Author Archives: Ben

About Ben

Ben Hwang is involved in a number of online publications and also writes at his personal blog, LUX.ET.UMBRA. When he's not in the middle of starting companies and dreaming up new ventures, he is heavily involved in local community efforts. Currently resides in North Carolina.

Huffington Post’s Usage of “Bu Shi” is “Bu Dwei”

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Ben

Know how someone will look at you funny when you try a foreign language and you totally say something that you don’t have a clue about? Especially in Asian languages, where you could be throwing around phrases online translation software … Continue reading →

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Asians Can Roof You Too

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Ben

It’s about that time of year where most volleyball players start shifting from outdoors to indoors. Not too long ago, I joined the regular crew at our usual gym to rally up a few games. A pretty funny incident happened … Continue reading →

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John Cho Flashes Forward

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Ben

FlashForward itself is loosely based on Sawyer’s 1999 novel of the same title, where the entire world loses two minutes and seventeen seconds and gives a glimpse of the future six months from the current time frame. In just catching … Continue reading →

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Young Christians Try to Convert Indian Girl on YouTube

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Ben

When I saw this video off of one of my Facebook feeds, I just had to say… “wow.” While I respect religious beliefs, if this is what we’re teaching our children, then sometimes I just don’t know what to say.  … Continue reading →

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David Choi – Won’t Even Start – Official Music Video

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Ben

Interestingly enough, I just found out that one of my favorite singers, David Choi has teamed up with Wong Fu Productions (another favorite) and produced an official music video. And it’s on YouTube! Sweeeet.

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On Matchmaking and Asian Male/White Female Interracial Relationships

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Ben

I was reading this MercuryNews.com article about how online dating working for some Asian Californians and that they had to start their own matchmaking service to get things going, my first thought was to say, Hey, whatever works for you. … Continue reading →

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Racism: There’s No “Reverse” About It

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Ben

Hyphen’s recent blog post about Princeton University’s “Reverse Racism” was amusing to me, especially since the terminology was used incorrectly — it’s not reverse racism, it’s just racism. (Especially ironic since I learned this after I moved to the South.) … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Ambassadors of Cute

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Ben

You know that you’ve walked into a different world when the Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs named three models as their new ambassadors of cute. That’s right. You heard me. Kawaii Taishi. Misako Aoki, Yu Kimura and Shizuka Fujioka represent … Continue reading →

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What ethnicity is Carmen Wong Ulrich?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Ben

Out of curiosity, what ethnicity is Carmen Wong Ulrich? From what I can tell, the pretty television and online journalist is likely of Latin America descent due to some of the publications that she contributes to such as Latina, and … Continue reading →

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The Life Cycle of Instant Yakisoba

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Ben

Okay, I admit it; I’m nuts for yakisoba, what is basically glorified ramen. But when you’re in a world where Asian goods aren’t as easy to get, and the stars and moons align just right, you would be amazed at … Continue reading →

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China’s Control on Internet Commentary

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Ben

The Chinese government is now paying people to write commentary on the Internet to negate any bad “opinions”. This is the next logical step in order to try and control negative news, due to the nature of the Internet and … Continue reading →

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Made Me Sleepy

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Ben

I have to admit that I was disappointed with the third installment of the Mummy movie, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Yes, I finally got it on Blu-ray and watched it, but it seems like as those Mummy … Continue reading →

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