Category Archives: Health

The Karate Hottie and The Submissive Asian Girl

Posted on April 4, 2014 by tinabot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxcqDYtG6nU I hate to share videos that objectify women mainly because it makes me want to throw up. Just watching that video I found above has left me with no appetite for the rest of my breakfast. Nevertheless, I thought … Continue reading →

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Health, Appearances, and Asian Americans

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Jeff

   The incident where Maria Kang was briefly kicked off of Facebook,  recent news about the “lower” rate of obesity among Asian Americans, and the debate on CNN above combine to bring up a subject that isn’t often discussed: … Continue reading →

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8$: Jazz, Cancer, and Life: Fred Ho’s Last Year

Posted on December 30, 2013 by jozjozjoz

8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading →

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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: Chado Tea Room (Part 6 of 6)

Posted on December 28, 2013 by tinabot

One of the favorite stops for pretty affordable afternoon tea in LA is the Chado Tea room. They have multiple tea rooms, but I personally enjoy the one downtown in the Japanese American National Museum the best because it has … Continue reading →

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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: The Huntington Library (Part 5 of 6)

Posted on December 21, 2013 by tinabot

The Huntington Library is known for its iconic Japanese tea room, but there’s actually no tea served in that tea room–it’s really just for show. However, there are two other ways in which you can enjoy tea at this lovely … Continue reading →

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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: 85C (Part 4 of 6)

Posted on December 14, 2013 by tinabot

The two guys in the video are coffee drinkers and tried the coffees, but since I’m the tea drinker, I was SERIOUSLY addicted at one point to their ice sea salt jasmine green tea and the ice sea salt mountain … Continue reading →

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Dim Sum Diet Wrecker

Posted on December 10, 2013 by tinabot

For the past few months, I’ve been on a 1200 calorie baseline diet, which means I try to keep my daily calorie net intake at 1200, just enough to keep myself alive while maintaining a 500 calorie deficit. On days … Continue reading →

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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: Boba Shops (Part 3 of 6)

Posted on December 7, 2013 by tinabot

Okay, there are like a million boba shops all over the place in LA. Sometimes the most random shops will sell boba milk tea, so you literally can get it anywhere. Most boba specialty shops are really purchase-and-go places. They … Continue reading →

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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: Tea Station (Part 2 of 6)

Posted on November 30, 2013 by tinabot

One of my favorite Starbucks convenience alternative stops is Tea Station. It’s a grab-and-go or sit-down place with a decent variety of tea pot loose leaf traditional hot teas, herbal teas, or sweet milk teas along with snacks or full … Continue reading →

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Tea Lover’s Guide to Los Angeles: Tea Time At Home (Part 1 of 6)

Posted on November 23, 2013 by tinabot

In standard Mandarin Chinese, tea is pronounced “cha” with a dipping tone. However, the common English word “Tea” actually derives from the Taiwanese/Minan/Fujian word for tea. In Taiwanese, I pronounce tea as “deh”, a lot more like “tea” than “cha”, … Continue reading →

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Starbucks Acquires Teavana for $620mil

Posted on November 14, 2013 by tinabot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfz0eLT5ryo I love tea. I’m also not much of a coffee drinker. Although I am a periodic Starbucks customer, it’s mainly because it’s usually a convenient spot for me to settle down and get some work done in my on-the-road … Continue reading →

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