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ambientlightseeing how i have been more inclined, lately, to read lots of E E Cummings rather than think of things to post in lj, a meme: comment with anything, anything at all ( even just an icon, if you'd like ) and, er, something will happen. also, a free mp3 for anyone who does. but don't feel obliged to, or anything.
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my history syllabus as applied to real life? well, we're currently learning how hitler and mussolini subverted the legal system to move from democracy to dictatorship. does that count for anything? but of course parallels in history are always dangerous, by inaccuracy or inapplicability or both.
studying the UN, on the other hand, reveals that minorities, despite all the idealistic aims of existing systems, do eventually lose out unless they become a faceless majority.
the aventine secession in european history shows how boycotting an attempt at co-operation tends to backfire. ( see also various other incidents of opposition parties walking out of parliament, examples of which i should be able to quote but am somehow unable to recall, dundundunDUN. ) the frequent use of the veto in the UN shows how the idea of equal power-sharing recalls that animal farm commandment more than anything else.
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actually, monster is one of the few anime series i can think of in which food often appears. yakitate!!japan is far more reliable ( and far less of a pain to watch ), of course, but still. and the maloki manga does feature food rather more than one might expect -- corokke and okonomiyaki and taiyaki, etc.
speaking of which, the Best Taiyaki In Singapore is back at Isetan Lido ( or was a few days ago, anyway ) so if you're in the area you might want to check that out.
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this is not an actual post-with-content, just so you know. i haven't the attention span for one of those, i'm afraid. in other words, the above two bits aren't meant to be proper responses to that however-long-ago poll. :\
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my history syllabus as applied to real life? well, we're currently learning how hitler and mussolini subverted the legal system to move from democracy to dictatorship. does that count for anything? but of course parallels in history are always dangerous, by inaccuracy or inapplicability or both.
studying the UN, on the other hand, reveals that minorities, despite all the idealistic aims of existing systems, do eventually lose out unless they become a faceless majority.
the aventine secession in european history shows how boycotting an attempt at co-operation tends to backfire. ( see also various other incidents of opposition parties walking out of parliament, examples of which i should be able to quote but am somehow unable to recall, dundundunDUN. ) the frequent use of the veto in the UN shows how the idea of equal power-sharing recalls that animal farm commandment more than anything else.
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actually, monster is one of the few anime series i can think of in which food often appears. yakitate!!japan is far more reliable ( and far less of a pain to watch ), of course, but still. and the maloki manga does feature food rather more than one might expect -- corokke and okonomiyaki and taiyaki, etc.
speaking of which, the Best Taiyaki In Singapore is back at Isetan Lido ( or was a few days ago, anyway ) so if you're in the area you might want to check that out.
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this is not an actual post-with-content, just so you know. i haven't the attention span for one of those, i'm afraid. in other words, the above two bits aren't meant to be proper responses to that however-long-ago poll. :\
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Date: 2006-04-29 08:35 am (UTC)Animal Farm, for me, calls to mind both the cartoon and the W!ld Rice production. A scene from the former, showing the pigs seeming to morph into humans at the end, was juxtaposed with a shot of the CCP leaders (mainly Deng and Li Peng) in a local TV program about the Chinese government in the immediate aftermath of Tiananmen when outrage about the crackdown was still widespread.
And I shall cease talking about matters of which I know not :)
incidentally, there are Azabu Sabos everywhere in Taiwan. Never been to one either here nore there, though, more's the pity.
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Date: 2006-04-29 09:00 pm (UTC)i know nothing of history myself and am in even less of a position to say anything about politics, so. :x but er -- here, have a version of the internationale in chinese (http://download.yousendit.com/E09D65DD1FD1E167)?
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As he faces off against Loki on the plain of Vigridhr, Heimdall cannot help but feel a strange sense of déjà vu. They should have seen it coming, he thinks. Should have recognised the signs, all the small conflicts of the past, and stopped Loki before it came down to this --
But of course one cannot learn from history if the future has already been set out by fate. Loki's laugh is bitter, but there is no space in it for regret.
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Date: 2006-04-30 12:20 am (UTC)Didn't know that "The Interntionale" was sung by the Tiananmen protesters, nor that it was parodied by "Beasts of England" (Wikipedia is an extremely useful resource
even if not all of it stands up under scrutiny)But of course one cannot learn from history if the future has already been set out by fate
oh, Heimdall and Loki ;_;
ice-cream at azabu sabo, roger that :D