<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224180</id><updated>2011-04-22T09:04:08.219+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cutting Belly in Japan</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog tells the story of my 10-day adventure in Japan with 29 beautiful souls from East Asia (12) and Latin America (17). The act of cutting belly with someone is an expression of true friendship in southern Japan. However, in northern Japan, this is an act of heroism, also known as HARAKIRI. Welcome to my personal blog on the 4th Invitation Program for Young Leaders of Member Countries of the (FEALAC) Forum on East Asian &amp; Latin American Cooperation.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cuttingbellyinjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11224180/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cuttingbellyinjapan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Citizen Sol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18183313959716908694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/82/1500/640/butterflytattoo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224180.post-111027320710586690</id><published>2005-03-08T17:13:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-09T11:20:08.216+08:00</updated><title type='text'>WAVING GOODBYE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/82/1500/320/Image074.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #ffffff 3px solid; BORDER-TOP: #ffffff 3px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #ffffff 3px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #ffffff 3px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/82/1500/400/Image074.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Japanese waves goodbye until you are out of her sight. This is a stolen shot from my phone camera after the audience with His Imperial Highness Prince and Princess Akishino. 1 March&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8;"&gt;email me your thoughts: sol_delantar@yahoo.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11224180-111027320710586690?l=cuttingbellyinjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cuttingbellyinjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/111027320710586690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11224180&amp;postID=111027320710586690' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11224180/posts/default/111027320710586690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11224180/posts/default/111027320710586690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cuttingbellyinjapan.blogspot.com/2005/03/waving-goodbye.html' title='WAVING GOODBYE'/><author><name>Citizen Sol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18183313959716908694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/82/1500/640/butterflytattoo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224180.post-110991698609300377</id><published>2005-03-04T14:14:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2005-03-04T14:16:26.093+08:00</updated><title type='text'>SAYONARA JAPAN!!!</title><content type='html'>I arrive at Manila airport all relieved that I survived the 'Land of the Rising Sun'. I love Japan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11224180-110991698609300377?l=cuttingbellyinjapan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://cuttingbellyinjapan.blogspot.com/feeds/110991698609300377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11224180&amp;postID=110991698609300377' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11224180/posts/default/110991698609300377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11224180/posts/default/110991698609300377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://cuttingbellyinjapan.blogspot.com/2005/03/sayonara-japan.html' title='SAYONARA JAPAN!!!'/><author><name>Citizen Sol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18183313959716908694</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/82/1500/640/butterflytattoo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
