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I’m a Korean-American living in the bay area, I studied public health and social work in grad school, and I have an obsession for anything theater related, especially ballet and Broadway musicals. I just spent three years in NYC so I am still adjusting to normal winter weather and having a car, and most of the time, I am busy funding my passion for theater with a full-time job in healthcare public relations. On any given day, you can find me watching Project Runway, shopping, doing yoga, skipping to the theater, or looking for the perfect cocktail.
Will Sanjay Gupta be the Next Surgeon General?
The Washington Post broke the news today that Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN medical correspondent) is considering the position of surgeon general position in the upcoming Obama administration. As a practicing neurosurgeon and faculty at a medical school, Dr. Sanjay’s background in journalism just promises us that we will finally have a surgeon general that 1) says things that are interesting and understandable to the general public, 2) communicates well, and is 3) memorable. I love [...] Continue »
SF Ballet’s Nutcracker on PBS: Yuan Yuan Tan as Snow Queen & Hosted by Kristi Yamaguchi
Since this is Christmas, something that always puts me in the holiday mood is the Nutcracker ballet. This year there is a special treat, as the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker will be re-broadcast on PBS this Sunday. (That’s on KQED in the Bay Area; check local listings for your region.) As a bonus, the PBS broadcast is hosted by Bay Area local Kristi Yamaguchi, who shares personal memories of attending the ballet when she was [...] Continue »
Education Improves Your Health (If You’re a Drunk Korean Guy That Smokes)
The Healthcare Economist recently wrote about a clinical study published in the Journal of Health Economics that examined whether education correlates with healthy behaviors. And it seemed to prove true; those who are educated saw their doctors more often and exercised more regularly, even though education seemed to have no effect on smoking or drinking habits, which is a bit surprising. Then we read that the study was done in Korea, studying only Korean males. [...] Continue »
Want Relief From Knee Pain? Try Tai Chi
Some news announced at the American College of Rheumatology conference this past week in San Francisco showed that tai-chi was beneficial for relieving pain and disability from knee osteoarthritis compared to the control group that stretched and underwent wellness education. Strengthening the quads, with sustained, slow movements of tai chi showed that the cartilage behind the knee was preserved, alleviating pain and expanding range of motion. I love how these scientists compared the standard treatment [...] Continue »
Asian-Caucasian Couples Have Unique Health Pregnancy Risks
There has been research studies examining different racial and ethnic groups, highlighting specific health risks for each specific group. However, there is limited research on interracial couples — but as they become more common, there was an interesting study published this month examining Asian-Caucasian pregnancy risks. A study sample of 858 Asian-Caucasian couples, 3,226 Asian couples and 5,575 Caucasian couples were examined at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford during deliveries of their babies. The [...] Continue »
McCain says North Koreans are short…
Did you see the first Presidential debate where John McCain throws out a random statistic, while talking about the North Korean’s regime, he mentions how they are also 3 inches shorter than the average South Korean? A brief Youtube clip here (warning: clip also comes with editorial flourishes). New York Times‘ Tara Parker-Pope also delves into the random statistic in her recent health blog entry, where the 2004 study published in Economics and Human Biology [...] Continue »
“Zen Shaolin”, a Chinese theatrical extravaganza in the Hunan Province
I just found out about an extravagant show “Zen Shaolin” that is being performed among the mountains of the Hunan Province in China that looks amazing. With its cast of 500 performers (wow!), locals and “city” performers, Shaolin Buddhist monks, acrobats, Peking opera singers, musicians, dancers and martial artists, they all meld together to create a unique setting for a theatrical show like no other. The music for “Zen Shaolin” is written by Mr. Tan [...] Continue »
Gymnast Raj Bhavsar makes the U.S. Olympics Team
U.S. Olympic alternate Raj Bhavsar, age 27, has been recently named to the U.S. Olympic team after the injury of gymnast superstar Paul Hamm, Olympic gold medalist in the all-around individual competition in 2004. Great for Raj, but unfortunately — in my opinion and others — now China has a stronger chance of winning individual all-around gold (Yang Wei as top contender), with the U.S. falling short with the loss of Paul Hamm, and Russia, [...] Continue »
Token Asian Alert: Mamma Mia! the movie
I saw the craptastic movie Mamma Mia a few weekends ago…(which I highly recommend as long as you leave your good taste & bad manners at the door). Abba songs, Colin Firth wearing a spiked a dog collar, Meryl Streep singing, Christine Baranski in a cougar-licious role seducing a young man, sparkling Greek coastlines, what could not be fabulous about this movie? What I certainly didn’t expect, however, was that I could swear I spotted [...] Continue »
Project Runway Season 5: Jerry Tam, first designer auf’d
Project Runway Season 5 starts! There’s usually one Asian designer on each season, and in the past, they’ve each gone pretty far… this season’s Asian designer is Jerry Tam, already established designer of Form. Sadly, he was confident in the beginning…“I’m already pretty established designer but want to use this show to get to the next level” to “Everyone else is putting crap on top of crap for their designs but I would never do [...] Continue »
“Bruce Lee” the Musical
When I heard that a Broadway musical based on Bruce Lee’s life was being created, I thought it was just a bad idea (similar to a deranged barber going on a murderous, revengful spree…a musical about the 4 seasons…Xanadu…need I say more?)…ok, I’ve been wrong before! I was most impressed to see the production team is quite impressive, with high class Broadway talent. David Henry Hwang is going to be writing the book for the musical [...] Continue »
Gymnast Kevin Tan makes a strong bid for the U.S. Men’s Olympics Team
I was lucky enough to catch the Men’s Visa 2008 Championship that aired on NBC today, where the best men in the U.S. competed for a chance to compete in the Olympic team trials coming up. I saw Fremont-born Kevin Tan rock it on the rings, placing first in the event over all of his competitors, and winning third in the overall competition (a fall from the high bar on the first day…unfortunate!) Another fellow [...] Continue »
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