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We’re starting a new direction for Goofy Asians. I’ve come to the conclusion that the GA staff is quite busy/lazy to write articles, but still want to contribute to the site. Then I thought “hmm, we got a lot of opinions and diverse backgrounds in various subjects…” and decided to make Goofy Asians content more like an advice column. So, we’ll still occasionally write articles, but we’re going to start giving advice from questions given by you all!
If you have a question about relationships, culture, current events, entertainment, health, or anything else, send it to askgoofyasians@goofyasians.com
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From wikipedia:
“Ching chong is an ethnic slur used to mock people of Chinese ancestry or other Asians who may look Chinese, and an onomatopoeia used to represent Chinese language speech patterns by those unfamiliar with them. Many public commentators on the recent usage of the term have deemed it derogatory, and referred to its derogatory usage in history.”
One of the couple slurs used for Chinese people…apparently it’s not considered one to quite a few people. One of the most notable events of the use of CC happened a while back with Rosie O’Donnell when she used it to emphasis how worldwide the View was…she didn’t know it was a racial slur and apologized afterwards, yet it was somewhat insincere:
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An interesting way to hang out and “meetup” with new people, meetup.com allows individuals to seek out groups that have similar interests. From what I can tell, this site is catching on. There a lot of different groups of different flavors and I’m quite interested in checking out a couple myself.
So how do you get started? Simply register an account, fill it out, and start searching! Searching is easy, type a topic or interest and then a zip code. What this will do is meetup.com will look for groups around the zip code you provided with similar topics/interests that you filled out. When you find a group(s) that you like join. When the group decides to hold an event, go to it and start making friends! I haven’t been to a meet yet, but I will definitely check one out in the near future. Sounds fun and is a great way to meet new people…especially if you just moved to a new area and want to socialize. What a great concept, finding groups with similar interests ONLINE and then meeting the group OFFLINE, lol. You should check out meetup.com if you are intriqued! 
Maybe I will write up a review of my meetup outing when I goto one!
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No, the picture is not a man covering a dead body, it’s actually a man covering a man’s lifesized silicone girlfriend. If you like quirky/interesting things in Japan, you will definitely like Pink Tentacle (PT). The premise is simple, the author(s) of PT find something interesting in Japan and it’s “blog worthy” a short blurb about it is posted along with multimedia (images, videos). As to what gets posted, it could be anything! Robots, architecture, technology, food, nature, art, animals….are just some of the few things that you can find there!
It’s definitely a nice way to kill some time!
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I think I stumbled upon this site through a blogroll on another asian site. BetterAsianMan.com is about providing information for the Asian-American male on how to be confident and successful with women. In other words, picking up girls they could only imagine. Ladies, before you get judgmental, hear me out. Yes, the main “goal” of BetterAsianMan.com is sending out the knowledge of attracting the opposite sex. It’s also about empowering the regular Asian-American male however, that they too can be just as attractive to females as other ethnicity. When I first looked at this site, like most, I was thinking along the lines of “Is this guy for real? This is garbage!” As they say, don’t judge a book by its cover.
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And I thought older people didn’t understand hip-hop. Hip-Hop Grannies, a dance group specializing in hip-hop dancing, proves me wrong!
Wu Ying is in her 70s and is the founder of the group. What made her want to start hip-hop dancing? According to Wu, she was influenced after watching a dance competition and was captivated by the looks and moves. Something she never seen before, she thought it would be great exercise and many agree with her…one of her crew members saying “It brings energy out of the elderly!”
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During the opening ceremony, she had one cheek painted with the flag of China and on the other was the flag of the U.S. She is Wang Chen, born and raised in Beijing, now representing America for the 2008 Olympics in table tennis.
Wang Chen has grew up with the sport. Hand picked by the government at the early age of 7 for one of the country’s sports developmental schools (six hours every day for the first three years, and practicing table tennis from seven to ten each night!), she went pro at age 11 and climbed up to rank 4 in the world of table tennis. She retired back in 1998 and emirated to the U.S. in 2000…but apparently, ping pong never really left her.
Pushed aside in the 1996 Olympics for being too young and then in the 2000 Olympics for being too old, Chen decided to hang up the paddle. She would later move to the U.S., sparking interest in the Chinese-American community and pretty soon several parents would be asking to give their kids private lessons. Her coaching career was creating quite a stir and she would soon be coaching people of all ages including Jerry Wartski, which would be highly influential in her re-emergence in the sport.
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Ok, so instead of criticizing China about putting Lin Miaoke on the stage to lip sync, I want to showcase some information I found around the web about the real voice behind the opening ceremony, Yang Peiyi:
- Currently 7 years old, Peiyi is a first grader at a primary school which is associated with Peking University.
- Peiyi won a competition that allowed her to perform the anthem during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
- Peiyi has responded to this by saying that just having her voice used in the opening ceremony was an honor.
- Peiyi’s tutor describes her saying that “She doesn’t like to show off. She’s easygoing. She is cute and well-behaved, with a love for Peking opera.”
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Right now it’s the hottest time of the year for Japan and a favorite past time is eating eels which many Japanese believe boost stamina during hot weather…..now people are drinking it! Now although I could eat some eel, I can’t really imagine drinking it…
(AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
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