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I don’t know why my posts have been mainly about Asians, but this website came up while at the computer lab at school. I’m currently doing an essay about stereotypes and the assignment says to write about a specific stereotype towards a certain race. So my friend’s at the computer next to me and finds this…
(you can either click on the headline or just scroll down to read)

Which Asian Stereotype are you?

This is damn bloody funny! I think those Asians living overseas in Western countries will easily relate to the Asian stereotypes…

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 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

FOB (FRESH OFF THE 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; Thousand year old egg) If you are lucky, you will grow to become Fobulous

GANGSTA FOB

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 BITCH)

You shop at A/X, Bebe, Banana Republic 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 (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 Friendster page AND an AA page.
For you, FOB stands for Fabulous Oriental Being.
You have lots of Asian pride.

This pretty much made me laugh. I think I’d have to say I’m a combination of a few.
So, if you’re Asian, which one are you?

Gotta love us Chinese people!!
Crazy but pretty cool.

Engadget Mobile has done it again.

Angry Chinese woman sets 400 phones on fire

Posted Mar 8th 2008 9:26PM by Paul Miller
Filed under: Culture

It’s a crazy, mixed-up world we live in. If we aren’t worrying about global warming or peace in the middle east, we have to be on the lookout for scorned women setting large quantities of mobile devices on fire. A certain Mrs. Wang is guilty of that latter offense. The 37-year-old Chinese woman wasn’t particularly stoked about her husband walking out on their marriage, so she did the only reasonable thing that presented itself: rounded up the entire stock of more than 400 phones the couple had at their joint-owned cellphone shop, and set the entire lot ablaze — inside her home. The collection was valued at roughly 300,000 yuan, about $42,000 US. You might want to take this time to inform your significant other how sane, rational and sexy he or she is, while simultaneously removing all lighter fluid from your home. No gadget is safe!

Not “angry woman”…but “angry CHINESE woman”!! Haha Damn, watch out for us Chinese ladies, huh? Not so “me love you long time”! Haha Gees what’s even funnier is I read the article to my Mom and she goes “That’s what happens when you cheat!”…umm…who said anything about the dude cheating?! Ahh…I get entertained easily. Can you tell?

So I was on Engadgetmobile.com reading about new cell phones and what not…then I came across this…

Padded lampposts for distracted texters being tested in London

Posted Mar 6th 2008

According to a recent report, human beings are becoming so incredibly stupid that they require cushioned lamppost bases so that when they run into them they don’t mess up their idiotic faces. Apparently, a study in the UK found that one in ten people actually managed to hurt themselves by walking into a post while peering down at their mobile phone screen. The mishaps — called “walking and texting” injuries — have spurred the charity Living Streets to launch the padded-post-pilot scheme in Brick Lane, London. It seems that if all goes well, there are plans to roll out the idiot-proof system in Birmingham, Manchester, and Stupidton.

[Image courtesy Yahoo! News]

Thanks EngadgetMobile and Yahoo! News for the entertainment!

Mike went to take pictures with a friend of his in Berkeley a couple weekends ago. The pictures were pretty dope and even ended up on The Vans Blog! Check out Mike’s modeling skills with his nice white Vans on =)

So I’m realizing that I’m getting pretty busy. When I’m not at school I’m either working at Verizon or Homeroom, volunteering for class to get hours by arrangement, doing homework, or just running errands. My days aren’t really days off anymore. This past weekend was crazy for me.

Friday after class I grabbed some grub and headed back to school around 2pm for my volunteer work. After a few hours we were done setting things up and I headed straight to the Homeroom office. Left there around 7:30pm and went home to get ready for Steph’s bday.

We met up at Steph’s house at about 9pm and chilled for a little. I don’t know who gave this to her, but Reg decided to eat some balls. YUUUUM FUNFETTI!!!

Steph celebrated her birthday at Horizon on Broadway (for all you old schoolers Horizon is the old Sake Lab). I ended up parking in the Chinatown area and while we were walking to Broadway I came across this. For those of you that don’t know me, I call my sister DeeDee.

The only reason why I thought it was funny was because this was right next to it…hah.

Me and Reg left for the club a little earlier than Steph did so we decided to stop by Impala where Alejandro (another VZDubber) was bartending.

I got a text from Kim asking where we were at and then I got one from J.
J: Come here I’m the darkest person here
K: Umm how am I gonna help you not be the darkest person there?
J: But u know my pain BUMBLE BEE!

Again, if you don’t know me that well…my friends call me BumbleYee…implying I’m a bumble bee…black and yellow. Yellow cause I’m Chinese…but they think I dance like a black girl. Lol
Anyways, off to Horizon to meet the folks.

While we were there I ran into Teeney who was there celebrating another bday.

When me and Reg were leaving we saw this couple with the guy basically giving the girl a lap dance and we were like “Wtf? Shouldn’t it be the other way around?”. And then we realized it was Steph. LOL Sorry Steph, had to put it up. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! haha

After Horizon we stopped by Butterfly for a little bit before we went home. I’m not gonna post incriminating pictures, but Reg got her groove on. Haha

I was planning on sleeping early that night, but after about 3.5 hours of sleep I headed to school to volunteer for a conference called Women on Writing from 7:30am-3pm. I didn’t realize how big the conference was but I guess considering tickets for the conference went from $60-$100 it was a big event. They had workshops throughout the day including book signings, book talk panels, and even a poetry slam. If you’re interested in writing give the website a look and check it out next year.

That night I headed over to Azul for the Homeroom birthdays of Alex and Dominique. Can you say hella crowded?

Was pretty fun though!
The boys from RCO in Santa Cruz
Mike, Joe, Ian, Jon

Ivy and her friends.

And the birthday girl with her girls.



Then there was the birthday boy.
G, Al, Josh, Rush

After Azul I stopped by Tina’s house party. By that time most people were gone but some of the folks were still there.

At least I got six hours of sleep that night. Better than 3. Woke up for work the next day…and the new week started all over again.

My birthday’s coming up. Any suggestions? Thinking of just chillin this year.