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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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 Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:52 am Post subject: ACAI ("ah-sci-ee"), Hanna Montana, electric bikes |
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Three new rages back home as I visit for the summer for the first time in a few years.
A Brazilian berry, some teenager and nongas scooters.
Oh, and to a lesser extent a Korean/Asian angle: green tea in every second fruit drink and soda pop. Lipton iced tea? Nah, green tea iced. Raspberry juice with green tea. Gawd darn gingerale with green tea!
That's about all that's changed back in Canada. |
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santafly
Joined: 20 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I love Acai - eat Acai Na Tigela everyday in the states -wish I could get it here.....hint,hint...... |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| The problem with the green tea thing is that there still isn't a market for authentic bottled and unsweetened green tea. It's Lipton tea with "honey" which is actually corn syrup. The people who drink it are [MOD EDIT] fat, uncultured, and stupid. I hate them and they deserve to die. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
| The problem with the green tea thing is that there still isn't a market for authentic bottled and unsweetened green tea. It's Lipton tea with "honey" which is actually corn syrup. The people who drink it are [MOD EDIT], uncultured, and stupid. I hate them and they deserve to die. |
Oh, uh... I just tried it for the first time and actually found it quite refreshing on a hot summer's day, sort of the equivalent of typical iced tea drinks and lemonade but with a different aftertaste. Not so sweet if you have a sweet tooth.
I also tried the acai in a Booster Juice and it was alright; I'm coveting one of the electric bikes; and Hannah Montana is annoyingly everpresent 'n the sassy teenager who plays the character needs to be *beep* slapped. Related: I feel inundated with advertising since they're all in English here back home and I've lost the ability to tune it all out.
Looking forward to returning to Korea and suddenly appreciating the cultural filters that keep most of the crass Western crap off the peninsula. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| djsmnc wrote: |
| The problem with the green tea thing is that there still isn't a market for authentic bottled and unsweetened green tea. It's Lipton tea with "honey" which is actually corn syrup. The people who drink it are [MOD EDIT] fat, uncultured, and stupid. I hate them and they deserve to die. |
Oh, uh... I just tried it for the first time and actually found it quite refreshing on a hot summer's day, sort of the equivalent of typical iced tea drinks and lemonade but with a different aftertaste. Not so sweet if you have a sweet tooth.
I also tried the acai in a Booster Juice and it was alright; I'm coveting one of the electric bikes; and Hannah Montana is annoyingly everpresent 'n the sassy teenager who plays the character needs to be *beep* slapped. Related: I feel inundated with advertising since they're all in English here back home and I've lost the ability to tune it all out.
Looking forward to returning to Korea and suddenly appreciating the cultural filters that keep most of the crass Western crap off the peninsula. |
Well, to each their own. Anyhow, I discovered unsweetened green tea in the organic sections of American grocery stores. It's just more pricey is all.
Acai is not bad! |
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Czarjorge
Joined: 01 May 2007
Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| djsmnc wrote: |
| The problem with the green tea thing is that there still isn't a market for authentic bottled and unsweetened green tea. It's Lipton tea with "honey" which is actually corn syrup. The people who drink it are [MOD EDIT] fat, uncultured, and stupid. I hate them and they deserve to die. |
I agree. I was actually excited about Lipton bottle green tea when I first saw it on the shelf. I was living in Omaha, NE at the time and there was no proper tea shop to buy tea in so I was stuck with Bigelow bagged green tea. My excitement died when I tasted it, that crap has this citrus sickly sweet aftertaste. It is awful. A couple weeks ago I actually saw a commercial for the same stuff, but diet.
Diet tea? Why would you need diet tea?
I like the midwest of the US for lots of reason, but the food here is crap unless you're in Chicago or Kansas City. From having no access to loose tea leaves to getting more salad dressing than salad at a restaurant, it's depressing. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:19 am Post subject: Re: ACAI ("ah-sci-ee"), Hanna Montana, electric bi |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| That's about all that's changed back in Canada. |
CORRECTION: There's also a cultural obsession with the word "hoodies" right now.
When I was a teenager (I-am-getting-old) a hooded sweat top was for the jocks, college wannabes. I know it later became a skateboard, street kid, rapper thing, and now it's gone mainstream in a big way. The word is said much more than the thing is being worn, though it is around more than it used to be. |
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OneWayTraffic
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
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Electric bikes are cool. I don't much care for the scooter styles, but the hybrid mountain/road bikes with motors and lithium batteries are a pretty good solution to short range personal transport.
Range of 20-100km depending on specs, terrain and how much you pedal and speeds from 30km/h-60km/h.
Electricity is cheap, it's like getting 1500 miles to the gallon. |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Those fixed gear bikes that bike messengers ride are all the rage these days. |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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Those fixed gear bike messengers are all the rage too. *meeow!*
I prefer to covet Electra bikes. It's been a listed hobby of mine since 2006.
Love green tea, hate sweetened ice tea.
Also I read in some fashion blogs that the high bun is in style. I got a lot of compliments on mine after I rocked it. Gives that great sexy teacher/naughty librarian look.
Hoodies aren't really a trend so much as a staple. I kvetch about American Apparel and the sexist CEO, but the product fits undeniably well, is sturdy, and comes in a nice variety of colors. I think they did a great job making the hooded sweat so popular. Well, that and Donnie Darko.
Now hooded peacoats are both uber fashionable AND utilitarian. I must have to have one. |
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