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tascha posted an update in the group
Straddlers of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and those who wish they were 12 years, 4 months agoHey there everyone, not from Taiwan but living in Taipei. Except I don’t like Chicken Chow Mein, I’m sorry, I hope this is OK and I can still join?
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hahaha. NOOO how can you not like chicken chow mein *boot* jk :P
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haha, OK but, like, TOFU chow mein? I like that loads and that counts, right?
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okay, fine, your status is restored. honestly though there are so many yummier chinese/taiwanese/hkese foods >.<
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Well, thanks! And hi george, I’m from the UK :)
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Hey sk! I’m also in Taipei and currently doing a month-long stint in vegetarianism. Got any good vegetarian restaurant recommendations? :)
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oh wow, so many! I feel like Taipei is basically the best conceivable place to eat things if you are a vegetarian. hang on, I will try to come up with some kind of shortlist…
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OK! Eating places! I’m a massive fan of the weigh-your-plate Buddhist places. You know the ones I mean? I feel like once you start noticing them, you notice that they’re literally everywhere. I don’t know where you’re based, but there’s a super extensive one in Shida, on Heping just opposite the MTC. And there’s one in the food court of Q Square,…[Read more]
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Also, there are so many other places. Probably you should join the facebook group Veggie Friendly Taipei? Anastasia knows so much more than me…
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Danke! =D
Yeah Taiwan is really friend for vegetarians because of the Buddhists! The trick is to convince family and friends to go to these restaurants with me…
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cindy posted an update in the group
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Hey all,
I’m passing through London in June 15-18 on holiday. I’m 20 from Sydney Australia and I was hoping to go out clubbing during this time. So I was hoping if I could get some advice/possibly make some friends…I’m hoping to maybe move to London in 2012 so I really wanted to check out the scene whilst I’m there. I’m thinking of going out…[Read more]
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Hey Cindy!
Afraid I’m not living in London at the moment, but lived there for 20 years so have plenty of advice :) Check out http://boards.gingerbeer.co.uk/ for what’s going on, there are plenty of meet ups and events which you could go to. G-A-Y and Candy Bar are both in SOHO right in the centre of London (and about a 5 minute walk from each…[Read more]
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thanks so much! I’m going to be on my own it looks like but I think I might check out Candy Bar. Ta.xx
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Hi! I totally forgot but I friended you as I should be around then to go out one night if you like. I’m 19 and relatively new to London, so still looking for more queer friends to go out with :) Not very knowledgeable about places as I’ve only ever been to Ku, G-A-Y and The Den, so perhaps I could check out Candy Bar with you? From all I’ve heard…[Read more]
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BEST advice given above is to go East! To me it’s much more chilled an atmosphere, and it feels more like real London.
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I seem to hear this a lot, but where do you actually advise to go to? From what I can tell on the internet Ghetto seems to be closed and Dick and Fanny doesn’t happen very often .. and I can’t figure out if Trash Palace is the same as Ghetto. All the websites seem to be very out of date
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there’s twat boutique and unskinny bop which you definitely need to check out. i’d also advise just going on a general bar crawl, basically it’ quite difficult to go wrong :)
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christine posted an update in the group
Straddlers of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and those who wish they were 12 years, 4 months agoFavorite queer asian movies? Mine are Saving Face and Spider Lilies :)
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I’ve never seen any. Can I ask where you’ve seen them? Can I get them from a video store or watch them online?
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Saving Face – http://www.movshare.net/video/drinkw9t3rd5x
Spider Lilies – http://entertainment.tipidtrip.com/all-movies/chinese-movie-spider-lilies/
I’m not sure whether they come with subtitles but Saving Face is in English with some Mandarin and Spider Lilies is in Mandarin with some scenes in Japanese :)-
you rock my socks! Thankyou *prays for subs*
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OK I just checked the second link a little and it has wrong subtitles annoyingly everywhere… but if you have a torrent client you can find them on isohunt as well. Hope you like them :)
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Saving Face is also a personal favorite of mine!!
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isn’t it hilarious? :D i have tried showing it to friends of mine but unless they are chinese they don’t get 90% of the humor. sadly most of my friends are not chinese
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Ha!! I recommended this film to my straight friends, they also loved it! I am half (if that’s possible) Chinese-American.
Now you have one more Chinese friend (me!) than before. ; )
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oh! I love this question, I’m so happy this thread exists. There’s a Taiwanese four part film called Panda Candy (or maybe collection of four shortish films – they aren’t really connected), I think it’s available on Tudou. I really liked it.
Also, YES, Saving Face, and the start of Spider Lilies, with the green wig.
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Also, it isn’t queer but in Suzhou River a girl dresses up as a mermaid and swims around in a mermaid tank, so can I mention that here, too?
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Hahaha really? That’s awesome. I haven’t seen Panda Candy, will have to check that out. I also saw a Taiwanese movie called Drifting Flowers but the storylines as far as I recall were kind of fuzzy. But I watched that a few years back. Maybe I should watch it again.
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Is it Candy Rain? (if my recollections are correct)
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Oh! Yes, some quick googling reveals that your recollections are totally right, thanks! I think maybe I mashed up the title with The Panda Candy? Which is also gay and Chinese, but which I haven’t seen. But once I tried to see it, and so the name was all up in my head…
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I don’t know either of those but I spent like, an hour trying to find streaming version of panda candy and no success :( it is HARD to find Asian films in America! (or maybe I just don’t know where to look??)
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: D I watched Candy Rain!! It is very pretty to look at, but… the stories were kinda…strange.
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Agreed. On the strangeness. And the pretty to look at. It was few years ago now, but I think I remember being impressed by the one with the girl and the cups of coffee and the light up bed? And least impressed by the one where everyone turned into comicbook characters in a bookshop? But idk, I think maybe I’m more tolerant of that stuff now, so…[Read more]
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Haha.. what the heck was up with the 4th story? I agree, the coffee story was the best written imo. I liked the movie overall because despite the fact that all the characters felt like caricatures, there was something very open ended about it… and somehow turned out to be a more realistic depiction of love’s many forms than all the crap that…[Read more]
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Fast work! And yes, I agree. I will check out Dolls, although I can’t promise such a fast turn around period. Does anyone have an opinion on Blue Gate Crossing? I keep meaning to go back and watch it all the way through, because once I started and then something happened and then I didn’t watch more than like 20 minutes.
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I saw Blue Gate Crossing today, it’s cute and very innocent. A little slowly paced and I thought Yue-zhen was incredibly ridiculous/borderline creepystalker/what my mom would call “shen jing bing” but overall the movie made me smile. (I have too much time on my hands, apparently…either that or I’ve been overworking so frequently I can’t remember…[Read more]
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longfeifengwu posted an update in the group
Straddlers of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and those who wish they were 12 years, 4 months agoAlso, anyone wanting to watch some mainland Chinese produced gay stuff check out the webcasts on http://www.queercomrades.com, these guys are amazing!
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longfeifengwu posted an update in the group
Straddlers of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and those who wish they were 12 years, 4 months agoHey! I’m from London but living in Beijing, love China, love Chinese 拉拉s!
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microwave posted an update in the group
Straddlers of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and those who wish they were 12 years, 4 months agoHey everyone, I’m from Taiwan!!! (Currently living in Taiwan as well)
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Buffy Summers posted an update in the group
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Does anybody here live around Bath? I just moved here.
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