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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Americans Malls Thriving Despite General Shopping Mall Decline
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Instacart | Big Sister
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Asian American Frozen Foods: Royal Asia’s ‘Prawn Hacao With Soy Ginger Sauce’
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Tag Archives: Asian-American
Averie Bishop: First Asian American Miss Texas and Candidate for Texas House District 112
By Angelina Chiang I stumbled across Avery Bishop during my senior year of high school, and after reading about her interests and accomplishments, she quickly became a role model due to our similar interests. Averie Bishop grew up in a … Continue reading
Asian American Medical Hazard: South Asian Heart Disease
Silicon Valley resident Mahendra Agrawal exercised regularly, maintained a health weight, and followed a vegetarian diet. When he went to the hospital with shortness of breath, doctors found that the 63 year old had obstructed coronary arteries. His reaction: “I’m … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Men’s Wearhouse – BLACK by Vera Wang
According to Men’s Wearhouse’s YouTube channel, their commercial starring Vera Wang about her first collection of formal wear for me has been around (or at least hosted on YouTube) since March 2015 – but I just caught this it on … Continue reading
Posted in Apparel, Asian American Commercial Watch, Fashion
Tagged Asian-American, Fashion, vera wang
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Snickers Crisper – “Internship”
https://youtu.be/ldqhTv01t8w I caught this Snickers commercial about their new candy they are launching called Crisper: “Crispy satisfaction is on the horizon with new SNICKERS® Crisper – a delicious combination of crisped rice and peanuts topped with a layer of caramel … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Asian American Commercial Watch, Food & Drink
Tagged actors, Asian-American, snickers
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60 Minutes: Little Jazz Man – Joey Alexander 12 years old
In early January, I caught this 60 Minutes segment titled “Little Jazz Man,” about 12-year-old Indonesian American Joey Alexander: “We’ve never seen anyone like the young boy we’re going to introduce you to tonight. His name is Joey Alexander, he’s … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, TV
Tagged 60 minutes, Asian-American, indonesian american, jazz, music, prodigy
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The Fung Brothers: Americanized Chinese Food with Jeremy Lin
As you may know, Taiwanese American NBA basketball sensation Jeremy Lin joined the Charlotte [North Carolina] Hornets this season. If you’ve ever been to North Carolina, you know there aren’t a lot of Asians there, and even fewer Chinese restaurants. … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, Local, Sports
Tagged Asian-American, fung brothers, Jeremy Lin
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Touring Iceland with Photographer Pei Ketron | American Express
https://youtu.be/wD7r9MDFffM I caught this American Express commercial featuring San Francisco-based photographer Pei Ketron: “From epic waterfalls to the local eats of Reykjavik, photographer Pei Ketron (@PKetron) needed the right gear to make sure she could get every shot. See how … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Commercial Watch
Tagged actor, american express, Asian-American, commercial, iceland, pei ketron
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Annabelle & IBM Watson on Life Experience
https://youtu.be/vqjndtS8jQU When I saw this IBM TV commercial about Watson (“… a technology platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data.”), Annabelle reminded me of my niece – who … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Asian American Commercial Watch, Technology
Tagged actors, Asian-American, commercials, ibm
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Departing Mayor Lisa Wong – Love, politics, and a tale of two struggling cities
Having been born & raised in a suburb of Springfield, Massachusetts (about 90 miles West of Boston), I’m surprised that I did not come across hearing about Lisa Wong, but I had only started blogging in January 2007 and she … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Experian’s “Furniture Showroom” – Credit Swagger
https://youtu.be/oJmQ2it2TSw While watching The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, I saw this recent Experian commercial (as part of a series of “credit swagger” ad campaign) starring Taiwanese American actress Camille Chen: “A woman stops into Sittingham’s Furniture and thanks to … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Commercial Watch, Entertainment, TV
Tagged Asian American Actors, Asian-American, experian, state farm
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Kelly Hu for Viagra
So I should have blogged about this Viagra commercial when it first came out this past April, but there wasn’t a higher quality version or official versions of the commercial on their website. Now I see this ad running more … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Commercial Watch, Dating, Health, Health and Beauty, Lifestyles
Tagged Asian-American, Kelly Hu, viagra
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Fung Brothers: Things Asian Parents Do
I think a lot of Asian American kids watch this and are like “Yeah, my parents do a lot of those things”, but my mom watched this, cracked up, and said “I really do do that!” I feel like that’s … Continue reading