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.

Asian Americans Hit Hardest By Long-Term Unemployment

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Tim

A new report from the Economic Policy Institute, showed for the second year in a row that Asian Americans have the highest rate of long-term joblessness (6 months or more) of any ethnicity in the United States. In 2011, 50.1 … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Business, Current Events | 1 Comment

Suicide Prompts Chinese To Reconsider Coming To U.S.

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Tim

The recent suicide in April 2012 of 40 year old Qinggen Wang, a principal software engineer at Paypal, is driving discussions in the Chinese blogosphere about whether it’s worth it to come to the U.S. to pursue jobs, specifically ones … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Current Events, Health, San Francisco Bay Area | Tagged | 8 Comments

SF Landmark Sam Wo To Close April 20th

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Tim

Sam Wo, a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown is set to close its doors on Friday, April 20, 2012. The iconic restaurant has been around for over 100 years and was famous by Edsel Ford Fong, considered the “world’s … Continue reading →

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Colleges Resist Asian American’s Success

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Tim

A new opinion piece by Jonathan Zimmerman in the Philadelphia Inquirer compares today’s discrimination against Asian Americans in college admissions and hiring for college presidential positions with that of Jews in the early 20th century. Some of the statistics are … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education | 2 Comments

Asians Bleach Hair As Scientists Reveal Benefits To Blonde Hair

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Tim

Last week’s publication of a new report in the American Journal of Medicine outlining some of the health benefits to having blonde hair, created a rush in some pockets of Asian communities to get their hair dyed blonde. The report … Continue reading →

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Time Magazine Apologizes For Placing Hapa Man On Latino Cover

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Tim

Time Magazine issued an apology last week, February 24, 2012 for using a photo of an Arizona man, who it turns out is not Latino, on a cover about Latino voting power. The cover used a collage of 24 people, … Continue reading →

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Asian Americans Have Mixed Results In Retirement Study

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Tim

ING recently published a new study on retirement readiness in different racial communities. Asian Americans had mixed results in the study. There are some positive results. Asian Americans overall had saved the most for retirement, $81,000 in an employee sponsored … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Family | 2 Comments

The Side Effects Of The Year of the Dragon

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Tim

This past Monday, January 23, 2012 marked the arrival of the Chinese/Vietnamese/Asian Pacific Lunar New Year, the Year of the Dragon. The new year brings with it some well-known and some not so well-known side effects. It’s already pretty common … Continue reading →

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Brothers Reunited In Japan After 60 Years Apart

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Tim

Japanese-American Minoru Ohye celebrated his 86th birthday Monday with his only brother after traveling to Japan for a reunion with him. The brothers were born in Sacramento, but sent back to Japan to live with different families after they dad … Continue reading →

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Asian American DIY: How to Add Your Own Heated Toilet Seat and Bidet

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Tim

If you’ve ever been to Japan you should already be familiar with the “bidet toilet seat,” an all-in-one toilet seat that has a heated water spray and often also a heated seat as well as an air dryer. These bidet … Continue reading →

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Asian American DIY: The Kitchen Exhaust Fan

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Tim

If you’ve lived around Asian American immigrant households, especially Chinese ones, you’re already familiar with one side effect this has in the kitchen: There’s grease everywhere. It builds up over time, and it seems like no matter how much you … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Lifestyles | 5 Comments

Asian Americans More Likely To Use Child Seats, Seat Belts On Children

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Tim

A new study examining almost 40,000 auto accidents from 2002-2006, where children were injured, determined that Asian Americans were most likely to have their child restrained, either with a seat belt or child seat, with 59.3% of Asian American children … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles | 5 Comments