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.

More Good Music: Mayda’s “H.L.L.R”

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Ernie

With all the music talk on this blog lately on Kollaboration, you would think that the only music to come from an Asian looking face is based out of Los Angeles. But pop music blog ArjanWrites.com recently featured a post … Continue reading →

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BoA Performing at Kollaboration 9; Win Tickets!

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Ernie

So what’s been up with BoA, anyway? Our favorite Korean Pop Star that speaks fluent Japanese is now living in Los Angeles, watching Gossip Girl and doing some local interviews in an attempt to cross-over into the American music industry … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music, Promotions | 11 Comments

Ninjafy Attacks Webpages With Deadly Ninjas

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Ernie

If you’re a heavy web-surfer or you work in the Internet Industry you may already know about Cornify – a bookmarklet for web browsers that pastes images rainbows and unicorns on your web browser; mostly good if you’ve just been … Continue reading →

Posted in WTF | 2 Comments

Ask an Asian: What do you bring to an Americanized Chinese New Years Party?

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Ernie

(Every so often, we here at 8Asians get e-mails asking for advice. This is NOT one of those e-mails, but my co-worker did ask me this question, to which I promptly told her to send this to the blog for … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask an Asian, Lifestyles | 14 Comments

Dr. Horrible’s Commentary: Nobody Asian in the Movies

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Ernie

If you’ve never heard of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog then you’re obviously not a Joss Whedon fan, but I’ll make it brief: TV writers go on strike, that writer guy from Buffy the Vampire Slayer writes a musical starring Doogie … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, Movies, Music | 10 Comments

Chinoiserie is Clearly French for “Hella Tacky”

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Ernie

From 8Asians reader brotherparish: There is a debate at this blog over whether a home decor scheme — Chinoiserie — is offensive to Asians. Your opinion would be welcomed. So being gay, it’s technically in my contract that I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Lifestyles, Observations | 11 Comments

Win Tickets to Kollaboration 9 in Los Angeles

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Ernie

Kollaboration — gotta love the fact that it starts with the letter K instead of the letter C — has been a Southern California Asian American institution since 2000, showcasing Asian American talent of different forms as a way to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Music, Promotions | 6 Comments

On Asian-American Academic Pressure: Mission San Jose Students Talk Back

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Ernie

John recently blogged last week about a recent SJ Mercury article talking about Asian Americans and the high-stress environment of Mission San Jose High School, in Fremont CA. While the link — and the corresponding CNN article asking the world … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Lifestyles, Observations | 2 Comments

18 Mighty Mountain Warriors Release Video About Thailand; Thais Clearly Unamused

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Ernie

We’ve blogged about the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors before — they’ve recently released a follow-up video to Illegal Immigrants called Thailand about a guy booking a “business trip” to the country with a stigma. Focusing less about racial activism, Thailand … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Observations | 4 Comments

The Berestain Bears Teaches Us About Wacky Chinese Neighbors

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Ernie

Stan and Jan Berenstain are children books illustrators of an older time and place — Jan Berenstain is 85, Stan passed away in 2005 — but have created the Berestain Bears; a family of rural walking, talking clothes-wearing bears, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Family | 11 Comments

A Tale of Two McNuggets Commercials

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Ernie

For McDonald’s being the shameless mega-corporation that gets sued all the time and makes people fat, they’re a marketers wet dream as far as brand recognition and global identity is concerned. Ask my mom what a “Chipotles” is and she’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Drink, Lifestyles | 7 Comments

What if Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid didn’t have a Japanese Accent?

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Ernie

Mark Lee over at Overthinking It hated Mister Miyagi’s accent in The Karate Kid and the phrase “Wax on, wax off” that got him teased growing up. Really hated it. So much so, that he re-dubbed the famous scene in … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Movies | 6 Comments