I'm an Internet entrepreneur, web geek, wannabe writer, idealistic realist, constant student, life observer, former New Yorker, now Californian. You can also find me on MikeLee.org and BizThoughts.
Holy crap! According to TechCrunch: A Chinese blogger has been beaten to death by Government authorities for the crime of attempting to record a protest on his mobile phone. Here’s how it went down. Just this past Monday, Wei Wenhua, the 41-year-old general manager of Shuli Architectural Engineering, and Wang Shutang, the head of the [...]
Quick update: Veronica “Nikki” Ruiz. who disappeared over a month ago, is still missing. Her family, friends, and other officials aren’t giving up on her either. From HelpFindVeronicaRuiz.com: This weekend an estimated two to four hundred law enforcement and federal agents will be searching Mount Tamalpais with a “never leave a man behind” attitude. Federal [...]
Say you have a classroom of rambunctious second-graders and a bumblebee buzzes in, causing even more of a ruckus. Kids are screaming and jumping on desks and everything. What do you do? Eat the bee. Um, whut? One day a bumblebee got into the classroom and the students were more out of control than ever. [...]
Subtitle: And the Weak, Timid Men of Shanghai? It’s one of those anecdotes you hear. “If you’re a guy in Shanghai, you’ll get hit on by scores of Shanghainese girls.” Take this particular anecdote from a friend: So I think I got propositioned the other day. We were walking down the street… Sandy and Lilly [...]
(Update from the Editor, 1/15/08: Body found on Mount Tamalpais is that of missing IRS agent) I just received a chilling email from a friend. His friend’s sister, 25yo Veronica “Nikki” Ruiz, has been missing since this past Monday. Though it’s been on the local news lately, it’s one of those chilling stories that don’t [...]
Happy Birthday Bruce Lee! I remember running home from grade school to watch Fist of Fury, Way of the Dragon, and Game of Death as a kid. Then I’d daydream about being a kung fu master and practice my moves on my little brother. Hwah! Hwah! Hwaaah! Bruce Lee would be 67 years old today. [...]
The winter holidays are coming. This means lots of holiday jingles, gift shopping, and family reunions (like this past Thursday). For many, it also means stress, loneliness, anxiety, depression, and even suicide. There’s already been a fair amount written on the topic of Asian American mental health issues, so I won’t go into how and [...]
Oh yea, you American schoolchildren are such chickens. Bok bok bok bok chickens! Not like us Chinese schoolchildren in Beijing. Nope. We’re so brave. We climb out our three-story classrooms and stand on four-inch ledges to clean our windows without any gear. Every Wednesday. Our teachers tell us this will shape our will. And our [...]
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