Filipino veterans, forgotten heroes of WWII
June 2, 2012 – 7:40 PM | No Comment

World War II conjures many words and places to mind: Pearl Harbor, Manzanar, the beach of Normandy, Hiroshima, perhaps even the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the all-Japanese American team that emerged from the war as …

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Collateral Damage of Full Metal Jacket
June 4, 2012 – 11:26 PM | 3 Comments

When Gunnery Sergeant Hartman said, “There is no racial bigotry here,” I knew that Full Metal Jacket would make me want to throw up in disgust.
The film did not disappoint.

Iron Man 3: Rise of the Mandarin?
May 10, 2012 – 7:53 PM | No Comment

With the success of The Avengers, media consumers like myself can’t help but look to the future and think, “What next?”  Well, what’s next is Iron Man 3.  But now I’m wondering, what does the …

Want to have the skin of a Korean Actress or Actor?
April 9, 2012 – 1:12 PM | No Comment

To start, this is a bit of an informal post about something I discovered.  One of my friends commented about how all the k-pop stars look so gorgeous followed by another mentioning this thing called …

Cucummus
January 15, 2012 – 3:09 PM | No Comment

So this is my favorite go-to snack when I come home from a long dragged-out day at school and all I want is something to chomp on. It only requires two ingredients, and so far …

To-Read/Watch: A New Year’s List
December 30, 2011 – 5:24 PM | No Comment

There’s a week of winter break left, and only a few days before the year ends. So if you’re looking for something to read or watch during 2012, here are some suggestions (Asian/Asian-American in some …

Complex Colors: Dustin Nguyen
December 1, 2011 – 9:00 PM | No Comment

When I first started reading comics in the summer of 2010, I was expecting comics to possess the same quality that most popular media in my life did: a lack of diversity.   Despite the abundance …

Quiet Imprints
November 16, 2011 – 1:02 AM | No Comment

A few weeks ago, I went to Quiet Imprint, a ballet piece featuring legendary Vietnamese singer Khanh Ly and the Ballet Austin Company II. It was my intention to take notes and write a quick, …

Peanut Butter Mochi
October 26, 2011 – 7:27 PM | No Comment

So last night, some of us from PacTies were invited to a screening of Feast at Rieber, the new Pan-Asian restaurant at Rieber (duh). It was pretty good: bulgogi sandwiches, curry fries, thin-crust pizza with …