{the official conversation thread}

**Hunter** · 03-03-2012, 04:51 AM

Originally Posted by coolguy753

My brother has spent a year each in Japan and China. Patches can obviously tell you more about Japan, but as for China, be warned, lots of it is still in great poverty - it is still most definitely a dictatorship, albeit a lesser one now. He said that the cities are VERY polluted, substantial amounts of them have huge poverty and that Hong Kong is a million times better than any city in mainland China.

However, he did say the countryside was absolutely stunning there.

Yeah i know it's highly polluted, it's really sad since it's such a stunning country. It's not worse than South (Or is it north? i keep forgetting) Korea when it comes to dictatorship (At least it doesn't appear to be.). Really cool that your brother visited both though, China/Japan have the best scenery in the countryside

Originally Posted by ZombieDeadpool8

Lets see....
Exams, exams and, oh wait, some exams.

Basically my life consists of 1.) Preparing for exams 2.) Gaming 3.)Wondering where all the time has gone

Lol sounds like me. Im so tired of exams, my immune system likes to screw me just before the exams start and i end up getting a cold. EVERY DAMN TIME.

**Higashi89** · 03-03-2012, 04:53 AM

That really sucks, they closed the conversation thread this morning

What's going on in my life? Well... I got recently Child of Eden for Xbox 360, i'm addicted to Facebook... and I'm my first year in college doing graphical design, it's quite cool but it gets boring because I have to make a school work based on a famous artist (like Salvador Dali) but it has it's nice graphical design classes using Illustrator and Photoshop (and Tablet).

**coolguy753** · 03-03-2012, 05:05 AM

Originally Posted by Hunter

Yeah i know it's highly polluted, it's really sad since it's such a stunning country. It's not worse than South (Or is it north? i keep forgetting) Korea when it comes to dictatorship (At least it doesn't appear to be.). Really cool that your brother visited both though, China/Japan have the best scenery in the countryside

North Korea is the horrific dictatorship. South Korea has the 2nd best Government in East Asia after Japan.

No, China isn't anywhere near as bad as North Korea, no country is in that respect. But, they still have 1000s of executions per year, free speech isn't allowed really, and my brother described what he saw in the cities as very extreme. You'd see very rich people, very poor people, and not much in the way of being in between. If you wanna visit there, then go to Hong Kong (not part of China proper so it is a lot more open). He said Hong Kong is possibly the best place he's ever been in his life.

**Hunter** · 03-03-2012, 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by coolguy753

North Korea is the horrific dictatorship. South Korea has the 2nd best Government in East Asia after Japan.

No, China isn't anywhere near as bad as North Korea, no country is in that respect. But, they still have 1000s of executions per year, free speech isn't allowed really, and my brother described what he saw in the cities as very extreme. You'd see very rich people, very poor people, and not much in the way of being in between. If you wanna visit there, then go to Hong Kong (not part of China proper so it is a lot more open). He said Hong Kong is possibly the best place he's ever been in his life.

Hong Kong is gorgeous, it's how i imagined futuristic cities as a kid. It's just so damn amazing at night. The shiny neon lights almost add a dreamy look to the city, it's like club omega from ME2. Just pure awesomeness.

**Ervo** · 03-03-2012, 06:38 AM

I came back from Japan a few days ago. I had the time of my life, gotta go back there next year! I'm busy with some school stuff, gotta work extra hard if I want to graduate on time... I also got a job, I'm going to do some graphics for some websites and the guys there will teach me how to use CSS. My band is going to record an EP soon, hopefully it'll be released on CD/vinyl before June. And maybe the best thing is that I've met this really nice girl who shares my interest in video games and comics, too bad she lives in another city...

**coolguy753** · 03-03-2012, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by Ervo

I came back from Japan a few days ago. I had the time of my life, gotta go back there next year! I'm busy with some school stuff, gotta work extra hard if I want to graduate on time... I also got a job, I'm going to do some graphics for some websites and the guys there will teach me how to use CSS. My band is going to record an EP soon, hopefully it'll be released on CD/vinyl before June. And maybe the best thing is that I've met this really nice girl who shares my interest in video games and comics, too bad she lives in another city...

That's really great, man. Congratulations on everything!

**Ienzo** · 03-03-2012, 06:45 AM

{the official japan thread}

**Higashi89** · 03-03-2012, 07:47 AM

How much Japan travel costs? I want to go there because of Tokyo

**Ienzo** · 03-03-2012, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Higashi89

How much Japan travel costs? I want to go there because of Tokyo

The tickets I'm getting in June this year are about $1600 dollars per single passenger, for two weeks.

**Ervo** · 03-03-2012, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Higashi89

How much Japan travel costs? I want to go there because of Tokyo

It cost me 700 euros to fly from Finland to Japan and back. The hotel cost 300 euros for 10 days. I spent about 600-700 euros on traveling, food, games, music etc.

Originally Posted by coolguy753

That's really great, man. Congratulations on everything!

Thanks!

**XCore** · 03-03-2012, 10:50 AM

One of my friends hired this shit out.

Just drove it around... amazing car. If only I had £200k to spare.

**HalfSwiss** · 03-03-2012, 10:54 AM

I know that most of my music from my iPad sucks, but I figured I'd fix it up and just put what's left out there to look back on some day. I updated my discography website and I'm going to upload Recyclables 2 at some point. I don't think anyone will look but here's the link anyway: http://ajdj.tumblr.com/

Also, looking back I found this old song. Everyone said all the songs from Recyclables were pretty bad and one of my friends told me this song sucks, but listening to it again it's actually not that bad. Well, the beginning is, but around the middle of the track I don't think it's as terrible. Can I get someone's opinion on this? It doesn't really matter, but I'm just kind of curious on it.

**ZombieDeadpool8** · 03-03-2012, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by XCore

One of my friends hired this shit out.

Just drove it around... amazing car. If only I had £200k to spare.

My dream car, the only issue I have is the Gullwing doors. They're just too showy offy.

**Higashi89** · 03-03-2012, 11:32 AM

I really hate those car doors. I'll stick with my brasilia car, hahaha

**YamiGekusu** · 03-03-2012, 11:38 AM

Got back from getting the final two print issues of Shonen Jump here.

I got to hang out with the boyfriend twice this week. All is good with me

**HalfSwiss** · 03-03-2012, 02:09 PM

I want to be a music producer. Random comment, but yeah, that's what's going on.

**YamiGekusu** · 03-03-2012, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by coolguy753

Could you recommend some of the best places to visit in California?

San Diego. A lot of fun places to eat, and there's the zoo. (I used to live there so I know so haha)

**Hackmaster6000** · 03-03-2012, 02:37 PM

just got the final print issue of Shonen Jump in the mail

But whatever
Just finished my Gorillaz (2001) box
and i'm gonna order pizza soon

**Higashi89** · 03-03-2012, 05:25 PM

I ate japanese food at the Mall some hours ago. Still digesting it

Don't you guys love japanese food?

**Hunter** · 03-03-2012, 07:25 PM

I accidentally clicked on a bad link and now i have to induce amnesia.

Make sure to remind me of who i am (I'm the muffin man.).

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