I'm an idealistic realist, humanistic technologist & constant student. And what, you want to Internet-stalk me too? Why, sure.
“Once you decide on your occupation, you must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work. Never complain about your job. You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That’s the secret of success and is the key to being regarded honorably.” – Jiro Ono OMG. I need to find Sukiyabashi Jiro. If I call them now, I should be able to make a reservation… oh, sometime next […] Continue »
…and most want to come to the US. Look, up in the air. There go our real estate valuations. (I kid, I kid.) (Sort of.) I’m sure the Chinese government is trying to keep their millionaires there, but it’s interesting that education for their children is their top reason for emigrating, with capital preservation and politics right behind.
This is amazing: One hundred years ago, American teachers established the English-speaking public school system of the Philippines. Now, in a striking turnabout, American schools are recruiting Filipino teachers. Even more amazing: these Filipino teachers are leaving their families to teach… in the impoverished, public schools of Baltimore. Filmmaker Ramona Diaz, who won an award from the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for her film Imelda, just released her latest documentary, The Learning.
I co-founded a web development agency several years ago with a Filipino American buddy of mine. While talking about some industry news one day, he wondered out loud why there weren’t more Filipino American entrepreneurs. “I read about Chinese American, Taiwanese American, Japanese American, and Vietnamese American entrepreneurs in the news all the time. But I have yet to see any Filipino Americans.” We latched onto this topic and did a few Google searches. Perhaps […] Continue »
DUDE WTF ASIA, indeed: Japanese scientist Mitsuyuki Ikeda has created a burger made from the protein extracted from human feces. “I admit that few people would be keen to eat it,” he stated. A+ for out-of-the-box thinking. F for palatability. (Hat tip: Mariko)
Who’s that baby-faced guy up there? Why, that’s Brian Wong, the youngest entrepreneur ever to receive funding from a venture capital firm. $4.3M from True Ventures at 19 years old, to be exact. What were YOU doing when you were 19?
Salman Khan is one of my heroes. No, not Bollywood’s Bad Boy. I mean the Asian American educator and founder of the Khan Academy. Khan’s father is from Barisal, Bangladesh and his mother is from Calcutta, India. He himself was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. And he is anything but a bad boy. After becoming the valedictorian of his high school, he went on to get three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of […] Continue »
Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. How To Be A Bad Asian is an ongoing series of personal essays by the 8Asians writers about what sets us apart from the API community, how we deal with the stereotypes that we put […] Continue »
Jack Cafferty, a CNN commentator, noticed something interesting. Amidst the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, there have been no reports of looting. He contrasts that to other recent disasters: One heart-wrenching byproduct of disasters like this one has been missing in Japan, and that’s looting and lawlessness. Looting is something we see after almost every tragedy; for example: last year’s earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, the floods in England in 2007, and […] Continue »
I noticed a curious phenomenon last week. When the earthquake and tsunami were first detected in Japan, the Japanese people responded to the alarms respectfully and obediently. This probably prevented thousands of needless deaths. This seems like a stark contrast to the general American attitude of individualism and questioning of authority. I have no hard data to back this up, but anecdotally, it seemed like a fair number of people opted to remain in their […] Continue »
If you had been walking around Dolores Park in San Francisco, CA, two weeks ago, you would have been greeted with this intriguing sign: (Flickr photo credit: sandwichgirl) O rly?