Asia Blog: China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam


Missy Elliott too bootylicious for Beijing Olympics

Posted in China, Sex, Tattoos, Cute by Elliott Back on June 16th, 2007. [Del.icio.us]

Li Ning, principal of Beijing Institute of Protocol, is heading the selection process for hostesses at next year’s Beijing Olympics, and has a few choice things to say:

We don’t want anyone who looks in any way sleazy because that could really put athletes off. Bone structure and height should be uniform. For example, we don’t want any wide bottoms.

Tattoos are also forbidden, which puts Missy Elliott out of the running under all counts, as she got an authentic tribal tattoo in New Zealand, is incredibly short, and definitely bootylicious.

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That’s too bad, as she’d make a great opening event. However, since the ceremonies will probably try to have as Chinese a flavour as possible, someone like Faye Wong, Jay Chou, S.H.E, or any of the myriad and awesome Chinese singers would do!

(On an unrelated note, wouldn’t a 周杰伦 / Missy Elliott collaborating be TOTALLY AWESOME?)

Asian Tattoos — Seen in Mexico

Posted in Culture, Art, Characters, Tattoos by Elliott Back on May 26th, 2006. [Del.icio.us]

The first is either a or the of 知道 without the 口. It was spotted in Cancun, Mexico, on the back of a French tourist:

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The second is harder to identify. It is something, maybe a , followed by a :

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I am going to send these over to Tian at Hanzi Smatter for his expert opinion, and let you know what he says.