Japanese Emoticon List
Here’s a pretty cool list of the top 30 or so Japanese Emoticons. Asian emoticons generally seem to come in the following form:
emoticon ::= ear (eye mouth/nose eye) ear
The trick is that you have to visualize a face laid out horizontally instead of vertically, after which the Asian-style emoticon directly resembles a human face:
- (^_^)
- (>_< )>
- (^_^;)
- (ToT)
- m(_ _)m
- (^^;)
- （￣ー￣）
- (≧∇≦)
- （￣□￣；）
- (#^.^#)
I like the last one best (#^.^#) Some other lists of emoticons can be found below:
Leave a comment with your favorite chat smiley!
China Market Crash
Today the Shanghai markets crashed, falling 9% due to psychological effects after yesterday’s high close and technical difficulties executing high-volumes of sell orders, leading to inefficient pricing. Here is the chart for the SSE composite index:
This led to a 400 point loss on the Dow here in the United States. Yahoo Finance has an article which gets at the root cause:
A 9 percent slide in Chinese stocks, which came a day after investors sent Shanghai’s benchmark index to a record high close, set the tone for U.S. trading. The Dow began the day falling sharply, and the decline accelerated throughout the course of the session before stocks took a huge plunge in late afternoon as computer-driven sell programs kicked in, and also as a computer glitch caused a delay in the recording of a large number of trades.
You can see the glitch yourself as a 90,000,000 spike in trading volume around 1 PM on the Yahoo chart. There are two funny things about this:
- Investor disbelief at record gains led to a crash
- Technical problems led to market inefficiencies
In a perfect market neither of these things would happen. Interestingly, the effect was felt in markets around the world, which really points at China’s new role in the global space and the increase of globalization. One thing America needs to learn is that it’s now a part of a bigger global community, not a single superpower by itself. We’re going to see an event in Asia crash the world markets again, more strongly than this, and vice versa. We’re all connected now!
And on another Thailand note…
… 26 bombs exploded killing six in a coordinated attack by gunman in Southern Thailand. The attacks appeared to target Chinese citizens celebrating the new year in all the Muslim provinces of Thailand. I didn’t know there was a civil war going on there:
Chotiros “Amy” Suriyawong Too Sexy For Thailand
Chotiros Suriyawong, know as Amy in Western circles, appeared wearing a stunning evening gown for Thailand’s version of the Oscars. Unfortunately, her dress did not meet local moral standards and she has been sentenced to community service, and dropped from the casting of her next movie. She has also been ordered to make a public apology.
Here are a couple photos of her dress that evening–you’ve seen the same worn by plenty of American and British actresses going up for their awards:
In this next one you can tell the camera man is totally enthralled by her dress:
Yes, the dress is very sexy, but it’s also fairly modest and sophisticated, with a long skirt. If it weren’t for that slit running top to bottom there would be no problem… and nothing to distinguish it from every other black evening gown. It’s only by taking risks with fashion that you can shock and impress the people around you. If you wear what society expects, you’re not making progress.
Dare to go against the norm! Be unique and special!
