Happy Year of the Rooster! This weekend, billions of people of Chinese descent around the world celebrated Lunar New Year through family reunions, sharing meals together, giving each other Red Envelopes of “lucky money”. For the first time, hubby and I celebrated the occasion together… Read More
Sometimes, the work life of a resident physician consumes all 24 hours of my day and my life gets cooped up within a 2 mile radius of my neighborhood in East Hollywood. But the occasional venturing out has blown me away with the diversity and variety… Read More
I was never a outdoorsy kind of girl growing up. Nor was anyone in my family outdoorsy. Whenever my Chinese parents took me on family vacations, they mostly involved Disney World or venturing out in new cities, shopping or trying new foods. Even if we… Read More
Recently, I’ve found a women’s bible study group at a local church that I’ve fallen in love with and have gone back to week after week. Along with a group of 5 other girls led by the pastor’s wife, we are going through a book… Read More
Almost two months into residency, I’m starting to get used to and learning to roll with this rhythm of life, of working days and nights on end, of getting too comfortable in the hospital call rooms, of squeezing eating into 5 minute intervals. Here I… Read More
Back in May, I went on a trip to Thailand and inner-China with some friends from medical school. I’ve always wanted to venture out of East Asia when I vacation in this half of the world and explore Southeast Asia, so a bunch of us decided to… Read More
Back in April when Y and I visited his hometown and my second favorite city in the world, Beijing, we partook in what is commonly known as the wedding glamour photo shoot. This was part of our second wedding reception and festivities in Beijing, and… Read More
I know I promised to write more about all my hilarity that ensued in Beijing and in my recent Thailand vacation in May, but I wanted to pause all those thoughts this week and focus on the here and now. What do I mean? Well,… Read More
Picking up where we left off last week, I will introduce to you another three of Beijing’s traditional eateries with distinct flavors and cultural heritage. Heads up, future travelers and backpackers to China, follow this guide and you will have a native culinary experience in… Read More
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