I can't believe I didn't write up a post about my Honors Capstone Project from last spring. Oops! Well, better late than never, so here we go :) In college I was in its Honors Program. We had a research project in either our junior or senior year. It could be anything we wanted to do - the faculty w…

These Taiwanese movies induce an incredible nostalgia within me for a family, hometown, and culture that I never had.

In Chinese culture tea is not just a beverage, it’s a way of life. Through the ages it has been an integral part of Chinese culture and it is found woven throughout the people’s philosophy and spiritual beliefs. The Chinese Tea Ceremony is an intricate celebration of the drink and all…

Part of what makes me so "whitewashed" is that I don't speak Chinese. I had a private tutor to teach me Chinese for a few years when I was younger because I was too self-conscious to learn in a classroom setting. I dropped the language altogether when I entered middle school. Boy, do I regret it…

I saw this article "Many Blacks Shrug off Obama New View on Gays," on yahoo.com today. Am I surprised? Yes and no. For some time I knew that the majority of blacks voted for Obama "just because." No ideological reasons were given, they wanted him because he was black, Democrat, or both. It seem…