i believe you are a med student, right? perhaps you’ve stated it before, but what sort of physician are you interesting in being?

if you are going to be a surgeon, i hope you’re not going to use the same stunted, rash, illogical, morally judgmental approach in the operating room as you do here when giving you viewpoint, arguing your side of an issue, or being harshly judgmental toward anyone who

a) smokes dope
b) has sex outside of or before marriage
c) eats sweets and/or puts sugar in his or her tea or coffee
d) criticises korea (even when said criticism might be valid)
e) isn’t conservative
f) doesn’t support the (U.S.) republican party
g) writes in complete sentences and/or paragraph form
h) writes in small caps only
i) doesn’t cheer for the ny mets
j) doesn’t take him- or herself too seriously

good luck in your studies…

but, then, it’s the evil, much more powerful twin of the tea leaf, that coffee.

Yeah, this has been depicted somewhat in one of Jet Li’s recent movie Huo Yuan Jia (aka. Fearless).

As for coffee, I usually find myself one of the few at Starbucks or Coffee Bean getting “Coffee of the Day”, to which I add only a little milk. I would say that most Korean customers are going for flavored (i.e. sweetened) coffees. Instant coffee here (”다방” or “mix”) is also loaded with sugar.

tea in England is consumed with sugar.

coffee is relatively new to East Asia. I suspect, it would have been consumed without sugar.

but, then, it’s the evil, much more powerful twin of the tea leaf, that coffee.

Perhaps not feasible.

soda pop, I suspect, is a mere substitute for beer.

however, it was bitter than beer. Thus, white man decided to sugar it.

How much sugar was needed to make it drinkable?

uh, quite a lot.

Come on, dudes. Isn’t this clear evidence that European-American culture is much more fond of sugar?

The donut itself is made with substantial sugar. That’s not enough, though.

Add some jelly or cream of sugar inside. Then, add a frosting layer of more sugar.

Then, drink a sugared beverage to wash it down.

sugar, sugar, sugar.

although, after years and years and years of US life, I like donuts, and coffee.

so do US born and bred Koreans.

Koreans, though, they prefer the Japanese style, less sugary cream-pan, redbean paste-bread, etc.

I know I’m right, and so do you.

Interesting to note that abortion is down to it’s lowest level SINCE Roe v. Wade.

From my limited personal experience, I’d say that there are both advantages and disadvantages of eastern and western ways of thinking. Westerners tend to get to the point a lot faster and get things done, doing a better job of burrowing through bureaucracy and other barriers. Easterners tend to do better at working out the details and coming up with solutions that are a bit modular and multifaceted. The rub? Analysis paralysis… just look at the Japanese economy which hasn’t really gone anywhere since the late 80’s.

IQ is highly overrated. “Eastern” thinking often draws illogical conclusions from facts. Inferential logic can be rather weak.

That is, naturally, a generalization. There are plenty of Westerners who still cling to the notion of a personal god despite the abundance of evidence to the contrary…Today marks the 35th anniv of Roe vs Wade & look at the turn out in Wash DC.