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 of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Category Archives: Observations
San Mateo Presidential Straw Poll – Where are you Asian-American?
Sunday afternoon, I attended the first ever San Mateo County Democratic Presidential Straw Poll. The guest of honor was presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich (my videoclip here on YouTube). There were over 750 who voted. I think I saw about 20-to-30 … Continue reading
An unlikely treasure-trove of donors for Clinton
In “An unlikely treasure-trove of donors for [Hillary] Clinton,” The Los Angeles Times reports on New York’s Chinatown and its support for Hillary: “All three locations, along with scores of others scattered throughout some of the poorest Chinese neighborhoods in … Continue reading
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In a Southern State, Immigrants’ Son Takes Over
Wow – three straight days of reporting by The New York Times on Louisiana Governor-elect Bobby Jindal, with “In a Southern State, Immigrants’ Son Takes Over“: “…Public high school in Baton Rouge was followed by Brown, where Mr. Jindal was … Continue reading
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Indian-American to be leading Louisana Governor candidate
A friend of mine just forwarded this New York Times article on “An Improbable Favorite Emerges in Cajun Country:” “An Oxford-educated son of immigrants from India is virtually certain to become the leading candidate for Louisiana ‘s next governor in … Continue reading
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With One Eye on China, Bush Receives Dalai Lama
I can’t say that I often agree with George W. Bush, but I am glad to read in today’s New York Times that “With One Eye, Bush Receives Dalai Lama” yesterday: “President Bush met privately with the Dalai Lama at … Continue reading
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The Great Divide: Class Distinctions, Denial and the Asian American Experience
Reading Min Jin Lee’s “Free Food for Millionaires” had me thinking about class and how it factors into the Asian American experience. I thought of all the Asian Americans I know, correlating their socioeconomic class with how they behave today … Continue reading
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Bionic Woman: Looks Like Starbuck Has Yellow Fever
So I’ve been watching the first few episodes of Bionic Woman on NBC, and last night’s episode, I see Korean-American Will Yun Lee‘s character, Jae Kim, who gets some “action” with blond Katee Sackhoff‘s character Sarah Corvus. Sackhoff is better … Continue reading
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Chinese Game Console Imitation
I got to hand it to Chinese companies: they sure have the art of imitation down. Movies, music, software, clothes, automobiles, and of course, electronics. You may already know about the Meizu M8 and its GUI. (There’s even a case … Continue reading
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Sunday 10/7: Taiwan Film Festival @ Stanford (free)
I just got an Evite regarding a free Taiwan Film Festival this Sunday, October 7th at Stanford from 2 pm to 9:45 pm: 2:00 pm Shonenko, 2006, 64 minutes 3:20 pm The Affairs of Three Cities: The Game, 2006, 66 … Continue reading
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The Origins of the 2008 Beijing Olympics Logo
A friend of mine in Taiwan emailed me this, who got it from a friend. I have no idea where it came from, but since 8Asians.com is already banned in China, I thought some of you might find this cartoon … Continue reading
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Admissions, Decisions
I have nothing queer to say as of late, life as a berliniamsburg hipster douchebag (lies, i live in harlem) has kept me so busy i’ve dropped my finger off the pulse of the map. Foreign affairs? Public sphere? Ahmadinejads? … Continue reading
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WSJ: China Bloggers Stew About Olympic Pigs
In tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal (yes, tomorrow’s paper – often articles will be posted online), the newspaper reports on “China Bloggers Stew About Olympic Pigs“: “In recent weeks, news that hogs are being specially raised to feed the athletes at … Continue reading
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