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Jeff lives in Silicon Valley, and attempts to juggle marriage, fatherhood, computer systems research, running, and writing.
MMA Fighter Mark Munoz On Breaking Hands, Bruce Lee Moments & The UFC Middleweight Title
After reading Akrypti’s post on Asian men as villains, I really appreciated this video of Mark Munoz, a strong, powerful Asian guy who can kick butt but isn’t a trash talking heel. He is at a press conference held after he TKO’ed Chris Leben at UFC 138′s main event. Munoz genially covers a variety of topics, including an epiphany during a training session with the current UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva who he wants to [...] Continue »
The College Admissions Game, Part 2: Race and School Selection
“I don’t want to go there – it’s too Asian!” That is the last thing I wanted to hear from the Daughter. Doesn’t she know I write for a blog on Asian American issues, and now she is going all Alexandra Wallace on me? Then again, that is a sentiment that I have heard from other Asian Americans. Just how did she come up with that opinion? Did it come from some kind of Asian [...] Continue »
Filipino All Saints Day Celebration Has an Emphasis on Celebration
On November 1, All Saints’ Day, it is a tradition for Filipinos to visit the graves of our relatives. The Wife and I went to see the graves of her parents who died last year. While we drove around the cemetery, we saw Filipinos cleaning graves, placing flowers in vases, and doing the Electric Slide. Wait, what?
The College Admissions Game, Part 1: Picking Schools
As we prepared to leave The Daughter to start her freshman year of college, she started crying. The Wife started crying also. I was mostly numb as I wondered, how did we get to this point? Is this the culmination of a year of applications, tests, and waiting? At the same time that The Daughter was applying to college, Number One Son was applying to private high schools. In Silicon Valley, applying to private high [...] Continue »
Church Bells Taken In Philippine-American War Returned, Balangiga Bells Remain In U.S. Hands
Two church bells taken from a church in Meycauayan Bulacan Philippines 110 years ago during the Philippine-American War were returned to Filipino hands as representatives from the Sisters of Mercy order gave them to the Philippine Consulate in Chicago. According to a placard attached to the bells, they were taken after the church was bombarded by a U.S. artillery unit. It is not known how a Sisters of Mercy convent obtained the bells. The return [...] Continue »
Pepper Spray Used On Polynesians Performing A Haka At High School Football Game
According to media reports, the Polynesians in the video above were pepper sprayed by police in Roosevelt, Utah while doing a haka. A haka is a traditional Maori dance that has been performed at sporting events around the world as a greeting and a challenge. Pepper spray for doing a dance? What happened?
Agent Orange Studies Overlook Vietnamese Americans But House Bill Attempts To Rectify Problem
The author of this New America Media commentary mentions that her father, a South Vietnamese Army Veteran, contracted liver cancer and points out that while studies have been done on the effects of Agent Orange on American veterans, the effects of Vietnam War defoliant on Vietnamese Americans have not been studied to the same extent. House Bill H.R. 2634, introduced by Representative Bob Filner, attempts to rectify this and other problems caused by Agent Orange. [...] Continue »
Cloned Super Sniffing Dogs Detect Drugs in South Korea
While South Koreans scientists have been known for cloning beloved pets that have died, they have also found much more practical applications of this technology. Cloned super sniffing dogs nicknamed “Toppies” (for “Tomorrow Puppies”) now patrol Korean airports, checking for drugs. These Labrador Retrievers have proven extremely successful in their job. You might ask, why is this a big deal? It turns out that the economics of training sniffing dogs make cloning, despite its expense, [...] Continue »
California Governor Signs AB 1088, Requiring better Data Collection on Asian Americans
California Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1088, which requires better data collection on Asian Americans by California state agencies that collect demographic data. An issue with studying the Asian American community is that data from various Asian ethnic groups are often aggregated together. This causes problems with determining which ethnic group may have unique needs, from academic to health problems. Data must be disaggregated into the same categories used by the U.S. census. AB [...] Continue »
From Fields to Family: Asian Pacific Americans and Food
While Asian American designers, CEOs, and chefs may grab our attention, it becomes easy to forget that many of the first Asian Americans came over as plantation and farm workers. An exhibition called “From Fields to Family: Asian Pacific Americans and Food” at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience deals with the contributions of Asian Americans to the food industry as well as the role of food in Asian American culture. [...] Continue »
Why Are Asian Flash Mob Marriage Proposals So Popular?
You may have already seen this flash mob marriage proposal. Although flash mob proposal videos have been around for a while, why has this one become so popular? Is it just the sheer romantic nature of the video or something else? Let’s take a look at this video and two other ones and perhaps see why.
Nam Phan wins MMA rematch against Leonard Garcia
MMA fighter Nam Phan revenged a controversial robbery loss against Leonard Garcia at UFC 136 by outpointing Garcia 29-28. This rematch was originally scheduled for March 2011, but an injury forced Phan to withdraw. Phan was replaced by Chan-Sung Jung, another Asian who lost a controversial decision to Garcia. Sung won using an incredibly slick submission. Phan’s win breaks a two fight losing streak (arguably a one fight losing streak) and gives him his first victory [...] Continue »
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