Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thank you very much for visiting!The 4th of July is upon us once again and to highlights the day, no not a dazzling display of pyrotechnics, but a display of gastrointestinal fortitude. That’s right, it almost went without a nod but [...]
Asian Pacific American Federal Career Advancement Summit
Being a federal employee, I was able to attend the 7th annual Asian Pacific American Federal Career Advancement Summit. It was held at a swanky hotel in Washington D.C. (Marriott Renaissance) and lasted from 7:30 am to 5 pm (unfortunately, my supervisor only gave me 4 hours to go to this). This event is hosted [...]
2008 National Cherry Blossom Festival: Sakura Matsuri Street Festival
Such fleeting beauty. The National Cherry Blossom Festival ended last weekend, signaling the end of the blossoms. My friend and I headed to D.C. to check out the 2008 Sakura Matsuri, a street festival that usually starts after the end of the Cherry Blossom Parade and stretches across a couple blocks in the heart of [...]
Cambodian New Year
Saturday April 12th kicks off the Cambodian New Year Celebration at the Buddhist temple in Silver Spring, MD (just minutes from D.C.) If you’re in the area make a point to stop by, you wont be disappointed.
Cambodian New Year or Chaul Chnam Thmey in the Khmer language, literally “Enter the New Year”, is the [...]
National Cherry Blossom Festival 2008: Opening Ceremony…Miss Universe…And More!
Be sure to check out Goob’s photos on the front page of Goofy Asians. Expect a lot of Miss Universe pictures which is explained below, haha. Great pics, definitely an improvement over my little “point and shoot” pictures!
Opening Ceremony
As I mentioned before (here), the National Cherry Blossom Festival started this past weekend. Goob and I [...]
D.C. National Cherry Blossom Festival
This is one of my highlights in the year. The D.C. National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates the blossoming of the Japanese Cherry Blossoms for roughly a two week period. It also commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to D.C. “to enhance the growing friendship between the United [...]
That Song From the MacBook Air Commercial
This is my favorite song at the moment. It relates perfectly to all you new bloggers! The song is called “New Soul” and by an Israeli artist named Yael Naim. I’m looking forward hearing more of her work.
Here’s the MacBook Air commercial:
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And Here’s [...]
Secret Asian Man!
I just found this site. This stuff (some of it) is hilarious! The name of the comic is called “Secret Asian Man” by Tak Toyoshima. I’ve been reading them all day and went all the way down in the archives. Seems like he’s been publishing them since Jan. 2006…yes, I’m a little late, but I’m [...]
