Hello SAPL Family! It’s been a while since our last post, but I would like to announce one of Vannie’s last posts before she takes an extended leave from guest writing here at SAPL. Her submissions have been great for the Asian Community in that they’ve urged us to think deeper about our lives as [...]
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Asian Flush (”Blame it on the Ah-Ah-Ah-Alcohol”)
Posted March 12th, 2010 by Peter · 1 Comment
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Open Dialogue: Northern vs. Southern Asians
Posted February 20th, 2010 by Peter · 16 Comments
Vannie Sung’s latest submission is about latitudinal differences between Asians in their own countries. There is definitely a divide that keeps Asians everywhere (especially in areas torn by war and ideology) from achieving true unity because they are so caught up in upholding their own cultural identities. Vannie poses a larger question at the end– [...]
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Featured Topic: Double Names
Posted January 23rd, 2010 by Peter · 8 Comments
This week’s post is a very thought provoking dissemination of common Asian naming conventions by none other than guest writer Vannie Sung! Hopefully, we as a SAPL community can help shed some light on this topic. Take it away, Vannie!
Vannie says: I’d like to re-iterate the question that Shakespeare’s Juliet asked Romeo: “What’s in a [...]
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#130 Ramen Noodles
Posted January 11th, 2010 by Peter · 9 Comments
“It’s fast, cheap, yummy, and everywhere,” says Masako Fukui of Kei’s Kitchen (speaking about Japan’s greatest innovation of the 20th century– no joke). Believe it or not, even though these wavy egg noodles in broth are now ubiquitous with Japan; it had origins in China long before that (over four thousand years to be exact).
How [...]
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