(A-Z)Nology : APAAC 2010

Get it? AzN?! Haha, we made a funny...

Sup Folks. It's almost time. Our 25th annual Asian Pacific American Awareness Conference is right around the corner! So gear up for (A-Z)Nology : Contemporary Asian America from A to Z. We're looking at how Asians have progressed in the last decade and where we have yet to go.

APAAC will be held at the University of California, Irvine in the Student Center on Saturday January 16, 2010. The event will be ongoing all day and is free to students and general public alike. More details on it later.

Better Luck Tomorrow graduated and went to college.

In addition, here is some additional promotional material we pumped out in anticipation for APAAC. You know you like it. This is a reference to the movie "Better Luck Tomorrow" the star of which (Perry Shen) came out to give a speech at last year's APAAC. So come on out and check us out.

First time hitting this blog while avoiding writing my paper and going to class. This is quite awesome. For something as timely as this, I give you the overhasty reporting done at the Regents' Meeting last week.

Not enough detail, too much insane ranty hype. They fail at their attempt to act neutral.

I <3 Bill Clinton

Seriously, this dude was probably our greatest president ever. I miss the 90's...

- Ton

Racist Disney Characters

So it's been a while since I've updated this thread (I've changed emails btw, for anybody who cares. Anybody? Helllloooo?)

Check this out: a list of reasons I hate Disney spelled out for me.n Enjoy!

- PizzaBoi

Sand Art? There is more to it than just castles.

A Ukrainian artist, Kseniya Simonava, recreates Ukraine during World War Two.

"All is dust and ash, and we all turn to earth."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZo&feature=player_embedded

Dear, I'm afraid we are divorcing. Now let us dance.

A divorce settlement dance entrance. While sad as it is a divorce, they certainly didn't want to end on a bad note.

http://funnyvideos.todaysbigthing.com/2009/07/30

"Hmm, Upgrades"

One of these days. Dum di dum.

Hyper Text: Damn. Not only did he install it, he sutured a "Vista Ready" sticker onto my arm.

http://xkcd.com/644/

Stereotypical Survivor

Stereotypical Survivor. I laughed when I saw this. Does that make me a horrible person? probably.

Posers

Posing!



new from Wong Fu Productions! Dan Le sent me this link and it's funny! it's okay to be a poser ;D
(btw I think that's Jessica from UCI Arts Department... go Jessica!)

Etienne!

The Robo Hamster



as long as we're on the topic about cute furry animals here's a movie about etienne, a hamster who gets cancer. how the heck do i know about this you ask? well it'll be playing at the san diego asian film festival that'll be happening october 15-29. yes 2 full weeks of films for their 10th annual! i'll be volunteering with them so if you have any questions feel free to ask me or courtney jong who was our very own apsa social chair last year.

you know what a coincidence this is? i was talking with my housemates just last week about make a film with hercules and his very own bucket list. could you picture him in his own little short film? i can.

Baby Anteater!

regarding anteaters, i saw this on belinda vong's facebook and thought it was absolutely adorable. ;D

Anteaters.

Expert On Anteaters Wasted Entire Life Studying Anteaters

Blue Scholars

Back Home


when i was listening to songs about getting hyphy and crunk 2 years ago, this was made. makes me ashamed i haven't heard of them until now.
so who are they? blue scholars, they're a play on words based off of "blue collars" speaking of the struggles of the people. this duo of two young men, Geological and Sabzi from University of Washington have such heart-felt lyrics. their music videos are quite beautifully made as well so please don't stop here.

[x] check their site
[x] joe metro
[x] loyalty

Stages of Civilization

I was thinking about this randomly the other day, and I thought I'd share with some people and see what they think. It's a bit more serious than what you're used to me posting, but I think it's an interesting bit of perspective:

Taken from http://hubpages.com/hub/Stages-of-

How Long Does USA Have? About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:

1. From bondage to spiritual faith;

2. From spiritual faith to great courage;

3. From courage to liberty;

4. From liberty to abundance;

5. From abundance to complacency;

6. From complacency to apathy;

7. From apathy to dependence;

8. From dependence back into bondage"

At which stage in this sequence do you believe our great nation is currently in? At which stage?

Steppie

Artist + Designer that I Admire [ oh snap it rhymed! ]

you've probably seen Steppie's really adorable artwork all around the UCI campus. hey you might even see me reppin' her gear as well. why? because she's an awesome designer and i think everyone should push and promote their homies' work. that is why i am posting this today. she has a contest going and all you have to do is become a fan of her facebook page.

i'll probably post more about her later because right now i'm on a posting craze to win free stuff!!! wooOoOt WOoT!

[x] facebook
[x] become a fan
[x] site

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update
if you're up in the hollywood area come check out one of steppie's upcoming events, a collaboration with unique l.a. + space 15 twenty on sunday, august 23 from 10am-4pm. there will be 60 different vendors. i'm so excited!

[x] mini-market

Are You a Ninja Warrior?

tryouts are in los feliz, los angeles on august 29 and august 30 from 7am-6pm. only 10 will be chosen to take a trip to japan for the show!

oh man i remember spending my late afternoons as a 2nd year watching this. sometimes i wonder if anyone really gets injured. it seems so dangerous!






[x] more information at nbc

xkcd Comic

Sometimes I find things on the internet.

Source: http://xkcd.com/610/

(Hypertext: "Hey, what are the odds -- five Ayn Rand fans on the same train! Must be going to a convention)

$3 Pho

Pho Vinh Ky II
14390 Brookhurst Street Garden Grove, CA 92843


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asuci campus organizing directing branden hawara took us (+ christian madero, christine, rachel, calvin sung) to a vietnamese pho restaurant at $3 for a bowl! well worth $3.

Instant Noodles BBoy Crew

after being in college and spending late nights studying (hah), instant noodles are my best friend. combine it with a bboy crew?!?! oh man the world knows just exactly what i want.

a little background about them, their hometown is taiwan but they currently reside in so cal. they've currently entered themselves in a dance crew competition hosted by KISSFM and they're in the top 5. and now they need your help by voting for them!

[x] KISSFM vote for instant noodles

Why Takei is Awesome

I saw your post Edi, and it reminded me of this vid. I saw this a while back and it was a literal ROFLMAO. Enjoy.

Star Trek

Hikaru Sulu

yes you can believe it, i'm blogging about hikaru sulu from star trek. if you're anything like me, when you go check out movies and see an asian person you say," OH SNAP! ASIAN!!!" or at least you're thinking it and it probably makes you excited to see them represent (go john cho!!!).

well ton and i headed over to the woodbridge dollar theatre (which is actually $2 for a movie. >;O) and we both agreed to watch star trek again because he's a trekkie and i honestly think it's a great plot. well hopefully most of you have seen it, and if not... what are you waiting for! but did you ever realize that during yellow suited john cho's aka hikaru sulu's fight scene that he woops out a foldable sword and starts doing some flips while kicking a$s? hmm. i thought to myself, don't you have a gun sulu and wouldn't it be easier to use it?

after thinking about it i decided to look up what kind of character sulu is supposed to be portrayed as and our trusty wikipedia provided me with some adequate information. the original sulu (george takei) played one of the first asian characters to be "portrayed in a positive light." so sulu represents all of asia despite being half japanese and half filipino and his hobbies include botany, gymnastics, fencing and ancient weaponry. how many people out there can say that ancient weaponry is one of their hobbies?!

anyways let me know what you think about hikaru sulu's character and how he is portrayed in the 2009 star trek movie!

CAJUN CAJUN CAJUN!!

I've recently had this CRAZY obsession for cajun crawfish restaurants...I know, I'm most likely late in the game. But give me a break, we have none in Irvine! haha Ahhh why can't they open 24 hours!! This obsession has made me seriously go to Garden Grove 4 times a week. Which is more than I have ever gone in my life! I know I'm probably the "Twinkie" one of the group :( Honestly, leaving Orange County for two years when I was in Arizona made me just miss asian food a lot more and I didn't know how good we have it here..especially the quality and selection. MMMM I WANT FOOD BUT IT'S 4 AM!! :(

..del taco? hah

I hope everyone is sleeping peacefully!

Skating Ninjas

I swear this will be my last ninja video...for now.

Ninja Parade

Check this out. God I love the Onion.

I'll be posting randomnass videos I find interesting or important. They may be political, philosophical, weird, funny, or any combination of the above (and then some). APSA -- cause damnit, we're pretty bored too.

it works

the blog works, Roy says good job Ton, on the website. I say... meh, its alright. JK, its better than anything I could ever do so kudos good sir

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