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Category Archives: Lifestyles
Giveaway: ‘Twinsters’ at LAAPFF 2015 + McDonald’s Arch Card
8Asians is working with McDonald’s to give away free tickets for you and a guest to watch the highly anticipated documentary Twinsters at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on April 25, 2015, AND reconnect over a shared meal … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Drink, Movies, Promotions, Southern California
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Giveaway: Ultimate Origami for Beginners and Hokusai Origami Paper from Tuttle
Origami, the art of paper folding, is a great arts and crafts project for young and old. Tuttle, a publishing company focusing on Asian language, history, and culture, with the tagline “Books to Span the East and West,” offers a wide … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, Shopping, The Arts
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ian Chen and Lynn Chen in 2015 Porsche Cayenne Ad, “Are We There Yet?”
Do you recognize the Asians in this? Here’s the “Are We There Yet?” ad for the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, which began airing in November 2014, featuring Ian Chen (who plays Evan Huang on Fresh Off the Boat) asking his mom … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Commercial Watch, Automotive, TV
Tagged Ian Chen, lynn chen, Porsche
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Traveling Japan: Gundam & Gundam Front @ Odaiba
A trip to Japan is simply not complete without visiting a giant robot. And a Gundam robot no less. Apparently, it had originally been placed closer to the waterfront, so that you can get this really epic feeling that the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyles, Video Games
Tagged diver city, Giant Robot, gundam, gundam cafe, gundam front, gunpla, odaiba
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Traveling Japan: Conbini (Convenience Stores)
Last year, I wrote about Taiwan’s convenience stores being awesome. Japan’s are pretty awesome too. I remember one time, a couple decades ago, I found convenient stores in Japan selling Play Stations. Japan has a reputation of being too expensive, … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Jason Wu for Cadillac in “The Daring: No Regrets”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGhaOV0BPmA Last November, at the Los Angeles Auto Show, I noticed something different about Cadillac. They seemed to be on the eve of a re-invention. These new ads, with the tagline “Only those who dare drive the world forward” seems … Continue reading
Posted in Apparel, Asian American Commercial Watch, Automotive, Fashion, Lifestyles
Tagged Cadillac, jason wu
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Fung Brothers: Things Asian Parents Do
I think a lot of Asian American kids watch this and are like “Yeah, my parents do a lot of those things”, but my mom watched this, cracked up, and said “I really do do that!” I feel like that’s … Continue reading
8Books: Learning Chinese Characters
In my on-going quest to get my daughter fluent in Chinese, I came across the opportunity to review a book called “Learning Chinese Characters” published by Tuttle Publishing. In case you’re not familiar, I have a nine year old daughter, … Continue reading
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Traveling Japan: Learning Japanese
Japanese was one of those languages that I’ve always sort of known but never fully mastered. One of my grandmothers was a Japanese language teacher in Taiwan and grew up in the era of Japanese colonialism. Both she and my … Continue reading
NYTimes Travel video: 36 hours in Koreatown, Los Angeles
The New York Times does a nice 6 minute video overview of Koreatown in Los Angeles, even highlighting the Wi Spa that Conan O’Brien and Steve Yeun recently visited. BY Fritzie Andrade, Max Cantor, Jessey Dearing, Louie Alfaro and Will … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Food & Drink, Health, Local, Music, Southern California, TV
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8Books: Free Kid’s E-book for Chinese New Year, ‘The Emperor Who Built the Great Wall’
If you’re an Asian American parent like me, you probably struggle to find books for your kids that have the right blend of age appropriateness and entertainment while still offering a glimpse into the history and culture of your ancestry. … Continue reading
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