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.

Survivor: Samoa’s Token Asian Contestant: “Shy” and “Forgettable”

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Ernie

Another year, another season of Survivor and — for better or for worse now — another token Asian contestant.  This year’s Asian contestant on Survivor: Samoa comes in the form of 33 year old Liz Kim, an attorney out of … Continue reading →

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Health Care Protest Signs Declare “Youth in Asia” Will Kill Your Grandma

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Ernie

Yes yes, I get the pun in this photograph: It’s not Youth in Asia that will kill your grandma, it’s euthanasia, or — if you ask the protesters in this photograph — Obama’s liberal, tree hugging death squads that will … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Current Events | 3 Comments

Nichi Bei Times Shuts Down: Blamed on the Internet, Lack of Community

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ernie

The SF Chronicle reports that The Nichi Bei Times, Northern California’s oldest Japanese American community newspaper will be shut down on September 10th. While the official reasoning for the paper shutting down is blamed on the gradual move from news … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Current Events, San Francisco Bay Area | 3 Comments

Japanese McDonald’s Ad Campaign Makes Fun of White People

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Ernie

Well, this is an example of the tables being turned: after all the talk about the role of two sushi chefs being portrayed in an American KFC commercial, a McDonalds ad campaign in Japan is drawing criticism after featuring an … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Food & Drink | 8 Comments

Dawen’s Cover of Maxwell’s “Pretty Wings”

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Ernie

It’s not often you hear neo soul covered by Asian Americans. (Okay, there’s Renee Sebastian, but you don’t see everyone trying to cover Goapele at your local Asian American Idol.) Wikipedia describes neo soul as being more “ethnocentric” to its … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music, Southern California | 7 Comments

Jamie Chung (Probably) Gets Killed Off in Sorority Row

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Ernie

Oh, Jamie Chung. We remember her, right? She was on Real World: San Diego where she was the even-tempered good girl, but mostly because she had plead guilty to drunk driving charges just a few months before. Then she starred … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Movies | 2 Comments

Why Roger Fan Turned Down the Chance to Work with Tom Cruise

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Ernie

“[I had] an offer to sit in and read for the main Asian bad guy (already cast but he’s in Africa on another project and can’t make the studio, all-cast table read) and to read every other Chinese role in … Continue reading →

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Asian-American Journalist Asks for CEO’s Assistant, Gets Asked If Delivering Food Instead

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Ernie

I’ll just let Minneapolis-based Star Tribune Thomas Lee do the talking on this one: “I went to Fridley to interview the president of a large manufacturing company. I arrived a few minutes before noon and told the receptionist at the … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Discrimination, WTF | 3 Comments

8 Questions for The Adobo Hobo

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Ernie

Compared to cities like Singapore, Taipei or even North American cities like New York and Toronto, San Francisco’s street vendor food scene is barely existent, unless you count the bacon-wrapped Hot Dog lady when stumbling out of bars in the … Continue reading →

Posted in 8Questions, Food & Drink, San Francisco Bay Area | 2 Comments

John Hughes, Creator of Long Duk Dong, Dead of Heart Attack

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Ernie

John Hughes is dead of a heart attack. And while yes, Hughes was a director, producer and writer of a lot of awesome movies in the 1980’s like The Breakfast Club and single-handedly put Molly Ringwald on everybody’s radars, consider … Continue reading →

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The Newest Wedding Photography Trend in Asia: Creepy, Miniature Brides

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Ernie

Asian American women, do you hate being objectified? If so, you’re not going to be so thrilled at the hottest wedding photo trend in China and Korea, which is to take pictures of the couple with the bride shrunk in … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Lifestyles, WTF | 6 Comments

Jeff gets Interviewed on Fil-Am Ako

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Ernie

One of the nice things about being editor is that I can pretty much write about anything without any fear of reprimand, which means I get to blog about this nice interview about follow blogger Jeff on Fil-Am Ako, a … Continue reading →

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