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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’ve been completely unaware of this…maybe I’ve been living under a rock? For those that do not know, the bile and gall bladder of bears are used in traditional Asian medicine, which are believed to have medicinal properties. This in effect causes approximately 12,000 bears to be raised in captivity, and the conditions they [...]
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 [...]
For a while, I’ve noticed this. A situation occurs where your ethnicity is mentioned, and it feels like most of the time, non-Asians automatically assume you’re chinese. Two things can be basically going on in your mind:
1) You are Chinese and are like “Wow, you have a sixth sense of Asianness!”
2) You aren’t Chinese and [...]