Stuff Asian People Like

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• 1 admin // Feb 14, 2008 at 5:06 pm

  Thanks for coming guys. We will keep you updated with whats hot and whats not in the Asian Community!

• 2 Just A White Guy // Feb 18, 2008 at 6:34 pm

  Where is the entry on karaoke?

  This blog has been up and running for at least 4 days… That should have been covered by day #2…

  Or is it too obvious?

• 3 Peter // Feb 18, 2008 at 10:05 pm

  that’s tomorrow’s topic

• 4 phuc yu // Feb 18, 2008 at 11:56 pm

  way to sellout. nice to be colonized!

• 5 Candy // Feb 19, 2008 at 3:10 am

  Very nice and interesting, way to go guys! Mention the Plastic Surgery!

• 6 O'Maolchathaigh // Feb 19, 2008 at 12:15 pm

  This is a very cool site; lots of fun to visit.

• 7 lol // Feb 19, 2008 at 6:05 pm

  This is a really fun blog to look at too:
  http://skunkgal.blogspot.com/2008/02/stuff-asian-people-like.html

• 8 Note: // Feb 19, 2008 at 7:28 pm

  The Most-Viewed Posts section is only a day old. Do not think that it is because we don’t get any viewers.

  =)

• 9 anon // Feb 20, 2008 at 10:27 am

  how about:
  - attaching charms to cellphones.
  - sqautting and spitting.
  - suping up cars, hanging around cars with all the lights and music on.
  - having 20 million pens in all the colors of the rainbow in their pencil cases.
  - having multiple pencil cases.
  - really shaggy or really spikey hair. either-or.
  …only to name a few.

• 10 anon // Feb 20, 2008 at 10:30 am

  smoking, with their palm covering half their face, standing at an angle with a slouch back and all the weight on one leg, and one hand in the pocket.

• 11 Anonymous // Feb 20, 2008 at 11:17 am

  I have to second awesome pencil cases which from where I sat in elementary school looked like the might be able to control a nuclear arsenal or transform into a karoake machine.

• 12 Anonymous // Feb 20, 2008 at 1:11 pm

  plastic on furnitures/mattress’

• 13 Anonymous // Feb 20, 2008 at 1:34 pm

  boba, DDR.

• 14 That Guy // Feb 20, 2008 at 1:39 pm

  putting plastic over every single food in the fridge or before you microwave something.

  Don’t forget fighting games like Street Fighter. Someone already mentioned CS :-p

  Asian people also like the reverse mullet where they have really long bangs and frost their tips.

  Breakdancing (hell, who doesn’t like breakdancing)

  Highlights (girls like having highlights in their hair)

  That red Sraracha Hot Sauce (the plastic bottle with the rooster on it). It goes good on everything. EVERYTHING.

  Rice. And Lots of it. You’re not Asian unless you have at least a 25 lb sack of rice somewhere.

• 15 That Guy // Feb 20, 2008 at 1:41 pm

  oh yeah, and at least one bottle of that chinese eagle oil stuff that smells like Ben Gay.

• 16 That Guy // Feb 20, 2008 at 1:42 pm

  And if you’re asian, you know that that chinese eagle oil stuff is the cure for basically everything.

  The more eagle oil, the faster you will be healed

• 17 bbweaksauce22 // Feb 20, 2008 at 3:29 pm

  DOTA, warcraft, basically computer games in general.

  big backpacks

  v-necks

  bandanas

  oh man i cant remember the ones that ppham and i talked about earlier

• 18 Dr. Chan // Feb 20, 2008 at 5:11 pm

  Yeah. We do like that Stuff.

  On top of Knock off items,

  Asian name brands,

  Outfits from China Town

  Toys from chinatown

  Chinatown.

• 19 bbweaksauce22 // Feb 20, 2008 at 5:52 pm

  saying abbreviations from online chats in real life such as lawl (lol) and be are be (brb) and my favorite jay kay (jk)

• 20 Rawr // Feb 20, 2008 at 8:38 pm

  If you guys want to learn more about Asians and such, go here:

  http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Asian

  No this isn’t wikipedia >_>;;;;;;;;

• 21 That Guy // Feb 21, 2008 at 9:33 am

  don’t forget crazy emoticons

  ^_^

  or

  t(=_=t)

  or

  TT_TT

• 22 Grace // Feb 21, 2008 at 12:26 pm

  Those born before 1980:

  - Louis Vuitton

  - New Order “Bizarre Love Triangle”, OMD “Living in Oblivion”, Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence” and Erasure “Oh L’Amour”

  - North Face

  Those born after 1980:

  - KidRobot

  - Bape sneakers

  Everyone:

  - Dim sum

  - Bitching about other Asians on the internet

• 23 anon // Feb 21, 2008 at 12:58 pm

  Anything made by Modern Talking (applies to Vietnamese, at least)

• 24 Anon Asian // Feb 22, 2008 at 8:08 am

  WHITE GIRLS MAN!!!!!!!!

  How can you not have WHITE GIRLS somewhere in the top 5.

  Another one is “Trying to act black” especially from the filipino race

• 25 Peter // Feb 22, 2008 at 1:36 pm

  Coming to a blog post near you.

  =)

• 26 Justin // Feb 22, 2008 at 1:38 pm

  also - asian girls behind the back tactics gossips and scariness

• 27 Justin // Feb 22, 2008 at 1:38 pm

  well…at least in korean dramas….there is always a “i cannot believe it” evil evil asian girl

• 28 shig // Feb 23, 2008 at 8:19 am

  asians have calendars in everyroom. not sure if we like em but it’s critical we are reminded of the dates.

  churches, this phenomenon seems to mostly happens with koreans, although there are reports of chinese and japanese praising the christian god.

  glasses, even when you see a asian walking down a street without one there’s good chance they’re wearing contacts. our squinty eyes were made for lenses.

• 29 mike // Feb 23, 2008 at 10:49 am

  tripped out cars!

• 30 Peter // Feb 23, 2008 at 1:33 pm

  =)

• 31 Ryan // Feb 23, 2008 at 3:00 pm

  peace signs.

• 32 Ryan // Feb 23, 2008 at 3:01 pm

  (two fingers)

• 33 Peter // Feb 23, 2008 at 11:33 pm

  Here’s some other stuff people emailed to me:
  Sitting on the floor during raves
  Emoticons -_- ^_^ :)~
  Manga
  Dance Dance Revolution
  Initial D
  Ayumi Hamasaki
  Trance
  Hello Kitty
  Honda Civics
  Machetes
  G-Star Clothing

  And another guy:
  MSG
  Duck
  Fish Sauce
  Oyster Sauce
  Marlboro Reds
  Tiger Balm
  Poker
  Casinos
  Shoes off

• 34 jennifer // Feb 24, 2008 at 2:41 pm

  hello — i started reading “stuff white people like” and as an asian american found things on that website that even **I** could relate to…so i searched for of course the asian version of stuff they love… but this website is a bit dry… you should focus more on quirks of asian culture and behavior, rather than material objects, your list is more like “top items asians buy” … a list based more on asian habits would make it much more fun and more understandable. btw, i don’t like sanrio… i mean where are things like not wearing shoes in the house, or wearing all black all the time to any formal event, or going to casinos just for the free rooms… i mean there are classic cultural gems of asianness that you are totally missing out on.

• 35 bugeyed girl // Feb 24, 2008 at 8:02 pm

  Ferrero Rocher.

  The quintessential chocolate you bring as a gift when you’re a guest at any house.

• 36 Peter // Feb 24, 2008 at 8:18 pm

  Thanks for the tip, Jennifer.

• 37 That Guy // Feb 25, 2008 at 10:29 am

  Plastic Grocery Bags. I do not know an Asian who does not like to hoard as many plastic grocery bags as possible when going to the supermarket.

  Then we stockpile an ungodly amount of them in the kitchen so that we can use them as trash bags.

  Only suckers and white people spend money to buy trash bags.

• 38 That Guy // Feb 25, 2008 at 10:36 am

  Also don’t forget the Badminton and Tennis as the universal Asian sport. Even if you’ve never been on a Tennis court you probably have a tennis racket in your closet if you’re Asian.

• 39 Michelle // Feb 25, 2008 at 3:00 pm

  chopsticks!!!!!!! XD

• 40 LMAO // Feb 25, 2008 at 6:33 pm

  RE: “That guy” on Plastic Grocery Bags.

  I just spit green tea all over my computer monitor because I was laughing so hard. SO TRUE. At the self-checkout stations at supermarkets I always double or triple bag just so I can make sure I have enough at home for trash bags at all times.

  Also, there should be a green tea entry. And an eating disorder/complaining about being fat all the time/fearing fat/making fun of other Asians for being fat entry.

• 41 Peter // Feb 25, 2008 at 7:38 pm

  Thanks for the tips, LMAO.

• 42 Justin // Feb 26, 2008 at 12:15 am

  yeah, and mothers yelling at daughters for being fat and threatening them saying they won’t have a husband in the future, no one would want them

• 43 That Guy // Feb 26, 2008 at 10:03 am

  Also Slippers. This goes with the “no shoes” rule. Its too inconvenient to take off and put on your shoes when going inside and outside the house. The Asian gets around this by stockpiling literally dozens of slippers near exit of the house. That way you can go outside without getting dog crap on your feet and you can go inside without getting dog crap on the carpet.

  Oh yeah, and bonus points if you wear socks with slippers. Socks + Slippers, FTW!

• 44 Justin // Feb 26, 2008 at 3:34 pm

  one thing about that if they have dogs, last time i visited a friend with dogs…and his dogs goes hiding all our shoes ?!!??!?!?!? and i spent half an hour playing where is my SHOE!!

• 45 That Guy // Feb 26, 2008 at 4:04 pm

  All-You-Can-Eat Buffets

  Asian people come to buffets in droves. If not for the gambling, Asians go to the Casinos because of the limitless food singularity that we call a buffet.

  The reason? It comes back to reason #5: Bargains. Buffets are perceived to be an excellent bargain since you can get whatever and however much you want for just about 10 bucks. AND you don’t have to tip!

• 46 Dr. Chan // Feb 26, 2008 at 9:32 pm

  Thanks for all the tips, we appreciate it.

• 47 That Guy // Feb 26, 2008 at 11:03 pm

  Doing Dishes

  Asian people are generally regarded as technologically advanced, and that is true. But there is one machine an asian shall never use:

  The dishwasher and the dry.

  Asians simply don’t trust machines to do their dishes for them. Perhaps it is a perceived waste of money, as it takes up power, water, and extra soap.

  The closest use of the dishwasher to an asian is perhaps to store extra dishes after they have been cleaned.

• 48 Emma // Feb 27, 2008 at 3:38 pm

  They like using =) as a smiley face instead of :).

  Not hating on you — I find that it’s true for most of my Asian friends.

• 49 That Guy // Feb 27, 2008 at 6:44 pm

  Asian parents like saying “AYE YA” do express either disbelief of disappointment in their Children

• 50 Amirite? // Feb 27, 2008 at 7:39 pm

  To be fair, That Guy, that’s just the specifically Cantonese ones, right?

• 51 That Guy // Feb 27, 2008 at 11:29 pm

  true, it’s probably not universal among Asians — perhaps something I’ve heard a many times. Perhaps my parents believe me to be a failure.

  AYEEEEE YAAAAA

  Also, Asians love air-drying their clothes. Same reason with the dish rant.

• 52 Amirite? // Feb 28, 2008 at 5:31 am

  RE That Guy: New suggestion for this blog: “Asian parents like to believe their children are failures (AYEEE YAAAA).”

• 53 KSquared // Feb 28, 2008 at 2:03 pm

  hahahah, That Guy- you are nailing everything on the head. Aye ya. I got that all the time when i was little!
  I’m on my way home in my honda civic to make a pot of rice and count my grocery bags before i load clean dishes in the dishwasher

• 54 anon // Feb 28, 2008 at 3:19 pm

  from urban dictionary

  1. aye ya

  Aye Ya!- meaning: Oh no! or damn!
  an expression of disgust, frustration, exasperation or just plain ol pissed off.
  Derived from China, usually used by the elderly with both hands thrown in the air or slapped on both cheeks, or thighs.
  in layman terms: WTF!

  lol

• 55 That Guy // Feb 28, 2008 at 4:05 pm

  http://www.basiccomfort.com/item.aspx?sku=42351

  OMG how can I forget about those giant pillows that look like sausages that Asians like to hug while they sleep. I think the technical term is body pillow or full body pillow.

  But yeah, you’re not Asian unless you have at least three full body pillows in your house. (and at least 2 on your bed as we speak) If you have 2 or less, then we consider you to be a spy.

• 56 someone asian // Feb 29, 2008 at 9:48 am

  How about…

  Asians who think they’re white or Asians who think they’re black… Asians who hate being Asian? or who hate on Asians??? or think they’re “better Asians” for having non-Asian friends?

• 57 someone asian // Feb 29, 2008 at 9:49 am

  Love this blog btw!!

• 58 BS96 // Feb 29, 2008 at 1:34 pm

  How about nicknames in the language of origin, guaranteed to bring humiliation if non-Asians ever found out about them?

• 59 cybersybil // Feb 29, 2008 at 1:55 pm

  recycling plastic containers with lids as “tupperware”. into which goes any amount of leftover food, be it two spoonfuls of rice or a single chicken wing.

• 60 Brandex // Feb 29, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  I wish the site were funnier. The “Stuff White People Like” website is mainly there to poke fun at self-righteous upper-middle-class white liberals, but I don’t see a lot of humor here. Instead, I see mainly explanations as to why Asian people do certain things. However, I can see why it can be risky for minorities to poke fun at themselves, because then all the white racists think it’s okay to join in the fun. White racists are stupid like that.

• 61 That Guy // Feb 29, 2008 at 5:07 pm

  my favorite are the cultural ones– perhaps the ones that reflect asian american culture– namely 2nd generation Asian american kids who have to deal with stuff from the old country– namely the Eagle Balm take and also the weird pillow take.

  The Boba thing is great, but some of the super obvious ones like honda civic and no shoes in the house is kind of meh.

  I think the purpose of this blog is to take things that Asians do implicitly, and then make them explicit. When we actually explain them, it just sounds silly (the plastic bag take, for example). this is how Jerry Seinfeld gets most of his material, by the way.

• 62 kvietgrl // Mar 1, 2008 at 3:33 pm

  yeah, i don’t think it’s good for a newly arrived group of people esp in america to express self-hate for their own kind, when they’re having a hard time already receiving it from the ones who’ve been here before. anyways, i really want to contribute to this blog, hope there’s a way it can go public soon! thanks!

• 63 Tony // Mar 1, 2008 at 7:06 pm

  these Asian teens get cocky ’cause a “weaker species” of asians

  after shots that they rarely make they get excited….. and BOOOM !!!!

  you get cocky

  that’s why if they get cocky, they end up losing.

  over confidence doesn’t help……

  INTEGRITY does.

  all you need is enough strength and endurance to do all the things you want.

• 64 nee nee // Mar 1, 2008 at 9:47 pm

  some suggestions:

  1) slurping food/soup up into mouth with chopsticks

  2) (asian girls) having white boyfriends

  3) buying in bulk

  4) breakdancing/hip hop dancing

  5) being cute

• 65 anon // Mar 2, 2008 at 1:46 am

  your #3) The #1 reason why I distrust white people– stay away from our women!

• 66 Azn Foo // Mar 3, 2008 at 12:19 pm

  Those tin boxes with chocolate cookies that sell for around $20 at Chinese markets. They are supposed to be perceived as luxury gifts.

  Oh, also, fighting over the bill after a meal passively, saying “Not a problem” in Chinese millions of times.

• 67 llcooldw // Mar 3, 2008 at 12:29 pm

  LICE.

  nok the kine thak make yole head eetch

• 68 That Guy // Mar 3, 2008 at 1:00 pm

  how can I get the “being nice by offering to pay the bill at a restaurant”

  Moms and Dads and Aunts and Uncles love to fight over who gets to pay the bill at a restaurant. It makes them look really nice, but really its just a really weird game of chicken where the losing party has to pay and the winning party looks really good for at least offering to pay and then relenting and letting the other pay.

  i personally am not into that kind of thing. Whenever someone offers to pay, I say “thanks” before they can take that offer off the table. I know that’s kind of bush-league amongst asians but hey, if you offer to pay, then you go ahead and do it!

• 69 Asia V. // Mar 3, 2008 at 8:33 pm

  OTHER ASIANS
  Seriously. My family and my Asian friends will devote their LIFE to phoning in for Asian people. Jasmine Trias (American Idol)? Yeah, we voted for her. At least 7 TIMES every night. Kaba Modern (America’s Best Dance Crew)? Of course we’re voting for them! The fact is, we think we are so racially superior and when we find other people of our race (especially on TV) we have a compulsion to make our race known thereby increasing our superiority. Why do you think so many Asian people look up to Bruce Lee and Jet Li? It’s because they’re Asian, they’re mainstream, therefore they’re awesome.

  TECHNOLOGY
  Going along with your post on tricking up our rides, Asians love technology. We revel in having the best cellphone, the best mp3 player (usually handheld things). Especially cell phones. We pay SO MUCH to have them imported from Korea or god-knows-where and then we pay to have it unlocked.

  CELL PHONE CHARMS
  It’s a compulsion. Any self-respecting Asian person has some kind of charm on their cellphone, DS, camera, & mp3 player (if at all possible). Because, hey, they look pretty and some of them make a pleasant bell sound

  PHOTOSHOP / WEB DESIGN
  Many hours are wasted. This is probably why we are so elite at this form of “art.” We enjoy finding pictures of random things and adding random text while blurring the background or foreground of the picture. We also revel in having battles with other Asians to prove who is better at this skill. But we always end up getting owned by the other person

  DYING HAIR / HAIR IN GENERAL
  Personally, I don’t do this. Many Asians feel the need to dye their hair “hollywood” (blonde/orange/something that is not their natural hair color). What’s ridiculous are the people who dye their hair black, because it’s apparently one shade blacker than their actual hair. But nobody can tell anyways…

• 70 Scot // Mar 4, 2008 at 6:46 am

  Gambling!

• 71 Ray // Mar 4, 2008 at 8:32 am

  Other things us Asians love:

  -Wall to wall carpeting
  -Squatting
  -Giving peace signs in photos
  -plastic grocery bags (I know it’s been said, but it’s so true!)
  -drinking only tsingtao or heineken
  -Michael Jordan

• 72 Val // Mar 4, 2008 at 12:52 pm

  I want to throw support to some that have already been said and add some more:

  - Designer knockoffs
  - Taking photos of themselves/each other
  - Heineken
  - Fixing things themselves, to the point of “macgyvering” ways to make something broken work again; and on that note…
  - Macgyver
  - Highlights by bleaching the hair so it turns orange
  - Shaving off your eyebrows and tattooing or drawing them in
  - Gold bling
  - Ferrero Rocher and Nips
  - Being skinny
  - Giving fruit baskets as gifts

• 73 Dr. Chan // Mar 4, 2008 at 7:16 pm

  Thanks for the support.

• 74 That Guy // Mar 5, 2008 at 1:49 am

  POCKY

  and SHRIMP FLAVORED CHIPS

• 75 Asia // Mar 5, 2008 at 2:57 am

  asian people like half-asian people.

• 76 yimay // Mar 6, 2008 at 5:12 pm

  - mechanical pencils

• 77 yimay // Mar 6, 2008 at 5:32 pm

  i have so many things to add

  - asian squatting
  - taking pictures
  - criticizing others
  - fresh fruit
  - ferrero rocher/almond rocca
  - chewing on cartilage/tendons/bones (and leaving the bones in a little pile on the dinner table)
  - leaving the protective plastic on electronics/accessories/toys/lampshades
  - shaved ice desserts
  - anything that is “not too sweet” and describing it that way
  - anything that is free/used/hand-me-down
  - “european” butter cookies that come in a tin
  - guessing which nationality other asians are
  - fighting over the dinner bill
  - stealing extra napkins/condiments/bags from restaurants and stores
  - leftovers (even if the only thing that is left is the sauce, asians will take it home)
  - picking your nose in public
  - picking someone else’s earwax or letting someone else pick out yours
  - back scratchers/electric massagers/vibrators (non-sexual)
  - tiger balm
  - chiropractors
  - asian doctors
  - voting for asian politicians even if they don’t agree with their policy making
  - getting discounts from asian proprietors and giving discounts to asian customers
  - chinese herbs/vitamins/medicinal teas
  - queuing/getting in line and being first
  - (in asia) bleaching your hair so it is not black

• 78 Edward // Mar 7, 2008 at 10:06 am

  Naming our kids after ivy or near ivy league schools.

  Examples:

  - Harvard Chen
  - Stanford Kim
  - Leland Park
  - Cornell Leung

• 79 Edward // Mar 7, 2008 at 10:08 am

  Asking for extras at a restaurant discreetly in our native language (or language of the restaurant owner).

• 80 Edward // Mar 7, 2008 at 10:08 am

  Oh, forgot…

  - Princeton Lee

• 81 Edward // Mar 7, 2008 at 10:09 am

  “-Giving peace signs in photos”

  Hahaha… great one # 71. I second that one!

• 82 Edward // Mar 7, 2008 at 10:15 am

  The “Asian Blush”….

  With the caveat that for Koreans we have less of the asian blush and more of an almost “Irish” like “Cocky Drunk” thing going on…

• 83 Edward // Mar 7, 2008 at 1:14 pm

  We like Russell Peters…

  Search your feelings… you know it to be true…

• 84 johnk // Mar 8, 2008 at 4:08 pm

  Herbs
  Picking vegetables from roads and parks
  Souplantation
  Burping
  Christianity
  Copying white people
  Copying white people who are copying Asian people

• 85 ken // Mar 8, 2008 at 4:23 pm

  traveling to places around the world, but only to places where they have relatives.

• 86 NYDirk // Mar 9, 2008 at 7:45 am

  Using large bottles of expensive liquor as decoration.

• 87 TBR Asian Sector // Mar 9, 2008 at 10:18 am

  Here are really obvious things that need to be added:

  -Mangoes
  -Gel Pens
  -Disney Folders (anything but “Mulan”)
  -”Friends” (the show)
  -Traveling in groups
  -Matching clothing
  -Small electronics
  -Those dangly thing on cell phones
  -Yale, Harvard, or Stanford (but not Princeton)
  -Concert piano or violin (sometimes the cello)
  -Complaining about American Chinese food
  -Walking very close to strangers
  -Multiple cameras (alternatively, taking lots of pictures)
  -Loafers with white socks
  -Shiny things
  -Med school
  -Not disappointing parents
  -Peace sign poses in pictures
  -Eccentric game shows
  -Low-budget music videos
  -Louis Vuitton
  -Learning French
  -Crock pots

• 88 Yellow mellow // Mar 9, 2008 at 12:41 pm

  How about dating white women to secure a higher pecking order?

  Or trying to be the only asian around so they can complain about it?

  Was this site modeled after the more successful “stufwhitepeoplelike.com”?

• 89 Amy // Mar 10, 2008 at 9:48 pm

  Hallo fellow Asians,
  I’ve been recently hooked on “Stuff white people like” and thought there should be a “Stuff Asians like”. So I did a little googling & voila`, here you are! Just gonna put a few recommendations here. Sorry if you’ve already covered some. I’m gonna go & read the whole page now.
  Thanks,
  Amy

  ~ having close-knit families
  ~ taking photos everywhere and anywhere
  ~ having pale skin and obsessions with skin-whitening products and staying out of the sun
  ~ having big round eyes or at least appearing to have such
  ~ Honda Civics
  ~ karaoke
  ~ instant noodles
  ~ white people and almost everything they do
  ~ avoiding (unnecessary) physical exercises: driving everywhere instead of taking public transport, taking the lifts/escalators to go up 2 levels instead of the stairs, paying $20 for a 15-minute ride up the mountain in the cable car instead of a 3-hour hike, etc.
  ~ wanting their kids to:
  - achieve (unrealistic) academic success, hence the need for private tutors,
  - have at least a Masters degree, (a Bachelors degree is a must)
  - be doctors / pharmacists / dentists,
  - not bother with sports and other extra curriculum activities such as dancing / singing, school musicals, student groups, etc.,

  ~ making their daughters learn the piano (other musical instruments are deemed not “posh” enough)
  ~ cooking Asian food at all family/friends gatherings (occasions when all the girls would be in the kitchen fussing over the food / criticising other girls’ recipes and cooking methods, and all the guys would be in the living room discussing cars / computers / electronic gadgets / soccer)
  ~ force-feeding their guests at dinner parties (it’s all about the food! who cares about entertainment?)
  ~ having a “More is more” approach in home decoration
  ~ ridiculously expensive branded stuff, especially those with the designer’s logo printed all over the place

• 90 Peter // Mar 10, 2008 at 9:52 pm

  Thanks amy!

• 91 That Guy // Mar 11, 2008 at 11:02 am

  Asians like talking behind white people’s back in front of their faces.

  They can do this by talking all their smack in their native language. Then before they switch back to english, they smile at the white person and pretend that nothing is wrong.

• 92 YASPY Chick // Mar 12, 2008 at 9:27 am

  You might want a separate “Stuff Hong Kong People Like” because it’s a little different from “Stuff Chinese People Like.” Up here in Toronto, many Hong Kong immigrants bought normal sized, post WWII era homes, tore them down and built McMansions instead. They also have an obsession with Mercedes (or, as HK Canadians would say, Ben-see) and golf!

• 93 John // Mar 12, 2008 at 8:33 pm

  my Chinese ma
  - studies bills, receipts, and bank statements intensely (general paranoia that she’s getting ripped off, goes along with general cheapness)
  - is afraid of traffic, parking, and highways
  - saves all sorts of “disposable” containers and bags
  - is obsessed with health and safety (avoid biking on the road due to accidents, hot water is more sanitary, etc.)

  P.S. the dishwasher and the hoarding entries were exactly right!

• 94 Far West Asian // Mar 12, 2008 at 9:30 pm

  I’m not sure if you’ve already posted this entry but here’s a suggestion: Dating White Guys. I know it’s a very controversial topic but let’s kick the ballistics for a second. Asians have the highest percentage of out-marriage and interracial dating.

  Other suggestions:
  Break dancing
  Kung Fu
  Tofu

• 95 Penis McNickels // Mar 14, 2008 at 7:57 am

  Chewing with their mouths open!

  Oh god how this annoys the hell out of me when dining with my in-laws…

  I try my best to ignore them by looking out the window and imagining that the sounds are just waves lapping on the beach… This never works though…

• 96 random passerby // Mar 14, 2008 at 11:18 am

  Just some stuff I picked up while watching Asian shows…

  - boybands (DBSK/SuJu/Fahrenheit)
  I don’t get why they’re all the rage in Asia right now…but I don’t mind…hot guys. xD And the new trend is to have large bands with members from different countries…or to sing songs in different languages

  - cheering in other Asian languages
  Like aja aja fighting/jia you/gambatte…etc (same with “I love you”)

  - downloading dramas/TV series/music and pirating stuff
  Don’t want to pay money for the real stuff when these cheaper/free alternatives are around…

  - “kidult” - adults acting like kids
  Goes with “being cute.” It annoys me to no end…

  - speaking English when it’s unnecessary
  When in their native countries, a lot of Asians speak English, as if that makes them more “superior”…sorta goes with how Asians think anything American/Western is good.

  - variety shows
  They’re usually really funny…

  - idol shows
  A lot Asians vote for people on idol shows to “help them achieve their dreams,” and then feel a sense of achievement when the people they support become famous…

  Asian people also think “white” is beautiful…as in white skin, high nose, double eye-lid…and a lot of people get plastic surgery…

  A lot of guys try to look taller, so they wear heel-lifts in their shoes.xD

  And Chinese people all like Da Shan/Mark Mark Rowswell because he speaks Mandarin so well.

• 97 David // Mar 14, 2008 at 5:59 pm

  Costco.

• 98 jj // Mar 16, 2008 at 7:40 am

  jewelry-gold,jade stuff

• 99 jj // Mar 16, 2008 at 7:58 am

  GAMBLING

• 100 mamekuma // Mar 17, 2008 at 11:11 pm

  probably doubles or triples:
  - backscratchers (esp. the elders)
  - charms
  - emoticons
  - proverbs
  - sign/body language
  - pencil cases

• 101 G // Mar 21, 2008 at 1:23 pm

  the handwashing dishes post made me think of my mom. it also made me think of the fact that she is soooo against brooms and mops. she still makes me get on my hands and knees to clean the kitchen and dining room floor everytime i go over… and the fact that asians tend to have a LOT of uncarpeted, hardwood floors in their houses does not make it any better. my being the oldest girl, i’m surprised my knees dont have calluses on them…

• 102 brandon // Mar 21, 2008 at 2:26 pm

  i notice a lot of asian girls wear burberry pattern stuff… and a lot of asian people drink orange juice and ginger ale….and shop at banana republic…

• 103 Jack // Mar 22, 2008 at 6:05 am

  What is it with old butter tubs? If I open my refrigerator there will be 25 butter tubs stacked up on the shelves, only one of which has butter in it. My asian wife (of 40 years) has always done this and so do all her friends.

• 104 suggestions // Mar 23, 2008 at 5:25 pm

  this blog isn’t very nuanced. in fact, it may be seen as a catalogue of asian stereotypes. we don’t necessarily “like” using chopsticks. it’s a part of our culture. you wouldn’t accuse a white person of “liking” forks. c’mon, let’s get a little more specific here. white people aren’t the only ones capable of satire. we invented the printing press; we can do anything.

  - being an econ major
  - names like grace or esther (korean), victor and henry (chinese)
  - wearing black
  - shopping at club monaco
  - feeling obligated to your parents

• 105 haolepake // Mar 24, 2008 at 12:15 am

  I agree with Jennifer post #34, Azn Foo post #66, and post #104.

  How about a post about “having no qualms about asking personal questions/making blunt comments”? I was frequently greeted by my Chinese grandfather with, “You look like you gained weight,” or “You can get that mole above your lip removed.” Recently an Asian man at the airport started talking to me and asked why I don’t have children. He had no sense of embarrassment when I told him I was having trouble conceiving and actually started giving me advice!

  Has anyone received an answer to a question like, “Can we go to Disneyland?” with “Too expensive, too expensive!”? It’s never said once, always twice.

• 106 Hapagirl // Mar 24, 2008 at 7:38 am

  I think mothballs should be on the list. What is up with the obsession with mothballs? I have loads of childhood mothball memories… at every relative’s house, but I’ve never met a white person who smelled like mothballs… so I think it must be Asian grannies that keep the mothball industry in business…
  Oh and how about adding FABDaWG (Fabulous Asian Babe with Dorky White Guy/Gal)… we’ve all seen it and cringed haven’t we?

• 107 YASPY Chick // Mar 24, 2008 at 9:50 am

  The shopping at Club Monaco thing is soooooo 90s!

• 108 cool chick // Mar 25, 2008 at 12:29 am

  How about distancing themselves from other minority groups! And taking advantage of them! haha

• 109 Anonymous // Mar 25, 2008 at 5:01 am

  squatting

• 110 Anonymous // Mar 25, 2008 at 12:44 pm

  Group Photos

  Young asians always seem to have a million asian friends, and they are always in a big group taking big group pictures together.

  If it’s a special occasion, they’ll all dress exactly alike to make the group seem more united.

• 111 Anonymous // Mar 25, 2008 at 2:36 pm

  How about range hoods that can suck up a small animal?

• 112 Anonymous // Mar 25, 2008 at 4:55 pm

  Write about….

  -Asian tourist pictures
  -Love for noodles
  -Breakdancing

• 113 haolepake // Mar 25, 2008 at 7:26 pm

  Like Hapagirl, I agree there should be a posting on mothballs- I have been given things that still, after years and years, smell of mothballs (and I kind of like the smell).

  How about older asian men and toothpicks? My dad always has two or three handy in his shirt pockets.

  How about asian people referring to everyone else as foreigners (even if they have recently immigrated to a new country)?

• 114 Anonymous // Mar 26, 2008 at 1:56 am

  Driving slow in the fast lane
  Anime
  Asian gangs
  Tapioca drinks

• 115 Michael // Mar 26, 2008 at 12:37 pm

  Gambling

  Surgical masks

• 116 Anonymous // Mar 27, 2008 at 7:27 am

  Squatting should be added to the list

• 117 Sherry // Mar 28, 2008 at 12:18 pm

  gambling.

• 118 Angela // Mar 29, 2008 at 6:15 pm

  at the top of my head:

  1/Bowling -
  2/ 80’s music
  3/ crawfish

• 119 That Guy // Mar 30, 2008 at 7:31 pm

  i like the last 10 entries. awesome

• 120 sheep // Mar 31, 2008 at 10:43 pm

  pen twirling

• 121 Ddad // Apr 1, 2008 at 10:40 am

  How could you not include soybeans?

  Asians LOVE soybeans:
  Soy sauce
  Edaname
  Tofu
  on and on and on and on

• 122 Von // Apr 1, 2008 at 12:48 pm

  Over-usage of emoticons and smiley faces.

• 123 Anonymous // Apr 2, 2008 at 11:45 am

  Squatting. It’s a true continent-wide asian favorite.

• 124 Catherella // Apr 2, 2008 at 3:38 pm

  First born sons.
  Relatives who cannot ask you about anything but your academic success/profession.
  Logos/symbols that they do not know the meaning of adorning things (e.g. Playboy Bunnies, Swastikas).
  The English alphabet on t-shirts– doesn’t matter what it says.
  Ice cream with corn in.
  Wearing masks that cover the bottom half of your face. Not just for pollution, but for when you visit a foreign country too!
  Moving to a country, completely assimilating when outside and then reverting back to total asianness once you get in the front door.
  Being buddhist, but having another religion too (like ancestral worship) just in case.
  Hanging up men and women’s underwear separately, with the latter going up on a line strung up beneath the men’s pants.
  Making a big deal about how dirty menustruation is.

• 125 Catherella // Apr 2, 2008 at 3:49 pm

  Asian Toilet Etiquette.
  Oh and squatting– on toilets. Even if it is European style.
  Lining the toilet bowl with a collage of paper that uses approximately half the bowl (even though your backside never gets into contact with the seat).
  Leaving foot prints.
  Wiping yourself with toilet paper, and then throwing it in a bin instead of flushing it.
  A hose so that you can thoroughly cleanse your arse after you take a dump.
  Sorry to get a little scatological– but some of these habits really used to bother me when I lived in Asia .

• 126 ANON // Apr 3, 2008 at 9:31 am

  If you’re Vietnamese:

  The Band “Modern Talking”

  I don’t know why, and I’m not smart enough to explain it. But it is what it is.

  Also, millions upon millions of those Paris by Night videos. What are they up to like 200 now?

  And then watching those Chinese dramas that take up like 20 tapes?

• 127 Justin // Apr 3, 2008 at 9:34 am

  Thanks for all of the suggestions!

• 128 Anonymous // Apr 6, 2008 at 1:16 pm

  All I have to say is (maybe this is just a Filipino thing): papaya skin whitening soap.

• 129 Anonymous // Apr 7, 2008 at 2:15 pm

  taking photos!!

• 130 sarasize // Apr 8, 2008 at 2:41 pm

  Asians love black leather couches from the 80’s

• 131 Anonymous // Apr 8, 2008 at 6:17 pm

  putting on a big show and fighting to pay the bill at a restaurant. But in reality the person fighting is really just putting on a show and is hoping the other person will pay. So it becomes a game of chicken to see who wants to pay more.

• 132 Drew // Apr 9, 2008 at 9:32 am

  Great stuff.
  From one of the “white guys” in Asia that speak and read more than we admit and try to build friendship and understanding - jie2 na4.

  We wonder if your list will grow to include: pop music, instant/text messaging, upscale cell phones, herbal remedies, sandals, corn, pizza, beer, Santa Claus and drinking games.

• 133 D // Apr 9, 2008 at 6:05 pm

  Kleenex boxes in the back window ledge of sedans.

  One time use plastic containers (deli or margerine type) used over and over for food storage.

• 134 Yammer // Apr 10, 2008 at 1:32 pm

  Wispy long haircuts inspired by the Final Fantasy series

  Reading about white people putting themselves down for being racist, while thinking about how our relatives about about the most openly racist people imaginable, always comparing people from our Asian country to people from other countries in Asia

  Giving money at funerals

  Admiring non-Asians who are skillful with chopsticks and/or profess enjoyment of the “challenging” sushis like sea urchin

  Seafood-flavoured snack products

  Being a 33-year-old woman yet really into Hello Kitty

  Having a lot of relatives who are 50 years old and have never dated

  Thinking that you’re really cool, for an Asian

  Complaining about the lack of Asian American cultural icons/getting excited when Al Leong shows up in “Die Hard”/wondering why white guys think Lucy Liu is all that

• 135 KC // Apr 11, 2008 at 1:19 pm

  Some suggestions: gambling, smoking and nose picking.

• 136 JF // Apr 11, 2008 at 2:26 pm

  How about:

  1) razor haircuts
  2) blonde / auburn highlights
  3) gambling
  4) ostentatious designer logos on stuff
  5) asking questions other people might find intrusive (is your mom korean? why don’t you speak our language? how much did you pay for that?)

• 137 Anonymous // Apr 15, 2008 at 3:54 pm

  asians smoke like chimneys

• 138 mogo // Apr 15, 2008 at 4:44 pm

  HAGGLING.
  My mother will shamelessly walk into a non Asian store and say “I’ll give you $20″ for an item that is priced at $100.

  Asians can be brutally cheap. Driving around to find a gas station that’s selling at 1 cent cheaper than the nearest station and so on.

  Asians can be ridiculously brand obsessed too.

• 139 Sabra D. // Apr 15, 2008 at 8:36 pm

  Is it just the Chinese people I’ve met or is this an Asian thing: turning on all the lights? I had an older Chinese woman staying in a hostel with me and at 3 am she would go to the bathroom (it was down the hall) and turn on the lights while she was gone and the rest of us were sleeping. And my best friend has all the lights on in his house whether he’s there or not.

• 140 Justin // Apr 15, 2008 at 8:44 pm

  yeah, i turn on all lights too. we’re scared of the dark! =(

• 141 haolepake // Apr 25, 2008 at 1:22 am

  Asian people like fish. (Fish are a symbol of good fortune.) Fish can be found in tanks/bowls in the home, koi ponds in the yard, and enormous saltwater tanks in restaurants and other places of business. Asian people also like to eat fish. Large tanks in restaurants containing fish intended for consumption ensure the ultimate in freshness.

• 142 Tom // Apr 25, 2008 at 11:35 am

  Asians love inspecting fruits and vegetables - they’ll spend countless hours inspecting every piece on the shelf before deciding on the perfect produce…

• 143 haolepake // Apr 26, 2008 at 4:43 pm

  Snooping. Asian parents like to snoop through their children’s mail, bills, personal effects, cupboards, etc. Did I mention that I’m referring to adult children? So, before a visit to your home, it is wise to hide all unpaid bills, receipts, and items from your private life. Of course if your parent(s) shows up unannounced, you’re screwed.

• 144 Jocelyn // Apr 27, 2008 at 11:31 am

  You haven’t included superstitions & old wives tales for explaining phenomena. Asians have a “story” for everything. I can’t buy anything to decorate my home without consulting my mother for fear of brining “bad luck” into my home. I guess that would encompass feng shui as well.

• 145 Brock // May 8, 2008 at 1:03 pm

  What do Asians love?…EMOTICONS!

  Ok, for females, its rather normal no matter where you’re from, fine, but I have found that Asians are the only ethnicity of human beings where the males actually partake in deliberate and consistant use of emoticons, and they think it’s totally acceptable (Are you kidding me?!?!…I’m afraid not).

  This message is for all my male asian friends:
  Guys (you ARE guys, right?), don’t use emoticons. The greatest thing about being a guy is that we don’t have to sugar coat things we say. We say what we mean, so there’s no reason to add frazzles and doodads, smileys and winks, that’s just straight up lame, and sufficient to allow people to question your manhood. Please, regular punctuation works just fine. Plus, think about it, if you wink at me, be it in real life or via creative combination of text characters, I’m going to think you are hittin on me, and I’m not like that.

• 146 Brock // May 8, 2008 at 1:04 pm

  …and they wonder why white guys steal all their girls….

• 147 Shirley // May 8, 2008 at 7:22 pm

  University of California…c’mon, a good number of the schools are nearly half all Asian.

• 148 Crystal // May 11, 2008 at 2:22 am

  Asians LOVE berkeley.

• 149 MeiJia // May 13, 2008 at 6:48 pm

  Cell Phone Charms! <3

• 150 Victor Chen // May 24, 2008 at 12:10 am

  Asians like to wait until their guests have left before opening presents! We never, ever open a present in front of the giver, it’s rude! We pretend when don’t want it, then we take it into the bedroom or back of the house. Then we come back out with tea.

• 151 dave // May 27, 2008 at 4:09 am

  do one up them bashing their children when they dont get 90+ on a test

• 152 evanoah // Jun 4, 2008 at 10:46 am

  HI - i LOVE your blog and want to share a video i made last week with my asian girlfriend, svetlana wiles - a red cross nurse for terminally ill children who was down in cali visiting me from portland, oregon last week. she’s amazing!

  .svetlana: http://www.vimeo.com/1091814

• 153 haolepake // Jun 9, 2008 at 1:24 am

  Over-indulged, over-fed baby/young boys.

• 154 Rich Francis // Jun 9, 2008 at 9:46 am

  1) Partially fermented foods… kim chi etc.
  2) When normal sized things are made very small
  3) Latin Dancing
  4) Kimoi Kawaii things that are ugly cute
  5) Cell phones with thousands of features
  6) Machines with highly specialized purposes like rice cookers
  7) Guilt they love it

• 155 Rich Francis // Jun 9, 2008 at 9:47 am

  They seem to love suffering, playing the martyr,

• 156 Oneya // Jun 15, 2008 at 9:07 pm

  Thinking they are better than other minorities
  Kissing white people’s butt

• 157 asdf121 // Jun 15, 2008 at 11:13 pm

  write about how asians are usually seen in groups
  maybe write something about the stereotypes of the people in the groups(the hyper one, the shy one, etc.)?

• 158 Peter // Jun 24, 2008 at 6:07 pm

  nice

• 159 skip // Jun 30, 2008 at 12:35 pm

  Don’t forget sofa doilys! My grandma was an avid collector! See pix here: http://images.google.co.za/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=wEP&resnum=0&q=sofa%20doily&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

• 160 That Guy // Jun 30, 2008 at 12:55 pm

  Assigning numbers to all their uncles and aunts.

  I don’t even know the real names of half of my aunts and uncles; I just refer to them by their number.

  and also referring to any asian adult not in your family as uncle or aunt, anyways. quite confusing

• 161 timothy cheung // Jun 30, 2008 at 2:31 pm

  Preface:
  Umami (旨味、旨み、うま味、うまみ) is a proposed addition to the currently accepted four basic tastes sensed by specialized receptor cells present on the human tongue.[1] The same taste is also known as xiānwèi (traditional Chinese: 鮮味; simplified Chinese: 鲜味) in Chinese cooking

  Body:
  Umami is a Japanese word meaning savory, a “deliciousness” factor deriving specifically from detection of the natural amino acid, glutamic acid, or glutamates common in meats, cheese, broth, stock, and other protein-heavy foods. The action of umami receptors explains why foods treated with monosodium glutamate (MSG) often taste “heartier”. - wikipedia

  Conclusion:
  Asian people like MSG

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