There’s something amazing about starting a new year! It’s like a brand new start. Most of all, I love love LOVE starting a new year because I get to set new goals. Every year, I like to take a day to reflect on what I’ve accomplished so far and what I can improve upon for […]

I met a really sweet Vietnamese lady today and we had a very interesting conversation that I thought of sharing with you guys. She asked me about how many kids I had and I told her, I have three. She then told me she had 4 kids of her own. And then she went on […]

Happy Birthday, dad! You would’ve been 69 years old today if you were still living on this earth. Today is not about grieving…today is about celebrating your life and how much you’ve inspired me. A little family history. My dad passed away on April 17, 2001, when he was just 47 years old – I […]

This year marks 9 years of being married to my best friend, husband, and baby daddy, Doug. I’m not usually a very emotional or sensitive person. In fact, my sister has even called me a robot. 😫 So writing this blog post can be a little hard.   Doug and I met at UC Davis […]

It’s recruitment season for Miss Hong Kong right now and my mind is being flooded with memories of my time as Miss Hong Kong: getting my application accepted, meeting the other contestants, laughing during rehearsals, the nerves I felt the night before semi-finals, and of course winning on the night of. It’s been 19 years, […]

I think that this is probably, by far, the most difficult post I’ve ever had to write. Today marks 20 years since my dad has passed. I still remember it like it was yesterday. It was April 17th, 2001, and I was 20 years old, attending college at UC Davis. I was a sophomore in […]