Category Archives: Lifestyles

Females: Tampons or Maxipads?

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Ernie

Sophia Yen MD MPH (Adolescent Medicine at LPCH at Stanford) is doing a study called Tampons Or Pads (TOP study) to study why women choose which product and health issues related to that. It should take only 5-10 minutes of … Continue reading →

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A Kid’s-Eye View of Chinatown

Posted on September 17, 2007 by Mike

This is a bit of old news from San Francisco Chronicle, but I think it’s still cool: National Geographic handed out Olympus digital cameras to 15 San Francisco teenagers — first-generation Asian Americans and newly arrived Asian immigrants — and … Continue reading →

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Lashes: One Tokyo fashion that can stay in Tokyo.

Posted on September 10, 2007 by jozjozjoz

Or, as Glenda, the reader who submitted this item, so wonderfully put it, “yo… wtf.” Maybe I’m just woefully out of touch, since it looks like extreme lashes are totally in. (See this fashion156.com shoot) Japanese Schoolgirls Go for Over-Engineered … Continue reading →

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A Comment on Asian Christians: A Friend’s Response

Posted on September 8, 2007 by Mike

I was talking to a friend about Akrypti’s article “A Comment on Asian Christians earlier this evening. “I’m surprised that all of the comments so far are supportive of the article. I expected a strong backlash.” “Why?” asked my friend. … Continue reading →

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Pacific Time: Asian Influence at Burning Man

Posted on September 6, 2007 by John

On KQED’ today, Pacific Time radio program did a story on “Asian Influence at Burning Man”: “The barren desert of Nevada vibrated to life last week as nearly 50,000 people flocked to Black Rock for the Burning Man festival. It … Continue reading →

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A Comment on Asian Christians

Posted on September 4, 2007 by akrypti

It’s never appropriate to criticize another’s religion. Each of our faiths represent a personalized fusion of our family influences, how we were educated, the social, abstract and spacial conditions of our upbringing, and what we in all our autonomy have … Continue reading →

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Yakuza daughter sheds light on gangster life

Posted on September 4, 2007 by genghis

The lifestyle of a Yakuza gangster is in jeopardy says Shoko Tendo, author of Yakuza Moon, a best-selling memoir just out in English. I found this interesting article in Reuters. Her first-person account of life as a daughter of a … Continue reading →

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ORIENTED.COM & Happy Hours around the world

Posted on August 29, 2007 by John

If you don’t know about ORIENTED.COM, it’s “a global network of bilingual, bicultural and international professionals interested in Asian businesses and cultures, with more than 28,000 members* worldwide” There are also monthly happy hours around the world every last Thursday … Continue reading →

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Bigger Than Las Vegas? That’s Macao’s Bet

Posted on August 28, 2007 by John

Today’s New York Times covers the opening of the world’s largest hotel and casino in the world, the $2.4 billion Venetian Macao Resort, in the article, “Bigger Than Vegas? That’s Macao’s Bet” The figures are just staggering: “The Venetian has … Continue reading →

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Bi-racial Couples – A first person account

Posted on August 28, 2007 by John

As you may or may not know, Min Jung Kim is a former blogger on 8Asians. She recently wrote a blog entry on Blogher.com regarding “Bi-racial Couples – A first person account.” Given 8Asians’s recent postings on: “Why Asian Guys … Continue reading →

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Inspire / 07 – Aug 31 to Sept 2, San Francisco

Posted on August 24, 2007 by John

I’m not involved in Inspire / 07, but thought I’d mentioned it on 8asians since it has quite a line-up of Asian-American speakers and describes itself as “the premier leadership conference featuring many of the who’s who in the Asian-American … Continue reading →

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United We Stand: 5 Baby Steps Asian-Americans Can Take Toward Solidarity

Posted on August 18, 2007 by akrypti

I’ll get right to my point. The single most important issue our community faces today: Unity. Ironically, where non-Asians view us as one homogenous mob of exotic, stoic, and hard-working brown and yellow people, we differentiate ourselves into countless coteries … Continue reading →

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