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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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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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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Frozen Flower: Reviews via Chat
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Category Archives: Observations
The Daily Show: Aasif Mandvi on Dr. Sanjay Gupta
On a recent episode of The Daily Show, Indian American comedian and Daily Show “correspondent” Aasif Mandvi is hilarious in this segment on CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s possible appointment as Surgeon General, playing to the stereotype of Indian Americans, as … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Observations, Politics
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On DramaFever and International Distribution Licenses
Those who frequent Kpop gossip blogs may already know that drama addicts Stateside can now enjoy high quality streaming of English-subbed Asian dramas thanks to DramaFever. The site’s current catalogue is exclusively Korean, but are engaged in conversation with various … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, Music, Observations, Reviews, Technology
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High Grades, High Stress for Asian-American Students in Bay Area
When I came across this recent headline from the Mercury News — Success gap: High grades, high stress for Asian-American students in Bay Area — my first reaction was that this was going to be a somewhat biased commentary like … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education, Observations
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More on Yo-Yo Ma
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I blogged a few months ago about Yo-Yo Ma and his appearance on The Colbert Report. Tonight, I watched on NBC Nightly News a nice profile of Yo-Yo … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Music, Observations
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In “The Land of Smiles,” are the Thai police really smiling?
When I saw this photo of a Thai motorcycle highway policeman wearing his newly required “pollution mask,” I just had to laugh; it kind of reminded me of Ronald McDonald. Why do Thai officers have to wear these masks? According … Continue reading
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AsianWeek Stops Printing: Good Riddance!
The San Francisco Chronicle recently announced that AsianWeek, one of the longest running publications for Asian Americans that is based in San Francisco, will no longer have print issues and go completely online, with its last issue being printed Friday, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations, WTF
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China’s Financial Industry Recruits Abroad
With the great financial meltdown of 2008 on Wall Street, there are literally thousands of financial professionals seeking full-time employment. Unfortunately, the meltdown hasn’t just hit the U.S., but other major Western European financial capitals. But China’s closed financial sector … Continue reading
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Asian-Americans Kids: Moving Back and Forth Between Asia
My boss has been living in India (I like to joke that my management has been outsourced), but he is moving back to the United States. One of his concerns is how his daughter will deal with the move. She … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles, Music, Observations, Technology
Tagged Asian immigrants, DJ Replay, Expats, kids, kim Yoobin, Martin Nievera, outsourcing, Sam Milby, Silicon Valley, Wonder Girls
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Philippine Coral Reef Exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences
My family and I recently visited the Philippine Coral Reef Exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. I recall seeing some of the fish in the exhibit from the time many years ago … Continue reading
China, the Birthplace of Marijuana!
The most recent issue of the esteemed academic journal, the Journal of Experimental Botany, has a very interesting article with the rather dry title: Phytochemical and genetic analysis of ancient cannabis from Central Asia. That’s marijuana or pot, for you … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyles, Observations
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Stating the Obvious: Cupertino has a lot of Asians
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you know that the South Bay is pretty ethnically diverse. Well, in cities like Milipitas and Cupertino, Asians make up the majority, as reported the other day in The San Jose … Continue reading
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The 8Asians Writers Talk About: Asians and Jerky Products
Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, we … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, TalkAbout
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