http://www.chineseorjapanese.com Social Commentary (or rants) From an Asian Guy Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:41:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/doppelganger-week-on-facebook-slim-pickings-for-asians/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/doppelganger-week-on-facebook-slim-pickings-for-asians/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:28:40 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=437 Finally, an entertaining chain Facebook status movement has managed to grab my attention. Instead of the usual "support-this-cause-that-only-assholes-would-be-against" and the random spam (thanks a lot Mob Wars) I usually find on my friend feed, this week is: Doppelgänger week on Facebook; change your profile picture to some one famous (actor, musician, athlete, etc.) you have been told you look like. After you update your profile with your twin or switched at birth photo then cut/paste this to your status. To see who my friends think they look like has been a real delight. Of course the self-annointed resemblances ranges from the eerily similar to totally self-flattering variety, I noticed that very few of my Asian friends are partaking in the fun.]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/doppelganger-week-on-facebook-slim-pickings-for-asians/feed/ 2 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/unexplainable-eastern-remedies-prevail-again/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/unexplainable-eastern-remedies-prevail-again/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:50:16 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=435 Once again, I had another personal ailment cured by some crazy Chinese remedy. Every year, I develop a nasty cough in the Winter months. Last year, my cough was so bad that I couldn't even sleep without coughing my lungs out and waking up throughout the night. While hesitant to run home and tell mommy where it hurts, like most inquisitive mothers, my mom found out about my chronic cough soon enough. Naturally, my mom gave me the most ridiculous cough syrup for me to try.]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/unexplainable-eastern-remedies-prevail-again/feed/ 7 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/im-back-forreal-this-time/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/im-back-forreal-this-time/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:28:40 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=431 Wow, so it's been a very very long while. Lot's of bloggers go through it. As a matter of fact, the hardest part of blogging is probably to consistently blog. But the creative spirit and urge to write is back in me and I feel the holy blogger spirit flowing through my fingers. I've been extremely busy these days with my professional life. But to show you all that I'm back and that I mean it, I've grabbed this spiffy new design over from Wordpress. So be ready for frequent unadulterated banter from your favorite Asian blogger.]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/im-back-forreal-this-time/feed/ 1 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/sf-taiwanese-american-cultural-festival/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/sf-taiwanese-american-cultural-festival/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 00:02:53 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=364 Mark your calendars, as May marks the beginning of Asian Pacific American heritage month, the Taiwanese American Cultural Festival kicks off in San Francisco this Saturday, May 9th. Admission is free and the festival will feature: Taiwanese folk songs and dance Taiwanese snacks and drinks Tourist Exhibits Orchids and food For more information, check out [...]]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/sf-taiwanese-american-cultural-festival/feed/ 0 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/gunman-jiverly-wong-shooting/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/gunman-jiverly-wong-shooting/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:19:07 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=340 With the current state of the global economy, it’s sad to continually hear news that paints an ugly and dreary picture of our world. On Friday April 3, Jiverly Wong walked into a Binghamton (New York) immigration center and began a shooting rampage nearly firing off 100 shots before Wong finally  shot himself. 13 people [...]]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/gunman-jiverly-wong-shooting/feed/ 0 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/major-us-companys-2009-first-quarter-layoffs/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/major-us-companys-2009-first-quarter-layoffs/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:54:34 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=248 The following has nothing to do with the usual Asian-American race relations issues I like to bring up, but with the present economy, it’s hard to ignore the job cuts, plummeting stocks, and uncertainty. I came across the following list of major US companies and their job cuts in the first quarter of 2009 alone. [...]]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/major-us-companys-2009-first-quarter-layoffs/feed/ 4 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/asian-lunar-new-years/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/asian-lunar-new-years/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:30:44 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=193 Last night, besides listening to Oakland’s typical street noise creep through my window – The usual scraper drudging down the street, the AC transit, or the occasional gun shot – I instead heard the lovely crackling of firecrackers. It took me a minute, but I soon realized the clock struck 12 and the lunar new [...]]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/asian-lunar-new-years/feed/ 0 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/asian-business-never-close/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/asian-business-never-close/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:53:54 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=138   Ahh the Holidays, a time of caring and sharing. If you work, you’re likely getting Christmas and New Years, or even the whole week off. If you’re in school, nothing beats a two week winter break does it? No really, does it? Because I have not the slightest idea what having a winter break feels like. Those [...]]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/asian-business-never-close/feed/ 0 http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/chinatown-gangs-a-brief-history/ http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/chinatown-gangs-a-brief-history/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:06:42 +0000 Will http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/?p=77   Whenever any discussion of organized crime in America comes up, we tend to first think of the Italian Mob, the Russian Mafia, and then maybe popularized cultural icons in Scarface, Casino, or the recent Denzel film American Gangster which all play off the organizational systems around the Italian Mob anyway. As Asian-Americans, our incorporation [...]]]> http://www.chineseorjapanese.com/chinatown-gangs-a-brief-history/feed/ 3