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Total Kong-quest

I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that most people who saw Seth Gordon’s fantastic 2007 documentary, King of Kong (a film about two middle-aged men–a middle school teacher and a condiment magnate–duking it out for the Guinness World Record on Donkey Kong), were not quickly inspired to follow in the principal characters’ footsteps. Though respectfully portrayed, most of the people featured in the film are lovable losers, aging dorks, gamer geeks–and the addiction itself so all-consuming that it alienates even our hero from family, home and daily life.

But of course, someone did. Hank Chien, a 35-year-old plastic surgeon from New York, started playing the game after seeing the film. He recently broke the standing record, held by longtime recordholder Billy Mitchell, with 1,061,700 points in two and a half hours. The score was 10,000 higher than Mitchell’s.

The Kong-querer

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Filed under: Addiction, Arcade Games, Asians Love Winning Anything, Awesome Documentaries, Billy Mitchell, Breaking Records, Documentaries, Donkey Kong, Excellence, Excelling As A Pastime, Gamers, Guinness Book of World Records, Hank Chien, Harvard, King of Kong, Losers, NYC Plastic Surgeon Breaks Donkey Kong World Record, Plastic Surgeons, Queens, Records, The 80's, Twin Galaxies, Weird American Behavior, Winners, Winning, World Records

AMAZIAN OF THE WEEK! Apolo Anton “What Seven Medals?” Ohno

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Age: 27

Hails from: Seattle, WA

Occupation: Olympic short-track speed skater

Known for: Championship bling. After winning his seventh Olympic medal on Saturday night, becoming the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time. Proving that the time-tested technique of Hardass Asian Parenting, via single father Yuki, can pay off in spades. Showcasing excellent hip control. Somehow being extremely hot despite a chronic case of chin pubes.

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Filed under: 2010 Olympics, 7 Olympic Medals, Apolo Anton Ohno, Apolo Anton Ohno Most Decorated Winter Olympian, Asians and Speed Skating, Awesomeness, Champions, Chin Pubes, Dancing With the Stars, Everybody Loves a Winner, Excellence, Hardass Asian Dads, Hardass Asian Parenting, Olympians, Seattle, Seven Olympic Medals, Speed Skating, the Olympics, Vancouver Olympics, Vancouver Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics, Yuki Ohno

Changing The World, One Hardass Asian Day At A Time

That’s “Mr. President,” if you’re nasty

It finally happened! On September 22, amazian Jim Yong Kim was inaugurated as the 17th President of Dartmouth College.

If you recall, he is both the first physician to lead Dartmouth in all of its 240 years and the first Asian American to head an Ivy League institution.

Never mind that he’s already a decorated student and educator, with an A.B. from Brown and both graduate degrees (M.D. and Ph.D.) from Harvard–where, prior to his move to Dartmouth, he held professorships at the Medical School and School of Public Health. Or that he’s commonly regarded as a “global health pioneer” for his work with various health institutions and the World Health Organization, and for co-founding the nonprofit medical organization Partners in Health. (Ed Note: My dad just read the last paragraph and started crying.)

We just watched Kim’s inaugural speech, and can totally see why students have found him to be a “most inspirational instructor,” guiding young people to feel they can change the world:

…but we couldn’t help but notice that all of Kim’s warm and cuddly stuff seems to be frosted with just a hint of awesome Hardass Asian Presidentialness: All that talk of excellence, persistence, preparasian? Thank bejeezus! He knows how to talk on our terms!!!

Even WE can’t help but feel rather inspired by Kim’s philosophies (but we’re sure as hell not going back to school to prove it!).

[DISGRASIAN™: AOTW - Dartmouth Prez Jim Yong Kim]
[Dartmouth.edu: Dr. Jim Yong Kim Appointed 17th President Of Dartmouth College]

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Filed under: Change Is the New Change, Dartmouth College, Doctors, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, Excellence, First Asian American To Lead An Ivy League, Harvard, Inspirasian, Partners In Health, World Health Organization

Yao-za

My major issue with the wax statue of Yao Ming that recently debuted at NY’s Madame Tussauds…

“Live” Yao (left)–cool as a cuke, and “wax” Yao (right)–nervous Nellie

…is that the wax version looks really, really scared that he’s not gonna make a foul shot. I mean, for chrissake, he’s Yao Ming. Homeboy does not know failure intimately–why worry?

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Filed under: Allergic to Failure, Basketball, Everybody Loves a Winner, Excellence, Foul Shots, Madame Tussauds, Questionable Likeness, Wax Figures Are Creepy, Why Are His Wax Arms So Stiff?, Yao Ming

On Accountability

Note to President Obama:

HAVE WE TAUGHT YOU NOTHING?

Being Asian-ish means never having to admit you’re wrong!

Jen doesn’t do it. I don’t do it. You–you shouldn’t do it either.

So… this?

This we just can’t see again.

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DISGRASIAN

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Filed under: Accountability, Admitting One's Mistakes, Excellence, Screwing Up, Tom Daschle, We Love Being Right, Weird Asian Behavior, Why In Fuck's Sake Hasn't Any Government Official Paid Their Taxes?

Fashion Plasian

What can we say?

Golden power

When you want to exude excellence, always bet on yellow. Rowr!

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Filed under: Always Bet On Yellow, Excellence, Excelling, Fashion Plates, First Lady Michelle Obama, Golden Power, Impressions, Inauguration Day, Michelle Obama, Power Colors