Daily Archives: June 20, 2012

Amar : short documentary

Amar : short documentary

Amar is 14 and top of his class. Someday he’d like to be a professional cricketer, but for now he’s the family’s main breadwinner, working two jobs six and a half days a week on top of attending school in the afternoons. This short observational documentary is a simple journey with Amar through his daily life. In the almost 10 minute short documentary, he wakes up at 4am to start his day. After getting ready, he bikes to his first job delivering newspapers. Amar squeezes in studying and food before he heads off to his second job. Once he’s done, he heads off to school in the afternoon. His day isn’t over yet as he heads back to work again. He gets off work can arrives home about 10pm, where he studies some more to stay at the top of his class. All great achievements require time.

Amar : short documentary

Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 15

Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 15

In the Powerhouse episode “Homeles Gerald”, Rick has much to learn when Tim and Pedro bring home a stray bum (Homeless Gerald) with an affinity for felines. Rick doesn’t like what he hears from this stranger, who sounds like he came from a mental institution. What can these guys learn from homeless Gerald? What secrets will be revealed? or is he just a crackpot?

Previous episodes:
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 1
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 2
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 3
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 4
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 5
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 6
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 7
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 8
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 9
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 10
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 11
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 12
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 13
Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 14

Powerhouse Season 2 Episode 15 (contains explicit language)

Internet Icon : Deliberation (Part 1)

Internet Icon : Deliberation Part 1

After meeting the top contestants from across the nation, Judges Ryan Higa and Christine Lakin deliberate to select the Top 10 finalists. It’s not an easy decision from the contestant from Internet Icon : The Search (Part 1 and Part 2). Keep your eyes on the following Asian American contenders:

Anthony Ma
Dayside
Fu Music
Lana McKissack
Marlin Chan
Johnson Diep

See who gets cut and who stays during the deliberations.

Internet Icon : Deliberation Part 1

Boomerang by Shin-B

Boomerang by Shin-B

Rapper Shin-B dropped the new alternative hip hop single “Boomerang” about that ex who keeps returning to you. Have you ever had an ex that just won’t leave you alone and continues to keep coming back? They call you every year on Valentine’s, but you’ve moved on and you don’t care anymore. They keep coming, back to me, like a BOOMERANG.

You can listen and download the sing FREE below:

Listen to music from Shin-B: H.U.H. (Hands Up High), Bulletproof, Buzzkillin, Get Up and Go, 2 The Top, and Don’t Let Anyone (Tell U No).

Boomerang by Shin-B

Lyrics to Boomerang by Shin-B

Intro:
Uh huh, it’s a Boomerang thang
(Back to me) Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang
Let’s go!

Chorus:
Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang
Boomerang, rang, rang.
Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang
It’s a Boomerang thang.

Verse 1:
Keep coming (Back to me)
And Facebook keep taggin’ me
And I mean it’s… everyday
My Friend List, (he) knows every name
Insane (sane), he made (made)
That choice to cause me pain (pain)
NO NOTE!
Text to say… “It’s over, I need some space”

Now he sad, but I’m so fine
“Want to meet?” But, I got no time
And I find it OH SO HILARIOUS
(Back in time) Ride the DeLorean
To fix, fix what he did
But I won’t let this get fixed
And he ACT like THIS never happened
But I know this WON’T ever happen

Chorus:
Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang
Boomerang, rang, rang.
Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang
It’s a Boomerang thang.

Verse 2:
He calls me and he tells me it’s
Val-Val-Val-entine’s
But I don’t care and I’mma just tell him
why-y-y (oooh)
He keep complaining and saying that his girl is
too im-ma-ture
It’s feeling good to DELETE his messages.
IG-NORE (oh oh oooh)

Pre-Chorus:
He wants me, but I don’t want him (oh, oh, oh, oh)
He wants me, but I don’t want him (no oh, oh, oh, oh)
ACK!

Chorus:
Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang
Boomerang, rang, rang.
Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang
It’s a Boomerang thang.

Verse 3:
Mr. think he still gettin’ missed, uh…
Wishful thinking. ERASED all pictures
List the things to do, now he vanished
Date the friends… and live like the lavish

Of course, gettin’ all jealous
“What the deal?” she with all the fellas
“That was supposed to be us,
now I know what the fuss was”

Chorus:
Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang
Boomerang, rang, rang.
Keep coming (Back to me)
Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang
It’s a Boomerang thang.

Climax:
(He wants me, but I don’t want him, oh)
Keep coming (Back to me) Keep coming (Back to me)
Boomerang, Boomerang, Boomerang, rang, rang.

It’s a Boomerang thang.

Outro:
Uh huh, what
Boomerang, Boomerang
Uh huh, yeah
Boomerang

It’s a Boomerang thang.

Master Chef Season 3 : Asian American edition

Master Chef Season 3 : Asian American edition

Award-winning chef Gordon Ramsay, restaurateur Joe Bastianich and acclaimed chef Graham Elliot return for the culinary smash hit Masterchef Season 3. Nearly 30,000 hopefuls auditioned at MASTERCHEF’s open casting calls in Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Savannah, GA; Seattle, WA; and Washington, DC. MASTERCHEF also hit the road for the first-ever food truck casting tour and made stops in cities throughout Arizona, Colorado and Utah. Only the best amateur cooks were flown to Los Angeles for a chance to compete for the coveted title of MASTERCHEF and the $250,000 grand prize. This season will feature contestants from all walks of life representing 23 states – including a stock broker, a professional opera singer, an emergency physician, a food photographer, a plastic surgeon, as well as the first blind cook to enter the competition – all with the hopes of turning their culinary dream into a reality. Among the Asian American contestants making it into the top 18 include Christine Ha, Felix Fang, and Michael Chen.

Christine Ha on Master Chef Season 3
Blind chef Christine Ha

Who was your first cooking inspiration?
My mother was my cooking inspiration. She was a wonderful cook. When I was fourteen, before I’d had any interest in cooking, she passed away. She left no recipes. After I moved away for college, I had to learn to cook for myself. I realized that cooking required both scientific precision and artistic freedom; as someone who never backed down from a challenge, I thrived on this culinary complexity. I’ve since spent many hours in the kitchen using my childhood memories trying to recreate my mother’s dishes.

What is the first dish you ever mastered?
The first dish I learned to cook successfully and consistently is ginger-braised chicken.

What is your favorite thing to cook?
For a savory dish, I enjoy making Vietnamese eggrolls. My mom used to make them for special occasions, and they were my favorite thing to eat growing up. I’ve managed to figure out her recipe, and though it used to be an all-day affair before I had a food processor, the results were always worth the laborious wait. As for sweets, I love making ice cream. I’ve been experimenting with various creative flavors like honey lavender and browned butter. I hope to one day open a shop where all the ice cream is made from organic, locally sourced ingredients.

What did you learn as a contestant on MasterChef?
I learned not to worry about what anyone else was doing in the kitchen and to just focus on my own dish. It didn’t matter what others were cooking or which ingredients or techniques they used; all that mattered was that I do my very best, learn from past mistakes, take the judges’ culinary advice seriously, follow my gut instincts and make something I’d love to eat myself. Most of all, you must cook from the heart; make something you’d be proud to serve your friends; and create it with passion, love, and fervor.

Christine Ha on Masterchef Season 3

Felix Fang on Master Chef Season 3
Felix Fang

Who was your first cooking inspiration?
My grandmama. When I was a toddler, I would visit her and she would make the BEST fried rice for me when I was hungry late at night because we stayed up late watching TV or reading the newspaper. Just the simplest of ingredients – day-old rice, eggs and sliced green onions. Sizzling oil in a wok, she made magic with just seasonings of salt and pepper. She was an extraordinary cook. She was that crazy lady who would bust into the kitchen at a restaurant to ask the chef how the dishes are prepared so she can recreate them for her banquets at home.

What is the first dish you ever mastered?
Hmm. Not to be cliched, but I would have to say Chinese pork dumplings! My mom would knead and roll her own dumpling wrappers. In years, I slowly perfected folding the intricate pleats that seal in the savory filling. Finally, by 16 or 17 I was able to complete the entire operation by myself for my friends!

What is your favorite thing to cook?
I don’t have a favorite thing to cook! A favorite thing to cook is silly to me, because who wants to make the same thing all the time?! That’s boring! I enjoy exploring new cuisines and trying unfamiliar techniques! I do make a lot of kettle corn at home because it’s a fast, cheap, and tasty treat that stifles both my sweet and savory cravings.

What did you learn as a contestant on MasterChef?
Oh my God, what didn’t I learn? I wish I could to it all over again with what I know now. My advice to future contestants would be play it smart! Stick with what you know and build on that. Trust your instincts and taste everything! Lastly, cook like no one is watching you!

Felix Fang on Masterchef Season 3

Michael Chen on Master Chef Season 3
Michael Chen

Who was your first cooking inspiration?
My father, who was always the person that I would watch in the kitchen transform raw ingredients into delicious Chinese food. Unlike most households, he was the one that did most of the cooking in our home. Every little boy wants to grow up like his dad, so that’s what first spiked my interest.

What is the first dish you ever mastered?
Sauteed green beans. I remember pestering my dad to teach me how to cook something, and he would always turn me down. Finally, my mom decided that enough was enough and taught me how to stir fry green beans as the vegetable component of dinner. Heat the oil, add garlic, stir for a few seconds, add green beans, saute, a little salt and a little water to help them steam and cook through. Simple and delicious!

What is your favorite thing to cook?
My favorite thing to cook is probably my signature dish, dumplings! It’s such a simple concept using humble ingredients, extremely versatile, and I love how anybody can have a role in helping make them. I’ve made it with 70-year olds, I’ve made it with 5-year olds. Plus, the dish will always have a special place in my heart as the dish that earned me my MasterChef apron!

What did you learn as a contestant on MasterChef?
Being on MasterChef has taught me to be bold and come out of my shell. You can’t go through an experience like this and not come out a changed person. I’ve just been given more courage to pursue my dreams and to be completely honest about my beliefs and who I am. Already, I’ve approached two of the most acclaimed restaurants in Austin (Barley Swine and Uchiko) and have had chances to stage there. It’s really blown my mind how things have been falling into place, and I think I made the right decision to leave the realm of safety and other people’s expectations to pursue my dreams.

Michael Chen on Masterchef Season 3

Our America with Lisa Ling Season 3

Our America with Lisa Ling Season 3

From the swinger lifestyle to young girls entering convents, from arranged marriages to child pageants, the new season of Our America with Lisa Ling takes viewers along for an in-depth look at some of the most controversial and thought-provoking issues in the United States today. In each episode, Ling immerses herself into the lives of the people she meets and challenges viewers to understand different perspectives and sometimes even question what they themselves have always believed to be true in Our America.

Tune in to the all-new episodes of Our America with Lisa Ling Tuesdays at 10/9c!

Our America with Lisa Ling Season 3