Last Saturday, a group of student from Queen’s University was wearing surgical masks and drinking corona beer at a party that was decorated with biohazard signs. A post captioned, “INFECT ME DADDY” on social media […]
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Breaking the ‘one-inch taller barrier of subtitles’: Parasite makes Oscar history
This week, Parasite made Oscar history last week for being the first non-English language film in Oscar history to win the award for the Best Picture. That very night, the film also won three other […]
Kung Fu master went ‘sensei-tional’: Donnie Yen | Hot Asian Men Friday
View this post on Instagram I hope with this final episode will bring you another inspiring and emotional experience! ð See you on Dec 20th! A post shared by Donnie Yen 甄子丹 (@donnieyenofficial) on Nov […]
Expect an early start to Japan’s Sakura Season
You can tell spring has arrived when its cherry blossoms bloom. It’s only January, but some sakura trees are already 50-percent in full bloom in Japan. Each year, the sakura bloom on different dates depending […]
Have you met a human-version Kirby?
Kirby is probably one of the most beloved characters created by Nintendo. In real life, there is no titular pink puff from a planet called Planet Popstar. However, maybe sometimes, the earth’s version of Kirby […]
Workplace bonding: Japanese drinking culture
Nomikai is a drinking party special to Japanese culture that happens in almost every work place in the country. Nomikai are hosted in restaurants or izakaya, usually having everyone seated at one large table. Employee […]
Going to Karaoke alone is a culture
By reading the title, you might assume that I am writing about those individual karaoke booths that you see trending in Asia. No, I am talking about going to separate karaoke rooms so you can […]
I wish I lived in a Studio Ghibli World
Have you ever wished to have a neighbor like Totoro? Or wish to have someone like Kiki to deliver your amazon package? Have you ever looked at your pet goldfish and wish he is secretly […]
Case Closed – disclose Detective Conan’s ageless secret
How do the characters in Detective Conan remain the same age for 25 years? This is probably one of the hardest case to crack. However, last year when the movie Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer […]
Tokyo is full of cycle-paths
Bicycle sharing is proliferating in different cities in Canada recently. Toronto bike has recently launched in the city. In Japan, the bike sharing system has already been around for a good while and a crowd […]