Posts Tagged ‘chinese’
Let me be clear.
On this blog I am chronicling a particular kind of experience. I hope to connect with people who have shared this experience, or who are interested in examining the ways that race comes up in conversations between strangers, distinguishing between what is “acceptable” and what is “objectionable”, and lastly, how a person can deal with [...]
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Tags: chinese, conversations, hong kong, japanese, strangers, travel
Herald Square, 2007.
From fall 2006-fall 2007 i had an incredibly stressful job based in Herald Square. It was stressful because the office politics had gotten out of hand. My co-workers and I had a very unhealthy relationship; there were upsetting gender roles, passive-aggressive emails, power struggles, issues of respect for each others’ strengths, and on top of [...]
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Tags: chinese, conversations, flushing, herald square, japanese, strangers
It was a bizarre June. Sorry I’ve been silent. But here’s a quick plug for some stuff worth checking out.
I’d heard about the Museum of Chinese in America but had never visited. I plan to check it out in the next few weeks and am even more excited that it has gotten a state-of-the-art makeover [...]
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Tags: art, chinese, comics, firsts, media
From the mailbag.
I’ve been meaning to write about interesting interactions I’ve had with other Asians who assume I’m something other than Chinese. Whether at a Korean deli or a Chinese nail salon, I usually enjoy these exchanges. But sometimes they definitely get awkward (more on that later).
Here’s a relevant story from a contributor:
New York City, NY
Greeting me [...]
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Tags: chinese, conversations, japanese, strangers
Moo goo FAIL.
I’ve been so busy the past two weeks so I’ve been unable to post the awesome stories contributed by my awesome friends. This tidbit from about ten days ago is golden. I think Gohmert himself looks a bit embarrassed just before he speaks, knowing he is about to say something astoundingly stupid. [Note: WordPress is [...]
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Tags: china, chinese, food, politics, wtf
More for me.
Today I decided to go get a hearty lunch for cheap so I headed to Jimi’s on Jay Street to get over a pound of rice and Chinese/Spanish food for $5.50.
At the hot foods counter the guy serving me said, “Chinese?” I said yes. He then proceeded to heap extra beef stew and soft [...]
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Tags: chinese, DUMBO, food, strangers
No shortage of news.
I swear, the NYTimes can’t get enough of all the things going on in China these days; China is popping up in headlines across sections. And I feel like the tone of the coverage is not without a hint of incredulity and a smirk. I can’t keep up with it all myself. Imagine if I [...]
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Tags: art, china, chinese, controversy, diplomacy, taiwan, tibet, travel
This is so belated because I was sorta sick last week, and also I was having a dumpling jones that was eclipsing all other urges (i.e. my urge to blog, my desire to complete a task at work before allowing myself to go in search of dumplings). It’s my sister’s year. Oxy.
Now I am craving [...]
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Tags: beijing, china, chinese, diplomacy, food, pandas, taiwan
Chu and Shinseki confirmed.
In the midst of an awesomely festive day of inauguration activities, the Senate managed to get some work done, unanimously confirming the appointments of 7 cabinet secretaries. And it’s great to see two Asian American faces among Obama’s new crew! Steven Chu, who received some press upon his appointment by Obama, will be the Energy [...]
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Tags: chinese, japanese, obama, politics
I’m excited about the Chinese- and Taiwanese-Americans who Barack Obama has appointed to his administration.
He just chose Dr. Steven Chu as his Secretary of Energy, and earlier he picked Christopher Lu as White House cabinet secretary.
Lu was born in New Jersey after his parents moved to the States from Taiwain. He met Obama [...]
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Tags: chinese, obama, politics, taiwanese
Advertising and Asians.
I am unfortunate enough to work in an industry that can be absolutely insensitive to issues of gender, race, class, and the like. While doing some work for ConAgra Foods, which Healthy Choice is part of, I came across this lovely promotional feature that made my soul weep. I present:
I feel bad for this actor. [...]
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Tags: advertising, chinese, food, irksome
Apparently someone named Jimmy Choi used to live in my building. It’s unclear which apartment he lived in because his gas bill never specifies an apartment. So someone at the post offices scrawls my apartment number on the envelope and it ends up in my mailbox month after month. And every month I write on [...]
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Tags: chinese, clinton hill, irksome, korean
Ni hao, and how!
Off to Shanghai today, my mother’s motherland. It’s been 7 years since I last spent time there and I’m sure I’ll barely recognize anything. I’ve hardly processed that I’m going there, thanks to last week’s stomach flu and this week’s deluge of work.
I’ll take plenty of photos and hope to come back with trinkets and [...]
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Tags: china, chinese, shanghai, travel
Chinese pick-up line?
“Baby, I’d like to build a railroad straight to your Gold Mountain.”
I amuse myself.
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Tags: chinese
