I am letting go of theasianpopculturist.com domain, which was a project for my multimedia journalism degree. It was meant to establish a consistent identity on the world wide web and being interested in Asian pop culture, I thought it would be a good idea to use that brand.

However, for those who read this blog or follow my Asian pop Twitter account (which also used to be @asianpopculturist), it’s obvious that I only write or tweet about topics that interest me. And by this I mean Arashi, a drama I’m enjoying, Arashi, my seasonal flailings over certain celebrities, Arashi, Jay Chou, Arashi, issues that I feel strongly about for the just sayin’ portion of this blog, Arashi, music that I like, Arashi… you get the idea.

In other words, I don’t write everything about Asian pop culture because I can’t imagine writing about something I don’t have any iota of interest in. I can do that for my work, but not for something I do for pleasure. I don’t want to brand it with Arashi-something though because I want to be more forward-looking. There may come a time that I won’t be writing about Arashi or pop culture anymore but at the end of the day, I will always be a writer.

But why “orangejasminepurpleyam”?

Orange Jasmine is a song by Jay Chou known as Qi Li Xiang in Mandarin. He wrote it for me. It’s one of my fave Chou Jie-lun songs until now. Though my real name is spelled with a “Y”, it does not prevent people from calling me Jasmine, so yeah.

Purple Yam meanwhile has to do with my nickname (Yam) and how some friends call me “purple Yam”. Purple is also a favorite color thanks to Matsumoto Jun. There, I just showed my purple.

This change also aims to organize my other sites and accounts:

on Twitter: @asianpopfangirl (purple yam, for my Asian pop tweets) and @yupkigirl (orange jasmine, for life in general)

on tumblr: orangejasminepurpleyam

For those who read my ramblings and leave comments, thank you so much. This blog has not only been my repository of thoughts on topics that are close to my heart, it’s also been an exercise on writing since I don’t get to do that much in my job anymore. And it’s also given me a chance to meet interesting people online.

(art work by Yoshitomo Nara, also a fixture in my avatars)

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