobic, anti-American, and jingoistic newspapers. It publishes quotes that Than Shwe, the country’s dictator on its frontpage. Today’s headline in the daily New Light of Myanmar, boxed with flowery borders and a portrait of Than Shwe on the side, is ironically titled “Freedom”:
Translation:
If [...]
Boba, a tea beverage that originated in Taiwan, is made of milk tea and black tapioca “balls”. It is utterly addictive, even though I don’t really know why. It’s personally better-tasting than Starbucks coffee. Yesterday I went to the South Coast Plaza, which is a gigantic mall with uppercrust shops, too sophisticated and expensive for [...]
This will be the one. I have hopped around too long, without staying dedicated to one thing, which in this case, is blogging. I’ve been on Xanga, Livejournal, on and off. But that will end, with this blog. Hopefully.
Aside from that, I keep on reminiscing on the wonderful trip I had last year [...]
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