In a marriage, should respect be given or earned? To earn respect in a successful marriage, it means respecting yourself first R-E-S-P-E-C-T Find out what it means to me Cue Aretha, please. So I talked about Trust, Honesty, and Communication. Part 3 of my Marriage Series is about Respect. **Click 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…
Some decisions are hard to make and some are easy. Making a decision like, “Where do you want to go for dinner?” may be easy for someone and hard for someone else. When I was in my early 20’s, some of the simplest decisions would stress me out. There were Read more…
It’s my time to reflect on those sometimes annoying, mandatory Chinese family dinners growing up and how they’ve changed as I got older. **Click Below To Listen** So I’ve known how to make food for myself since I was very little, like elementary school times. I remember when I was 8, Read more…
I’m not super fluent in Chinese but I want to preserve the language for my daughter. Here are my top 4 tips for doing this I’m a Chinese-Canadian mom (you can read more about my journey of accepting my culture here). As much as I’ve been open to learning and Read more…
In my life, I’ve been called many things. **Click Below To Listen** Growing up in the 90s in a predominantly Caucasian community, I got the usual questions and comments. Here’s a sample with answers I should have given back instead of silently seething. “What are you?” A Human Being “No…like Read more…
Drink, drink, drink! From the workplace to hanging out with friends, it’s so easy to succumb to the pressure to drink. So I don’t enjoy drinking alcohol. Some people might be like, “Seriously?” **Click Below To Listen** Why I Don’t Drink I hate the taste of alcohol. It’s extremely bitter and Read more…
So I don’t eat breakfast. I never ate breakfast when I was a kid. **Click Below To Listen** I do brunches with girlfriends and my husband makes a mean breakfast on the weekends (breakfast is his life; he can’t function without it). I love eggs, bacon, french toast, pancakes…all the Read more…
Hi There! “WTF is Sum on Sleeve?” Like does that mean you have something on your sleeve? Why is Sum spelled that way? Why am I here? Where am I? Who am I? Maybe not that question unless you’re having an existential crisis…but perhaps reading my blog will help If Read more…