I will not love you long time

I will not love you long time

I think most of you probably have seen Stanley Kubricks masterpiece Full Metal Jacket (1987). Quite a famous quote from this movie comes from a Vietnamese hooker: "Me so horny. Me love you long time." It even became a sample in a hit song back in the 80's or 90's. Surfing on flickr.com I found this photo. I don't know if it's a model or not, but I thought the T-shirt is hilarious :-)


UPDATE:
Thanks to the comments made after this posting we have now established where the t-shirt comes from. So feel free to buy as many as you want. But I still was wondering what this Blacklava was all about. I just found it:

Blacklava is a grass roots organization whose mission is to raise questions about how Asian Americans are viewed in today's society. Born and raised in Los Angeles, the clothing company created by Ryan Suda, has been making its statement for years. With thought provoking screen designs, Black Lava is making its mark in history.

Visit their site at www.blacklava.com

Blacklava.com (Photography: Michael Anthony Hermogeno)


Joy Bisco is doing their promotion.


Posted by: Robin Hood on Jul 14, 05 | 12:36 am | Profile

COMMENTS


Perfect, I want that t-shirt! Where can I buy it?


Posted by: thanirz on Jul 14, 05 | 1:03 am

don't know for sure but looking at her reminds me of either yumi lee or linda tran.


Posted by: imgnazn on Jul 14, 05 | 5:57 am

It's definitely not Yumi Lee or Linda Tran. Anyone else have any idea?


Posted by: thanirz on Jul 14, 05 | 9:33 am

Yeah, it would me nice to know where the shirt is for sale! :-)


Posted by: Robin Hood on Jul 14, 05 | 9:41 am

I googled around and found a version of that t-shirt at blacklava.net . I didn't see the exact same style of shirt (sleaveless) but this is the closest I found:

http://blacklava.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=124

Also on that site, they have a gallery of people wearing their shirts. There is one of Mia Crowe wearing yet another version of that shirt but not one of the model found on flickr by Robin.


Posted by: badboy on Jul 14, 05 | 10:22 am

Thanks for pointing me to blacklava badboy!

As for the model, I don't think she is a known model or is she?


Posted by: thanirz on Jul 14, 05 | 10:50 am

Sounds like a very good piece of research badboy! Well done.


Posted by: Robin Hood on Jul 14, 05 | 10:57 am

I'd say this model actually is Vietnamese, though like every other Vietnamese model I know of she doesn't even come close to how beautiful women of this race can be (and often are). I guess the good ones just marry themsleves off... :-(


Posted by: Dr. Lee on Jul 14, 05 | 11:42 am

the blacklava shop probably has them out of stock for now. I know that he set up shop for the comic con in san diego this weekend. i'll ask them if they know who the girl is.


Posted by: imgnazn on Jul 15, 05 | 7:58 am

But I still think it's more a girl shirt...


Posted by: Robin Hood on Jul 15, 05 | 9:30 am

Hi imgnazn, would be great. It's also great to see you here again!


Posted by: thanirz on Jul 15, 05 | 9:37 am

I actually saw them selling a version of the shirt today at the blacklava table which happened to be right next to Kim Mizuno's table.

Also, I saw a mention by someone else about a photo on flickr of a woman wearing the shirt and will try to follow up to see if it is the same picture. If it is, maybe she can ask her friend who the model is.


Posted by: badboy on Jul 16, 05 | 10:13 am

How nice to see that this posting (which started just as a joke about the text on the shirt) has now evolved into a quest to find the model :-)


Posted by: Robin Hood on Jul 16, 05 | 6:46 pm

I didn't post a response but I did ask about this photo found in flickr. I was told that based on the comment of the guy who posted it on flickr it was likely just a random photo he found. The identity of the model remains a mystery.


Posted by: badboy on Jul 30, 05 | 9:01 am

And another one!! :-)


Posted by: Robin Hood on Sep 19, 05 | 2:06 am

To answer some questions, the model's name is Eliza Escano. She's Filipino American. The photo was taken from a magazine called "Elemental Magazine." As far as the "I will not love you long time" sleeveless T goes, which you see in the pic, it has been replaced by a 2x1 ribbed boy beater. http://blacklava.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=2&products_id=63

It also comes in a unisex shirt.

http://blacklava.net/store/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=124


Posted by: ryan on Oct 01, 05 | 12:34 am

Wow! Where did you get all this info?

This model looks also nice! Do you know who she is also?? ;-)


Posted by: Robin Hood on Oct 01, 05 | 2:16 am

you see this model's looks is almost similar to Tiara Lestari's except that she has lighter skin since she has caucasian heritage, if she were 100% filipino then her skin would be darker like Tiara's which to us Indo men is a common look.


Posted by: hotbytes2000 on Oct 01, 05 | 2:39 am

that's actress joy bisco in the pinay shirt


Posted by: imgnazn on Oct 04, 05 | 8:26 am

Wow, will have to do a posting on her then! :-)


Posted by: Robin Hood on Oct 04, 05 | 9:12 am

And I found another one with the t-shirt. Joy Bisco again.


Posted by: Robin Hood on Oct 30, 05 | 5:27 pm

Blacklava also has a MySpace.


Posted by: Robin Hood on Oct 30, 05 | 5:35 pm

By the way, that famous line; "Me love you long time", was spoken in the movie by actress/model Papillon Soo Soo.


Posted by: CEC on Oct 09, 07 | 2:53 pm

i love that line "me love you long time" heard it use so many times. that was one f*cked up movie about vietnam. so christine will you love us long time too ? :)))


Posted by: LawBoy on Oct 10, 07 | 1:33 am