Monthly Archives: January 2012

“Good Asian Driver” Tee

We’ve all heard the stereotype: Asians are bad drivers. From personal experience, this isn’t true (although, if everyone thinks he’s an above average driver then 50% of people are wrong). So show off your pride in your driving with this … Continue reading

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Civil Rights Hero Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi Passes Away

Most people think that all the Japanese Americans went meekly into the concentration camps during World War II. But that’s far from the truth. In reality, there were some brave individuals that put themselves out there to test the constitutionality … Continue reading

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Australian Comedian Plays Overbearing Asian Mom in HBO’s Angry Boys

With his new HBO show, Angry Boys, Australian comedian Chris Lilley is following the grand politically incorrect tradition of Chapelle’s Show and Da Ali G Show by skewering pop culture and testing audience’s offensive threshold when it comes to tackling … Continue reading

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Call for Writers

Over the past few months, our GASP! family of writers has been growing. We’ve brought together the 8Days of Giveaways, brought you a new item every day, and hopefully introduced you to new shops and designers. Now, we’re looking to … Continue reading

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GOTM!: Items for Your New Year’s Resolution

Another month is here, so it’s time for Goodies of the Month! (GOTM!). Now that it’s January, we’re sure that everyone has been making resolutions for 2012. Here are some items we found that will help with those resolutions: Resolution: … Continue reading

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70th Anniversary of the Signing of Executive Order 9066

2012 marks the 70th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066. For those of you who don’t know, 9066 was the order that eventually led to the unconstitutional incarceration of the Japanese American during World War II. It was … Continue reading

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Off the Boat Greetings

Wouldn’t you like to receive e-cards that held aspects of creativity, humor and aesthetics altogether? Off the Boat Greetings provides a variety of cards with clever expressions that are a twist to the words of wisdom shared by the older … Continue reading

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The 8Asians Talk About Their New Years Blogging Resolutions

So 2012 has finally arrived. According to many, it marks the coming of the end of the year. To others, it’s just another 365 days of life. For us here at 8Asians, it’s a chance to refresh, restart, make and … Continue reading

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The Rice that Binds

By Margaret Sharpe I used to envy girls whose mothers had hot-glue guns at home. Do you know how many cool things that could be done with a hot glue gun? Forget the fact that some of these girls already … Continue reading

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Mini Sushi Staplers

Here at GASP!, we do so ever love our sushi–everything from sushi pillows to t-shirts and even sushi earrings. This time we offer you mini sushi staplers ($5.00 each) that will go great on any sushi-lover’s desk. Available in Tuna, … Continue reading

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Family of Marine Jet Crash Victims in San Diego Awarded $17.8 million

I had blogged about this terrible accident in San Diego, California back in December of 2008, when an U.S. Marine F/A-18D Hornet crashed into a home and killed Korean immigrant Young Mi Yoon, her two daughters, and her mother; Young … Continue reading

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