You’ve just been invited to eat by your best Asian friend and their family. You all enter a wonderful smelling restaurant I will stereotypically call, “Seafood Paradise.” Everyone orders, and you wait for your food to arrive. You expect your own plate. You expect your own food. Instead, the waiter brings all the food to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Environment'
#133 Putting Food On Other Peoples’ Plates
Posted August 25th, 2010 by Peter · 5 Comments
Tags: Activities · Cuisine · Culture · Customs · Environment · Food & Beverage · Habits · People
Asian CineVision and TECO Showcase New Taiwanese Cinema at 33rd Asian American International Film Festival
Posted June 14th, 2010 by Peter · 4 Comments
New York (June 14, 2010) — Asian CineVision (ACV) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York (TECO) have announced a special presentation on New Taiwanese Cinema. The program will be presented during the 33rd Asian American International Film Festival from July 15 through July 24, 2010 throughout various venues in New York [...]
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Featured Topic: French Loan Words in Vietnam
Posted May 21st, 2010 by Peter · 26 Comments
Hi SAPL Readers! Blogger Danny Bloom was kind enough to share his article about how certain Vietnamese words have been derived. It’s interesting that a great deal actually come from France (not really), but check it out! I learned a great deal about Vietnamese words I never thought had French roots at all.
According to legends [...]
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Open Topic: Duke Basketball
Posted April 1st, 2010 by Peter · 2 Comments
As the dust settles on March Madness, many are starting to profess their love for their favorite college basketball teams. In fact, David notes:
“Duke basketball definitely has a HUGE following among Chinese and Koreans. Back where I’m at, it seems like all the Asians are rooting for Duke. All the white people are rooting against [...]
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