1. 10 months ago 
    20110307: playpen playtime (Taken with instagram)

    20110307: playpen playtime (Taken with instagram)

     
  2. 1 year ago 

    #Treme - dredging up memories

    #Treme reminds me of childhood Sundays going to church near that old N’Awlins neighborhood: http://bit.ly/9LcjiC


    Chinese Presbyterian Church of New Orleans

    Before my parents and some other like-minded folk struck out and started their own Chinese Church in Metairie @ Memorial Baptist, we attended the Chinese Presbyterian Church of New Orleans.  It was roughly 5 blocks south of the formal boundry of the Treme and while the building still exists, the actual Church meets in Kenner now. I always thought it odd that smack-dab in the middle of an all-black community was our ethnic Chinese church.  I remember driving from our mostly-white Kenner or Metairie suburb on I-10 to Carrollton then on up to Bienville…  the smells, sights, sounds, and even the pace of New Orleans neighborhoods seemed so strange and foreign.

    Soon enough, they became familiar though still not quite my own in terms of culture - now I still view the Treme mostly as an outsider but I can still dredge up flashes of memory through the car-windows of my mind: funeral processions and impromptu musical marches through those aged, weary neighborhood streets of the Big Easy.

    More info from National Geographic:

    http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/05/new-orleans/treme-interactive

  3. 3 years ago 

    Objectivity, Darwin, and Sputterings

    Anybody?  Anybody?  Bueller?  Bueller?

    After reading some opinion pieces about this controversial documentary, I am looking forward to seeing what all the fuss is about:

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2004353967_chapman17.html

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20080418/cm_uc_crbbox/op_235852;_ylt=AhcgIkjWaICSg1m_dhywKAqs0NUE

    I think this film will go on to add to perceptions about academia’s closed-mindedness.

  4. 3 years ago 

    Rip NPR a new one

    Let me preface this post by saying I listen to NPR incessantly - my radio dial is pretty much stuck on 94.9 (KUOW Seattle). But listening to a music review of a single noted composition (B flat for the entire song), I couldn’t help but think of how ludicrous the piece was… I kept visualizing Dana Carvey or Mike Myers spoofing this on SNL - just imagine them performing the skit using the exact same words as the NPR review…

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89284569

    It’s even better if you listen to it.

  5. 3 years ago 

    Recent Family Pics

    Futbol!

    Kickin’ around w/ dad @ the soccer fields.

    Fun with Popo

    Ring-around-the-rosie!  Fun with Popo.

    Eyes Open

    Hello world!

  6. 3 years ago 

    Shame vs. Guilt

    http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0331/p01s02-woap.html

    Most asians understand “Mien Ze” or “Diou Nien” well - the words certainly elicits a visceral reaction from some of us, but until reading the CS article linked above, I had never considered the concept in “guilt-based” or “shame-based” terms.

    In the below quote, I find the implications interesting:

    ” Though this is not a hard and fast rule, Zheng suggests, in general terms ‘guilt means you try to be good in the eyes of God; shame means you try to be good in the eyes of your neighbors.’ “

    This goes a long way in explaining the Chinese “me-first except when it makes me look bad” culture.

    The Shame

  7. 3 years ago  from mobile
    Samurai Ramen: I.Dist., Seattle

    Samurai Ramen: I.Dist., Seattle

     
  8. 3 years ago  from mobile
    Japanese Crepes: I.Dist., Seattle

    Japanese Crepes: I.Dist., Seattle

     
  9. 3 years ago 

    Abstinence/Hookup Culture - Naive Extremes

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