Brought to you by my friends at Arowana Films. Spot me in part 1 for a split second! Haha. Suchin Pak and Danny Cho are awesome in this.
Poli-ticks
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Aug 10
Aug 10
This is some serious sh*t
Check it out: “The World’s Toilet Crisis” brought to you by Current’s Vanguard journalism team. Good sh*t to Adam Yamaguchi for going where no people really want to go… Very eye-opening. It’s content like this that makes Current rock.
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Apr 10
Apr 10
Fill in Our Future
If you’re Asian American and have yet to fill out your Census form… well, why the heck haven’t you? I have a good excuse cuz’ I’m out of the country for the time being. But look, apparently Asian Americans are the most likely to throw out their Census forms (like how we’re the least likely to vote… ugh)… and we need to change that! Don’t you want a piece of that $400 billion that’s being distributed? But really, the more accurate the count, the better we can be served by our government. For more information, check out these links:
http://www.fillinourfuture.org
http://www.facebook.com/FillInOurFuture
http://www.twitter.com/FillInOurFuture
The Census only happens once a decade. Don’t miss your chance to make a difference. C’mon, represent!
Photo jacked from AngryAsianMan.
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Mar 10
Mar 10
U.S. Census 2010
A PSA from arowanafilms featuring FM, Wong Fu, Randall Park, and some others: Asian Americans are one of the most likely groups to throw out their Census forms. This only hurts our own community in the long run. Less numbers, less money. Let’s get it right this decade and make sure we GET COUNTED!
Have you filled out your form yet? And btw, can someone fill in an extra one and write in “Taiwanese” for me? Haha 
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Mar 10
Mar 10
Taiwanese American?
If you are, then claim it! And yes, I’m Taiwanese American if you’re wondering.
Btw, that whole Taiwanese / Thai confusion happens all the time. “Oh, so you’re Taiwanese? So can you speak Thai then?” o_O Totally different, yo. And the whole Chinese vs. Taiwanese issue… some of you may know Taiwanese peeps who get offended if you call them Chinese… well, though ethnically 90+% of Taiwanese are of mainland Chinese descent, culturally, politically, socioeconomically, historically, etc… there’s a big difference in being Chinese or Taiwanese. Anyway, enough about this political stuff. How ’bout that Taiwanese American Barack Obama?
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Mar 09
Mar 09
Soy Sauce Drama
I’m talking about the soy sauce commercial I worked on that is currently airing. Here are two blogs that aren’t happy with the commercial:
“Soy Sauce is Love Potion” from Disgrasian
Just Your Typical Soy Sauce Love Story Commercial” from 8Asians
I’m not surprised at all.
My two cents: why a White guy and an Asian girl? Most likely somebody in marketing’s idea. From what I gathered, they were trying to make it “modern”… interracial couple, man cooking for woman… something like that. The same exact story could’ve been told with an Asian guy. Totally. If it were up to me, I would’ve casted an Asian guy + White girl. But until more politically conscious peeps write things differently…
I personally didn’t and don’t find anything wrong with the commercial. If you disagree, well, then, please be the one to write things differently and I’ll support you all the way (as long as it’s not Kenneth Eng style).
Anyway, political stuff aside, a lot of the comments and blogs totally cracked me up. I was definitely questioning the onion rings dipped in pork belly and soy sauce juice, too… lol.
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Feb 09
Feb 09
Miley Cyrus
I forgive you. And girl… I actually feel really bad for you right now. This class-action lawsuit? Super unnecessary, but if the woman’s making a statement, well, heck, she sure made it.
And well, you sure made a statement with that photo of yours, which once again, I feel bad for you, cuz’ I’m sure that photo was not supposed to be distributed publicly (the suck of being famous). So if you didn’t know before, you obviously know now that making the “slant eye” is offensive and you probably should avoid doing it again… especially when cameras are around. I’m pretty sure you didn’t need me to tell you that.
Now, you are still a teenager. That is another reason why I forgive you. However, you are also a huge star and probably a role model for many young girls out there (heck, my younger cousin loves you). Therefore, I would hope you would truly take this as a learning experience to better yourself as an individual.
That’s all I really have to say about that.
I highly doubt Miley will ever see this… but I am writing this because I just think this whole thing is super blown out of proportion. It was not cool what her and her friends did, but was she really trying to circulate that photo around and anger us Asians? I don’t think so. And I’m pretty sure it ain’t gonna happen again, at least not with her. Maybe this is the vessel to make a loud statement to the mass media… but seriously… a class-action lawsuit against Miley Cyrus for this? C’mon now.
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Apr 07
Apr 07
PETITION: Say NO to United Nations’ abolishment of Traditional Chinese in 2008
Preserve language and culture!!! Online petition – Say NO to United Nations’ abolishment of Traditional Chinese in 2008
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Feb 07
Feb 07
LiNK LA seminar this Saturday.
http://www.linklosangeles.org
LiNK in Los Angeles is holding an event this weekend. It’s a seminar with:
Charles Cho
Jericho Institute
Stephen Haggard, Ph. D
Professor of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD
Chaibong Hahm, Ph. D
Director of the Korean Studies Institute at USC
Adrian Hong
Executive Director of Liberty in North Korea
Young O. Kim
District Representative and Director of Asian Community Affairs for Representative Ed Royce
& Judy Wood, Esq.
Executive Director of the Human Rights Project
There’s no cost to go, and it’s sure to be a very informative seminar and a great networking opportunity.
A reception will follow.
February 24, 2007
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
USC Sal 101
for more information contact link.losangeles@gmail.com
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Feb 07
Feb 07
Save MTV Chi / Desi / K
A message from MTV Chi VJ, Simon Yin:
Just found out yesterday that they are trying to shut down MTV World (MTV CHI, MTV K, MTV Desi). These are channels for Chinese Americans, Korean Americans, and South Asian Americans. If we lose the channels now, it would be a crippling blow to everything that we’ve been working towards.
There is a petition being signed online and I was hoping you can pass this email onto your various contacts and peeps.
The petition is here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/huanying/petition.html
Also, the websites for the channels:
