Entries in ask an asian (16)

Monday
Feb152010

ask an asian: don't use the good china

Why don’t Asian people use nice things that they’ve got around the house but instead use the cheap and old stuff?

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Monday
Jan252010

ask an asian: collagen supplements?

asian loves collagen

I’ve traveled to Asia recently and noticed that almost all of my lady friends are taking/ drinking some sort of Collagen supplements. What’s all this hoopla about?

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Monday
Jan182010

ask an asian: why are Asian people so afraid of ghosts?  

asian fears ghost

Many people are afraid of ghosts, but Asians are especially fearful of them. Having worked in the hotel industry for a while, I have witnessed many incidents where guests would flee from their pre-paid 5-star hotel room, thinking that it was haunted.

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Monday
Jan112010

ask an asian: Ya-dom

OK, so what is that thing everyone in Thailand has sticking out of their nose? I’m afraid to ask, but my curiosity has gotten the better of me.

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Monday
Jan042010

ask an asian: working with asians

work in asian company

I’m about to start working for an Asian company – what insight can you give me that might help me be successful in my new job?

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Monday
Dec212009

ask an asian: (wedding) size matters 

asian wedding is big

I just attended my Thai-Chinese friend’s wedding and half the population of Asia was there. Are Asian weddings typically that big?

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Monday
Dec142009

ask an asian: money matters?

asian likes cash gifting

Are you serious? The answer would be yes, yes, and YES! Cold hard cash is the all-time favorite, most preferred gift for almost all occasions in Asia...for as far back as I know.

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Monday
Dec072009

ask an asian: receiving compliments?

asian likes kudos

Continuing on from my last blog, ‘complimenting an Asian person’, this week we tackle on the subject ‘receiving compliments, the Asian way’.

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Monday
Nov302009

ask an asian: giving kudos?

asian compliment

Sometimes my Thai girlfriend gets all bent out of shape over seemingly innocent things, like people complimenting her. Why?

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Monday
Nov232009

ask an asian: living together?

live with asian

If I marry my Thai girlfriend, am I going to have to live with her whole family? I don’t even see my own parents, I don’t see why I should have to deal with someone else’s.

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