8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian American Frozen Foods: MìLà’s “Soup Dumplings” found at Costco
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Asian Americans Malls Thriving Despite General Shopping Mall Decline
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Instacart | Big Sister
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
What Asian Cuisine Will Next Go Mainstream?
By Eddy A few years back, I was at dinner with some colleagues after we had finished the day at the client site. In the course of making some small talk, the project manager (Caucasian male in his 50’s living … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Observations
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Ching Chong Beautiful: A Pretty Awful Name for a Flash Game
The indie video gaming scene has a lot of good things going for it compared to standard video game production — shorter and cheaper development times, and a greater variety of innovative practices. It can also make for some offensive … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Video Games, WTF
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Standing Up for Ourselves: A New Years Resolution
By Serena As we are about to embark on a New Year, I want you all to ask yourselves what this year is going to mean to you. I’m sure a majority of you have written your resolutions (i.e. quit … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Observations
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Taiwan’s HTC: Quietly Brilliant
If you own a cell phone, there is a good chance your phone was designed and/or manufactured by the Taiwanese company HTC. Never heard of HTC? That’s alright, most people haven’t. For most of their 12+ year existence, HTC has … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Observations, Technology
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USC Offers America 101 for Foreign Students
USC is offering an “America 101” course for its foreign students — a free, non-credit course for culture-shocked Chinese and Indian students on how to adapt to the strange world that is American culture as well as the stranger world … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Current Events, Education
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Oshogatsu: A Japanese New Years
Besides Groundhogs day, my favorite holiday is New Years. I look forward to it every year. I always forget though that most people just think it’s a day to watch football (or a day to recover from a night of partying). For those who don’t know, New Years or oshogatsu in Japan is the most important and elaborate holiday of the year. Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Food & Drink, Observations
Tagged Japan, new years day, oshogatsu, reflection, tradition
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Leland Cheung: The First Asian American Student Elected to Cambridge, Massachusetts’ City Council
I don’t know how I missed this past Fall 2009 election in Cambridge, Massachusetts — maybe because I was so focused on Sam Yoon’s Boston mayoral bid? — but Leland Cheung, 31 and current dual degree student at MIT’s Sloan … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
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Silicon Valley’s Ping Pong Boom
While growing up, my family had a ping pong table in our basement — my brother and I would often play during the summers, when we had a lot of time during our summer vacations and when it was nice … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Observations, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged ping pong, Silicon Valley, table tennis
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Trailer for 2010 The Karate Kid Remake with Jackie Chan Released
Which is awesome, how they’re totally doing karate. Oh, wait. –Ernie Oh, where to start with the mockery? Let’s start with the whole karate/kung-fu thing. Simply put: Karate = Japan; Kung-Fu = China. Martial arts nerds can go on about … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Asians in Hollywood, Daniel LaRusso, Daniel-san, Hollywood, Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Karate Kid, Movies, Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio
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Frank H. Wu is Hastings Law School’s First Asian American Dean
The University of California Hastings College of the Law, the oldest law school west of the Mississippi, is getting Frank H. Wu as its first Asian American dean. According to the Chronicle, Wu changed his career plans from architecture to … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Current Events, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged california hastings college, law school
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