what a playa learned this semester

wow i did have quite a journey this semester, I did manage to graduate this Spring lol i am getting old......geeeeeyyyyahhhh another day another dollar. I guess when i get out of school ill keep it 100 and start slanging houses. (Real Estate Agent) Hey a playa got keep it hood right? lol jk
But yes the semester was filled with good times, i met some real good ppl and they kept me sane through all the worst of the studying . Yea so my alter ego Jupac is just a way to release stress. lol I ddont really talk this way and act like this becasue then id just be dum. I hope that i get to see some of my classmates after this class but prob not cuz i am a senior and im outtie here....
If the point of the class was to learn about sterotypes and how to work as a team then
Mission Accomplished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do hope that Asian American Studies gets the attention it deserves....
Im bringing Sexy back this summer!!!!!
Im going to So cal straight putting it down for the BAy
and hopefully go t the beach and take a nap and never come back
yea right!!


Jeffrey Jupac

what a playa learned this semester

Last hoooorah

So the last field trip was pretty cool i had a shitload of finals to do but , a playa can hang so dont even trip skip. i arrived at school late.... so i met the group at the first stop..in Chinatown, Portsmith Square, that was qutie educational, from there we took pictures and kept in 100% gangsta. Posed for some pretty snap shots. Then we took off to Japantown, where there was quite a few places to park..... Yes! and we met in the Miyako Mall and took a few more pictures! Kept it even more Gangsta!!! Then i was starvin like marivn and so a playa went to get some Popeyes near taht ghettoass Safeway almost got shot outside lol jk. But some guy tried to sell me some bootleg shoes. hahaGOddamn the dollar menu at Popeyes is goood! So I headed back to Jtown and ate most of the grop members had to go to some work, and SO me Josh, Dolly, and Donna headed to Little Saigon and tok more pictures. wow Little Saigon is small, Lees Sandwiches was pretty cool. I like how they throw the Sandwiches after they make them. Thats some Jupac stufff right dere.
So after all that I drove the remaing classmatesback to school.
I had a great semester


Jeffrey

Inspired.

For my last blog, I'd really like to thank everyone in my group for getting thru all those projects and I really had fun working with you guys! Thanks to Irene & the TA's for a great and inspiring class (:

I'd have to say that this ETHS210 class has been pretty crazy. It's soooo different from what I'm used to - readings, quizzes, papers, tests and all. I honestly didn't even think that we'd do so much performances. What I liked best about this class was being able to learn so much more about who I am as an Asian American. Before this class, I never really looked at my self as being 'asian american'. I just thought of myself as a filipina that doesn't look like one, but whatever. In this class, I learned so much more about the struggles my grandparents, parents, family had gone through as immigrants trying to make a living here in the US. I'm honestly grateful for their support. I've also learned the importance of self-determination and how I gotta strive for my rights against so many factors that prevent me from being who I am.

This class has also given me the chance to learn more about myself and see my creative side. I feel that I've gained a whole lot more confidence in expressing myself especially thru our midterm invasian, POP, and even thru those class activities we had. I'd have to say that my favorite project would have to be the iron chef challenge, not only cause i love food, but our group just had a crazy fun time with it, and we kicked ass even though we didn't win.

All in all, this class was a great experience for me and I've learned to appreciate who I am as an Asian American. I've been officially inspired. (:

-Always, Angel

I hella <3 SF.

I really do (:

So, I couldn't stop thinking, "OMG, everyone actually came" while we were out touring SF cause schools almost over and everything. But anyways, I'm glad everyone pulled thru with this last project! Also, I'm glad that we got to do one more project with our original group.

Our first stop was Chinatown, and it was pretty cool. Even though traffic was a b*, we got thru. The car ride with julie driving and dolly & josh in the back was pretty funny cause we almost ran a red light and everything. Chinatown was sooo packed with people, it was crazy. There were so many alleys filled with laundry hanging from the fire escapes and I remember thinking to myself, "thats so asian". And like, it really is. Even my fambam still hangs our laundry out to dry in the backyard. It was a really nice community in that everyone seemed so together. For example, in the square, there were soo many little groups playing cards and gambling or old ladies walking around with their neighbors, maybe to do some grocery shopping. I have to admit, I felt like a tourist taking so many snapshots of every store we walked by.

Our next stop was Japantown, one of my favorite spots in SF, thanks to my boyfriend(:<3 Japantown was much more quieter and had its own way of presenting its history in comparison to Chinatown's population. There were a lot of monuments and such, like the Peace Pagoda. We walked around thee Kinetsu Mall in the Japan Center for a while. I sooo loove that sticker picture taking place on the 2nd floor, its so fun! People should try it out if they haven't yet, you'll love it (: Donna & Kim even bought some yummy-looking crepes. There was a great variety of Japanese Cuisines and I wondered how people were able to choose where to eat. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to tag along with the gang to the last spot cause they had to drop me off to work & i was late, but its okay haha. Overall, I'd have to say that it was pretty fun touring the city and going to these sites. It was a nice way to be with the group one last time before the semester ends.

And so, I made the slideshow/video thing we have to present to class tmr. I'll post it here as a sneek peak for whoever wants to check it out. Oh, stupid photobucket cut a little bit of the video off.. the rest of the members are: Dolene Simmalavonge, Julie Truong, & Amanda Whipple.
Hope you guys like it (:


-Always, Angel

The Last Quest..

The last quest was definitely a fun one...

this day was so great because for once we were tourists in our own city..

i cant believe how well we fit into every place we went..

chinatown was sooo packed... i forgot how many people actually go there on a daily basis like its a mall or something? i havent been there for years and going there brought back many memories.. parking is sure a bitch though.

japantown was so cute. i feel like it is more quiet there than in chinatown and i definitely like it that way. the best part of the whole day was just taking random pictures everywhere and spending time just looking at the details at these places ive never realized before. im glad that this was our last experience together as a group and im sure that it wont be forgotten.

-Amanda

MSG little do we know..

After reading this article in Hyphen.. i found it pretty damn amazing at the fact that the majority of people think that MSG is only associated with asian food. i am guilty as charged because honestly thqat is what i though before reading this article in Hyphen. i could not believe that MSG is in soooo many foods americans eat like KFC and pizza.

unbelievable. why doesnt the media say all of this? beats me. just like the media always wants to stick to damn stereotypes. no wonder KFC is so delicious? in this article i learned that MSG did not originate in china and it ws actually influenced by the German way of developing a low cost/mass producible form of nutrition. in 1908 a japanese chemist was able to isolate something called glutamate. i learned that large amounts of glutamate occur naturally in some food and that there are high quantities of glutamates in parmesan cheese. !!

one more thing i couldnt believe... MSG was added as an ingredient in majority of AMERICAN cookbooks!!

pshhhhh... another thing americans should realize before they start talking shit about asians right?


-Amanda

What home tastes like..

When i was little my home was basically Lola's house. a small ass apartment in downtown sf. i guess thats where my parents would leave me while they were at work? although my Lola passed away (r.i.p) my Papa still lives there to this day. its on the 8th floor overlooking the beautiful view of downtown san francisco. i would sit on the balcony for hours watching the crowds of people walk by. it amazed me. the smell of my Lola's cooking was never absent on those days. if i was there i could bet on a freshly cooked meal and a night watching jeopardy. when i was called inside i would wait patiently at the dining table for lola to bring me my delectable food. and trust me it was always delectable so i didnt have to worry about if i was going to like it or not.

my favorite dish= lola's adobo

i dont know what the hell was in it that made it so damn special and i never will to this day. (she refused to give anyone her recipes, even my mother)

all i knew was that i was content everytime she brought that plate of food to me. i will never forget the way it tasted, smelled, and felt as i consumed every last grain of rice. all i know was that meal was what i looked forward to everyday...it was home for me.


-Amanda