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 [...]
The original crew from The Fast And The Furious – Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster – reunited in the fourth installment and broke the record for films opening in April. Fast & Furious is estimated to have pulled in $72.5 million this weekend, easily pushing past Monsters vs. Aliens to become [...]
As a product of the University of California – Go Aggies! – I will tell you from first hand that the UC demographic is all Asian. As it stands, having four- to five-times the amount of Asians represented in California’s premier school system isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But the breakdown is certainly telling in terms of where balance is needed. In a state funded education system where Asians make up only 12.4% of California’s population, Asians make up 40% of the university’s student body.
To address the imbalance, UC regents have decided to relax admission standards in order to expand the UC applicant pool.
Although Asian Americans are by no means prominent in mainstream music, a few Asian Americans have made it to Hip Hop, Pop, and Rock radio. While the artist I list as well as the playlist I made is incomplete, be thankful William Hung and Tila “Tequila” Nguyen didn’t make the cut. Jin Much love goes [...]
Most Americans could careless that the for a second World Baseball Classic (WBC), the US has failed to make it to the finals. But don’t tell that to Japan or Korea. In Asia’s most heated baseball rivalry will meet tonight in Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Japan will go for their second WBC title against [...]
With Major League Baseball’s mission to spread America’s steroid-battered pastime to the international scene, the World Baseball Classic has indeed taken a strong hold overseas. Particularly in Asia, where long-time powerhouses like Japan and Korea continue to send quality players to the Major Leagues, Chinese-Taipei (Taiwan) is an up-and-coming power while China has shown tremendous [...]
This is a bit of a delayed update, but hey, it just aired on ESPN okay. Indonesian born, ethnically Chinese, John Juanda takes down and has won the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe. Juanda is one of the best poker players in the world and with the 2008 WSOP Europe tournament win, the victory [...]
