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…
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…
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…
Mary (Left); Me (Right…grinning like an idiot) Mary Ng is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Markham-Thornhill & Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion. She is a trailblazer as one of the first Chinese Canadian female cabinet ministers. **Click Below To Listen Now** And, she is a self-proclaimed fan Read more…
Dating sucks. There is no sugar coating it. So I’m going to be brutally honest and let you in on some dating secrets for finding the one. So my post about dating has been one of my most popular posts (aside from the Asian Parenting ones). **Click Below To Listen** It’s Read more…
Asians stereotypically don’t do therapy. We suffer in silence and let that shit brew until it becomes stomach cancer. Does the word therapy still relate to”crazy people”? Like, “Wow, there must be something seriously wrong with you!” “Can’t you just keep that shit inside or talk to your friends about Read more…
In honour of Pink Shirt Day, I wanted to share 2 true stories of myself standing up to bullies as a kid. Although I’ve met bullies at all ages, it’s when you’re a kid that you’re the most vulnerable, where the hate hurts the most, and horrible, unnecessary shit Read more…
I’m sure you’ve heard of Asian people celebrating Lunar New Year. And I can probably write about how I celebrate it with my family (the red pockets, food, family traditions, stories etc.) like a typical mom blogger. **Click Below To Listen Now** Instead, I want to talk about Luck. I Read more…
The other day, I was rolling around the floor with my daughter when she picked up one of my husband’s lame CPA magazines and chucks it at me. **Click Below To Listen Now** She proceeds to grab one of her own books and starts reading. I get it…I begin reading. Read more…
I’m an introvert and I don’t like small talk. I don’t take pleasure in chatting about the weather, news, sports, the condos they’re building down the street and other miscellaneous topics. I make small talk all the time but I find as I get older, it’s becoming more and more Read more…