May 2010
59 posts
KUNG FU!!
I LOVE kung fu movies and its even better when they address political issues.. such as RACISM. So this movie “Ip Man 2” is a kung fu flick that shows the spirit of Chinese martial arts and what it truly means to be Chinese. Which could be arguable because we are taught to be passive and to avoid conflicts, and this movie presents that value very gracefully. This movie is set in...
MJ = Mah Jong
MAH JONG, probably in 6 out of 10 Chinese house holds. A fun game, which I use to think that my family members just liked to throw designed blocks out of the table and scream on top of their lungs.
As I got older, my family decided to teach me how to play the game of MAH JONG. I’ve got to say it is pretty addicting. There are 144 tiles, and each game you have to set up 4 rows tacks of 18...
my hobby.
Photography is definitely my passion. Definitely got this interest from my father, a retired photographer/videographer. Not only did he do it for a living when my family first moved to Cali, but it was part of his interest. And as a little girl, with many big cameras in my face, my daddy always telling me to smile and pose, I grew to love these big gigantic cameras.
I wonder would it be hard as...
I love fooooooooooood.
I love to explore the different taste of Asian culture. Every dessert place that I stop by and see something that catches my eye, I HAVE to have one. Just to say I’ve tried it, and if it ends up being wonderful to my taste buds, I’ll spread the word and have other people try the goodness too. Last summer I went around south bay a lot since my boyfriend lives there, and he took me to...
Asian Art Museumm.
Even though I was pretty bummed that I made prior plans already on sunday„ I couldnt make it to the scavenger hunt with my fellow GLOW 210’ers but I did go to the Asian Art Museum, on their free sunday day! And I was yet again amazed of the art that our culture made since like thousands and hundreds of yours ago. They’re amazing. The history, and story behind each art work is...
La Familia
Who gon run this town tonight..?
We came into this class as strangers. I admire Irene so much for giving students SO MUCH POWER and freedom. Even though there was scarce book work, the projects pushed us all to become leaders- to find what works for us, to go out of our way and educate ourselves. If we are able to educate ourselves and go out and grab the knowledge that we so deserve, in unity...
HipHop In the Park
On May 1st in People’s Park in Berkeley, Ca. I only caught the last hour!
Blue Scholars:
I only wanted to see Blue Scholars + Rocky Rivera. They are Filipino/a Americans that have made it in the music game. I like that they have so much swag, but at the same time referencing their history and their struggles as Filipino/a Americans and addressing their experiences in their music. It...
REVOLUTION
“These are revolutionary times. All over the globe men are revolting against old systems of exploitation and oppression and out of the wombs of a frail world, new systems of justice and equality are being born. The shirtless and barefoot people of the land are raising up as never before.” “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands at moments of comfort and...
I LOVE YOU
glow 210, irene, ta’s BEST CLASS EVER TAKEN AND WILL EVER TAKE. im so glad i took this class. i was suppose to be in pelauds class but i switched teachers last minute just cause i felt like it haha and then it ended up being the best class =] irene is the best teacher in which she was able to teach us the same material in a more fun and enjoyable way. we can relate to everything and REMEMBER...
Chinatown
I was a tourist in my own backyard.
San Francisco has the largest Chinatown in the U.S. I spent my entire childhood in Chinatown. Although it’s only a small part of the city, the residents of this neighborhood confine themselves within the vicinities between Sacramento St. and Columbus Avenue. The livelihood of Stockton St. is overbearing, often too crowded and cramped. It’s dirty,...
Scavenger Hunt! with nomsg and other groups of...
was definately fun! i neeeded a good day to just chill and enjoy san francisco. we got to eat at KEVINS NOODLE HOUSE on IRVING as i last mentioned in a few blogs ago. we all went around san francisco hitting different places. i learned a lot from my peers about asian american history and what had happened at certain places. i am so surprised of the many places ive seen because i was never able to...
SF Nihonmachi
San Francisco’s Japantown is also known as Nihonmachi.
The main thoroughfare is Post Street, between Laguna Street and Webster Street. Its focal point is the Japan Center (opened in 1968), the site of three Japanese-oriented shopping centers and the Peace Pagoda, a five-tiered concrete stupa designed by Japanese architect Yoshiro Taniguchi and presented to San Francisco by the...
POP
Since everyones written a blog about pop i guess its my turn. i believe our class as a whole did pretty well working together. definately different than the other classes and im glad we all had fun. i loved how irene just let us do our thing and how we put it together ourselves. I just wish we had more time to work on it and planned it more ahead. Good job GLOW 210! =] - TIM Nguyen
Targeted
Targeted
“Targeted” by Ricky, Gia, Iggy & I
Hook: Hate on me but still I rise We keep struggling for our rights fighting hatred with our lives hand in hand, we rise.
All it takes is a momentary pause take a thought before you put that bullet through my heart Can I live? Will I see another day or will I die, sacrificed streets full of bloodshed and goodbyes..
Hey i think this should...
Grand Turino
I watched this movie about a year ago, and it really impacted me. Clint Eastwood’s role was an American living in a predominantly Asian neighborhood. At first, he was really mean to them, and used derogatory terms such as Chink. However, he got to know one family and he protected them from a gang. The boy portrayed the typical timid asian, and he was highly feminized. Clint had him come over...
Hate Crimes or Random Robberies? my UPDATE!
So i posted a previous blog on the recent hate crimes that’s been happening. come to find out, the lady that was thrown off the t-train tracks was my sister’s boyfriend’s mom’s coworker. SMALL FUCKING WORLD. it’s hella sad to see an innocent being get violently attacked like that, but to be connected to this woman some how made my heart sink a lil more…
Today,...
"Sick Man of Asia"
“When we were the Sick Man of Asia, We were called The Yellow Peril. When we are billed to be the next Superpower, we are called The Threat. When we closed our doors, you smuggled drugs to open markets. When we embrace Free Trade, You blame us for taking away your jobs. When we were falling apart, You marched in your troops and wanted your fair share. When we tried to put the broken pieces...
GLOW TOUR
NO MSG & other groups came together and walked across the entire city and took a kabajillion photos! We trekked through Japantown, Sushi Tani, Irving, Little Saigon in the Tenderloin, I-Hotel, Chinatown, Union Square, Yerba Buena over the span of two days. I got tired of taking too many pictures so the other groups have the other half of day two :)
enjoy this video! I absolutely loves my...
Red Egg Ginger
Red Egg party! My cousin Kimberly had her first child, Megan, and our family celebrated with a traditional Red Egg party.
The parents hand out red-dyed eggs, symbolizing happiness and the renewal of life.
Red egg and ginger parties have their origins in ancient Chinese culture. As in other countries, infant mortality rates in China were quite high prior to the medical advances of the...
Don't you get tired of eating rice?
Once at a party, I got asked that question from one of my Caucasian friends. I didn’t get all offended and everything. But I just told him NO, why would I? It’s not like rice is the main course, it’s the side, and we eat rice with our main dishes because the dishes maybe salty, spicy, or whatever flavor the dish is, and rice just compliments with it, and fill u up faster. And the...
Pilipino Cultural Night 2010: COMPLEX
The Pilipino American Collegiate Endeavor presents our 38th Annual Pilipino Cultural Night, “COMPLEX”. The longest running PCN in history, a night full of dancing, music, acting, singing, and everything in between.
COMPLEX is such a fitting name, considering that this show touches on things that we worry about on a daily basis, while simultaneously addressing things that are too...
Hey Asian girl, can I take you home tonight?
that line still gives me the chills till today. A year ago I believe, while I was walking home, an African American man came up to me, touched my shoulders, and then grabbed my ass, and said that line to me. Stunned, I couldn’t believe that was happening to me. Even though nothing serious happened after that, because I RAN away right when the light turned green, its still scaring me.. and...
Targeted
“Targeted” by Ricky, Gia, Iggy & I
Hook: Hate on me but still I rise We keep struggling for our rights fighting hatred with our lives hand in hand, we rise.
All it takes is a momentary pause take a thought before you put that bullet through my heart Can I live? Will I see another day or will I die, sacrificed streets full of bloodshed and goodbyes..
Need I say more?
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This is like continue of AMY's date or not to date...
AMY, after I read that post, I realized that what you said is soooooooooooooooo true. I guess as an Asian, you just want to be respected, just for who you are. I use to talk to African American guys, and in the end, all they wanted was sex. Probably because of all those Asian Persuasion talk. it really sucked though when I really liked them too. I would always feel really really stupid, after I...
If you're Asian...
Then you don’t have fun. You stay at home and study all day. FALSE.
When I was in High School people never thought that I could have fun, or even swear. But in reality, I did everything and more then what they could ever imagine. At my high school, when an typical Asian American person say ‘FUCK’ and they’re not the Asians that try to be like them (African Americans) they...
Class Opinion
This class is my favorite class of all time! It wouldn’t have been possible without the best teacher, irene, and the awesome TA’s! I like how it was structured because it was all based off what the class wanted. We made the syllabus as a class, so it wasn’t just one of those dictatorships. I like how we had no tests, and that we did group projects and blogs instead. It really...
Minh's Vietnamese restaurant
If you guys ever go to Brentwood in the east bay, you should eat here! I’ve been eating here ever since it opened, and it’s my favorite vietnamese restaurant. We became friends with the owner, and he always gives us free dishes that aren’t even on the menu. One time he made us a dish with raw beef and it was hella good! I would type the vietnamese name for it, but I can’t...
Midterm flash mob
The whole flash mob was a great idea to speak out to the public about asian americans. I liked how we blended into a certain area, then we all eventually came in to dance. It was intriguing watching the faces of the standbyers because they were really shocked and thought that it was a real fight! I saw a chinese guy just reading the newspaper, and he was startled when jon and arianna started...
testing
uhh i just posted a huge ass blog where is it??? - TIM NGUYEN
Nails a good living in california?
only problem about the manicurist industry now is that there are so many vietnamese people doing nails and competing against each other with nail salons and lowering prices to get customers and its harder to make as much money especially in california where theres so many vietnamese and vietnamese community. my mother has to leave california every end of spring to beg of fall to find jobs as a...
Little Saigon SF
So one of the places we stopped by during our scavenger hunt was LITTLE SAIGON. at the sign entrance, i see words engraved and “little saigon” but someone crossed it out and wrote ” HO CHI CITY” im guessing someone favoring the communism side of north vietnam but WHO DOES THAT NOW?! im so surprised that someone in AMERICA actually did that. what if its someone from vietnam...
I do your nail for you
the stereotype for vietnamese people doing nails or owning nail salons. its somewhat true, most nail salons are owned by vietnamese people because its hard for vietnamese immigrants and refugees to make a living with out time for education or opportunities for an education for a professional career. My mother herself is a manicurist because she was never able to go to school after escaping the...
Hunting & Gathering
hunting with Mauricio, David, Sunny, Joy, Rose, Melanie, Jon, Carlo, Ricky, Joshua, Iggy, & Michelle made gathering so much fun! WE MISSED U SO MUCH TIM!!!!! we put you in the pics :) mr. buttchin heheheeh <3
we visited Japan town & took tons of pics! we went to PikaPika, a really cool photo place that a lot of Asians go to. it was hilarious fitting us all into the booth cuz it got...
"do i have to be able to speak chinese to join...
"do i have to be able to speak chinese to join...
some mother fucker guy asked us that when we were meeting at mel’s before we left for the scavenger hunt with no msg and a few other groups from glow 210. assuming were all chinese or something but clearly we were all speaking english. Tim Nguyen
too sessy for the catwalk
not to put the group on full blast, but project runway was yet another project that the group got together the nnight before to start and finish HAHAH.
all in all, this was one of the projects that took the biggest toll on me. most of the other projects didnt really phase me too much or effect my other classes, but i stayed up so late and got up so early that i didnt get have enough time to study...
to date? or not to date? that is NOT the question
i was raised around alll sorts of races & ethnicities. it was never a question to me that i got a taste of all sides of the globe, but it never really occured to me how much these different cultures impacted my life.
in highschool, i had a lot of Latino friends. i was so inrooted with their culture & values that I even got offended when an ignorant fool would call the general Latino...
THE SODA POPS: Echo →
or is it? my man got skills. check this out :)
—- One voice can illuminate the faces of many
Through the rearrangement of the alphabet we shine a light
On all those shadow who hides behind this makeshift society
That unfold our cultural origami into perfect white sheets of paper
Where a dot of color is compelled to be expel through laws and…
whats the secret ingrediant? noMSG!
One of my fav dishes from our Iron chef competition was the Burrindo. IT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. not even braggin! hahah. after making this recipe with my fellow noMSGians, i shared the recipe with my boyfriend. he likey, too :).
Ingredients: -ground beef -salt -sugar -pepper -Kecap (indonesian ketchup!) -eggs -bean sprouts -tortillas -chili peppers -i honestly think i’m missing...
JUSTICE, not just us...
All 4 classes of Ethnic Studies 210 went to Brava Theatre to Produce Our Power!
This was the WORST week to have our final, not neven lyin! i think the quorum of the class would agree LOL. but none the less, we put together our super powers and united we stood on that stage!
Preparation: We divied up into the same groups as the midterm/flashmob. this was cool cuz i wasnt finished with the audio...
flash me why don'tcha! ;)
it was our initiative, as students and as Asian Americans, to pass a message along to the general public. utilizing our own and our peer’s experiences and knowledge, we put together a flashmob/gurilla warfare demonstration for the pub! sometimes people don’t wanna read articles, the paper, listen to forums, watch documentaries, etc. sometimes we just gotta give people a “shock...