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 …
For weeks now I have had friends complain about how awful the ending of The Bachelor was. How the show is just a whole lot of drama with no real payoff at the end. How the stakes are always raised but the show doesn’t get more interesting. As much as The Bachelor (or The Bachelorette) …
There are many videos out there on YouTube of North American Chinese folks turning their nose up to the western iteration of Chinese Food. “Ugh, we don’t eat beef and broccoli”. . .”There is no real General Tao”. . . “Fortune cookies aren’t even Chinese”. And I get it, Chinese folks feel misrepresented in the …