Category Archives: (simple)

Typhoon Morakot hits Taiwan and Asia

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Tim

It’s often too easy to overlook the news reports of natural disasters, since there seem to be so many all the time. In a week that had a 6.9 earthquake in Japan on Sunday, followed by another 6.4 in Japan … Continue reading →

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The Struggles of Euna Lee’s Family While She Was Imprisoned in N. Korea

Posted on August 11, 2009 by jee

We all rejoiced together when Euna Lee and Laura Ling were safely returned home. And I’m sure most of us wept and worried with their loved ones when we weren’t sure what would happen to our two journalists. A few … Continue reading →

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Asian-American Journalist Asks for CEO’s Assistant, Gets Asked If Delivering Food Instead

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Ernie

I’ll just let Minneapolis-based Star Tribune Thomas Lee do the talking on this one: “I went to Fridley to interview the president of a large manufacturing company. I arrived a few minutes before noon and told the receptionist at the … Continue reading →

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Events This Week: Pageants and Fashion Shows in SF, Plays in LA

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Guest Writer

The 24th Annual Miss Asian America Pageant – the Miss Asian America Pageant has been the premier event in Asian American community for the past two decades and the longest running Asian American pageant in the United States. $35 for reserved … Continue reading →

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John Hughes, Creator of Long Duk Dong, Dead of Heart Attack

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Ernie

John Hughes is dead of a heart attack. And while yes, Hughes was a director, producer and writer of a lot of awesome movies in the 1980’s like The Breakfast Club and single-handedly put Molly Ringwald on everybody’s radars, consider … Continue reading →

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The Newest Wedding Photography Trend in Asia: Creepy, Miniature Brides

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Ernie

Asian American women, do you hate being objectified? If so, you’re not going to be so thrilled at the hottest wedding photo trend in China and Korea, which is to take pictures of the couple with the bride shrunk in … Continue reading →

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Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee pardoned and released by North Korea

Posted on August 4, 2009 by jozjozjoz

According to North Korean state-run news agency KCNA, Kim Jong-Il has pardoned Laura Ling and Euna Lee. News of the pardons came hours after former President Bill Clinton met with the North Korean leader to discuss the case of the … Continue reading →

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Jeff gets Interviewed on Fil-Am Ako

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Ernie

One of the nice things about being editor is that I can pretty much write about anything without any fear of reprimand, which means I get to blog about this nice interview about follow blogger Jeff on Fil-Am Ako, a … Continue reading →

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Recent NPR Story Focuses on Kids of Chinese Immigrants

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Ernie

From NPR’s All Things Considered comes this story on the balancing acts that the American children of Chinese immigrants go through and the cultural tensions that naturally arise, which is pretty much what 90% of everyone who writes on and … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Family, Lifestyles | 4 Comments

Events This Week: Lectures in SF, Networking in NY

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Guest Writer

SHIFTING FOCUS: Changing Your Brain, Changing Your Poetic Practice with Pireeni Sundaralingam – This workshop is split over two consecutive Saturdays and is dedicated to helping you develop a sustainable and effective practice as a poet. Incorporating ideas from neuroscience, … Continue reading →

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Asian Americans, Know Your Hate Groups

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Ernie

Just because you live in a diverse, liberal cosmopolitan area like San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York doesn’t mean that Hate Groups don’t exist – this map of active US Hate Groups from the Southern Poverty Law Center shows … Continue reading →

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SF Vietnamese Restaurant Issues “Pho Challenge”

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Ernie

You know how you have restaurants where, to entice college students or “hip, fun” young adults, they have challenges where you have to eat ridiculous quantities of food in a certain amount of time to get a Polaroid of yourself … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Food & Drink, San Francisco Bay Area, WTF | 1 Comment