Posts by mark taslov
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Sorry if that was unclear Soon Lee, it’s no joke. Metropolitan centres tend to have a number of sushi bars/ Japanese restaurants. Japanese cuisine is the most popular foreign food among Chinese consumers, just no chicken sushi.
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Rona was the daughter of the sea god Tangaroa. She was the Tide Controller. One night she was carrying a bucket with stream water back home to her children, when the path became dark. The Moon slipped behind the clouds making it impossible to see anything. As Rona was walking, she hit her foot against a root that was sticking out of the ground. She was so upset that she couldn't see the root, she made some unkind remarks about the Moon.
The Moon heard her remarks and put a curse on the Maori people. The Moon grabbed Rona and her water bucket. Many people today see a woman with a bucket in the Moon. It is said that when Rona upsets her bucket, it rains. This Maori story symbolizes the influence of the Moon on the rain and on the waters of the Earth, and especially on the tides.
In a separate Maori myth, a man named Rona went to the Moon to find his wife. To this day, the two take turns eating each other. This is how the phases of the Moon were explained
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Very interesting article. I was reminded of my fruitless 10 year+ long search for chicken (teriyaki) sushi in China, I'd assumed it would be standard fare having developed a taste for it here.
Google hasn’t been very helpful wrt its origin, other imported varieties such as Boston and California rolls were popular enough there – I’ve never visited Japan so I’ve no idea about whether it’s a Chinese omission or western fusion or… (?) I’m curious to find out, if anyone can shed light.
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Legal Beagle: Questions, but no answers,…, in reply to WH,
abuse
in case it's not already been posted
In July 2010 Labour asked 8791 questions in a single month.
More than 7000 of those questions came from MP Trevor Mallard alone.
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Hard News: Harkanwal Singh: What really…, in reply to Liam H,
I see no good reason to apologise on behalf of the Labour Party – however sarcastically. There was no “I’m sorry” – instead Ardern used the 2nd conditional to offer a non-apology:
"If anyone felt that it was [racist], then of course we would apologise for that. But that was not our intent."
Often called the "unreal” conditional because it is used for unreal, impossible or improbable situations. This conditional provides an imaginary result for a given situation. It is very unlikely that the condition will be fulfilled.
e.g.
If I were a millionaire, I would buy a castle.
tbtf *no* apology has in fact been made, what did happen was the Chinese community was gaslighted by the Prime Minister.
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Hard News: Harkanwal Singh: What really…, in reply to kiwicmc,
Strangely the only practical application I’ve seen this ‘Government of Kindness’ mantra put to so far was it being used to shut down an activist for "demanding" JA offer to take *all* the Manus Is refugees.
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Hard News: #OrconIRL: The runsheet and…, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
Good question! Great blend! Wallace and the Bish is a show I'd watch - though ratings would inevitably drop right off following the departure of the chief dragger and audience favourite Tze Ming Mok to further her career in being irrepressibly awesome.
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Hard News: Lorde, the council and the…, in reply to linger,
we build rituals and crafts around its use
reminded of my second favourite youtube clip
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Hard News: Lorde, the council and the…, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
figurative : mass adoration is a highly addictive drug.
personally I find counter-trolling Rich’s distinctive brand of innocuous trolling addictive af – hooked on that shit.
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Springbok tour