April, 2008 // Posts published in April, 2008
what Tibet protest?
What if the Vancouver Chinese community held a protest? and over 5,000 people appeared? What if the protest was against perceived “Western Media bias”? Support for the Beijing Olympics? What if no English language media covered the protest? Guess what? That was the synopsis of what actually occurred this past weekend, in multi-cultural bi-cultural Vancouver. The UGLY Chinese Canadian had ...
bite mee
finally… introducing Bite Mee: Bite Mee is the UGLY Chinese Canadian’s official talking head. Bite Mee, the banana, will make his appearance whenever a term or a thought requires an expanded explanation. For example, Bite Mee appears here as a thought bubble for the term “banana”: __________________________________________________________________ banana Ba*na”na\, (noun) A banana is a person of Asian descent born (or ...
a banana bites back 香蕉華人回咬
A first. Chinese characters! The UGLY Chinese Canadian notices that a lot of blogs out there in the blogosphere contain a lot of mindless banter and silly (but fun) information. Stuff like, I just cooked breakfast and am now about to sit on the throne while I read the papers… So following this lead, the UGLY Chinese Canadian ...
what if Canada were at war with China?
Here’s a thought to ponder. As a Canadian born person of Chinese ancestry… who would you support? At the Olympic games, who would you root for? China or Canada? The Olympic one is an easy one. …the UGLY Chinese Canadian would cheer on Canada at the Olympics. Proud Chinese Canadian soldiers (WW II) earning respect for all Canadians Now, let’s ...
Minorities Not accommodating to Canada
Minorities Not accommodating to Canada. Perhaps that should have been the title from the Press Release of last Thursday from Ottawa. Newspapers and talkshows all over our nation have been talking about the latest poll: Canada too accommodating to minorities, poll says Thu Apr 17, 2008 OTTAWA (AFP) – Most Canadians believe their country is too accommodating when it ...
Ca-Na-Da! the song
It will be 41 years to the week (April 27, 1967), that Montréal welcomed the world to Expo ‘67. Celebrating Canada’s 100 year (centennial) celebration. tUCC was a fat young fry back then (even back then, he was Ugly). All through school we were readying, preparing and celebrating the birthday of our cool nation. With spiffy new ...
Empress of Asia
Today’s Vancouver Sun Newspaper featured a story about the Chung Family’s 25,000 item collection donation to the University of British Columbia. “A National Treasure” was the term used to described this amazing collection. It’s a real nice story of an early Westcoast family and the generous donation of their impressive art and collectibles collection to ...
[gc] The Tibetan End Game
tUCC NOTE: We welcome Patrick Ng as a contributor to the UGLY Chinese Canadian Blog. This commentary is the opinion of Mr. Ng’s, and does not necessarily reflect those of the UGLY Chinese Canadian’s. .The Tibetan End Game by Patrick Ng DISCLAIMER – The article below is written to stimulate our thoughts and to provoke a discussion. I ...
Brandy’s Boobs: The Last Hurrah
The Ugly Chinese Canadian’s friend, Thirty-two-year-old Brandy Lien Worrall is bidding her boobs adieu on April 15th, when she gets a double mastectomy. All this because of breast cancer. If you’re near Vancouver, come help Brandy pay tribute to her boobs and hear about her battle with breast cancer. Brandy will make her boobs available for copping ...
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