tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post4756820519582147249..comments2024-01-21T03:26:23.301-05:00Comments on Musings: Book Review: Lost on Planet Chinasagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-51244903967399211662010-03-23T12:15:14.835-04:002010-03-23T12:15:14.835-04:00Ed, I'm sorry to hear that about Sex Lives, I&...Ed, I'm sorry to hear that about Sex Lives, I'd read some reviews saying it was his funniest... I should have credited you here, because it was your review that got this book on my list.<br /><br />Vince, Bone needs to comment on the bathroom way you describe! Of course, Troost is trying to be funny and one way you do that is to take things to the extreme in comparing it to elsewhere.<br /><br />Leni, I do hope to go there one day...<br /><br />Beau, I enjoyed my time in S. Korea, probably because I never had to eat with American Mormon missionaries--in fact, I'd been there a week before even eating a western meal and then it was because it was the Chinese New Year and the only restaurant open was in the american hotel.<br /><br />Kenju, I've only had fried frog legs, too. but i bet there good barbecued--with some vinegary sauce.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-46498605687152893212010-03-22T19:49:04.699-04:002010-03-22T19:49:04.699-04:00Barbecued frog? I don't think so.
I like fro...Barbecued frog? I don't think so. <br /><br />I like frog legs, but made like fried chicken.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-38557222595756367562010-03-22T18:10:09.140-04:002010-03-22T18:10:09.140-04:00Need to read it; have similiar experiences. Funny...Need to read it; have similiar experiences. Funny about your opener... I went exploring in a little known city in S.Korea once, and ended up having an incredible dinner with an invite from some missionaries :)Beauhttp://www.foxhavenjournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-6772589639479999382010-03-22T17:52:47.314-04:002010-03-22T17:52:47.314-04:00The stats you mention are shocking!A workmate who ...The stats you mention are shocking!A workmate who travels to China quite often told me that people would be very surprised and many cliches would disappear.<br /><br />Nevertheless, their development seems to be quite chaotic in general.Leni Qinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787813168299836381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-40222599954009162072010-03-22T12:26:42.905-04:002010-03-22T12:26:42.905-04:00There are people who visit other areas to confirm ...There are people who visit other areas to confirm their own mind. For instance in France there are places that you squat over a hole while standing on two foot sized platforms. Then you take a hose and use it then get some paper and dry the region. This is a method some see as backward, I see as ancient. <br />Your fellow Troost sees China as crowded and all the other negatives you have with a lot of people, where others might see a triumph.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-80375067345122054612010-03-22T09:15:12.931-04:002010-03-22T09:15:12.931-04:00I just finished up his book, "The Sex Lives o...I just finished up his book, "The Sex Lives of Cannibals," which all reviews tout as his best work. Personally I think this book that you reviewed was the best book. I don't think I will review "The Sex Lives of Cannibals" because it seems pretty much like a copy of "Getting Stoned With Savages" though not quite as funny. It was still a good read but just now the same caliber as "Lost on Planet China" and that should be expected when comparing someone's first book with their third book.<br /><br />By the way, that is a totally different cover than the one I read. Must be the difference between printings?Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-88764099838592177932010-03-22T08:43:39.270-04:002010-03-22T08:43:39.270-04:00Vince, I'm not exactly sure what you mean.
Ra...Vince, I'm not exactly sure what you mean.<br /><br />Randall, he did get all over the country, traveling to into Tibet and Xian.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-54785946988369230612010-03-22T08:10:13.550-04:002010-03-22T08:10:13.550-04:00Sounds like he didn't venture far from the coa...Sounds like he didn't venture far from the coasts, where the pollution is really bad. The farther west you get in China, the better it is, according to a friend of mine who recently spent three weeks there.<br /><br />Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9454941.post-70981331439721690092010-03-22T03:16:49.928-04:002010-03-22T03:16:49.928-04:00Sometimes you would wonder why some get off their ...Sometimes you would wonder why some get off their own sofas.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.com