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23-01-2006, 17:23
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Book :: Ugly Americans
Wall another out of the Amazon order bit the dust...
Ugly Americans by Ben Mezrich is another financial thriller based on fact in a very similar vien to his Bringing down the house about the MiT Blackjack guys.. Very enjoyable, fast paced which is a blessing and a curse, it took only an afternoon / evening to tear through it, but it was due to being a cant put down page turner. Has quite a bit of the action taking place in Japans Roppongi nightlife districts and in water houses and brothels etc.. Certainly the wheeling and dealing through Asia's (Honkers / Sillypore as well as Osaka / Tokyo all feature) sex and financial districts give it some bite. I get the impression the author plays a little bit fast and lose with the facts (obviously a lot is done to obscure names and people due to Yakuza and crinimal actions etc) but the simpe fact is its a great riveting read from start to finish dealing with sex, crime, mad amounts of money.. Working for Joe Jett bringing down Kidder Peabody, to then working for Nick Leason bringing down Britains oldest bank (Barings of course) to then perhaps one of the bigger plays ever in financial history that would either make or break the Hedge he was working in has to be one hell of a resume.. Definately want to go to Japan afer reading it  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006...Fencoding=UTF8
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23-01-2006, 22:38
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glad my recommendation was well recieved!
thats funny you mention about the quick read. i always feel that way when i rip thrugh a book in 1 day. really enjoyed the book, but kinda sad its over
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24-01-2006, 07:35
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Yeah for me theres the added that 'interesting' books are harder to come by out here.. Pulp thrillers etc are around second hand but I need to organize Amazon orders etc for interesting stuff..
Wont be ripping through any more though my next ones are an economic text and the 1000 page (dense small type) Musashi, japanese historical samurai epic.. That should slow me down..
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24-01-2006, 09:47
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Sef,
you every read The Spirit House by Chris Moore. I have it on my PC in pdf format. Doanloaded it from god knows where. Was just about to start it up and remebered that you had posted something about this guy before. You evr read it b4? DD
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24-01-2006, 10:06
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Nope not read that one.. Let me know what you think..
I have heard the 'smiles' trilogy from him is pretty good.. Not much of a fan of his detective (calvino ??) fiction but generally read any Thai based stories.. Have some Japanese stuff to get through currently, the 47 Ronin story, Masushi and the An@lects of Confusius..
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25-01-2006, 10:28
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Imamura: The Pornographers Ozu: Tokyo Story Kurasawa: Rashomon All Killa, no Filla....
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26-01-2006, 00:43
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i grab all the thai fiction books. i wasnt a big fan of christopher g moore at 1st but ive warmed up to him. i actually like the calvino character. kinda reminds me of spenser for hire, dont know if many people will understand that reference though. plus im living in his home country now, so have to support him, eh
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30-01-2006, 22:42
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Just finished re reading Private Dancer to get over those LOS blues. Will start on the Spirit House. Will let you guys know how it goes.
cheers, DD
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31-01-2006, 00:43
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Sounds good. What are you coming for biz or pleasure?  DD
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31-01-2006, 01:12
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Oh yeahhhhhh game on.  Keep me updated.DD
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31-01-2006, 01:20
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at thanksgiving, met up with 2 bm's. they came by my friends house. went to a vietnamese cafe, set up same as beer bar, ridiculous looking viet girls as waitresses in skin tight outfits!
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31-01-2006, 01:30
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Hi Paul,
Don't forget to count me in also. I will just have to make sure I can work it around my teaching schedule. Chris
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31-01-2006, 01:34
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of course chistopher. we actually talked about meeting but you were on your PI trip. i think andymon would join in too
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31-01-2006, 01:52
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hopefully we will have better luck with the So Cal BM's then Mav and Steve are having with the Aussie's.
I am sure Rizz would show up though.
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31-01-2006, 01:56
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actually people were pretty receptive. kop and jimbulljag, dont post much, but great guys, met up andymon and you were on tour and i really didnt know dojo yet. also i was suppose to meet rockstar but didnt make it to his house
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31-01-2006, 02:00
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Rockstar lives about 5-7 minutes from me. We were trying to get together and I went away for a while then he went to Vietnam for a while.
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31-01-2006, 02:03
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let me tell you, these vietnamese girls were the hottest girls ive ever seen. just superhot. you cant take them, but just to look at them is incredible!
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31-01-2006, 06:25
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Paul I remember reading that post about that trip but you guys never made it to the clubs. Some many VG and they all get freaky with each other when dancing. It was crazy this past weekend with the chinese new year. Seafox where do you live? DD
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31-01-2006, 06:53
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Hi DD,
Redondo Beach near the 405. Takes me between 35 and 45 minutes to get to Huntington Beach. Was in Laguna Beach diving 2 Sundays ago.
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31-01-2006, 06:56
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LOL I'm so close to you on RB Blvd. The Torr and Gard border. Very small world we live in. We just might have to party a little.cheers, DD
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31-01-2006, 07:08
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1/4 mile northeast of intersection of Prospect and 190th Street for me.
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