8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Category Archives: Lifestyles
Creating the Asian Pacific American Family Album
By Eddie Wong Every time I returned to my mother’s house in Los Angeles I would invariably spend some time thumbing through the family photo album. There were few photographs of my parents as young adults; they were poor and … Continue reading
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Screening for Colon Cancer, “The Silent Killer” of Asian Americans
As an Asian American, there’s one killer out there that affects more Asian Americans than any other. The leading cause of death for Asian Americans since 1980 is cancer (unlike for the general population of the U.S. which has heart … Continue reading
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8Asians Visits Asian America: USC Pacific Asia Museum
Visit Asian America. Asian America is not just an identity or an idea, it’s a place as well. It is America, and certain parts of America distinctly embody the Asian American homeland. Join us as we highlight different Asian American … Continue reading
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Asian Family – BMW 3 Series Diesel TV Commercial
http://youtu.be/p2vBADziOa4 A friend of mine posted this on my Facebook Timeline the other day, as he knows I blog for 8Asians. I haven’t seen this BMW commercial air on television, but my friend says he’s seen it locally in the … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Entertainment, Lifestyles, Local, Southern California, TV
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Made In the USA: American Surrogates for Chinese
When I was in college, I stumbled across the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, by Bill Watterson. In particular I was quite taken with the strip where Calvin and his toy tiger Hobbes discuss where babies come from. By the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Health, Health and Beauty, LGBT, Technology
Tagged American surrogates, China, Chinese nationals, made in usa, one-child policy, surrogates
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Asian American Commercial Watch: AT&T’s Network Guys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw-Amu4IGW4 I noticed this commercial because it has many of my favorite (or perhaps least favorite) Asian American stereotypes: Nerdy Asian technical guy White guy in charge Asian guy awkward with white women The Asian guy is surprised when his … Continue reading
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8Asians Visits Asian America: Hsi Lai Temple
Visit Asian America. Asian America is not just an identity or an idea, it’s a place as well. It is America, and certain parts of America distinctly embody the Asian American homeland. Join us as we highlight different Asian American … Continue reading
Posted in Education, History, Lifestyles, Religion, Southern California
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Traveling Taiwan: Snow King & Ice Monster (Part 9 of 24)
The above picture is a scoop of curry ice cream from Snow King in Taipei, Taiwan. The first bite I took was surprisingly creamy with a bit of the curry spice kick at the end. I thought I would be … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Lifestyles
Tagged curry, ice cream, ice monster, shaved ice, snow king, Taipei, Taiwan
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The Dilemma of Chinese School
If you’re a Chinese American child of Chinese American immigrants, then it’s quite likely you spent part of your childhood attending Chinese school. It’s a coming of age ritual of growing up ½ or 1st generation Chinese American. And of … Continue reading
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Traveling Taiwan: The National Palace Museum (Part 8 of 24)
The National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan holds the largest collection of Chinese art and artifacts in the world. The collection at this museum is so large that it takes 12 years for them to display every single item before … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, History, Lifestyles
Tagged Chinese art, chinese history, Kuo Ming Tang, National Palace Museum, Silk Palace, Taipei, Taiwan
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8Asians Visits Asian America: Asian American Writer’s Workshop
Visit Asian America. Asian America is not just an identity or an idea, it’s a place as well. It is America, and certain parts of America distinctly embody the Asian American homeland. Join us as we highlight different Asian American … Continue reading
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Traveling Taiwan: Lung Shan Temple, Taipei (Part 7 of 24)
The Lungshan Temple located in Taipei, Taiwan, was built in 1738 by immigrants from the Fukien (Fujian) province of China who settled in Taiwan. It is primarily a Buddhist temple but has incorporated Daoist and Matzu tradition, a Goddess of … Continue reading
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