Food. We need it. We want it. We depend on it. We are what we eat. I started cooking when I was barely 10 years old. With over 20 years of slicing and dicing, stir-frying and baking, steaming and roasting, I’d like to consider myself a foodie who is comfortable in the Read more…
You don’t always have to be positive and happy. It’s okay not to be okay all the time. Ever feel down? Like giving up? Shitty? Recently, I experienced extreme disappointment. Without going into the details of what happened (just not ready yet), I realized I was coping with these feelings Read more…
Recently, I was able to pull away for 99 minutes to watch Netflix’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before. There was so much hype about this movie that I had to see it. Plus, I love movies that are filmed in Vancouver. It makes me believe these sappy stories happen in Read more…
I have a full-time day job. I’m a mom. I’m a blogger. I have a lot of things going on. It can be overwhelming and almost every month, I reach a breaking point. But somehow, I manage to get myself together, patch up those loose seams and carry on. Last Read more…
How translating for your immigrant parents actually makes you more emotionally intelligent Have you ever seen an Asian mom and her kid at a restaurant and the kid is ordering for the both of them in perfect English and then confirming it with his/her mom in their native language? I Read more…
Used with permission from Teresa Yeung How come so many Asian women want to pale and skinny? As someone who is neither of those things, I wanted to find real role models, especially as my daughter gets older. One night, I was browsing through one of my husband’s CPA magazines when Read more…
Unsolicited advice is one of my biggest pet peeves. Oh great, you have the number of a good housecleaner and you’re texting that to me as you stand in my “filthy” living room. Did I ask? No! I enjoy basking in my family’s dead skin cells. So mind your own damn Read more…
Ah, toxic girlfriends. From Clueless to Mean Girls to Gossip Girl (is it Pretty Little Liars now?), do these only appear in the teenage years? No. These appear through to adulthood, from college/university to the workplace to motherhood to old age (who’s a better grandma?). Granted, a lot of that Read more…
Imagine your Asian parents holding hands, hugging, kissing, making out on the couch. Cringe, shudder, gross. I grew up with the kind of parents that barely touched. How has that affected my views on physical affection and parenting? I’ve mentioned that I only speak Chinese to my daughter as I Read more…
So recently, my husband and I were able to get away and have a date night. Oh just one of those things couples should do every now and then especially when they’re busy AF as parents). The hype around Crazy Rich Asians got to me. As mentioned before, I’m not Read more…