Andrea Eliscu—The Woman Behind Dragon Boating in Orlando
In 2010, my friend Nina Yon introduced me to Andrea Eliscu. Nina told me that Andrea wanted to reach out to the Asian Community for a new dragon boat initiative she was spearheading, and that we were a...
Asia Trend Magazine Asian Cultural EXPO rocks at Downtown Disney
Eleven performing groups representing China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam, three audience participating workshops and eight exhibitors made up a 4-hour Asian Cultural EXPO on October 20th at Orlando Downtown Disney. This expo...
Christmas in Japan
Do you wonder what Christmas is like in Japan?
December 25th is not a national holiday in Japan. Unless it is on the weekend, people work and go to school on that day. Christmas is...
The Tiger Mother’s Revelation – and Ours
Many of the articles about the “Tiger mom” have been rather pointed in questioning Western culture’s parenting techniques versus Asian culture, quoting Amy Chua’s comments about how much better Chinese culture is with respect...
Welcome the newest dragon boat to the Central Florida Community
Without her, there would not be two dragon boats residing at Lake Fairview, Orlando. Without her, we would not have Orlando Dragon Boat Club which now serves hundreds of paddlers in Orlando. Harriett Lake, a well-known philanthropy in Orlando...
Tomoko Kawahara Koto Shamisen Recital 2011
A Relief Concert for Japan The last public solo recital by a professional Japanese Koto/Shamisen player, Ms. Tomoko Kawahara was held at the fine Arts Concert Hall of the Seminole State College on June...
Asia Trend Magazine: Exclusive Interview with Far East Movement
The 1st Asian American group to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #1 with “Like A G6”
Far East Movement (FM) is an electro hip hop group based in Los Angeles, California. Far East...
Teri’s trip to Japan 2010~Series: Gourmet in Japan: 4
I didn’t have much time for my friends on this trip, but spent short, quality time with them. We went to a very popular dining spot “Monsoon Café” just to have a sip (at...
Teri’s trip to Japan 2010~Series: Gourmet in Japan: 3
Another FUN food in Japan is Obento お弁当(Bento 弁当), which is also getting popular here in the U.S. This looks very tasty, but is not
edible. These are plastic, not real
food. Food replicas appear prevalently
in...
Orlando First Dragon Boat is finally here!
Dragon Boat racing is a Chinese tradition which originated in China over 2000 years ago and spread to the whole world and became a very popular team-building sport. Asia Trend has media sponsored and reported...
