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I was born in Hong Kong then moved to Los Angeles at a young age. I am currently a student at UCLA and I also volunteer, write, research, and work at a lab on my free time. One word to describe me: random | What I like to do the most: EAT!!! | Something I can't live without: blogging! | Goals in life: Travel around the world | My dream: To help others and save the world like Wonder Woman
MYX TV Pemieres MashBox Interactive Series With App
We iPhone users are spoiled. I use my iPhone to its fullest, including using the Starbucks app to buy drinks at Starbucks, another app to read magazines… sometimes I even use the magic 8 ball app when I can’t decide an answer to a yes or no question. Now, there is even a more interactive app for people who want to find out more about the hosts of a show they are watching, what the [...] Continue »
Why Is K-Pop So Popular?
I remember a couple years back when my friends and I heard the song by Girls’ Generation called “Gee.” We even attempted to do their choreography and pretended we are the Girl’s Generation. Alright, we shouldn’t get into the details of that… They have become even more popular and well known since then. As a matter of fact, they are a worldwide sensation! Earlier this year Girls’ Generation performed their single, “The Boys” on the [...] Continue »
Organ Trafficking In Asia: The Poor Sells Organs and Ends Up Ill
Imagine you are in this scenario: your family member or you need an organ transplant. In America, Canada, and even many parts of the world; you would have to be lucky for a generous organ donor to donate the organ to you. Not only that, the organ has to be compatible with your body by matching your blood type, tissue, and doctors will have to check to see if the antibodies would cause rejection of [...] Continue »
First Ever 626 Night Market in Southern California
There are two weeks left before the first Southern California Asian night market in Pasadena, California. The night market is called 626 Night Market, as 626 is the area code of the area. If you do not know already, the number 626 is usually symbolizes an area with many Asian Americans, Asian cuisines, etc. The founders of this night market are a couple—Johnny and Janet Hwang. They are both from Taiwan, and night markets are [...] Continue »
Subtle Identity Threats Could Bias Asian Americans In Making Decisions
I have an interest reading up research papers and looking at new findings from studies. Recently I came across one study of Asian Americans and their identity. A recent psychology study by a UC Berkeley graduate student Maya Guendelman and her colleagues focused on whether one is really an American can affect the choices of food they want to eat. That may not be the most interesting question of interest. However, the criteria of determining [...] Continue »
Asian New Yorker Smoking Rates Are Not Dropping
I have been to New York a couple of times and I was too focused on the face paced environment that it had not occurred to me how many cities like New York that are populated with many Asian Americans still have many smokers on the streets. Many smokers in New York are primarily Asian men. One of the smokers, Mr. Vu who smokes a pack of Dunhill cigarette a day said, “It’s not good [...] Continue »
Asian American Whiz Kid About to Graduate from UCLA at Age 14
“People need to know you don’t really need to be a genius. You just have to work hard and you can accomplish anything,” says the fourteen year old college graduate, Moshe Kai Cavalin. Words of inspiration from a little guy? It sounds pretty promising to me! Back in 2009, we wrote about how Cavalin graduated in East Los Angeles College with a G.P.A. of 4.0 in Astrophysics at age eleven. Now, he is ready to graduate [...] Continue »
Fung Brothers: The Jeremy Lin Effect 2- LINSANITY
To be honest, I don’t keep up with basketball too much. I only watch games here and there, but even I know that Jeremy Lin is being talked about everywhere about how he’s leading Knicks to victory and making his team a stronger team. Every other Asian American is “Linsanely” applauding how great Jeremy Lin is. He has been getting a lot of publicity and recognition on his hardwork and talent. I want to step [...] Continue »
Is Classical Music Alive For Long?
It has been said that playing an instrument as a child is the greatest predictor of concert attendance as an adult. I can relate because I started taking piano lessons when I was eight and I continued learning for 10 years. I took piano exams through the Associated Board of The Royal Schools of Music almost every year and I was one exam away from obtaining my Diploma in Instrumental Teaching. I also performed in [...] Continue »
Vanessa Hudgens Talks About Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, starring Vanessa Hudgens, Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine and Luis Guzman, is a family adventure that is coming to theaters in February 10. This movie is a continuation of the 2008 worldwide sensation, Journey to the Center of the Earth. It first begins with Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) getting a radio signal to go to this mysterious island. Sean’s stepfather (Dwayne Johnson) decided to join his stepson after unable [...] Continue »
Defenseless Asian Teen Attacked By Seven Others
WARNING: Video above contains violent content and NSFW language. This past weekend, there was footage released of a newly immigrated Chinese teen getting assaulted by seven others in Chicago. Some of them were even Asian Americans. From the video, it shows that the seventeen year old teen did not provoke this fight at all and was defenseless. All of this was an act of bullying. The punching and kicking continued even after the boy had [...] Continue »
“Asian Glow” Increases Risk of Esophageal Cancer
After consecutive months of holiday celebrations by getting wasted followed by nasty hangovers the next day…does this sound familiar to any of you? Had it ever cross your mind why your friends or you have Asian glow and others don’t? It’s been brought up before, but more recent studies have shown that having this red flush after drinking can increase risks of esophageal cancer. According to Philip J. Brooks from the Division of Metabolism and [...] Continue »
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