Author Archives: Ernie

About Ernie

I'm the creator of 8 Asians and one of the editors. While I'm a regular blogger to the site as well, think of my role as Barbara Walters on "The View," except without the weird white hair. During the day, I'm a Developer for a major Internet company and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've also been writing in my blog, littleyellowdifferent.com, for seven years.

Buy It For the Irony: The Ceramic Samurai Weiner Dog

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Ernie

The Westland Giftware company makes weiner dog figurines; you know, the kinds of kitschy gifts you see in a cabin somewhere Tennessee where some housewife in her 40s devotes a whole pantry to having as many stoneware and ceramic animals … Continue reading →

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Simon Cowell’s X Factor Specifically Looking for Asian American Talent

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Ernie

X Factor, the UK show that launched Leona Lewis and the reason Simon Cowell quit American Idol, is coming to the United States, and the producers — perhaps being a little freaked out by the lack of decent APA talent … Continue reading →

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BBC Points Out Unusual Filipino Names are Unusual

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Ernie

Leave it to a well respected media entity like the BBC to devote a whole article to the wacky names Filipinos have. Being the token Intsik in my group of Pinoy friends, I’ve had opportunities to meet plenty of old … Continue reading →

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8Asians.com Mugs

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Ernie

Hey kids, you should buy some 8Asians.com mugs ($13.95) because… well, because they are mugs. And they have the 8Asians.com logo on them. Man, how about that website, right? Like, one post is an identity debate about whether Asians hate … Continue reading →

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New K-Town Sizzle Reel Looks Just Like an Asian Jersey Shore

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Ernie

And on the seventh day, the Asian American Pop Culture God rested as his creation, the Asian-American-reality-show-pilot-similar-to-Jersey-Shore-but-not-because-Jersey-Shore-has-Italians-and-these-people-are-clearly-Asian K-Town was created, and Asian American Pop Culture God decided it was good. Well, good in a kinda trashy sort of way, enough … Continue reading →

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Serious Eats: 30 Ways to Upgrade Your Instant Ramen

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Ernie

From our must-read food blog of choice, Serious Eats: “Ramen in the U.S. has come a long way. Once known only in its 10-for-a-dollar instant-lunch form—a staple of offices and dorm rooms all around the ’80s and ’90s—high-end real ramen … Continue reading →

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In Stitches

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Ernie

“Dr. Tony Youn grew up one of two Asian-American kids in a small town where diversity was uncommon. Too tall and too thin, he wore thick Coke-bottle glasses, braces, Hannibal Lecter headgear, and had a protruding jaw that one day … Continue reading →

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The People I’ve Slept With

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Ernie

The People I’ve Slept With ($9.99) is a sexy, romantic story about Angela (Karin Anna Cheung of Better Luck Tomorrow), a young woman with a zealously active sex life, who after every sexual conquest, makes keepsake “baseball cards” of each … Continue reading →

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Bok Choy Apparel’s Robot Relief Shirt

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Ernie

Our friends over at Bok Choy Apparel just launched a Robot Relief Shirt ($19.99) to help with the relief effort in Japan. 100% of all T-Shirt Profits go to the Northern Japan Earthquake Relief Fund.

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American Casinos Play to the Asian Demographic

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Ernie

From the New York Times: “…It is part of an unspoken compact among the casinos, the bus companies and the city’s vast Chinese population, rooted in tradition, opportunity and vice. But it has come under a public spotlight after a … Continue reading →

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