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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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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U-Pick Orchards a Hit Among Asian-American Families
From the Contra Costa Times: “About 150,000 people come to Brentwood for the U-pick farms each season. The popularity of U-pick farms among the Asian community is evident in the different languages spoken among the crowds of cherry pickers at … Continue reading
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Ann Curry New Co-Host of The Today Show
The Today show, the most popular morning news program in the country, has a new co-host this morning in the form of Ann Curry, who has a white father and a Japanese mother. It’s said that her attitude to being … Continue reading
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French Open Champion Li Na Marks New Era in China Sports
From the Wall Street Journal: “Chinese fans have grown used to watching the scientifically selected products of their state sports machine pumping out medals in gymnastics, table tennis and other Olympic events. Success at the highest level of professional tennis … Continue reading
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Former California State Treasurer Matt Fong Dies at 57
Former California State Treasurer Matt Fong passed away last week at the age of 57 after a long fight with skin cancer. He was the first Republican Asian American ever to be elected to state wide office in California. Interestingly, … Continue reading
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Nepalese Dipprasad Pun Honored For Bravery in UK
Dipprasad Pun, a Nepalese in the British Army, was given top honors for bravery by Queen Elizabeth for his heroic actions in Afghanistan. While the rest of us sit around and write blog posts, Pun managed to fight and kill … Continue reading
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First APA Coach Erik Spoelstra To Lead Miami Heat To NBA Finals
Hesitant congratulations are in order to Erik Spoelstra for not only coaching the Miami Heat basketball team to the NBA finals, but being the first Asian American and Filipino American head coach of an NBA franchise. He is also the … Continue reading
Study Suggests Happiness “Less Important” to Asians
A recent Time article discusses a University of Washington paper which found that “having positive emotions — ‘happy,’ ‘joyful,’ ‘proud,’ ‘strong’ — tended to reduce stress and depression symptoms among European Americans but not immigrant Asians. The results for U.S.-born … Continue reading
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Breast Cancer Risk Calculator Updated for Asian American Women
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (BCRAT) has been updated to better deal with Asian American women. BCRAT is used to estimate the risk for women of developing invasive breast cancer and was originally based on … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Health, Lifestyles
Tagged breast cancer risk assessment tool, National Cancer Institute
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Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Submission Deadline: June 1
Reel Asian is Canada’s largest and longest-running showcase dedicated to contemporary Asian cinema and media arts from Asia, North America and all over the world. Annually, the festival attracts thousands of attendees to six exciting days of screenings, industry events … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Movies, Nonprofit
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Refinery29’s List of Best Karaoke Spots in San Francisco
Our very own Dino-Ray has his first article on fashion blog Refinery29 talking about the best places to karaoke in San Francisco. Props to Dino-Ray for including private karaoke rooms — that’s how karaoke should be properly performed after all, … Continue reading
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Two Pinoys Star in New Pirates of the Caribbean Movie
Well, Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Lambanog: Two Filipinos are in the new Johnny Depp vehicle Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: They are Daphne Joy and actor/rap artist/performer Michael Rosales, who play a mermaid and a … Continue reading
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Yahoo Sports: “There is … No One Left for Pacquiao to Fight”
“Critics of boxing are always saying it needs charismatic headliners. Well, what then is Manny Pacquaio? He’s willing to fight exciting fights, test himself against bigger, stronger men. He smiles. He laughs. He’s smart. He has a real life as … Continue reading
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