What is there to do around the San Gabriel Valley? Positive Coping Strategies incorporated to deal with Developmental Transitions: from Graduation ---to--- Moving back home... living with parents... yay...
It's (almost) Winter Break! More time to update till school starts again in Mid Jan 2011! - 12.3.2010
Showing posts with label Asian American Things. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asian American Things. Show all posts
Four years ago, I watched the World Cup 2006 at my university's dorm with a group of S. Korean exchange students. The Common TV Area was basically taken over by a bunch of excited screaming Asians, potato chips, peanuts, and *non-alcoholic beverages*. S. Korea Team was doing so well for a long while. The exchange students and I had a great time following them. We were so pumped that we even drove 5 hours down to LA to watch the S. Korean Vs. France match at LA's Korea Town - a famous spot with the most Korean population outside of Korea.
After my rats have passed away, my boyfriend and I needed a mini get-away to cope. So, we decided to do a local Mini Thai Adventure.
We begin our evening with a relaxing Thai Massage session at a causal and inexpensive place ran by Thai American - Pattaya Healing Massage. Masseuses there do not speak in very good English, but they do try their best to be as polite as they know how - which is somewhat rare in Chinese ran foot massage spas.
After our $35/hr Healing Thai Massages, we wrapped up with a dinner at another Thai-American establishment in Alhambra - Noodle World. Other than the food is yummy, the Big Boy status at the back of this restaurant is definitely an interesting quirk for those who do not know the story behind it: this Noodle World's Alhambra branch location used to be the Bob's Big Boy Diner. Read more @ Noodle World's homage to its Big Boy roots - LA Times.
Thai BBQ Chicken Rice : d...
Spring Rolls and Wet Pan Fried Flat Noodle with Chicken and Squid.
and Yes, I am reading "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" by Douglas Adams.
Pacific Asia Museum - I have been planning to go check it out since... forever.
And, Nope! Still haven't been there yet.
L.A. Food Trucks - Oh Yeah~ I am always up for trying new nomnoms!
Pacific Asia Museum + Dumpling Truck ?! = OooOooh! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to go!
It's unfortunate that I won't be in town for that weekend. Awwwww... to those who are checking this event out, HAVE FUN & EAT MY SHARE FOR MEEEEE!!!
Pasadena Dumpling Festival at Pacific Asia Museum
Saturday, May 22. 4-6pm
@ The Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue,
Pasadena, California 91101
(626) 449-2742
"Join us Saturday afternoon to recognize an integral part of Asian culture through one of its main culinary staples-the dumpling. This event is free to the public and will feature music, games, and a dumpling eating contest, co-sponsored by Pacific Asia Museum and the Dumpling Station truck.
Enjoy fresh dumplings and drinks in the beautiful museum courtyard! Peruse the galleries, the museum store and check out the Special Exhibitions. Admission to the museum is free throughout the event.
The competition will feature six contestants who will try to finish 50 dumplings within two minutes. The winner will receive a $50 VISA gift card, tee shirt and Pacific Asia Museum membership. Four contestants will be pre-selected by Dumpling Station via random email selection and the remaining participants will be chosen on site via a raffle drawing. For more details or to submit an entry email, visit dumplingstation.com."
I was prettttty geeky/nerdy in High School. But, I was never picked on for that. Ahhh... coz the everyone else were too busy picking on me for being "Fobby".
So, if the geeks and nerds have gotten their own TV propaganda commercials to help them out after decades of suffering, would the fobs eventually get something like these later on?
According to UrbanDictionary.com, "fob" means... Oh, and before you scroll down to read on, I must comment... Shit man, I bet you ANYTHING this long ass definition is typed out by some confused Asian American teenager, who is going through the self-rejecting phrase!! I mean, DAMN! WHO THE FUCK WOULD HAVE THE TIME AND PASSSSSSSION TO TYPE THESE WELL-DETAILED INSIGHTFUL DEFINITION OUT!?
Fob 5743 up, 832 down buy fob mugs, tshirts and magnets First of all...Fob's are immigrants a.k.a. Fresh off the boat. There are many kinds of fobs (i cant really take credit for this becuz i got this off a site. I added some in)
Twinkie - Besides your nationality, there is little to distinguish you from white people - Your significant other is not Asian and never has been - You have few Asian friends, if any - You are embarrassed at family events because you cannot speak your language and everyone has to switch to English to communicate with you - You have no idea that the other types of Asians on this list even exist - You think Hello Kitty is dumb and do not know what Sanrio is - You are the only Asian on this list that does not know what Bubble Tea is - You drive a Ford or some other domestic car and if you drive a Honda, it is stock
Asian-American - You claim yourself as Asian, but real Asians think you're whitewashed and non-Asians see you as a foreigner. You fit in nowhere - You have heard of Bubble Tea but have never actually had any - You are confused about your cultural identity and express this frustration through spoken word performances at your college - You read A. magazine and think it's great - You do not know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, or Kangta are - You are only vaguely aware of the other Asians below
Yap (Young Asian Professional) - You are in one of these professions: a) Medicine / Pharmaceutical b) Engineering c) Finance d) Investment Banking e) Accounting - Most of your wardrobe was purchased at Banana Republic - You go to "mixers" on Thursday nights to meet other Yaps and talk about the Dow Jones. - You did exactly what your parents wanted you to do and as a result, your life is hella boring - Your apartment/home is decorated almost exclusively with stuff from Pier 1 - Your parents always talk to their friends about how much money you make. If they don't, then you're a dissapointment
Fob (Fresh Off tha Boat) - You were not born in America - You know who Leon, Aaron, Sammi, Hikki, and Kangta are. In fact, you have seen them at Atlantic City or Las Vegas recently - You speak your native language fluently and so do all your friends - You do not have any non-Asian friends - Your parents do not speak any English - When you speak English, you like to make everything plural - You get extremely good grades in school - You cannot dance - Your fashion sense comes from whatever country you're from and you incorporate nothing from American fashion into your wardrobe
SuperFob - Your command of the English language is minimal and you don't care - You like dim sum chicken feet - You do not own a single CD, VCD, Video game, or DVD that isn't bootlegged - Your only hangout is Chinatown - All the lights in your house are fluorescent - You dry your cloths outside your window - You need a haircut - You either smell like cigarettes or food
Fobabee - You are an Asian-American or Twinkie who has recently "awoken" - You have a newly found fetish of Asian girls/boys - You have taken the Asian Studies course at college - You are trying to learn as much as possible about your culture to make up for your lifetime of trying to be white (Twinkie ; Banana) or Black (Chigger ; Tea egg) - If you are lucky, you will grow to become Fobulous
Gangsta Fob (Fobsta) - You have shot another Asian - Your favorite hangout is a pool hall - When you talk, you sound like a cross between a Fob and an urban black kid - Your hair looks silly, but no one will tell you because you'll shoot them - You have a serious gambling problem - You are a Rice-boy, but your mods are cheap and are never painted to match the rest of your car - No one tells you your rice ride looks cheap because you'll shoot them - You want to have a Tab girlfriend, but can only get Hoochie Tabs
Tab (Trendy Asian B*tch) - You shop at A/X, Bebe and Club Monaco - You only wear black and will occasionally wear white to "mix it up" - You do not weigh more than 105 lbs - You have never paid for dinner at a restaurant in your life - Platform heels are your favorite - You are a makeup expert, in fact, you appear completely flawless - You do not smile in public - You are the object of desire of all Asian men and you know it - You smoke - Your cell phone is completely customized - On the inside flip of your cell phone is a sticker pic of you and your man - Somewhere in your purse is a Sanrio item - You only date Asian and will only date a boy with a nice car - You are often seen with Rice-boys - You never travel alone. You are either in the company of other Tabs or your Rice-boy boyfriend
Hoochie Tab - You are an import car model - Your boobs are not real - There are naked pictures of you floating around on the internet somewhere - Stiletto heels are your favorite - Your role models are Francine Dee and Kaila Yu - Your boyfriend is a Gangsta Fob - You cheat on your boyfriend - Unlike most Asians, you do not do well in school
Rice-Boy - You drive an Asian import. Usually a Honda or Acura - Your souped up car (known as a Rice-ride or Rice-rocket) is unrecognizable from it's original stock form - Your exhaust pipe is big enough for your head to fit in - The spoiler on your car looks like it was made by Boeing - The interior of your car also looks like it was designed by Boeing - You always drive like you are racing someone - You are not afraid of dying in a crash, but you are afraid of speed bumps and parking lot on-ramps - The only other person besides yourself who can sit in your car is your 105 lbs Tab girlfriend. If anyone else sits in your car, the entire bottom of it will be touching the ground - Even though your car is a Honda, it goes faster and is worth more than a Lotus Esprit - If you drive a Civic, your dream car is a Supra. If you drive a Supra, your dream car is a Skyline (which you can never have). Poor Rice-boy.
Fobulous - You speak perfect English and you are fluent in your native language - You have Asian friends as well as non-Asian friends - You listen to Asian pop as well as American music - You are equally aware of both popular American culture and Asian pop culture - You are a good dancer - You date Asian by choice even though you could rock the opposite sex of any other race - You are a good designer and have superior Html skills - You have an Apt107 page AND an AA page and the guest books in both are packed - For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being - You have lots of Asian pride
Pob - A Filipino fob. - Words that start with F tend to be pronounced with a P. (Fuck you..Pobarized version: PUCK you) - FUll accent "Lets go take some sticker pickiez la! xD Kekezzz"
