Summer Koshein is the national high school baseball tournament in Japan. For those who don’t know, Japan’s biggest sport is baseball. Baseball may be the first major sport in Japan that revolved around team play. This was unique to the country, relative to traditional and native sports such as kendo, archery, or sumo. The sport …
For those not in the know, which is probably most of you – it’s AAPI Month (Asian American Pacific Islander Month) which celebrates those of the Asian and Pacific Islander persuasion in America – and I’ll also say Canada as well because we are pretty much America’s little brother. The only reason that I ever …
For those not in the know, I am an Asian/Chinese man who grew up with the internet in the west. Growing up, I loved YouTubers like NigaHiga, KevJumba, and Wong Fu Productions. I remember growing up and literally Googling for “Asian actors in America” or “Asian NFL football players” because I was keen on seeing …
I’m a homer. I will and always root for Hong Kong, the city that made me. I’m loyal to the soil and that’s how I will always be. Slowly over the past decade, the city has been losing its identity. It’s no longer the international cultural hub that it once was. A lot of this …
Back in the Fall of 2019, I started listening to Baekhyun. He is a member of the ever popular kpop group EXO and I never really got into his music but was a fan of his group’s sound. One day, his solo song UN Village was recommended in my YouTube page and I thought, hey …
Welcome to the final installment of the AAPI History Month blog series. The blog series where I try to shed light on an underrepresented Asian topic. Today I wanted to put a spotlight on Sri Lanka. If I make a factual mistake, please let me know. As I have spent limited time researching the topic, …
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I love sports and growing up, I played many of them. Whether it was football, rugby, basketball – I enjoyed the thrill of being able play in controlled chaos. But even on the field, pitch, or court I knew that I was never in any real danger. But what if I combined polo, rugby, and …
If there are any stereotypes associated with Filipinos it’s maybe three things. The first one in my head is that Filipinos are amazing at karaoke. I don’t know what it is – maybe it’s their church activities, maybe’s it’s that they have been called the Black people of Asia but gosh darn it can Filipinos …
I was born in Hong Kong in the 90s but was raised in Canada when my family immigrated in 1999. At home, I spoke Cantonese (poorly), ate Chinese food, and was raised by my Hong Kong parents. But I went to a Canadian public school and spoke English, I played sports with white boys, and …
This article isn’t me trying to take anything away from South Korea or Hong Kong, rather it is an appreciation of the two small Asian entities who have been able to flourish on the international stage, despite their limitations. The two places have crazy similarities, including but not limited to: it’s lack of natural resources …