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Big Hope for South Korea’s Newest City
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thank you very much for visiting!Economic growth is slowing down (due to “low-cost” China and “high-tech” Japan…as well as the global credit crunch), but South Korea is placing its hope on Songdo to reinvigorate it.
Songdo is strategically located in the Incheon [...]
Like Sandwiches? Try a Vietnamese Sandwich!
Vietnamese food, in my opinion, is quite simple…yet, it’s one of my favorite types of cuisine. A great dish that I’ve had the pleasure to come across is the Vietnamese sandwich, otherwise called banh mi.
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7th Annual New York Asian Film Festival
This years lineup of movies at the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) looks great, and has a hip vibe. Another way to describe the films at the NYAFF are they are under-appreciated. An article about the NYAFF on about.com had this to say about the festival:
“NYAFF tends to seek out films that [...]
Ninja Forces School Lock Down…..come on, REALLY?
Some people really amaze me. Here’s the quick story…Ocean County Librarian Carly Shilling spotted a “ninja” from the library and reported it to the police. After a couple of minutes of the report, public schools were locked down. The police later found the elusive ninja:
Officers eventually located Christopher Begley, 18, of Jon Drive, at Russell [...]
Study Found Asian Kids Have Less Sleep, Later Bedtimes
Researcher Jodi Mindell of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia has conducted interesting researching regarding sleeping patterns among infants and toddlers from different countries in the world. According to the U.S. News and World Report article, questionnaires were filled out by “the parents of 28,287 infants and toddlers in the United States (4,505), the United Kingdom [...]
Math and Science Not the Choice for Asian-Americans?
According to a recent study by the College Board and New York University, they think so. Math and Science apparently are no longer the “main domain” for Asian Americans. The College Board and New York University had this to say:
The report found that contrary to stereotype, most of the bachelor’s degrees that Asian-Americans [...]
Bento Lunches!
From wikipedia:
“Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as a side dish. Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquerware. Although bento are easily available in many places throughout Japan, including [...]
Japan Going Crazy Over African American Enka Singer
Jerome White Jr. is on stage and is about to perform. With his hip hop garb of baggy jeans, oversized shirt, do rag, and baseball cap, one would think he’s about to perform some hip hop songs…but instead he sings maudlin love ballads…in perfect Japanese.
Growing up in Pittsburgh, “Jero” (as he’s called in Japan) got [...]
Vietnam Getting High-Tech With Viet Kieu
Siliconvalley.com recently published an interesting article discussing about Vietnamese returnees playing an important role in bringing the high-tech culture to Vietnam. This is particularly happening in Ho Chi Minh City, otherwise known as “Little San Jose” (Referring to the area in California which Silicon Valley is). Longtime Vietnamese Silicon Valley residents are heading back to [...]
Goofy Asians…Animal Coverage
Here are some interesting news articles I found about animals
What are Japanese training/feeding/etc. birds these days?
image credit: www.alalam.ir
Nagareyama, Japan. In the outskirts of Japan, a poor little parrot named Yosuke got lost and what does a parrot do when he gets lost? He recites its name and address! This African grey parrot was rescued by [...]
