8 Asians

Stanford to Santa Rosa

By C(h)ristine | Thursday, January 25, 2007 | 2 Comments

Where is Mengyao “May” Zhou? That was the question asked earlier today, when authorities searched for a 23 year-old electrical engineering Ph.D. student from Stanford. Her father put up a reward, her friends and acquaintances wondered aloud, and then…

Her car was found in Santa Rosa, a town over fifty miles, a bridge, and two counties away from the Stanford campus. They opened the trunk and discovered Mengyao’s body, a sad end to a frantic search.

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2 Comments | Posted in: Current Events

Thoughts in Cyberspace

By Xxxtine | Wednesday, January 24, 2007 | 3 Comments

This past Sunday a South Korean pop singer/ actress named U;Nee (유니) was found hanging from the doorframe of her apartment by her grandmother in an apparent suicide. She was 26, my sister’s age. I knew nothing about this girl. The only reason I knew of her was because she was a guest on an Xman episode I watched on YouTube. Still, the news of a celebrity taking their own life gave me goosebumps. From most reports it was said that she was suffering from depression for which she was taking medication for. Though the onslaught of mean and hateful comments on her blog were a contributing factor of her demise.

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3 Comments | Posted in: Current Events, Entertainment, Lifestyles

Filipinos most sedentary, WTF?

By Genghis | Wednesday, January 24, 2007 | 4 Comments

According to a study conducted in Irvine, CA, Filipinos are most sedentary among Asian Pacific Americans. The article states that 76.3% of Filipinos interviewed reported very little to no physical activity. And the other fact noted is that Filipino men also have the greatest tendency to be overweight.

Ok, so I’ll admit when I go to a family party and I see a piece of lumpia, the natural tendency is to pick it up and eat it. (How can you blame me? You know you can’t turn down a piece of lumpia.) And yes, I’ll admit that the natural tendency from my Filipino-American upbringing is to finish everything on my plate and not waste ANY food. Childhood scars of memories past, when you weren’t allowed to leave the table till you finished all your food.

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4 Comments | Posted in: Lifestyles

Losing Isaiah, the Chinese version

By Ernie | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 | 4 Comments

Well, not exactly Losing Isaiah, since a crack-addled Halle Berry isn’t directly involved, but you get the gist: the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today that a 7-year-old girl raised by an American couple since infancy must be returned to her Chinese parents, who claim they never intended to give her up for adoption, just as a necessity due to “financial and legal hardships they faced at the time.”

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4 Comments | Posted in: Current Events, Politics

Are There Flesh-Eating Zombies?

By Mike | Tuesday, January 23, 2007 | 1 Comment

You’ve heard of Grace Lee, right? Sure you have. From The Grace Lee Project, her wonderfully hillarious film about people named Grace Lee.

(And I totally know how she feels. One of these days, I’m going to do a Mike Lee Project.)

Grace Lee just screened her latest effort, American Zombie at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival this past Saturday. It’s a documentary - sorry, a mockumentary - about an ethnic race of zombies living in Los Angeles (”We’re here! We’re dead! Get used to it!”).

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1 Comment | Posted in: Entertainment

marshmallows and yumberries are fancy

By C(h)ristine | Monday, January 22, 2007 | No Comments

I was at the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco yesterday where I was swallowed up in two cavernous exhibition halls of food. Happy to say that Asian foods had a huge presence, whether they were “yumberries” (kind of like rambutan) from China or Indian food (huuuge) or chocolates from Korea. According to signs up in the hall, 57% of specialty food consumers purchase Asian foods.

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No Comments | Posted in: Food & Drink

Damn you, Asian red-face syndrome

By Ernie | Monday, January 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

Aaah, Asians and alcohol. As carefully documented by dozens of Asian-themed college parties, some Asians can drink to their hearts content. My father is one of those people, and his stories involving his Naval career and bottles of whiskey are legendary.

For some other people, me included… alcohol is, well, an issue. Half a beer will turn me bright red and itchy. A full one gets me nauseous. Three shots of the hard stuff will have me vomiting in potted plants the entire night.

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1 Comment | Posted in: Food & Drink, Lifestyles

Jin says “Fuck you Rosie” in style

By Min Jung | Monday, January 22, 2007 | 1 Comment

Ok, get this. Chinese American Hip Hop rapper Jin tha MC disses hard on Rosie O’ Donnell, calling her a fatty and saying, “You ain’t funny.” After the Ching Chong debacle and sampling The Donald “You’re Fired” tis nice.

Nice.

Peep the music here.

Rapping in Cantonese and … well, I can only understand the phrase “taco gut” in there.

It’s better than feeling dirty over agreeing with Michelle Malkin, yo.

1 Comment | Posted in: Entertainment