8 Asians

While stories about the wealth and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been widely publicized, many AAPIs aren’t rich and struggle in dangerous surroundings.  This video tells the story of Pelenise Faataui, who teaches Samoan dancing in front of her home despite living in the violent San Francisco area of Bayview/Hunter’s point.  She is the daughter of Kirisimasi Faataui, who was one of the first Samoans to migrate to the area through the [...] Continue »

If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, then reserve your tickets to the Terracotta Warriors Exhibit at Asian Art Museum now.  Monday, Memorial Day, will be the final exhibition day before the warriors leave the museum. Although the exhibit garnered lukewarm reviews, I disagree and say that it is highly worth the viewing for any Chinese history aficionado. Lines are long, so be sure to reserve your tickets ahead of time. For [...] Continue »

UPDATE 5/22/2013: Congrats! Richard Man has been selected as the winner! It’s the last week that the Asian Art Museum is exhibiting its Terracotta Warrior exhibit. Be part of a special group event organized by Datepress, which includes a private showing for a small group followed by dinner arranged for each couple / pair afterwards. Grab your partner and travel to the Qin-era where you will enjoy wine and appetizers before a guided tour of [...] Continue »

00:00 – 03:00 – Welcome & Intro by Nicki Sun 03:00 – 17:45 – Interview with Far East Movement (FM) 17:45 – 19:50 – FM’s opening remarks 19:50 – 22:55 – Beastie Boys tribute 22:55 – 24:50 – Additional remarks by FM – from interns to artists 24:50 – 28:50 – Girls on the Dancefloor 28:50 – 30:40 – Additional remarks by FM – hitting number one on Billboard 30:40 – 35:05 – Like a [...] Continue »

Before attending this game, I’ve been to three NBA games – including Jeremy Lin’s debut into the NBA for the Golden State Warriors, as well as twice when Lin returned as a Houston Rocket to play against his former teammates during the regular 2012 – 2013 NBA season (and even being mistaken as Lin’s dad). Having been born and raised in Western Massachusetts, I’ve always been a fan of the Boston Celtics. I’m of course [...] Continue »

Golden State Warriors Girl Sam, center. Image courtesy of the Golden State Warriors. 2012 – 2013 Season. I’ve attended three NBA games in my life that I’ve blogged about so far, all with the Golden State Warriors here in the San Francisco Bay Area and all with Jeremy Lin playing for the Warriors or the Houston Rockets. As you may know, Jeremy Lin is the first Asian American NBA basketball player in the modern age. [...] Continue »

This past Sunday, Democrat, San Francisco Bay Area resident and recent Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce Ro Khanna officially declared his bid for California’s 17th Congressional District, currently occupied by Democratic Congressman Mike Honda, at an event his campaign organized at De Anza College in Cupertino, California. Speakers at the event included: Leah Cowan, Campaign Manager and former Regional Field Director for the 2012 Obama campaign in North Carolina Lindsay Lamont, Campaign [...] Continue »

Houston Rockets’ Jeremy Lin’s post-game locker room interview after the Rockets defeated the Warriors. Funny moment at 0:58. Jeremy Lin returned to the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday, March 8th when the Houston Rockets returned to the Oracle Arena to play the Golden State Warriors again. I was waiting to see if an interview for Warriors TV was going to be posted, but it hasn’t yet…  Having gone only to see the Warriors the [...] Continue »

CAAMFest long conclude over a week ago, but I finally got around to seeing my last DVD screener for the Taiwanese documentary Go Grandriders:

Dead Dad (“The pefect goodbye doesn’t exist.”), directed by (as well as co-written by)  Ken Adachi, was another film that I saw a DVD screener for after CAAMFest was over – one of many films I would have liked to have seen with a live studio audience. The film is about a:

I finally got to see Seeking Asian Female, the documentary film by San Francisco Bay Area-based director Debbie Lum. The film had debuted at South by South West (SXSW) last year and review by a fellow 8asians blogger Dino and has gotten a bit of press, including this nice interview with Lum on NPR last year. However at CAAMFest 2013, this was the first opportunity I had to see the film with a live audience, [...] Continue »

After catching the fantastic LINSANITY documentary film during the kickoff of CAAMFest 2013, I caught the two films Comrade Kim Goes Flying and High Tech, Low Life on Saturday night.