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gondoleia:

i still have my old brushes though i don’t have my ink-grinding set anymore

should buy some in chinatown when i’m there in two weeks

gondoleia:

In 2005, a white Princeton graduate student admitted to secretly cutting locks of hair from nine Asian women. He apparently took the hair to fill women’s underwear and mittens, which he then used for personal sexual gratification. He even poured his urine and semen into the drinks of Asian…

art-of-swords:

Jade Lion Gim & Dagger

The Chinese lion motif is cast in nickel-sliver with almost sculptural detail on the heavy guard and pommels. This provides a compelling contrast to the elegant jade green color of the cord wrapped handles and matching rosewood scabbards that are covered in highly polished samé (ray skin) that’s dyed to match the handles.

The most attention grabbing feature, however, are the blades themselves. Forged by hand and expertly tempered from our finest Damascus steel, their distinctively subtle swirl pattern bespeaks the elegant beauty of fine craftsmanship combined with the incomparable strength of Damascus steel.

The Lion Gim is a civilian self-defense Wen Jian (Scholar’s Sword), with a little more panache than the practical versions (like our own Gim Sword) that were made for the battlefield. In our tests it severed and pierced 4” bamboo poles with a single cut or thrust.

A perfectly scaled down version of the Gim, it shares the same design, materials and exquisite craftsmanship of its larger counterpart. It’s perfectly balanced, big and strong enough to stand on its own or fight alongside its bigger brother.

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taengthehero:

likeoscar:

you are so sexy

Your face is the most precious thing

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gondoleia:

hey robert downey junior

not cool

also you’re dead jsyk

and not in an “i’m going to murder you for perpetuating and participating in something that has demonised, stigmatised, and otherised my people for the last century or two” sort of way

but in an “you’re wearing that shirt right over left which is something we only we only do for dead bodies when we prepare them for burial” sort of way

fyeah-history:

1414 painting by Shen Du depiciting a giraffe brought to China from the Ajuuraan Empire in the Horn of Africa, during the 12th year of Yongle. The Chinese associated the giraffe with the mythical Qilin.

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fuckyeahsoshi-sone:

Sunny with the pop musician Quincy Jones at the SMTOWN concert after party [from FACEBOOK GIRLS’ GENERATION STAFF]

theanimalblog:

Partially blind dog Milo is helped around by his personal guide dog and companion Bella, in Melbourne, Australia. Bella guides Milo along on a lead and also barks warnings to him. Picture: Manuela Cifra/Newspix / Rex Features

gondoleia:

spicyobsession:

baysian:

“Excuse Me, ameriKa” - I Was Born With Two Tongues, from Broken Speak (full album here).

The first and only album from legendary Asian American spoken word collective I Was Born With Two Tongues, comprised of Anida Yoeu Ali, Marlon Esguerra, Emily Chang, and Dennis “Denizen Kane” Kim. 

Geeking the fuck out cuz I hadn’t heard the whole thing til now - bless the internet and the poets for being free with their art. This group is the closest thing I know to elders of an Asian American spoken word tradition - and for me, they hit closer to my experience than most classic AsAm literature. It’s eerie and affirming hearing messages and images similar to my writing though I had never heard these pieces before. If someone were to ask me what it’s like being Asian American and I was incapable of writing or speaking it myself, I would refer them to this album.

reblogging yet again because I can and this shit is empowering and YEAH

no lie first time i heard this i was shaking afterwords it’s SO powerful

heythereuniverse:

Human Tooth.

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theworldofchinese:

Napping the Chinese Way

Foreigners are amazed by how Chinese manage to squeeze naps into their daily schedule, no matter how crammed it is. I’ve always wondered how my Western colleagues manage to never take naps! They admit to feeling drowsy after lunch. Some of them drink coffee; those who don’t do caffeine must maintain their semblance of being awake through immense willpower.

“We’re supposed to work during the day!” these respectable hardworking people claim.

My non-napping colleagues remind me of a famous quote by Master Huihai, a monk from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Another monk called upon Huihai to ask for the right way to self-improvement (修行Xiūxíng). Huihai answered, “Eat when you are hungry, and sleep when you are tired (饿了吃饭，困了睡觉 Èle chīfàn, kùnle shuìjiào).”

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