Posted by Il Duce on 7/16/2009, 3:09 am, in reply to "Re: Malaysia"
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There's often talk among older Chinese people here that they are dragons in China's forests.
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: Do you actually believe in any of it. Cause
: everyone I've asked about Aswan has been
: dead serious about it.
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: We only have djinns here. Pontianaks (local
: version of vampires), toyol (some foetal
: demon) and various other mythical or actual
: (I haven't seen them yet) horror creatures.
: The Indonesian ones are scarier, especially
: the pocong (a kind of demonic imp).
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: No I' talking about some ancient dragon
: monster in the Philipines that, by all
: reports, actually exists. They call it Aswad
: or Aswan or something, I'm not sure. Don't
: you live in the Philipines? Cause I heard
: this from people I know from the Philipines,
: as well as Art Bell, who visits and
: sometimes broadcasts from there regularly.
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: These days it's just too syrupy for me,
: except
: maybe for Red Red Wine for nostalgia value.
: No idea about Aswad being big in
: Phillipines. They are pretty well-received
: here, especially Don't Turn Around.
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: And isn't Aswad a monster in the Philipines?
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: The UB40 File. Dank, dark and depressing.
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: Try UB40 maybe?
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: That's about the only bouncy smiley reggae I
: can stand.
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: Yeah, I know what you mean. But I don't mind
: some blatantly happy music everynow and
: then.
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: Sounds too happy-happy for me.
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