I’m late to this! Apparently, the Wall Street Journal recently published an article by Amy Chua entitled Why Asian Mothers are Superior. It’s an excerpt from Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and it’s all about how Crazy Asian Moms can browbeat their children into becoming overachieving robots. Cue battle cries emanating from…
Oooh, exciting news from the book front. Ellen Oh, a lawyer-turned-author, will be publishing the first of her three books on ancient Korea next summer. These won’t be history books. They’re YA fantasy novels based on Korean history and the Dragon King Prophecy. Seven will become three. Three will become one. One will save us…
The Getty Museum is currently hosting an exhibit that displays two contrasting views of China: Felice Beato’s 19th century depictions of China during the Opium Qar, and modern Chinese artists’ work. The photos are hung next to each other, and are meant to be complements. Felice Beato captured the carnage of war, as well as…
I’ve taken a long break from posting, but to start off the new year, here are two lists for the “Top 10s” of 2010: Top 10 Asian Americans in Pop Culture and 10 best Asian or Asian American themed movies. Here’s to 2011!
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 minute walk from campus to the cliff…
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 of color in the lead role, re-learning…