Category Archives: Lifestyles

Zuckerberg Family Wishing Happy Lunar New Year in Chinese

Posted on February 7, 2016 by 8AsiansNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo9bArhBGSU The Zuckerberg family wishes everyone Happy Lunary New Year in Chinese. Let’s see if little Max gets to go to a bilingual Chinese-English school and upstage mom and dad with mad Chinese language skills in the future.

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Jeremy Lin’s TAG Heuer Connected Watch

Posted on February 2, 2016 by John

Working in Silicon Valley and as part of my job, I’ve checked out and played around with a few smartwatches. Personally, I can’t say that I’m a big fan of them – having to charge an extra device, and most … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Men’s Wearhouse – BLACK by Vera Wang

Posted on January 29, 2016 by John

According to Men’s Wearhouse’s YouTube channel, their commercial starring Vera Wang about her first collection of formal wear for me has been around (or at least hosted on YouTube) since March 2015 – but I just caught this it on … Continue reading →

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NPR: Ansari And Yang Explore The First-Generation Experience In ‘Master Of None’

Posted on November 25, 2015 by John

  https://youtu.be/6bFvb3WKISk I’m a big fan of NPR and Terry Gross and her Fresh Air program. Back in early November, I caught this 44:13 minute interview with Indian American comic Aziz Ansari and Taiwanese American co-creator and co-writer Alan Yang … Continue reading →

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Elisa Lam’s Death and Internet Afterlife

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Jeff

In early 2013, a young Asian Canadian woman named Elisa Lam was found dead in the water tank of the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles’s Skid Row.  After a cryptic video was released of her shortly before she died, the … Continue reading →

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Asian American Medical Hazard: Working in Silicon Valley

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Jeff

While mobile health units are used in impoverished places like the slums of Mumbai to deliver health care to Asians there, they are also used to deliver health care to Asians in not so impoverished places – the companies of … Continue reading →

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Traveling Japan: McDonald’s in Japan

Posted on October 26, 2015 by tinabot

I suppose it is fitting to talk about McDonald’s in Japan as it was the last stop before we headed back home Stateside, a sort of transition from Japan to America. I have pretty much removed McDonald’s from my dietary … Continue reading →

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Asian American Diabetes cases: More than Half are Undiagnosed

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Jeff

Many years ago I was amazed when The Wife, a Registered Nurse, looked at someone at a party and immediately (and correctly, more on that later), pointed out that the person was a diabetic.   I wondered how she figured that … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Simon Premium Outlets® – Bold Summer Looks

Posted on September 15, 2015 by John

https://youtu.be/MiaqkrLtpc8 Although we’re nearing the end of the summer, I’ve only recently noticed this Simon Premium Outlets tv ad: “At Simon Premium Outlets®, there’s always something new to discover. Check out our new Simon Premium Outlets commercial, and visit a … Continue reading →

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Taiwanese Americans Cannot Hold Their Liquor

Posted on September 2, 2015 by John

When I saw this article on 47% of Taiwan’s poulation lacks alcohol-metabolizing gene posted on Facebook and read the details, I laughed, since it is pretty common that Asians often do get the “Asian flush”.  ALDH2 is an alcohol-metabolizing gene and if … Continue reading →

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Dancing his way into her Heart: A Dance Video Proposal

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Jeff

While you may have already seen Joshua Dela Cruz’s surprise proposal to Amanda Phillips disguised as a dance video shoot, but I thought I’d share it for three reasons.  First, it’s a lot more original than a flash mob proposal–those … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Being Japanese American, 2nd Edition,” by Gil Asakawa

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Lily

Gil Asakawa’s newest edition of his JA sourcebook, Being Japanese American is chock full of information and anecdotes to guide anyone through Japanese American life, questions, issues, etc. I should say, of course, that I am not Japanese American, but … Continue reading →

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