Racism, American Style

Kentucky is a funny place for Asian Americans to be.  You can pioneer in activism and also be treated to a healthy dosage of what the activists faced in the civil rights era minus the lynchings, of course.
In Hastings, a book store chain similar to Borders, at the cultural studies section, they had almost no [...]

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Indiana and Back

MAJOR UPDATE: My keys for v, n, and the apostrophe have fallen off.  Man, I wish I had my camera to show you what my keyboard looks like.
Well, I truly do apologize for not updating while I was in Indiana.  Honestly though, it wasn’t much different from the last Thanksgiving.  Not to say that it [...]

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Heartland Diaries Part 3: Indiana

My Thanksgiving plans keep on shifting eastward.   Just kidding.  Indiana is one of three states bordering Kentucky that I haven’t spent significant time in.  I don’t quite know when I’ll ever go to Missouri, but that and Tennessee are the only states left.  I’ll be having my first ever vegetarian Thanksgiving.  =]  More from [...]

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Overheard in Berea… (Asian Edition)

“So Tony, do you know any ancient Chinese or Japanese secrets to relieve my muscle pain?”

@work
Me: “So yeah, this Thanksgiving, I’m going to Indiana. Maybe I’ll get in touch with my Filipino side.”
J:  ”Wait… but you’re not Filipino!”
Me: “Am I?  Are you sure that I’m not?  What am I, J?”
(J is [...]

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Quandry Laundry

Being in college, laundry piles up for various reasons.

(Good) detergents are expensive. Despite my friends’ urging of me to rein in my spendings, I will not switch to Great Values powder detergent.  I really do enjoy the awesome scent that is Tide liquid detergent.
The laundry room n’est pas laundromat. The generic machines of time before [...]

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