Tweet So I wanted to share with you all several experiences I had this past 2 weeks related to me being Asian: BBQ at friend’s house: I went to an outdoor BBQ and while I was playing volleyball with the rest of the people, this one white dude whom I [...]
Tweet Kim Jong Il? Xiao Lin? Murakami Haruki? Tsing Tao? Pho Bai? Phad Kee Mao? People here in America have the hardest time with foreign names. I remember watching a Red Sox game, when Daisuke Matsuzaka was a rookie. The geezer of an announcer called him “Die-soo-kee Ma-tsoo-za-kee. WTF? I [...]
Tweet Allow me to rant about my little gripe for a moment. Have you ever met anyone who have said to you, “Hey, you’re Japanese? Kunichiwa!” I get tired of this shit. I mean, it’s not a big deal, but are they trying to impress me or something? So what! [...]
