1. Yes (but I'll be traveling to South Korea and the Philippines soon)
2. There's good, and there's Asian. I didn't have a chance.
Think asians are bad wait till you try brazilians , those bastards love to use exploits (aka CHEATING) in the game to beat your ass, not SKILL.
So hows japan eh?
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