May 6, 2008
Everybody Loves the JabbaWockeeZ
I apologize for not posting as often as I'd like but I've been so busy with work and other pressing deadlines. 

Anyway, I'm still amazed at the fact that people just can't seem to get enough of the JabbaWockeeZ group. Last week, I attended the East West Players (EWP) 42nd Anniversary Visionary Awards dinner held at the Universal Hilton Hotel. The EWP awarded the dance crew the Breakout Performance Award. Last year, Masi Oka of "Heroes" received the award.

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April 18, 2008
Fukudome doesn't find racist T-shirts in Wrigleyville funny
What is so key is that he took a stand and said it wasn't funny, which is different from so many Uncle Tom Asians who will do the opposite.  I am tired of hearing Asian Americans defending '21', Abercrombie t-shirts, 'ching chong', and loads of other stuff just because they want to fit in or be a model minority.

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April 17, 2008
Yul Kwon Engaged?
It's not like I'm heartbroken, or anything. There's still hope. Bobby Lee is still out on the market. I think.

Apparently, one of our leading men from the Transit Issue, a.k.a. the 1 million prize winner of Survivor: Cook Islands, is now engaged.

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April 16, 2008
Watch the Democratic Debate with Chinese for Affirmative Action
Who wants to be informed? Me! And hopefully you too.

Here's one for the bay area know-it-alls. Join the CAA staff for a drink after work today as they gather to watch the next democratic candidate debate. The prime-time televised debate in Philadelphia is in advance of the April 22 Pennsylvania primary and moderated by ABC News Anchors Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos.

Whether you are pro-Clinton or pro-Obama (or a cheerleader for both), hey, you can be republican too - it never hurts to learn more. Let's battle the apathetic stereotype and get more Asian American votes out this year. The debate starts at 8:00 pm, but go early and cool down with a drink.

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April 11, 2008
Before It's Too Late

Until a couple of days ago, I didn't pay that much attention to what was going on in San Francisco with the Olympic torch situation.

But seeing how big the demonstrations were, and how much media attention they've garnered, and how huge the Beijing Olympics are going to be, I realized that I have to say something.

I've read the various media accounts of the protests, most of which were framed as "anti-China," "pro-China, "pro-Tibet," or some other form of "anti/pro" dichotomy.

The fact of the matter is, it's much more blurry and complicated, at least for me. I think many more Chinese Americans feel torn or conflicted rather than "pro-China" about the Olympics and about the Tibet issue. There is no monolithic Chinese American community, or voice.

There are in fact many ties between the Chinese and Tibetan communities. Though many prominent Chinese Americans like torchbearer/activist/writer Helen Zia, scholar Ling-chi Wang, and actor/director Joan Chen have voiced their perspectives, I would like to add mine to the milieu of growing voices out there.

Probably like the folks mentioned above, I have a sense of ethnic and national pride in being Chinese. I also detest the hateful and unnecessary Chinese/China-bashing that has been around, since, oh, Chinese people first landed here in America.

But I also sympathize with the struggles of Tibetan and Burmese, and ethnic minorities from Burma like the Karen people.

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April 3, 2008
Chinese Spies on the Rise?
I remember seeing something about this in the news a while back while my roommate was playing with the news feature on the Wii. I didn't pay too much attention to the names, except that the article closely resembled what had happened to Wen Ho Lee, the Los Alamos Scientist who was falsely accused of being a spy back in 2000.

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April 2, 2008
RIP Dith Pran, an Inspiration to All
Dith Pran's life was so extraordinary it could be have been a movie, and it was. Dith, who died Sunday at age 65, inspired "The Killing Fields," which chronicled the bloody reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, during which an estimated 2 million died.

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