Overseas Chinese Web Guide

The Corner Place is a Korean restaurant located at 19100 S. Gridley Road, Cerritos, CA. (Cross-Street: South Street). I had lunch there last week and had ordered one of the dongchimigooksoo combos. For just under 11 bucks, you get a full-size lunch box AND a bowl of their delicious cold noodles. [...]

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Considering the prevalence of credit and debit cards in everyday commerce, you would think that the someone has already figured out the ideal layout for all the various keys needed to process a transaction. I see some version of this keypad at ATM machines, supermarkets, retail stores, wholesale supply stores, gas stations, etc. [...]

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Yahoo! News / Reuters: Walmart.com to Let Customers Review Merchandise. Shoppers will be able to review and rate the merchandise sold on Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s Web site beginning on Thursday, as the retailer works to expand its online capabilities.
Finally. My two main sources of online reviews are Consumer Reports and Amazon.com. Consumer [...]

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When EDGE takes way too long to deliver a web page, I turn to Google (again). The Cached link has come in handy on more than one occasion when I got tired of seeing the page loading icon. Click back to the search results page and view the Google cached version. The [...]

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Honestly, I had my doubts about the Apple iPhone: slow data network speeds, no integrated GPS, and high cost. I tried to hold off until Apple released iPhone 2.0, presumably with a 3G chipset and other goodies, but I surrendered to frustration. And, I blame Google for it all.
Without a doubt, Google [...]

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Associated Press: China Suspends Some U.S. Meat Imports. China has suspended imports of chicken feet, pig ears and other animal products from seven U.S. companies, including the world’s largest meat processor, in an apparent attempt to turn the tables on American complaints about tainted products from China.
This is great news! You know China is meticulously [...]

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I stopped by the Los Altos Art & Wine Festival this morning. Even for those who aren’t big fans of art or wine, the Festival offers many interesting attractions. Of course, most of the booths featured arts and crafts items for sale, including photos, paintings, and assorted handicrafts. Also present were local vendors, [...]

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Had lunch at Mike’s Cafe in Palo Alto yesterday. I usually don’t order a salad for lunch (except as a side dish) because I don’t want to be hungry in the middle of the afternoon. But, being in an experimental mood, I tried the Cobb Salad—which I have never ordered before at any restaurant. [...]

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Reuters: China Calls Official’s Execution a Warning Siren. China on Wednesday hailed the swift execution of the nation’s former drug safety chief as a warning to corrupt officials while detailing a web of graft that thrived for years without punishment.
If China’s food and drug safety problem is truly limited to a handful of corrupt officials, [...]

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The American Cancer Society released a report on Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Associated Risk Factors Among Asians Americans of Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese Ethnicities in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The report looked at prostate, breast, lung, and colon/rectum cancer among Asian Americans in California.

“Chinese Americans had among the lowest incidence [...]

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