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 Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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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 Frozen Foods: MìLà’s “Soup Dumplings” found at Costco
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Instacart | Big Sister
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Monthly Archives: March 2015
8Books Review: Hokusai Origami Paper and Booklet
Maybe this is a stretch for being a “book,” but to learn origami (at least when I was growing up before YouTube and internet tutorials), you used a book or at least a printed booklet of instructions, so we’ll just … Continue reading
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Traveling Japan: Conbini (Convenience Stores)
Last year, I wrote about Taiwan’s convenience stores being awesome. Japan’s are pretty awesome too. I remember one time, a couple decades ago, I found convenient stores in Japan selling Play Stations. Japan has a reputation of being too expensive, … Continue reading
‘The Who’s TOMMY’ opens May 13, 2015 at East West Players featuring Deedee Magno Hall, Joseph Morales, Cliffton Hall, and Parvesh Cheena
East West Players (EWP), the nation’s longest-running professional theatre of color in the country and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, continues its 50th Anniversary Season, Golden, with “The Who’s TOMMY,” Music and Lyrics by Pete Townshend, … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Southern California, The Arts
Tagged East West Players, musical, Parvesh Cheena
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Jason Wu for Cadillac in “The Daring: No Regrets”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGhaOV0BPmA Last November, at the Los Angeles Auto Show, I noticed something different about Cadillac. They seemed to be on the eve of a re-invention. These new ads, with the tagline “Only those who dare drive the world forward” seems … Continue reading
Posted in Apparel, Asian American Commercial Watch, Automotive, Fashion, Lifestyles
Tagged Cadillac, jason wu
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Fung Brothers: Things Asian Parents Do
I think a lot of Asian American kids watch this and are like “Yeah, my parents do a lot of those things”, but my mom watched this, cracked up, and said “I really do do that!” I feel like that’s … Continue reading
Watch online: ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ (Episode 9: “License To Sell”)
After last week’s re-run of the Pilot, Fresh Off the Boat continues with Episode 9. (Catch up online: Episodes 1 and 2, Episodes 3 and 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, and if you didn’t download the … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Entertainment, TV
Tagged constance wu, Forrest Wheeler, Fresh Off The Boat, Hudson Yang, Ian Chen, Randall Park
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “License to Sell”
Fresh Off the Boat, Season 1, Episode 9: “License to Sell” Original airdate March 24, 2015. Microsynopsis: Jessica, still trying to make it as a realtor, discovers that she needs a license to sell houses. The licensing exam proves more … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Entertainment, Reviews, TV
Tagged ABC, constance wu, Forrest Wheeler, Fresh Off The Boat, Hudson Yang, Ian Chen, melissa etheridge, Randall Park, the pharcyde
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8Books: Learning Chinese Characters
In my on-going quest to get my daughter fluent in Chinese, I came across the opportunity to review a book called “Learning Chinese Characters” published by Tuttle Publishing. In case you’re not familiar, I have a nine year old daughter, … Continue reading
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Watch online: ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ (Episode 8: “Phillip Goldstein”)
Sorry, this is a little delayed, but here is the info for lucky Episode 8 of Season 1 of Fresh Off the Boat. (Catch up online: Episodes 1 and 2, Episodes 3 and 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, … Continue reading
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Tagged constance wu, Forrest Wheeler, Fresh Off The Boat, Hudson Yang, Ian Chen, Randall Park
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Traveling Japan: Ekiben
Although taking leftovers to-go from a restaurant is not common practice (try not to ask for it as restaurant staff may freak out wondering how to fulfill your request), the Japanese have pretty much perfected the art of the train … Continue reading
8$: George Takei: Allegiance on Broadway and the Japanese American National Museum Legacy Project
8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading
Asians Behaving Badly: Science Teacher David Park Arrested For Sexual Relationship With Student
Reported on KTLA 5, Science Chemistry and Biology Teacher David Park of Los Altos High School in heavily Asian American neighborhood Hacienda Heights has been arrested for having a relationship with a 15 year old student. His bail is $1 … Continue reading
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