Stuff Asian People Like™

Observational Essays on Asian Culture– This blog is devoted to stuff that asian people like

Click here to view our Previous Banners and How to Share Stuff Asian People Like!

Entries Tagged as 'Featured Topic'

Featured Topic: French Loan Words in Vietnam

Posted May 21st, 2010 by Peter · 51 Comments

Hi SAPL Readers! Blogger Danny Bloom was kind enough to share his article about how certain Vietnamese words have been derived. It’s interesting that a great deal actually come from France (not really), but check it out! I learned a great deal about Vietnamese words I never thought had French roots at all. According to [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Activities · Environment · Featured Topic · Films and Movies · Food & Beverage · History · Learn Asian! · Open Dialogue · People

#131 Snails

Posted March 23rd, 2010 by Peter · 9 Comments

This is a guest submission from “Lamstah” that was so interesting that we had to feature it and make it a post. We hope you enjoy this look into Asian Snail Etiquette and Lam’s story about trying to unravel its mysteries. “Food is my favorite topic so going to a food court of a different [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Activities · Animals · Cuisine · Culture · Customs · Environment · Featured Topic · Food & Beverage · Habits · People · Vietnamese

Asian Flush (“Blame it on the Ah-Ah-Ah-Alcohol”)

Posted March 12th, 2010 by Peter · 8 Comments

Hello SAPL Family! It’s been a while since our last post, but I would like to announce one of Vannie’s last posts before she takes an extended leave from guest writing here at SAPL. Her submissions have been great for the Asian Community in that they’ve urged us to think deeper about our lives as [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Activities · Culture · Featured Topic · Food & Beverage · Habits · Open Dialogue · People · Relationships · Social

Happy Lunar New Years 2010!

Posted February 13th, 2010 by Peter · 6 Comments

Happy Lunar New Years 2010, the 4707th one in recorded history! It’s about that time again! This years’ Lunar New Years festivities will wrap up on the 15th of February, which means the largest celebrations known to Asian people (with Han-Chinese connection) will be going on as well. Join us today on SAPL as we [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Culture · Customs · Featured Topic · History · Learn Asian! · Open Dialogue · People · Social