Ching Chong Chinaman

The family is trying to learn how to use chopsticks from "Ching Chong" or the Chinese man.

Last night, my mom and I went to go see Ching Chong Chinaman, presented by Artists At Play. Ching Chong Chinaman is a comedy that focuses on the topic of social racism, and finding one's true identity. The story is about an "Americanized" Asian family. The son called Upton hires an indentured servant named Jinqiang (the family can't pronounce his name and call him Ching Chong) to do his homework so that Upton can focus on his main goal: to win the championships in the World of Warcraft. The story was amazing and the actors were amazing as well. You don't usually see asian actors that often, and the ones that acted in Ching Chong Chinaman were great (and could even tap dance!). Their facial expressions made my day. :) Many people want to see the show so the Artists at Play extended the dates to Ching Chong Chinaman all the way up to November 27.  


If you want to buy tickets... Correction: When you buy tickets, the link to the website is below:
http://artistsatplayla.blogspot.com/

  

"Oh, how nice! Our eyes look so wide in this picture!"

  

The Artists at Play logo

Scoops Ice Cream

One day my mom took my sister and I to an ice cream shop near our house. The ice cream shop is called Scoops (3400 Overland Avenue). My sister and I were really excited about going to this ice cream shop because my mom kept on raving about this one flavor called Brown Brown Bread. The ice cream shop is a small cafe with a few chairs scattered around in the shop. There are a few flavors written on a chalkboard, and are erased everyday to be replaced with a few others of their hundreds of flavors. Here is a sample of the unique flavors they have at Scoops:

Brown Brown Bread (Which is the flavor on the far right in the picture)
Green Tea Brown Rice
Lavender Goat Cheese
Earl Grey Ice Cream
Pistachio Egg Nog
Salty Rocky Road
Banana Oreo
Ume Yuzu
Pecan Tiramisu
Banana Chocolate
ETC.........

What We Like

Food!  We like to eat . . . Especially Asian food.  We grew up with foods from different countries and traditions and can eat hot and spicy foods from different styles of cuisine: Indian, Szechuan, Hunan, Korean, Thai, Mexican, Vietnamese, Arab, and Japanese (if you count Wasabi as being hot and spicy).  When our non-Asian friends complain that a burrito is too spicy, we laugh and feel sorry for them.

TV dramas. We secretly watch Korean dramas for the sappy plots, love triangles and mean mother-in-laws.  Korean dramas can sometimes have over 100 episodes.  They can be both comic and tragic in the same story, and have ridiculously translated titles such as "Temptation of Wife", "Boys over Flower", "I am a Flower too", "Vampire Prosecutor", "Protect the Boss".  Above is an episode from "Pure in Heart", broadcast on Channel 18.  Channel 18 is a leading Asian language television station.