Ophelia Chong
A true multi-tasker: illustrator, designer, teacher, networker and writer of short blasts of pent up hot air.
A photo of the new ambassador to China, Gary Locke, was photographed carrying a backpack, ordering his own coffee and using a Starbucks coupon. It went viral.
A prediction on how Chinese immigrants will name their children in the near future.
Cantonese. On one hand, I am proud that I can speak Cantonese, on the other I am hamstrung by my accent. It's not Chinese.
Should Goodwin Liu, nominated to the California Supreme Court, be judged on his ethnicity?
In the effort to stay connected but off the roads, I have become a traveler through my wifi. Los Angeles is a city measured in time spent in a car, and I try to save that time by using whatever means I have.
Instead of "Carmageddon," I have a better idea, that will spare Los Angeles the stress of a shut down and put some extra money into its coffers.
The sun rises over the Golden Triangle of Beverly Hills, flecks of bright yellow gold bounce off the large Ross Dress for Less store on the corner of N. Beverly and Santa Monica Blvd.
I find it interesting that someone coined the shut down of the freeway "Carmageddon," because is not being able to freely travel on the freeways the end of the world?
A security guard for a celebrity knows this Hollywood Hills neighborhood at night better than its residents.
My point of view and sense of humor is not based on being Asian American, it is about me just being who I am.
I met Kristina Wong via my good friend Vickie Nam. She suggested that I "friend" Kristina because of her charm, sense of humor and because she is one of the most interesting Asian women around.
Google makes us all mind readers, it gives us the power to point to a stranger and say "I know all about you, I know who you are."