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Nguyen Girls’ Yearbook Prank: No, We’re Not Related
I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the question. I happen to be with Asian American friends, whether in church or at a restaurant. An acquaintance, or even a perfect stranger will ask: Are you related? Once I was sitting with friends visiting one of the churches I was serving as a pastor. They all happened to be Chinese American – one guy, two girls. Afterwards, my colleague and at least a handful of [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm Room
What do normal college freshmen do? Probably try to drink and sleep around as much as possible. What does Berkeley freshman Derek Low do? Build what is probably the most awesomest dorm room ever. Check out BRAD (Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Room) where features like lights, music and curtains are automated to work through motion sensors, voice commands and even an iPad app. There’s even an Emergency Party Mode in case studying for finals becomes too [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Karen X. Cheng’s Resignation Video To Microsoft
I saw this video blogged about last week on TechCrunch: Microsoftie Karen X. Cheng is leaving Microsoft for a San Francisco startup called Exec and gives an entertaining farewell to the group she used to work for, Microsoft Office’s Excel, to the tune of Don McLean’s “American Pie.” Not bad if I say so myself. Best of luck to Cheng in her new role at Exec.
VIRAL LIKE SARS: How To Make 16,000 Honey Strings
So I’ve never eaten kkultarae (Korean court cake) before but this video of very charismatic street vendor showing German tourists how he makes it (by pulling a lump of honey into 16,000 honey strings) is adorable enough to make me want to fly over to South Korea so I can stuff my face with the dessert. That is, until I realized this was a whole schtick for…well…tourists. Dammit, cute Korean boys! Stop messing with my [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Meet Indonesia’s New Smoking Baby!
Indonesia’s first documented smoking baby, Ardi Rizal, may have quit smoking but there’s a new eight-year-old taking his place. ITN covered the story of Adi Ilham, who smokes 25 cigarettes a day in a country and has dropped out of school because there’s no smoking allowed there. He also drinks coffee! The short report covers the necessity for the government to establish regulations and age limits on buying tobacco but I can’t stop gazing at [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Pendulum Anime Will Make You Sob
Make sure that tissue box is handy before you watch “Pendulum,” an anime by a Japanese comedian named Tekken. Yeah, Tekken. That’s not the point this post. The point of this post is to remind you that time is ticking, there’s no turning back and you better appreciate and treat all the people in your life well because sooner or later, you’re going to regret all of it. (This may or may not be a [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Jeremy Lin And Landry Fields Demonstrate Their Secret Handshake
Want to be just like Jeremy Lin? Um…then study hard, go to Harvard and be really good at basketball. Or you can just do the secret handshake he does on court with Landry Fields. Meanwhile, we’ll be working on our own online tutorial of how to do the secret 8Asians handshake. And this concludes our Jeremy Lin coverage for the week. You’re welcome.
Viral Like SARS: Tron-Inspired Dance Routine by Wrecking Crew Orchestra
This video of a Tron-Inspired dance routine by the Japanese dance crew Wrecking Crew Orchestra (WCO) has been lighting up (har har) the Internet. Take some special dance suits which light up in the dark, add a bit of inspiration from Tron, put it with 8 Asians who can dance, and this is what you get. Wait, was that 8 Asians I see in WCO!? (No wonder they’re so cool!) h/t: Sam B-R
The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical (Part 2)
8Asians' The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Web Musical Pt.2 [ 13:18 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (77)Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical, the series inspired by the dancing inmates of Cebu, Philippines released their first episode last week and at the time of this post has already hit over 15,000 views. For lovers of musical theatre, this is a MUST SEE – I’m already a fan of LOLA. For those of you in the San Francisco area, Prison Dancer will be the Closing Night Gala film presentation for the San Francisco [...] Continue »
Japanese Actress Aki Toyosaki Covers The Beatles, Internet Rages
Japanese singer and voice actress Aki Toyosaki recently covered her favorite Beatles song, “Hey Jude,” and now the Internet has ruled that this is possibly the worst Beatles cover of all time. If you didn’t know who Toyasaki was, a quick play of the video above will make it obvious: she’s got a voice made for anime, something that weeaboos can only dream of having. Apparently it’s not a good enough voice to sing like [...] Continue »
The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical (Part 1)
8Asians' The A-Word: Prison Dancer: The Web Musical Pt.1 [ 11:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (93)Prison Dancer: The Interactive Web Musical, the series inspired by the dancing inmates of Cebu, Philippines will make its world premiere debut this coming Tuesday, March 6th at 9PM EST/ 6PM PST. (And for those of you in the San Francisco area, Prison Dancer will be the Closing Night Gala film presentation for the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival on March 15.) We mentioned it earlier this year and were able to get [...] Continue »
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Reddit Makes Dying Friend’s Wish Come True
Sometimes good can come out of the Internet and sometimes, a young man with a terminal illness has his dream come true. Colton Jang, under the user name Kivakid, posted on Reddit searching for an advanced copy of Harry Turtledove’s final book in The War That Came Early for his friend, Nachu Bhatnagar. You see, Nachu has cancer and has less than a year to live. One of his dreams was finish Turtledove’s series but [...] Continue »
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