http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/21/mourning-comes-too-early/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:07:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/21/mourning-comes-too-early/comment-page-1/#comment-167333 Asian Americans Have Mixed Results In Retirement Study | Business | 8Asians.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:52 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2538#comment-167333 [...] were highly superstitious that it would bring bad luck, that is until it was pretty obvious they weren’t going to be around due to their terminal cancer [...] [...] were highly superstitious that it would bring bad luck, that is until it was pretty obvious they weren’t going to be around due to their terminal cancer [...]

]]> http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/21/mourning-comes-too-early/comment-page-1/#comment-150546 AsianOnYouTube Thu, 05 May 2011 16:24:39 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2538#comment-150546 My condolences. Be strong! My condolences. Be strong!

]]> http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/21/mourning-comes-too-early/comment-page-1/#comment-150541 Mother’s Day with 8Asians: Mourning Comes Too Early | Family | 8Asians.com Thu, 05 May 2011 16:02:09 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2538#comment-150541 [...] here to read the rest of “Mourning Comes Too Early.” MOODTHINGY v.0.3 How does this post make you [...] [...] here to read the rest of “Mourning Comes Too Early.” MOODTHINGY v.0.3 How does this post make you [...]

]]> http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/21/mourning-comes-too-early/comment-page-1/#comment-145675 Book Review: Grandfather Counts by Andrea Cheng | Education | 8Asians.com Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:22:12 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2538#comment-145675 [...] experience. Pretty much from the time my daughter was born, my mom lived with us, that is until she passed away two years ago. So it was no surprise that while I enjoyed the book, she found parts of it annoying, [...] [...] experience. Pretty much from the time my daughter was born, my mom lived with us, that is until she passed away two years ago. So it was no surprise that while I enjoyed the book, she found parts of it annoying, [...]

]]> http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/21/mourning-comes-too-early/comment-page-1/#comment-132101 The Model Minority Myth applied to Asian-American Health | Discrimination | 8Asians.com Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:32:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2538#comment-132101 [...] Susan Matsuko Shinagawa’s experiences with doctors and cancer are not unique.  This NPR discussion with Kathy Ko from the Asian Pacific Islander Health Forum talks about the model minority myth applied to Asian-American health, and breast cancer in particular.  That seems so terribly wrong, as I have known a number of Asian-American women who have gotten breast cancer and Tim’s Mom died from it. [...] [...] Susan Matsuko Shinagawa’s experiences with doctors and cancer are not unique.  This NPR discussion with Kathy Ko from the Asian Pacific Islander Health Forum talks about the model minority myth applied to Asian-American health, and breast cancer in particular.  That seems so terribly wrong, as I have known a number of Asian-American women who have gotten breast cancer and Tim’s Mom died from it. [...]

]]> http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/21/mourning-comes-too-early/comment-page-1/#comment-127879 8Asians.com » Taking Care of Your Elderly Parents Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:53:26 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2538#comment-127879 [...] If you know a bit about Chinese culture, you also know historically the youngest daughter was the one who stayed behind, didn’t get married and took care of the aging parents. I think in the back of her mind my younger sister always felt she had that role to play even though she got married and had kids, so she stuck by my dad’s side when he got sick with cancer. But it was always known that I would be the caretaker for my mom, when her cancer came back from remission. [...] [...] If you know a bit about Chinese culture, you also know historically the youngest daughter was the one who stayed behind, didn’t get married and took care of the aging parents. I think in the back of her mind my younger sister always felt she had that role to play even though she got married and had kids, so she stuck by my dad’s side when he got sick with cancer. But it was always known that I would be the caretaker for my mom, when her cancer came back from remission. [...]

]]> http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/21/mourning-comes-too-early/comment-page-1/#comment-127296 8Asians.com » Finding Your Roots Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:47:33 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2538#comment-127296 [...] It’s that same life-changing experience I dream of for my own daughter, and I know it’s really too early for her, since she’s only 4. But there are a lot of other reasons for taking her back to Taiwan. We’re going for our Thanksgiving break this year. It’s actually a trip I’ve wanted to make for the last two years, but we were never able to go. Originally it was supposed to be three of us who were going, my mom, myself and my daughter. I had even purchased the tickets 2 years ago, but my mom got too ill from her cancer. In the end we had to cancel the trip, and cancer won the battle. [...] [...] It’s that same life-changing experience I dream of for my own daughter, and I know it’s really too early for her, since she’s only 4. But there are a lot of other reasons for taking her back to Taiwan. We’re going for our Thanksgiving break this year. It’s actually a trip I’ve wanted to make for the last two years, but we were never able to go. Originally it was supposed to be three of us who were going, my mom, myself and my daughter. I had even purchased the tickets 2 years ago, but my mom got too ill from her cancer. In the end we had to cancel the trip, and cancer won the battle. [...]

]]> http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/21/mourning-comes-too-early/comment-page-1/#comment-111095 Tim Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:34:21 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2538#comment-111095 Thank you everyone for your condolences. For those of you that are interested in death and funerals, I went into a lot more detail in my personal blog. You can find the article here: <a href="http://gayparenthood.blogspot.com/2009/01/buddhistchineseamerican-funeral.html" rel="nofollow">Buddhist Chinese American Funeral</a> Thank you everyone for your condolences. For those of you that are interested in death and funerals, I went into a lot more detail in my personal blog. You can find the article here: Buddhist Chinese American Funeral

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