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“Chinese Mother” Speech at Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest in New England Area

By Marcus Larsen-Strecker, Tufts University, Chinese teacher: Wentao Li (Marcus Larsen-Strecker is a contestant of the Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest in New England Area. He gave this speech in Chinese on March 23 at UMass Boston.) Respected teachers, ladies and gentleman! Thank you very much for finding the time to… Continue reading “Chinese Mother” Speech at Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest in New England Area

How the Latest Snowstorm Turned My Corolla into Prius

By David Li, bostonese.com Boston, March 8, 2013, — I live north of Boston, and had to go to Longwood area this afternoon for an appointment. When I opened the door this morning, there was already several inches of snow. I parked my car in a way that it was against the strong wind overnight.… Continue reading How the Latest Snowstorm Turned My Corolla into Prius

Seven Days of Chinese New Year in Beautiful Pictures

By David Li, bostonese.com When Blizzard Nemo dumped over 30 inches of snow in many parts of New England, it was only one day away from the Chinese New Year Day of 2013. From February 10 to 16, many celebrations of Chinese New Year were canceled due to poor traffic conditions caused by the heavy… Continue reading Seven Days of Chinese New Year in Beautiful Pictures

Thoughts After Sandy – What Should We Eat in Emergency?

By Lin Kong, Master of Nutrition Science (from linjoyfulbite.wordpress.com) How did you go through Sandy in the past two days? Being so lucky that no power outage happened to me on Monday, I just curled up in my coach and watched 3 movies. Obviously I was not prepared at all-no water was stored and I… Continue reading Thoughts After Sandy – What Should We Eat in Emergency?

By Publishing Pictures of Asian Apple Theft Suspects, Main Stream Media Raised Suspicion of Racist Bias

By David Li, bostonese.com In an article titled Malden Man, Others Arrested Stealing Apples published on October 18, 2012 on Malden Patch, names, addresses and pictures of five Asian suspects arrested earlier that week in New Hampshire were made public on patch.com. This report as you may expect immediately received multiple anti-minority and anti-immigrant comments,… Continue reading By Publishing Pictures of Asian Apple Theft Suspects, Main Stream Media Raised Suspicion of Racist Bias

Eric Kester: That Speech for Fifth Grade Class President

By Eric Kester, author of That Book About Harvard My fellow 5th Grade-icans, I am not running for class president because I have a bigger baseball card collection than the other candidates — which I do — but because I am a patriot and I love my class in a totally non-cootie related way. We… Continue reading Eric Kester: That Speech for Fifth Grade Class President

Getting Down to the Business of Business – Best Investment You Can Make with $15

By Stephanie Chan, Acton-Boxborough Regional High School One business question for you: What can you buy for $15? For this investment of $15, you can create a business empire because this down payment is for education in basic business principles. The New England Chinese Information and Networking Association, or NECINA, offers a uniquely structured class… Continue reading Getting Down to the Business of Business – Best Investment You Can Make with $15