http://harrymok.com/blog Asian American news, views and other assorted things Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:31:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://harrymok.com/blog/hyphen-wins-flame-of-justice-award/#comment-3700 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:54:01 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/hyphen-wins-flame-of-justice-award/#comment-3700 Congrats, Harry! You guys rock! Congrats, Harry! You guys rock!

]]> http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-3532 Mon, 26 May 2008 01:09:34 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-3532 Say hello to Marc Denny sometime from a friend in DC from his days in the band. Say hello to Marc Denny sometime from a friend in DC from his days in the band.

]]> http://harrymok.com/blog/toisanese-turned-into-music/#comment-2898 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:34:02 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/toisanese-turned-into-music/#comment-2898 Johan, these dialects are spoken out in rural areas out in the countryside by peasants, meaning people living in small villages who are primarily farmers. That's the background of my family. I don't mean it in a derogatory sense, just stating a fact. Johan, these dialects are spoken out in rural areas out in the countryside by peasants, meaning people living in small villages who are primarily farmers. That’s the background of my family. I don’t mean it in a derogatory sense, just stating a fact.

]]> http://harrymok.com/blog/toisanese-turned-into-music/#comment-2895 Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:59:58 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/toisanese-turned-into-music/#comment-2895 why do you call the sze yap dialect a "peasant dialect"? What is so "peasant"about it?? All languages and dialects are unpleasant and strange to others who don speak it. And you seem to have an inferior complex being a Sze yap?? Please don feel embarress about your heritage. I am behind you buddy. I am of Sze yap ancestry myself. Last but not least, here's wishing you and your family a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year. Jonah Woo. why do you call the sze yap dialect a “peasant dialect”? What is so “peasant”about it?? All languages and dialects are unpleasant and strange to others who don speak it. And you seem to have an inferior complex being a Sze yap?? Please don feel embarress about your heritage. I am behind you buddy. I am of Sze yap ancestry myself. Last but not least, here’s wishing you and your family a Happy and Prosperous Chinese New Year. Jonah Woo.

]]> http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-2716 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:01:09 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-2716 Great top 10 (+1). May have to add Vietnam on our list of sites to see. Great top 10 (+1). May have to add Vietnam on our list of sites to see.

]]> http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-2674 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:38:56 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-2674 Looks like so much fun. Your blog makes me want to go there right now. . . . As for what Japan and Vietnam have in common, I will argue that there are a few things. :) Looks like so much fun. Your blog makes me want to go there right now. . . . As for what Japan and Vietnam have in common, I will argue that there are a few things.

]]> http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-2665 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:33:32 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-2665 The video of you trying to cross the street in Hanoi is hilarious. Reminds me of Frogger. The video of you trying to cross the street in Hanoi is hilarious. Reminds me of Frogger.

]]> http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-2641 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:28:52 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/my-top-10-1-list-from-japan-vietnam/#comment-2641 hey glad you could make it out... was great to see you guys. tokyo is much more fun with friends. let's try it again sometime. hey glad you could make it out… was great to see you guys. tokyo is much more fun with friends. let’s try it again sometime.

]]> http://harrymok.com/blog/uc-adds-categories-for-apa-applicants/#comment-2359 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:03:20 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/uc-adds-categories-for-apa-applicants/#comment-2359 dang, will it really break the stereotype? I don't see how it will really help. dang, will it really break the stereotype? I don’t see how it will really help.

]]> http://harrymok.com/blog/still-desperate-for-asian-americans-on-tv/#comment-1867 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:44:38 +0000 http://harrymok.com/blog/still-desperate-for-asian-americans-on-tv/#comment-1867 [...] harry mok: do we pay too much attention to this? I ask because I was part of a conversation recently about how some people spend too much time “navel gazing” about identity and not tackling real issues like poverty or education or other harder issues. [...] […] harry mok: do we pay too much attention to this? I ask because I was part of a conversation recently about how some people spend too much time “navel gazing” about identity and not tackling real issues like poverty or education or other harder issues. […]

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