Monthly Archives: March 2009

Photo Zen: Fighting Filipinos World War II Poster

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Ernie

(Flickr photo credit: Bobster1985)

Posted in The Arts | 2 Comments

The Everest Women of Nepal

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Moye

It’s rare that you get to read about women successfully scaling the peaks of the Himalayas. Less than a year ago, a group of 10 Nepali women climbed to the top of Mount Everest to celebrate the achievements of women … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events | 12 Comments

Eugene Kang: White House Hottie Nominee

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Yan

Everyone’s favorite lefty newsblog came out with a fun little poll: “Who’s The White House’s Hottest?” One of the hotties in the running is 25-year old bachelor Eugene Kang, special assistant to Obama and political activist. Kang is also noted … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 2 Comments

Granta.com’s “Portraits of My Father”

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Efren

From Granta.com comes a beautifully written piece by Alexander Chee on his father, which is actually a series of recollections on authors and their fathers.  I don’t think there’s anything more that needs to be said by me since I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, The Arts | 4 Comments

East Meets West: How the Brain Unites Us All

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Tim

When I was growing up, my dad liked to talk about how Americans and Asians thought differently. He always referred to it as right brain versus left brain thinking. As an immigrant he of course had Asian thinking, while his … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education, Family, Health | Tagged | 6 Comments

Just Your Typical Soy Sauce Love Story Commercial

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Ernie

For all the alarmists out there that media is contributing to the blight of interracial White Guy/Asian Girl relationship, y’all are gonna love this Chinese soy sauce commercial, which involves — yes, you guessed it — a boy and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Drink | 11 Comments

Music that Doesn’t Suck: Utada’s “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – FYI”

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Ernie

Okay, so Utada’s 2004 English only album Exodus didn’t do so great. Besides a brief club hit for her first single Devil Inside, the album reminded people more of Bjork than of the mega-popstar sound that people expect from her … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music | 8 Comments

27th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

Posted on March 10, 2009 by John

The 27th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival is starting this week, from March 12th to the 22nd, and the San Francisco Chronicle does a preview and reviews some of films; I have attended the film festival almost every … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Current Events, Entertainment, Movies | 3 Comments

Going to a Hoedown!

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Jeff

On this blog we often talk about diversity and state our expectations that white Americans try to get to know us beyond stereotypes and preconceived notions.  The Daughter’s high school, which is about half Asian and a third white, sent … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles, Observations | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

“Why am I the Coolest Asian You Know?”

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rob

This weekend I went to Hoboken for their St. Patrick’s Day Parade. St. Patrick’s Day in Hoboken is basically an excuse for everyone to get very drunk and celebrate in public; its telling that when someone asked my Irish Catholic … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Observations | 16 Comments

UC Berkeley Students Protest Panda Express

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Efren

While catching up on my twitter feeds, I noticed a rather interesting article from rayfilwong‘s blog, Campusfork: UC Berkeley students protest Panda Express.  Apparently a group of 40 students last week  protested after Panda Express expressed interest in setting up … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Drink, Observations, San Francisco Bay Area, WTF | 12 Comments

Twitter Alert: McCain Criticizes Federal Cash for Japanese-American Museum

Posted on March 9, 2009 by John

The Senate is currently debating a $410 billion funding bill intended to allow smooth functioning of the Federal government through the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year. Senator John McCain has consistently campaigned against earmarks, also better known as … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Observations, Politics | 4 Comments