Journeys of Hope, Sacrifice, and Success
I just remember so many pebbles, gray ones, covering the grass. The figures who laid them came in waves, long and dark, gnawing at the...
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Mar 254 min
Piano Profile
An unassuming silver band around my pointer finger. My grandmother ushered me into a little jewelry shop near her old communist apartment...
Jul 17, 20236 min
Diaspora Darling
When I was little, I knew we were different. Not only because of my parents and their thick accents, but because of the lines they drew...
Jul 14, 202313 min
The Good, the Bad, and the UGG
Coming to Australia was, at most, a dream: one of my first dreams as a young girl, when I was trying to resist the communist regime. We...
Jul 12, 20233 min
Oh, Brother
"New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings." -Lao Tzu Droves of immigrants press down the gangway of the SS Marine Tiger...
Jul 12, 20236 min
Beyond Simple Tolerance
We lose if we don’t understand what makes us different. “Who will pick you up?“ his voice echoed. “No e-entiendo.” I stuttered, looking...
Jul 6, 20238 min
Polls Apart
My seventy-five-year old mother can be quite stubborn when she gets an idea in her head. "Someone has purposely closed the polling booths...
Jun 13, 20235 min
The Immigrant and The Lady
The war was a daily part of me as I sat on the rooftop with my brothers watching the tracer bullets screaming across the blackened sky. I...
May 10, 20233 min
My Father the Foodie
I cherished all the things you’d expect of a childhood in Vancouver — the yearly cherry blossoms, Whistler, the forever verdant Stanley...
May 8, 20232 min
An English Name
An English name. I’m always met with surprised expressions when I tell someone I don’t have one. My mom likes to jump, telling them my...
May 8, 20233 min
The Right Mix
As I rummage through the refrigerator for ingredients: pork, bok choy, salty pickled olives, and heat vegetable oil in a wok, I get an...
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