Category Archives: Family

Cancer: Asians and the Big C

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Tim

If you’re a regular reader of 8Asians, you already know I lost both my parents to the big C – Cancer. Toan Lam writes this week in the Huffington Post about a phenomenon in the Asian community surrounding Cancer, specifically … Continue reading →

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Leave it to the Taiwanese to think of wrapping a donut inside another donut

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Tim

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 →

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Sesame Street’s Asian Muppets

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Tim

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 →

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Wealthy Chinese Sending More Kids to U.S. Military Schools

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Ernie

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 →

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New Study: Three-quarters of South Korean Adoptees Identify As White

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Linda

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 | 40 Comments

Disneyland: Next Stop Shanghai

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Tim

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 →

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Finding Your Roots

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Tim

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 →

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When did F.O.B. become fob?

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Tim

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 →

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Filipinos in the NFL?

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Jeff

“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 →

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Brain Drain – In Reverse

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Tim

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 →

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Jon & Kate will End Forever in November

Posted on October 15, 2009 by jozjozjoz

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 →

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Do Asians have to work harder to get into an Elite College?

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Jeff

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 →

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