A Thing for Asia

Melissa Hung
September 18, 2006

This story in the Onion is cracking me up: I Have A Thing For Asia. Not Asians, but Asia the continent.

It began in high school, when I was first exposed to different landforms. It was then that I realized my deep attraction to the remote, demure, but utterly entrancing continent of Asia. In college, I double-majored in geography and earth science, but only so I could get closer to Asia.

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Melissa Hung

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Melissa Hung is the founding editor of Hyphen. She was editor in chief for the magazine's first five years and went on to serve in many other leadership roles on the staff and board for more than a decade. A writer and freelance journalist, Melissa has written for NPR, Vogue, Pacific Standard, Longreads, and Catapult. She grew up in Texas, the eldest child of immigrants.

Comments

Comments

Anonymous wrote on Mon, 09/18/2006 - 8:49pm
At least it isnt a docile continent, like would be expected from an asiaphile instead its "demanding, unpredictable, and shrewish"under de sayalol
bjr wrote on Tue, 09/19/2006 - 10:46am
then again, there's also thishttp://www.theonion.com/content/node/46949
Amy wrote on Tue, 09/19/2006 - 10:52am
A high school friend won a writing contest for this Onion-esque entry:A Love Letter from North Korea's Kim Jong-il to Condi Ricehttp://www.demockeracy.com/week1/winner1.html
The Donger wrote on Fri, 09/22/2006 - 2:22pm
I have a thing for Asia, the band.