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  • 23andme and My Results

    Back when I visited Hoboken, New Jersey (probably the rare few times you’ll hear me say “visit” and “New Jersey” in the same line), I had also sent my saliva sample to get my DNA tested for the sake of discovery and curiosity. I received an email from 23andme.com (if you buy the package on…

  • My Mother’s Life: The States

    In the dead of winter, dressed in a sleeveless top and sarong, my mother arrived, husband and 2 children in tow, to America, with not one lick of understanding of the language. It was January 31, 1986, New York, a winter storm brewing outside customs office. We passed through and made it to Boston, my…

  • My Mother’s Life: Southeast Asia

    My mother at the refugee camp My mother’s given name is Samnang, it means lucky. She thought herself unlucky so when she came to America, she shortened it to Nang, which has no meaning.

  • Friends and Lovers

    An old couple visiting Venice My mother once said, “you are the one living with the person you love. So why worry if someone else loves him?”

  • Digging For Diamonds

    Salt rock chandelier at the Wieliczka Salt Mine, my boyfriend sent me this photo many moons ago from his travels Diamonds don’t fall from the sky, my mother used to say. If you want something, you’ve got to get dirty and dig for them.

  • What’s in the Past, Stays in the Past

    It’s a real time machine! If I knew what I know now, would I go back and do things differently? Would the path I’ve taken change or would it be the same path? Would I always end up in a complete circle of my own life?

  • Traveling

    Curiosity seems like a natural thing when you see babies giggling and following mobiles and playing with simple block toys. They crawl to reach for things, for places they don’t know. It seems so natural to want to learn, we want to know and we want to grow. So when I hear that someone dislikes…

  • A Challenge: 30 Before 30

    At 18 years old, staring at the ocean, never imaging I could get this far I’ve been challenged! No, not to a duel. If it were so, then a duel of the mind and the pen. In this case, a keyboard. I’ve been challenged to write one blog post a day leading up to my…

  • 2013 New Year’s Resolution

    It’s that time of the year again where we can say “let’s start a new slate!” Last year, I made a very short list and I made through with a few hiccups. This year, continuing with last year’s resolution (health, money management, vacation), I tack on a few to help move me in my career.

  • Summer Movies are Back in the City!

    Ah! It’s summer again and it’s going to be a hot, hot summer in the city! Possibly rainy since there was barely any snow this past winter. What I love most about the city is the summer movies in the park! Outside, having a picnic and watching some movie on the big screen with the…