Harsh, but true.
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Harsh, but true.
My grandfather had brown hair and one of his sons was also born with it. Brown hair color also showed up in my uncle's kids (and in their children too). My uncle's four siblings (including my mom) all have black hair though. So Idk lol.
Dark blue sounds nice~
Gully State
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I always thought black hair was just in actuality really dark brown b/c when I look at my hair under light, it shows up as a little brown (just something I've noticied- could be a wrong observation). Maybe you should look into where in China your family tree originated from.
MissDeviling
Member
I thought everyone's hair was really dark brown, not black. Isn't it impossible to get true black without dyeing your hair?
Dead Prince
Banned
Ooops. we had our Laos New Year over the weekend. i should have carried cash just to take pictures of food. i didn't want to be messy and take pictures while they cook.
My brother's hair looks dark brown in the right light; while as mine looks jet black (we're both fully Indian).
When I was a kid this might have been true, but now I'm never in the sun (seriously, I'm pale like flour, lighter than my boyfriend).
Maybe I have some southeast Asian in me
Heh, I would do it if I was younger or only in undergrad, but I work in a professional environment and graduate business-sphere tends to be more conservative AFAIK.
MAYBE SOMEDAY WHEN I RETIRE. I'll be a badass 50 year old rocking dark blue hair.
Wait, don't you live in California? I'm surprised my hair hasn't changed a little color living in the sunless dystopia that is Seattle for almost 8 years now.
How are you never in ze sun?? I've gotten several shades paler since I moved out to Seattle; my brother is really pale, but I've almost caught him. My mom makes me update my XBL avatar one shade whiter every time I come home for Christmas. I'm already going bald (just turned 30); so I ain't touching my hair with any kind of dye.
Dead Prince
Banned
I don't know anything about Laos food. Any recommendations?
I do live in California, but I play a lot of video games, work during the day, and then study/go to class at night.
WHAT IS TIME. PLEASE GIVE ME MORE HOURS.
I really want to dye a strand now.... maybe the underside of my hair.
If you want to strengthen your hair, why not henna it
it's basically thai food. LOL so if you had that you basically had lao food.
but i used to like this bamboo and mushroom soup though. "Keng No Mai"
and this noodle dish.
"khao poon" but i forgot the rest of the name. it's the spicy one with ground fish but others use ground pork/chicken or whatever. and those little blood cubes which i don't use. it uses the vermicelli noodles from the asian market.
I do live in California, but I play a lot of video games, work during the day, and then study/go to class at night.
WHAT IS TIME. PLEASE GIVE ME MORE HOURS.
If you want to strengthen your hair, why not henna it
I feel your pain on more hours. I have bought like 15+ X1 games...and have gotten around to playing none. <sigh>.
Henna is a thought; but I'm pretty sure my genetics are what is up with it. My mom's brother went bald early; and my older brother also had issues.
Zoe
Member
Hot Pot? ¯_(ツ
Edit: Dry Pot Dish
Apparently it's the "teppan beef" there. Had no idea it would sound like the Japanese word (even though the execution is completely different).
ActStriker
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Zoe
Member
B9 under beef/lamb.
Septimus Prime
Member
Cow Mengde
Banned
So I just went from regular Joe living in a building in a rural section of Guangzhou to living in a giant luxury building being driven around in a Benz.
Troubled Bat
Member
Well, that caught me off guard. Lol. But hey! At least you found what you were looking for.
Mengde, you're living the life. Tell us more!
ActStriker
Member
Zoe
Member
Yeah. Their menu has a weird mix of common American names and translations too.
YesNOnoNOYes
Member
Hi hi
My good friend just complained about his hair, so I thought I ask AznGAF for tips cuz my own hair experience is very different from his...
As long as I've known him he has been rocking that Keanu Reeves' close shave look (the one in Speed). I thought he just liked it that way. But had a convo last night and he actually told me he hates his hair at longer length cuz he said some Asian men's hair would grow sticking out, like coarse bristles ???
Is this true?
If it is, are there lifehax that can make it flowier?
My good friend just complained about his hair, so I thought I ask AznGAF for tips cuz my own hair experience is very different from his...
As long as I've known him he has been rocking that Keanu Reeves' close shave look (the one in Speed). I thought he just liked it that way. But had a convo last night and he actually told me he hates his hair at longer length cuz he said some Asian men's hair would grow sticking out, like coarse bristles ???
Is this true?
If it is, are there lifehax that can make it flowier?
Septimus Prime
Member
Yes. My hair is naturally coarse and curly, for whatever reason. I keep it short enough where that's not usually a problem, but sometimes I still get that little Superman curl.
CapNBritain
Member
My hair makes my head look like a koosh ball without product. Only blowdrying it, then using hair glue to mat it down allows me to do anything manageable with it. The struggle is real and my fiancee makes fun of me all the time for it.
Fuck yo benz. Prove to us with a banquet of pictures of banquets of food.
Psh. Take pictures of people taking pictures of food at a banquet.
ActStriker
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YesNOnoNOYes
Member
ohhh i seee
thanks for inputs. is there any particular hair products that you'd recommend? i might suggest/buy it for friend.
haha kooshball :> cuuute~
Septimus Prime
Member
I always ask my in-laws to get this for me from the Philippines. It has a strong hold, is made for Asian hair, and doesn't really flake.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Lunch was pretty ordinary. It wasn't bad at all though. I didn't take pictures because it's rude men.
We only stayed in the luxury building for a day. They've always been good to our family, but we also had plenty of people to visit.
Troubled Bat
Member
Yes, I'm not Asian, but my hair is actually really poofy when short. It actually sticks up, although you can't really tell in this picture.. It's the only picture I have as well. I haven't had really short hair in a loooong time. Lol
I just had to grow it out long enough, before it finally went down. Then give it some layers.
Also, sleeping with a beanie on always helps things out. xD
Edit: Bunny! What the hell is your avatar? Lol
YesNOnoNOYes
Member
I always ask my in-laws to get this for me from the Philippines. It has a strong hold, is made for Asian hair, and doesn't really flake.
OOOOH
<3 THANKIE
i think this is what he needs. i'm soooooooooooo gonna be the most awesome friend ever nao
thanks thanks <3 ebaytiem~BATTY, i think my friend would love to have even anything close to your hair type.... it looks pretty flowy to me???? his hair is like ... uh.... those scrubbing brush you use to clean with? like sticks out pronouncedly and very coarse.
Hair putty works well, but may be a little too heavy for some hair types. I used to use this Boost Powder product (https://www.americancrew.com/products/style/boost-powder) and it works really well.
edit: American Crew has some other products too. They're really good, but kind of pricey.
CapNBritain
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OOOOH
<3 THANKIE
i think this is what he needs. i'm soooooooooooo gonna be the most awesome friend ever nao
BATTY, i think my friend would love to have even anything close to your hair type.... it looks pretty flowy to me???? his hair is like ... uh.... those scrubbing brush you use to clean with? like sticks out pronouncedly and very coarse.
I use a combination of Joice Ice Spiker Style Glue
and Gatsby Wax (Spiky Edge)
The Ice is basically super glue for my hair and makes the back stay down and the front stay up. The Gatsby Wax is used for fine detail and overall sheen so my hair doesn't look all dried up.
This isn't a great picture but this is what I end up with. Finding a good hair person is also important. Took me forever. If your friend's hair is like mine, then he'll also have problems with the hair on the side of his head sticking out. I fix this by having it cut pretty short, though I do use Ice to slick it down when it gets long. Also, if his hairline is flat like mine (not widow-peaked), then sweeping his bangs to the side can be a problem as the hair in the corners of the hair line will force everything outwards. Keeping those cut a lot shorter than the hair around it helps.
I know that my fiancee can sense this post and is simultaneously rolling her eyes and laughing at me as I type this. And she does think that my unstyled kooshball hair is cute, but trust me, it is the bane of my existence.
So I was talking to my baby sis and I learned that she might had been left handed like me. She went through what I went through and was disciplined by her mother to use her right hand and now she's right handed. Anybody went through this as well? I know several friends that went through this with their parents so I know it's not too out of the ordinary. I hated the idea that Asian parents were disciplining their young-ins because they thought being left handed was "wrong" but looking at my sister maybe there's some truth to it.
My sister is growing up to be as stereotypical as an Asian can be. At age 12 she's already getting straight As, plays two instruments (I bet you can guess the two), and is already on her way to being a foodie! My mom did try to get me to use my other hand when I was a kid but she eventually gave up when I had too much difficulty using my right hand. And growing up left handed, I've always felt that I thought and approach things differently compared to my peers. Now I'm wondering if the pivotal point of my life was when I became left handed and if I would be different if I waspunished trained hard enough to be right handed.
Does anybody know what I'm talking about or am I nuts?
My sister is growing up to be as stereotypical as an Asian can be. At age 12 she's already getting straight As, plays two instruments (I bet you can guess the two), and is already on her way to being a foodie! My mom did try to get me to use my other hand when I was a kid but she eventually gave up when I had too much difficulty using my right hand. And growing up left handed, I've always felt that I thought and approach things differently compared to my peers. Now I'm wondering if the pivotal point of my life was when I became left handed and if I would be different if I was
Does anybody know what I'm talking about or am I nuts?
YES
My hair will stand up on end if it's cut too short, so I've always maintained longer hair. It also grows in volume (outward) faster than in length, so I have to get it thinned out more often than a trim.
It also makes me extremely wary of trying other/new styles, since I don't think any of them will suit my hair much.
Welcome
PLEASE PAY TOLL WITH DELICIOUS FOOD PICTURE.
I miss these. When I was in SoCal Thai Town last, the bakery that made them want kaput.
I mean, you can easily make pandan custard, but there was something about the bread they would use that was delicious. Not the bread in this picture, of course, they would use sweet bao.
My cousin definitely experienced this. Now he's ambidextrous but prefers his left still. I couldn't tell you if it changed his personality though.
Like the funeral thing mentioned earlier in the thread, a lot of this stuff is steeped in superstition and I don't see how it's still prevalent in modern culture. Like my mom is smart and intelligent but insisted I move my wedding day because she opened some book that told her that date was a bad one. The venue has been paid for already so that's not happening but yeah, things like where you can even find a book for this years superstitions are /boggle.
I keep my hair short for a similar reason because at a certain point between short and long I get tufts of hair that just stick out stubbornly when I wake up. And now it's basically stuck at short because if I want longer hair I'm going to have to go through the awkward period at some point to get to it lol.
Septimus Prime
Member
In high school, I had a teacher whose husband would start writing a sentence with his left hand and simultaneously start at the end of the sentence and write backwards with his right hand and then perfectly join up the two sides. It was insane.
Wait, what is that
It's called Pandan Bread. It's a Thai Dessert that uses sweet bao bread and it's stuffed with pandan custard. Pandan is just an extract of pandan leaves, but it has a unique flavor to it that I can't really describe. For some reason, searching for "Pandan custard bread" only shows images of dinner rolls pumped with the custard so I guess that brand I used to buy every week was unique to that bakery.
You can make it by flavoring a custard using this:
And either injecting it into Filipino Pan De Leche, using it as a dip for toasted bread, or going through the effort and actually making the Bao by scratch yourself and steaming it with the custard inside.
It's divine.
Troubled Bat
Member
Random: But Texas won twice in the The Munchies; People's food choice award! ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ
Categories: Ramen and BBQ
Ramen Tatsu-ya and Franklin BBQ
We almost had the Food Truck category.. 2nd place is still good. East Side King!
That's adorable. :3 Stay adorable!
I didn't know what to think of it. I saw something edible, but you know the colors is what gave me that idea. But now that you sausage.. It's all I see. xD
Looks can be deceiving! It's mostly because of me wearing a hat to flatten it down. I'll take an embarrassing photo in it's natural state to show you! xP My hair is also pretty damn thick though. (´･_･`)
Like a mini afro? Hah. I definitely know what you mean.
Categories: Ramen and BBQ
Ramen Tatsu-ya and Franklin BBQ
We almost had the Food Truck category.. 2nd place is still good. East Side King!
That's adorable. :3 Stay adorable!
I didn't know what to think of it. I saw something edible, but you know the colors is what gave me that idea. But now that you sausage.. It's all I see. xD
Looks can be deceiving! It's mostly because of me wearing a hat to flatten it down. I'll take an embarrassing photo in it's natural state to show you! xP My hair is also pretty damn thick though. (´･_･`)
Like a mini afro? Hah. I definitely know what you mean.
Seductivpancakes
Member
It's called Pandan Bread. It's a Thai Dessert that uses sweet bao bread and it's stuffed with pandan custard. Pandan is just an extract of pandan leaves, but it has a unique flavor to it that I can't really describe. For some reason, searching for "Pandan custard bread" only shows images of dinner rolls pumped with the custard so I guess that brand I used to buy every week was unique to that bakery.
You can make it by flavoring a custard using this:
And either injecting it into Filipino Pan De Leche, using it as a dip for toasted bread, or going through the effort and actually making the Bao by scratch yourself and steaming it with the custard inside.
It's divine.
Pandan is amazing. My ex introduced me to it and it's unlike anything I've ever had in my life.
Septimus Prime
Member
Update: today is surgery day (she is getting a radical hysterectomy, which removes the uterus, cervix, and part of the vagina. With this type of cancer, this is the only option, according to all the doctors). I'm going to visit after work and see how it goes.
FallingEdge
Member
damn Sep. Best of luck to her.
Hope all goes well.
Hope all goes well.
Seductivpancakes
Member
Good luck Sept.
My hopes and and thoughts are with you.
My hopes and and thoughts are with you.
Septimus Prime
Member
Yeah. I watched a video of the lacroscopic (robot) surgery, and it looked quite interesting. Her surgeon is supposed to be really good, though; he used to be the head of gynecological oncology for UCLA, and she should be able to leave the hospital tomorrow.
IAmtheFMan
Member
Good luck dude.
MissDeviling
Member
Sounds promising. Wishing you and your sister-in-law the best, seriously.
Septimus Prime
Member
Update: surgery went well. I'm still going to visit after work, and she's staying there til Sunday.
Next step would be chemo.
Next step would be chemo.
Mr. Wedgewood
Member
Glad we have 24hr Korean food restaurants, 630am soondubu
Glad we have 24hr Korean food restaurants, 630am soondubu
Location?