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Re: Too Much Nick

Nicole Lee — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:07:28 -0000

I suck at geography. I've never broken six digits :P

Re: Scott Simpson Identification: A Field Guide

Nicole Lee — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:43:35 -0000

I'm afraid I have seen a Nicole Lee specimen that has also cried during Phenomenon. But said specimen can indeed iron a shirt, so there's no fear of duplicity there.

Re: The Foodwise Effects of the West in Asia

Nicole Lee — Sun, 06 May 2007 05:50:50 -0000

While I believe that the foods of the West have made some negative impact in Asia, I honestly don't know if the impact was ever really that big. Most Asians still have a horribly distorted belief that girls should be skinny as a rail. A girl's size Small in the U.S. would probably be a size Large or Xtra Large in Singapore. A woman with a completely normal BMI in the U.S. would be considered fat in a lot of East Asian countries. The stigma is huge, and I don't really see it going away any time soon.

I understand what you're talking about with size portions in the U.S. and fast food and so forth, but I don't think obesity is as big a problem in Asia as the unrealistic expectations of beauty.

Re: Mister Wong, the Offensive Social Bookmarking Portal

Nicole Lee — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:14:30 -0000

The problem with calling an entire race "honorable" and "proud" is that it somehow implies that other races are not as honorable or proud. Whatever happened to being "honored" and "proud" of HUMANKIND? Oh wait, we're a bunch of jerks. Never mind.

Re: What About Asians in the Empirical Analysis of Acting White?

Nicole Lee — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:48:34 -0000

The funny thing is, I think quite a large number of "FOBs" and/or diasporic Asians are actually incredibly fluent in English, with decent grades to boot. Does that mean they were acting white even when they were back home in their Asian majority countries?

This reminds me of when people used to act so surprised when I tell them I'm not American...

Re: [Lee Kuan Yew] Modern Singapore’s Creator Is Alert to Perils

Nicole Lee — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:52:18 -0000

Thanks silverkris; I was about to post almost exactly the same thing.

Re: Top 15 Sexiest Asian Males, As Rated By the Women of 8A

Nicole Lee — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:02:42 -0000

I can't believe no one has mentioned Lai Meng. DUDE. I used to have a poster on the guy on my bedroom wall. Oh the shame...

Re: Tila Tequila…again?

Nicole Lee — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:24:02 -0000

Heck, I hear that she has a boyfriend in real life (Rumors only tho). Frankly, I think that whole show is entirely scripted... she speaks in such a monotone, like she\'s reading off a teleprompter. I\'ve only watched a couple of episodes though.

Re: Self-Proclaimed “Gaysian” a Contestant on Beauty and the Geek

Nicole Lee — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:08:51 -0000

There was this one episode of MTV's Parental Control where the parents were Asian, and they were trying to get their female Asian ice-skating protege to get a new boyfriend. The father wanted her to date an Asian male, and the guy he chose was the absolute opposite of the asexual nerd stereotype. Buff Asian male hottie, in other words. The whole show was cheesy as hell and totally disgusting, but it was still interesting to watch in the guilty pleasure kind of way (For one thing, I'm shocked how the Asian parents were completely accepting of the idea that their daughter has had sex in public(!)).

PS. I swear I don't watch MTV that often and was just supremely bored that evening.

Re: Top 10 Reasons Why I’m Twittering Again

Nicole Lee — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:19:43 -0000

Okay, number 1 cracked me up :)

Re: Rob Huebel

Nicole Lee — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:30:41 -0000

you make me weep.

Re: Stop freaking out over the TV-B-Gone prank at CES

Nicole Lee — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:35:49 -0000

Not to mention it's giving a ton of press to Gizmodo right now.

Re: Ping.fm / Uploaded Image from Nameless

Nicole Lee — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:35:15 -0000

I was about to say your glucose levels are quite high, but I noticed you didn't fast, so that's not really accurate.

Re: Overheard on TV

Nicole Lee — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:30:33 -0000

Yeah, I've received a jury summons letter too, and had to check the "not a US citizen" box. So yes, they ARE incapable of knowing the age, citizenship, and criminal record of the people they send jury summons to. Kinda scary.

Re: The Wildcard

Nicole Lee — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:05:26 -0000

Not that TMZ is that reliable or anything, but apparently it's a hoax?

http://www.tmz.com/2009/04/22/beyonces-dad-was-...

Re: East Meets West 26

Nicole Lee — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:39:54 -0000

World of Warcraft runs really great on the MacBook Pro :) But that's probably the most popular Mac game anyway.

Re: East Meets West 53

Nicole Lee — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:30:44 -0000

Clearly, my secret plan to get mentioned on EMW is working! (It really is one of my favorite podcasts).

I was wondering if you guys ever heard of the Shangri-La diet. All you need to do is either drink hot water dissolved with sugar once a day, or take a couple tablespoons of oil once a day (You do this in a 2-hour window where you're not allowed to eat/drink anything else except water). I really have no idea how it works, but apparently this simple act of consuming sugar water / oil once a day suppresses your appetite for more food. Apparently it works on the Pavlovian theory of weight control. My friend said to me that this guy essentially "hacked" the way his appetite works.

Anyway, I haven't tried it, but was curious if any of your listeners have heard of it.

Re: East Meets West 57

Nicole Lee — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:16:30 -0000

Re: gasoline -- I wonder why Americans use "gasoline" as opposed to "petrol." A few preliminary searches on Google didn't turn up any definitive answers. Curious. I remember it was one of the things I had to learn when I moved to the U.S. from Malaysia, like using Fahrenheit instead of Celsius, and the omission of the letter "u" in certain words.

Re: East Meets West 74

Nicole Lee — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:44:09 -0000

It ended just when they were talking about the BlackBerry too. I smell conspiracy...

Oh, happy 4th of July :)

Re: East Meets West 88

Nicole Lee — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:20:30 -0000

I'm surprised you didn't mention the significance of "88" in Chinese :)

Also, just wanted to let you know that East Meets West is in the Dialed In "podroll," but Tom probably knows that already.