Author Archives: Tim

About Tim

I'm a Chinese/Taiwanese-American, born in Taiwan, raised on Long Island, went to college in Philadelphia, tried Wall Street and then moved to the California Bay Area to work in high tech in 1990. I'm a recent dad and husband. Other adjectives that describe me include: son, brother, geek, DIYer, manager, teacher, tinkerer, amateur horologist, gay, and occasional couch potato. I write for about 5 different blogs including 8Asians. When not doing anything else, I like to challenge people's preconceived notions of who I should be.

Chinese Food Poisoners Executed; What about the US?

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Tim

If you’ve been watching the news at all lately you already know that the Chinese government has sentenced to death those responsible for the milk contamination that caused the death of Chinese babies and sickened thousands more. And if you’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Observations | 7 Comments

Judge A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Tim

I want to thank everyone for their words of condolences this week. It’s been comforting to hear from so many. With good reason, I’m a week or so late with this topic. The Oxford University Press chose to honor Martin … Continue reading →

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Mourning Comes Too Early

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Tim

I’m going to break a few rules here. My mother passed away this week. Normally we’re supposed to write about current events that have an Asian theme and how we as Asian Americans react to that news. I don’t think … Continue reading →

Posted in Family | 37 Comments

Luck Runs Out For Gambling Chinese Officials

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Tim

Gambling is illegal in China, but not in Macao, where apparently many Chinese officials have been taking jaunts to gamble embezzled government money. These gambling trips have apparently cost Chinese officials an average of $2.7 million dollars each in a … Continue reading →

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Creating Your Own Surrogate Family

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Tim

Jun Chen isn’t the first Chinese girl to have been left by her family. Her father abandoned her in NYC when he returned to China after losing his job in the United States. She was only 17 at the time. … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, LGBT, Lifestyles | Tagged | 11 Comments

David Chiu makes SF Supervisor History

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Tim

David Chiu makes San Francisco Board of Supervisors history by becoming the first Chinese American elected as Board President. Normally I wouldn’t even have noticed a news event like this one, as I’m already familiar with other Chinese Americans that … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Politics | 1 Comment

Superstition: More Taiwanese Rushing to Tie the Knot Before Lunar New Year

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Tim

Many couples in Taiwan are rushing to get married before the Chinese lunar new year, coming on January 26, 2009 in the Western calendar because they believe that next year will be an “unlucky” year in which to get married, since next year is marked as the “Gu-luan” year (similar to Western leap year in that there are two days marked for the arrival of spring). Continue reading →

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