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My Google Alert, not so intelligently searching simply for “Asian American literature”, recently linked me to a BlogHer blog entry “Finally! Characters in Romance Novels Who Look Like Me – and Maybe You, Too.” I thought the entry title and photos said it all, but it doesn’t remotely. The east Asian author the blogger [...] Image from DeborahSCraig.com By happenstance, we caught the pilot episode of new CW show Hart of Dixie, a few months into the season and kept it on in the background. We aren’t snobs about what we watch with Gossip Girl, 90210, and The Ringer on the roster and so Hart of Dixie also [...] Similar to catching TIFF films this year, I’m quite keen to watch some Reel Asian International Film Festival screenings during the festival running November 8-13 in Toronto and November 18-19 in Richmond Hill. The Richmond Hill screenings are just a subset of the Toronto ones and not the films that caught my attention so [...] Each year in Vancouver I casually consider volunteering for VAFF, Vancouver Asian Film Festival but quickly dismiss the notion. Do I really want to work for my free movie? Rub shoulders? Maybe next year…. Although I won’t be in Vancouver this November (3-6), nonetheless I am curious about the line-up for their 15th anniversary. [...] Image from hawaiifive0online.net I know I did not mention it last year when when Masi Oka would appear in Hawaii Five-O as I did not know just how recurring his character, coroner Dr. Max Bergman, would be. But I spotted his name in the the opening credits and am so pleased he’s now [...]
The final season of Being Erica began last Monday and I’m looking forward to seeing where the writers have decided to bring the Erica character as she enters her final stage of “therapy” and is on her way to becoming a full-fledged “Doctor”. A new recurring character will be Rachel who was amongst [...] Another season of Amazing Race–its 19th season and 10th year anniversary. I’m in Toronto and get to watch it in person with my sister who is the only person I know who really watches the show. As the contestants were introduced, they were running across the landing of a Chinese temple which made me [...] I really wanted to finish Christine Yano’s Airborne Dreams, reflect and assimilate new knowledge with plenty of time to spare before the September 25 premiere of Pan Am but… life got in the way and my Kindle Reader says I am only 38% or 1,122/2,927 of the way through. Mind you, the book is [...] In between planning the rest of my year (going badly) and wrapping up a course (a little better), I have finally managed to finish reading Eric Liu’s The Accidental Asian. I saw this title in some list of recommended reads in Asian Studies lists and with its unique title, I was intrigued. The author, [...] Last week, I watched the new episode of Combat Hospital (s1e07) and cheered as Major Suzy Chao (played by Ellen Wong) dragged Captain Bobby Trang (played by Terry Chen) snuck away from the base and made out in the back of an army convoy truck… until he got paged. In most of the episodes [...] |
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