ONLY 116 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

On the covid front, South Korea, with 161,355 new cases this week, and the USA, with 79,513, had 87% of all new cases in the world this week. However, many countries have stopped reporting. The good news is that S.Korea's weekly death rated dropped 38% and the USA 58% this past week.

The USA led in most new deaths this past week with 171, Brazil #2 and S. Korea #3. These three countries accounted for 73% of all world deaths.

Only 116 days to Christmas. You can already buy a few gifts of topical moment. One thing about Donald Trump is that you can purchase all kinds of stuff featuring him. As for example:

2. The big seller, however, is his mug shot mug. Soon after his booking, just on Saturday, August 26, sold more than $4 million worth. Want one? You have a choice from Amazon.com. Only $17.

Joe Biden articles can also be bought. Only $16 for his Cup O' Joe.

It gets cheaper with Rudy Giuliani. Only $15.

This can go on and on, for even Sidney Powell has a series of them. Must be best sellers because they are all currently unavailable from Amazon.

Hunter Biden wrote Beautiful Things. Only $16.

Going to SALT Kakaako for lunch, so that might be my feature for tomorrow. I grew up in Kakaako, and my elementary school, Pohukaina, was across the street from this relatively new dining area.

Hurricane Idalia came and went. Lots of customers without power, lot of flooding, but, all in all, not as bad as feared. Once Super Typhoon Saola nearing Hong Kong might also not cause much damage. Now at 140 MPH and heading straight for this city, the projection is as shown below. Amazing if this happens.

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DAY 1 on the DIAMOND PRINCESS

But first, Sheraton Yokohama Bay highlights of our Sheraton Club eats/drinks and breakfasts. Breakfast stations. Then taxi off to the Diamond Princess. Fall colors. Approaching from the rear of the Diamond Princess. Departure of Diamond Princess from Yokohama, Departure snack of lamb, beef, penne pasta, Johnny Walker Gold and champagne. Leaving Yokohama. We then went to Kai Sushi for dinner, Sushi and sake dinner, Then, off to Fun Dance Class. That followed by karaoke. The night continued into some old time disco. Finally, after midnight, back to our stateroom. Walked 4127 steps today. -

DAY 4 IN SEOUL: Most popular Korean Songs from the 1950's to the Present

Korean music was almost totally missing, growing up in Hawaii. The exception was Arirang . Today, BTS and BLACKPINK resonate around the world. In addition to the 600 year-old Arirang, what is the all-time #1? My favorites are: Baby Shark , released by Pinkfong in 2016. For one, it is the most-viewed You Tube video ever, hitting 7 billion views and surpassing Despacito in 2022. Is now up to 16.47 billion views, with Despacito at 9 billion. Top 10 music videos, based on data from Kworb and Wikipedia : Note that most are nursery songs. "Baby Shark Dance" – Pinkfong Kids' Songs & Stories (16.47 billion) "Despacito" – Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee (8.91 billion) "Wheels on the Bus" – Cocomelon Nursery Rhymes (8.29 billion) "Bath Song" – Cocomelon Nursery Rhymes (7.31 billion) "Johny Johny Yes Papa" – LooLoo Kids (7.13 billion) "See You Again" –...

HOW TO WATCH NETFLIX SHOWS

But first, maybe President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza Peace Plan is showing some progress . No one expects the Hamas to accept all of them, but they did agree to release all captives and the act of handing over administration to Palestinian technocrats. So far, in the Gaza Strip, 66,288 have been killed and 169,165 wounded. On 7October2023, almost two years ago, 1139 were killed in the initial Hamas-led attack. About my topic of the day, I've long been lamenting the overflow of watchable films and series available on Netflix and Prime. Why expand into the plethora of other streaming options when I can't keep up with what I have, which costs me around $30/month. And, of course, why venture out to a movie theater to end up watching a film that will cost me around that amount of money, when you add the popcorn, drink, gasoline cost, time it takes to get there and back, and the risk of a car accident or worse. Oh, also getting infected with ...

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