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Royal Milk Tea Boba and Globalization
Boba in the United States is a result of globalization (or vice versa). It is becoming as popular a…
July 7, 2007

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Japan in Spain
My host mother is going to get on my nerves. This was one of my early thoughts during the first wee…
June 16, 2007
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The East L.A. Gardeners Association sign on First Street
The East L.A. Gardeners Association sign is one of four written in Japanese characters on East Firs…
June 8, 2007

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When multiethnic and multicultural identity started mattering to me
“Multiracial identity” didn’t become a part of my regularly accessed vocabulary until college. The …
May 19, 2007
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A letter to Virginia
Who and what’s to blame? That is not the question.
The Virginia Tech tragedy was indeed a tragedy. …
May 4, 2007
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My part-time job at a Japanese grocery store
I got my first real job when I was 16. I was a cashier at a family-owned Japanese grocery store in …
April 21, 2007

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What is a Jewpanese?
Someone recently asked me if I celebrated Passover because of my half Jewish heritage. I said I did…
April 7, 2007
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Japanese School memories, Part V: Liking Asian guys
I didn’t have any crushes on the boys in Japanese school and it wasn’t because I didn’t like boys.
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March 31, 2007
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Japanese School memories, Part IV: Field Day, Japanese school style
Undokai (Sports Day) is an annual event that schools throughout Japan—elementary through high schoo…
March 24, 2007
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Japanese school memories, Part III: Not looking the part
I have a good Japanese accent. It’s so good that I can fool any Japanese person into thinking that …
March 17, 2007
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