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Chinese New Year Lanterns
Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and it is always great to decorate your home with nice little lanterns. Oriental Furniture offers a set of Chinese New Year Lanterns ($18.00 for a set of 12) that can be easily hung or strung up anywhere. The bold and bright colors of the lantern will constantly remind you of the holiday spirit and festivities. Cheers to a new Chinese year! Check out this product on our [...] Continue »
Help Fight Stereoptypes With Asian Crew Clothing
By Matthew I’m a member of Asian Crew Clothing, along with Hao-Kai Wu, Ryan Kwan, Kevin Han and Kevin Foo. I started this company because being Asian is cool. In history classes, Asian Pacific American history is overlooked, and hardly even discussed. Our ancestors who moved here from their homeland faced hatred and were subject to hurtful stereotypes. Somehow, they managed to work hard, earning minimal wage to make their children’s lives better. They instilled [...] Continue »
Kisai Rogue KR2 LED Watch
When we were kids, we’d imagine how the future would be like. Sadly in 2012, flying cars and hoverboots haven’t happened yet, but we have the technology of LEDs. The future is now with this Kisai Rogue KR2 LED Watch ($128.00). Made by the folks at Tokyo Flash, it features sleek black stainless steel and a futuristic looking LED face. Its unique-looking layout may take some time to get use to but it’s a great [...] Continue »
Behind The Scenes With Team Janet & A Call To Help Janet Find Her Match
By Emily, My name is Emily and I am the Publicity and Media Director of Team Janet. After Janet was diagnosed with leukemia in 2009, she and her closest friends immediately set up a website to encourage people to register to be bone marrow donors and to promote awareness about the dearth of minority donors. I became involved by volunteering to help with registration drives in Northern California. After Janet went into remission in June [...] Continue »
Handcrafted “Oswald” Wooden Sunglasses
The retro silhouette of the Wayfarer sunglasses has come back in style, but the signature black plastic is getting old fast. So get your hands on these handcrafted wooden shades (as shown, $145) by Shwood Eyewear. This Portland-based company uses sustainably-sourced premium materials like East Indian rosewood and Koa wood from Hawaii. Each pair comes with an engraved wool storage pouch to keep it safe from scratches and your choice of Carl Zeiss or polarized [...] Continue »
Jason Wu’s Target Collection Debuts With Super Bowl XLVI
By Joni This past Sunday, women (and some men, I suppose) all over the nation put their big game strategies in motion. Noooo, I’m not talking about football. Football is a walk in the park compared to what some people went through in order to score pieces from Jason Wu’s highly anticipated collection for Target stores. Wu, a high end fashion designer, created a 53 piece collection for Target which consists of fun dresses, skirts, [...] Continue »
Hard Boiled Egg Mold for Bento Decoration
Bento boxes are a great way to “fun-up” mealtime. These cute little Hard Boiled Egg Molds ($2.80) by Kotobuki form and imprint hard boiled eggs into shapes like bunnies, bears, fishys, or “zoom zooms “ (aka “cars” for those of you who lost your imagination). The colorful apparatus looks similar to the Playdough molds, it’s colorful and plastic with a hinge. The process is simple. Boil an egg, then peel off the shell while it is [...] Continue »
CDC Study Suggests Low Cancer Screening Rates Among Asians in US
By Mina 20 years ago, Susan Matsuko Shinagawa’s surgeon told her that she didn’t need a biopsy, despite the fact that a sonogram had revealed the lump in her breast was a solid mass. Why? Because he thought that she was too young to have breast cancer, and because he was convinced that “Asian women don’t get breast cancer”. I’d never heard of this myth before, but maybe other APIAs have, because the CDC just [...] Continue »
Asymmetric Fusion Necklace
Once Christmas was over, stores presented us with a visual overload–a pink and red reminder that Valentine’s Day is coming up. Instead of the played out flowers and chocolate, we suggest this Asymmetric Fusion Necklace ($76) by our friends over at Blend Creations. Each pendant features two different finishes of stainless steel coming together in a seamless fusion. Each necklace also has a Swarovski crystal or faux-pearl accent of your choice. You can even engrave [...] Continue »
Cherry Blossom Favor Candles
When we were young, we loved stiffing candles because of their delightful scents, and we were a huge fan. Candles are always a great gift to buy and receive because they are so useful–whether it is for romantic purposes or to create a calm, relaxing environment. This set of square candles ($8.00) can be used in any matter to fit into your daily life. Check out this product on our shopping blog, GASP!
Sukiyaki Western Django
Rivaling gangs take over a western boon town in a gold rush for hidden treasure in Sukiyaki Western Django ($19.99), an epic tale of blood, lust and greed. When a mysterious gunslinger (Hideaki Ito) offers himself to the highest bidder things start getting vicious. From the director Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi The Killer) the film is never short of guns, swords and explosions along with plenty of sexy, dirty twists. Injections of scenic Western beauty [...] Continue »
Join Team Janet & Help Find A Bone Marrow Match For Janet Liang
Janet Liang is a recent UCLA graduate of Chinese descent. On August 24, 2009, she was diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukemia. In order to survive, she needs to find a bone marrow donor by April. The most likely match for a donor will be a Chinese American. The process of registering as a donor is easy, and testing if you are a match is a simple, painless cheek swab. There are several big names in the [...] Continue »
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