Here are the basics: California Assembly Bill 540 (AB 540) allows undocumented students, as well as documented ones, to pay in-state tuition but prohibits them from applying for state financial aid; the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) is a proposed article of federal…
1) Cook a Thanksgiving Dinner With the help of recipes, Google, and YouTube, we made an away-from-home Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, mash potatoes, kim chi fry rice, stir fry salmon, and veggies. Plus deserts: ice cream, brownies, cheesecake, and pumpkin pies 2) Watch the sunset Take a 15…
I’ve been following The Walking Dead on AMC, and it’s been so amazing. I love Glenn (whom I sometimes mistakenly call Steve…but that’s the actor’s name, oops), and I’m beginning to love Andrea. The show rests on such a bleak, horrifying premise, but the strength of its characters…
The title itself, “Laughing with My Mouth Wide Open,” as well as the brightly colored poster can lead to expectations of chuckles and laughs from this one-woman show performed and written by Gwendoline Yeo and directed by Mark St. Amant. The audience did receive comedy, but they also…
I saw Today’s Special, starring Aasif Mandvi, yesterday. I don’t have a lot of deep thoughts about it: it wasn’t groundbreaking (it followed the classic storytelling formula exactly, and I could predict every event), but it was very upbeat and cute. It’s also refreshing to see an actor…
American Vogue’s December edition features eight Asian models: Du Juan, Liu Wen, Bonnie Chen, Lily Zhi, Hyoni Kang, So Young Kang, Lee Hyun, and Tao Okamato. Vogue lauds these models as “redefining traditional concepts of beauty.” While this spread seems indicative of more Asian models in the business…