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Category Archives: Family
Leave it to the Taiwanese to think of wrapping a donut inside another donut
When I came across a blog article with the title above, I knew immediately what the author was referring to. The food known in Mandarin Chinese as yóu tiáo 油條, but which in Taiwanese goes by the name 油炸粿, is … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Drink, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged shao bing, taiwanese food, you tiao
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Sesame Street’s Asian Muppets
Google helped bring attention this week to Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary by publishing Google doodles with various characters from Sesame Street. For those of us in the U.S. we saw Cookie Monster, Big Bird and other familiar muppets integrated with … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Education, Entertainment, Family, TV
Tagged asian muppets, google doodle, sesame street
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Wealthy Chinese Sending More Kids to U.S. Military Schools
Let’s face it: at least once in your childhood you were threatened by your parents that they would take you away to military school, away from soft western luxuries like a Nintendo or drinks with High Fructose Corn Syrup to … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Education, Family
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New Study: Three-quarters of South Korean Adoptees Identify As White
For those of us who were not adopted, we can only begin to imagine what it would be like to be raised in a culture completely different from the one we were born into, but this may give us some … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Current Events, Family, Lifestyles, Observations
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Disneyland: Next Stop Shanghai
As someone who grew up in the U.S., I never really got the Disney bug as a child. Maybe it’s because I grew up in New York, far away from either Disneyland and Disneyworld. My first experience with Disneyland wasn’t … Continue reading
Finding Your Roots
As someone who came to the United States when I was only 2 years old, it was always expected that I would go home to visit the “mother” country. It was never hard to imagine doing, as I had plenty … Continue reading
When did F.O.B. become fob?
For those of us growing up in the U.S. with immigrant parents in the seventies and eighties, there was no getting around the fact that the term F.O.B. (Fresh Off the Boat – pronounced letter “F”, letter “O”, letter “B”) … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Discrimination, Family, Observations
Tagged Asian, chinese, discriination, fob, fobby
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Filipinos in the NFL?
“If he grows a few inches, you should have him consider playing tackle football.” This is the comment that Number One Son’s flag football coach told me after a football game. Number One Son had a good game at cornerback, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles, Sports
Tagged Eugene Amano, National Football League, NFL, Roman Gabriel, Steve Slaton
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Brain Drain – In Reverse
In 1969, my dad came to the United States to get a Ph.D., on the recommendation of a mentor of his in Taiwan. The idea was to get the Ph.D., then return to Taiwan and get a high paying job … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Business, Family, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged brain drain, chinese family, return home
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Jon & Kate will End Forever in November
I’m not one to read or believe tabloids, but if this news is true, I’ll be thrilled. Radar reports that Jon & Kate Plus Eight “will officially end in mid to late November” because “sources outside the network [say] that … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Family, TV
Tagged children, Jon and Kate, jon gosselin, reality TV, television, TLC, tv
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Do Asians have to work harder to get into an Elite College?
A mother called up the admissions officer of a local private high school. “How can I best position my daughter to get into your high school?” she asked. “What grade is she in?” replied the admissions officer. “Fourth grade,” said … Continue reading
The Asian Grandmother’s Cookbook
For many Asian Americans self-identity starts with family and food. The food aspect typically involves memories and celebrations around traditional foods, quite often cooked up in the family home by a grandmother, great auntie, or other relative. This month, a … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Drink, Reviews
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