http://www.asianweek.com The Voice of Asian America Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:27:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The lesson from Warren Buffet "Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful." - Warren Buffet If you're in the stock market and are like most investors, you've taken hit over the past few months. But this is not the time to despair. Remember the old Chinese ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/12/02/hows-your-money-doing/ » AsianWeek Market Report » Chinese Americans Petition Against Bill Richardson » The New Team: Christopher Lu » Mike Honda Speculated as Contender for Post in Obama Adminstration » Crow Collection of Asian Art Tracks a Generation Shaking Free of History » Asian American Literary Awards w/ David Henry Hwang and B.D. Wong » Liu Xiang ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/12/02/daily-dose-120208/ Goichi Suda, more popularly known by the catchier pseudonym Suda 51, is a man who deserves infinitely more attention and more exposure. In fact, I feel no hesitation when I say that Suda 51 may possibly be the most important man in the gaming world today. The debate about whether video ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/12/02/spotlight-on-suda-51/ » AsianWeek Market Report » Mo Marumoto’s Sudden Passing » Proposed Asian Supermarket Divides Quincy, Mass. Residents » Asian Pacific Fund Honors Vinod Khosla at 12th Annual Gala » PSA Targeting API Transgender Communities in Conjunction With World AIDS Day » Nguyen, Beauty Pageant Contestant, Killed » Lyrics on Wood: Wooden Documents for Early Japanese ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/12/01/daily-dose-120108/ Share This http://www.asianweek.com/2008/12/01/droodles-cartoon-comic-17/ SAN FRANCISCO — Uninsured people who are struggling to obtain prescribed medication will be getting a helping hand on Dec. 3, when the Partnership for Prescription Assistance is hosting “Help is Here Express!” A bus fully equipped with computer terminals, mobile phones and insurance specialists will help uninsured or financially ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/12/01/bus-full-of-hope-coming-to-san-francisco/ Former Warrior Townsend and boxer Julaton honored OAKLAND, Calif. — The Golden State Warriors and its fans celebrated the first ever Filipino Heritage Night at Oracle Area on Nov. 21 in a game against the Chicago Bulls.  Fans received a commemorative t-shirt, watched traditional Filipino dances before the game and during ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/12/01/filipino-heritage-night-with-the-warriors/ SAN FRANCISCO — Over 200 business professionals gathered for the Asian Business League of San Francisco’s annual holiday celebration on Nov. 20 inside the Financial District’s Hilton Hotel. The event honored 12 graduates of the organization’s executive women leadership program, “You are the CEO of You,” with glass plaques. Under ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/30/abl-sf-honors-local-businesswomen/ Magazine honors actor John Cho and former ‘People’ editor Jeannie Park LOS ANGELES — Margaret Cho hosted KoreAm Journal’s seventh annual gala, “Unforgettable,” honoring actor John Cho, film producer Roy Lee and former executive editor of People magazine Jeannie Park on Nov. 21. Following dinner, Margaret Cho, who was honored with an ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/30/koream-unforgettable-night/ Equal Rights: Pay it Forward I voted no on Proposition 8 for a variety of reasons (Voices From the Community, Nov. 21), but chief among them is this fact: All the civil rights we enjoy, we got because of the hard work and sacrifice of those who came before us. Asian ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/30/letters-to-the-editor-equal-rights-pay-it-forward-class-differences-home-away-from-home-we-are-all-immigrants/ Share This http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/30/asian-americana-cartoon-comic-18/ The name of Sessue Hayakawa may be unfamiliar to most movie-goers today, but at the height of his fame from the mid-1910s to the late 1920s, the Japanese issei actor was as well known to audiences as Charlie Chaplin or Douglas Fairbanks. He was Hollywood’s first Asian male movie star ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/30/the-lost-sessue-hayakawa-found/ SEATTLE — Over 1,000 attendees traveled to the Pacific Northwest to attend the annual national convention of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) held in Seattle from Nov. 19-23. NAPABA serves as a national network of lawyers, judges, law professors and law students. According to its executive director, ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/29/napaba-celebrates-20-years/ SAN FRANCISCO — Amid cheers from her students and thunderous applause from over a dozen people representing a who’s-who of local and national politics, Visitacion Valley Elementary School first-grade teacher Mindy Yip was stunned to receive an unrestricted $25,000 award. The Milken National Educator Award was presented to Yip by co-founder ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/29/local-elementary-school-teacher-gets-a-rewarding-surprise/ Dear Q, My mother wants to have plastic surgery — and not just injections but reconstruction. I’m very much against it. I told her it’s cultural shame to give up her Chinese looks, but she isn’t listening. Can I stop her? — Woman With Her Own Face Dear WWHOF, You could let the air ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/29/moms-plastic-surgery/ New play based on Japanese American WWII internment letters With the commemoration of the bombing of Pearl Harbor fast approaching, local playwright Marlan Warren’s Bits of Paradise arrives at an appropriate time. Based on letters written between Japanese American girls and women in the U.S. internment camps and Japanese American soldiers ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/29/bits-of-paradise-missives-of-hope/ Share This http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/29/secret-asian-man-cartoon-comic-17/ Eyebrows were raised last March when a casting call was put out for the role of Michael Wong in the upcoming Focus Features’ biopic, Milk. The listing described Wong, a prominent member of the campaign staff of the titular Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office, ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/28/milk%e2%80%99s-man-kelvin-yu-plays-milk%e2%80%99s-campaign-staffer-michael-wong-in-new-biopic/ Community looks back at Richardson’s role in Wen Ho Lee Case New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson’s appointment this week as President-elect Barack Obama’s commerce secretary is being greeted with anger and disappointment by some who remember the former energy secretary’s role in the botched investigation and prosecution of scientist Dr. Wen ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/28/commerce-secretary-appointment-draws-ire-from-asian-americans/ SAN FRANCISCO — A shiny oasis of automotive solace greeted thousands of visitors to the opening weekend of the 51st Annual International Auto Show at the Moscone Center. From hotrods and hybrids to classics, exotics and new introductions, spacious show rooms calmly presented confident cars to appreciative admirers either “in the ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/28/car-communities-gather-in-sf-automakers-and-takers-show-and-tell/ DALY CITY, Calif. — Serra Bowl’s eighth annual charity turkey bowl on Nov. 25 was crammed with cheerleaders, school kids, professional bowlers and members of the Lion Club ready to strike out hunger. The free event, aimed at raising awareness of the need for donations during the holidays, donates a turkey ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/28/striking-out-hunger-serra-bowl%e2%80%99s-charity-turkey-bowl/ Western Addition’s new dessert lounge SAN FRANCISCO — Candybar, which dubs itself as the first San Francisco dessert lounge, is the brainchild of Tan Troung, Derek Chan and Chris Frey who sought to create a meeting spot that resembles a living room with desserts and drinks. Troung, 33, graduated from San ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/28/candybar-dessert-lounge/ With his raft of new appointments, President-elect Obama is proving himself to be both thoughtful and decisive, as well as both thorough and swift. He’s bringing in both experience and new blood, both visionaries and insiders. We can give him credit for deftly balancing and fulfilling multiple — and often ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/28/obamas-legacy-begins-now/ Where were you born? Lomita, Calif. Ethnicity: I identify myself as Chinese-Vietnamese American. Your claim to fame: 2007 Miss LA Chinatown 2nd Princess, covergirl of July/August Viet Beauty magazine, featured in BN and Haute Couture magazines. Where did you go to school? CSU Long Beach. What are your plans for the future? I ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/28/hot-shots-112808/ Friday, Novebmer 28 Chic Details: Heights Ultra Lounge, 2080 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, 10 p.m. – 2 a.m., 21+ Music: Hip Hop, Mash ups, Top 40 Ascensionsf.com Foxy Brown and Spragga Benz Live Details: Club Six, 60 Sixth St., San Francisco, 9 p.m. – 2 a.m., 21+ Music: Hip Hop Clubsix1.com Reverse Details: Levende Lounge, 1710 Mission St., San Francisco, ... http://www.asianweek.com/2008/11/28/asian-nights-112808/