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Every week, we’ll share a video that captures the spirit of My Life is Asian. Stay tuned for more!

My Life is Asian LOVES Natalie Tran, the genius Aussie vlogger of the Community Channel. She’s got some amazing awkward MLIAsian moments.

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Dearest Readers,

You can now connect with My Life is Asian in 3 ways:

We look forward to hearing from you!

Love,

MLIAsian Crew

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Today I came home with a 89% in math class. My dad looked at it, yelled at me about how I was dishonoring him and our famiry … I had the highest average in my class and had missed a month of school due to mono.

MLIAsian

[Thanks, Daniel! We hope you survived the wrath of Asian father in one piece.]

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Today, my mom and I were in a parking lot. Upon seeing a yellow Volkswagon Beetle, I punched her lightly on the shoulder and said, “Punchbuggy!” A few moments later, my mom punched me and delightfully shrieked in her worst Korean accent, “PUNCHF*CKY!”

MLIAsian

[Thanks, Joanne!]

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I’m so glad doppelganger week is over on Facebook. I don’t look like an Asian pop star, and there aren’t enough Asian American celebrities. I can’t even make a Mii on Nintendo look like me. Sigh.

MLIAsian.

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Today during lunch, I was eating rice with chopsticks (of course) & my friend gave me a Pringles chip, I grabbed it with my chopsticks.

MLIAsian

[Thanks, Monet!]

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MLIAsian is built on laughing at ourselves and our Asian moments, but more than that, we exist within a community established by amazing Asians who have explored and transcended the boundaries of identity, culture, and race.

Many of the organizations that were started to reach out, broadcast, and appreciate the amazing work of Asians and Asian Americans (or Asian Canadians, Asian Brazilians, etc.) are struggling under the financial burdens of the economic environment, especially in the journalism and print media industry.

Organizations like Giant Robot, Nichi Bei Weekly, and Hyphen Magazine are some of the few unique publications that cover and serve Asian Americans, but they are constantly in need of support.

3 Ways to Save Our Magazines, Our News, Our Community:

1. Subscribe

By subscribing to these publications, you get access to exclusive, awesome news, features, interviews, photos, art, and a way cool publication to put on your coffee table! But if that’s not enough, you give back to publications, as they earn not just cash from your subscription, but they can get better numbers and revenue from advertisement. It’s really a win-win situation when you subscribe.

2. Donate

Donating gives you good karma.

But what’s more (tangible), Giant Robot and Hyphen offer free gifts with certain donation amounts! Amazing! Our favorite word: FREE!

  • Join the Giant Robot Army of Donors, get amazing gifts by GR artists like David Choe and Takashi Murakami
  • Join Hyphen magazine’s Overachiever’s Club, get free gifts and make your parents proud
  • Donate through Paypal to the Nichi Bei Foundation or give goods

You can also get tax deductions by donating to non-profit pubs like Hyphen and Nichi Bei, which is pretty sweet for us working folk

3. Spread the word.

Whether or not you’ve got extra lunch money towards subs or donations, you can always cash in on free speech!

Spread the word about the importance and amazingness of these publications with your friends, parents, brothers, sisters, and hundreds of cousins. Got a rich engineering uncle? Accountant mom?

Also, share the scoop on the publications on Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Tumblr, MySpace, your blog, wheatpaste, open mic nite.

More Info on the Publications:

Giant Robot:

Founded in Los Angeles in 1994 by Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong, Giant Robot started out as a hand-stapled photocopied zine. Within a few years, it became one of the strongest, most comprehensive sources for Asian and Asian American pop culture. It has since expanded into a Giant Robot empire, including four retails stores and one restaurant: 2 stores and GR/eats restaurant in Los Angeles, GRNY in Manhattan, and GRSF in San Francisco’s Haight neighborhood. Giant Robot just celebrated their 15th year Biennale show in Los Angeles’  Japanese American National Museum. Over the past 15 years, GR has showcased the work of hundreds of local and international Asian and Asian American artists to an audience of every color and shape. GR covers urban artists, amazing Asians doing crazy things worldwide, mainstream and underground cultural trends, cool toys, films, and as they say, “Asian Pop Culture and Beyond.”

Hyphen magazine:

Hyphen magazine was founded in 2002 when a larger Asian-focused publication, A. Magazine, ceased publishing. A group of recent college grads got together to dream up a way to fill the void left behind in Asian American news, community and culture coverage, while offering something fresh and new for readers.

Hyphen focuses on Asian American activism, issues, and everyday people doing amazing things. Check out the Hyphen site and blog for a sampling of subjects Hyphen covers.

Nichi Bei Weekly:

Formerly the Nichi Bei Times, the Nichi Bei Weekly is a part of the Nichi Bei Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to serving primarily the Northern California Japanese American community. Historically, the Nichi Bei Times was the leading Japanese American newspaper in the USA. Founded in 1946, the NBT’s goal was to connect the fractured postwar Japanese American community. Currently, the Nichi Bei Weekly strives to represent, cover, and address the concerns of the community.

Recently, the Nichi Bei Times had to close its doors and reevaluate its role in the community. As many subscribing readers are aging and younger readers are far and few, NBT was bleeding revenue. Determined to continue serving the community, Nichi Bei editor Kenji Taguma began the Nichi Bei Foundation, a non-profit organization designed to keep the paper alive in a weekly form.

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Today, I had rice for breakfast. Then, I had rice for lunch. I just had rice for dinner. I think I’m going to have some more rice now. MLIAsian

[Thanks, Cindy N.!]

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If  you read Hyphen magazine, Hyphen’s looking for some feedback. Fill out this survey and you could be eligible to win a free iPod Nano. The survey closes January 20th, and the winner will be announced at the end of the month.

Wait, did somebody say free?

Good luck!

Survey’s here:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/hyphenreadersurvey2009


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This one is from Evan:

My asian mom went into a store and picked out a pair of designer jeans.  They had holes in them like most expensive jeans.  She asked the store clerk if she could get a discount on them.  MLIAsian.

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