So six months after I moved to Hong Kong in 1994, my parents visited me over winter break. We spent a week there and one in Singapore. It wasn't their first time visiting me in Hong Kong (that happened in 1990-91 when I was an exchange student), but this time was different. Very … [Read more...]
A preview in pictures
A few days ago I was at my mom's, looking through old photos that had been boxed up for years. I came across a few that fit perfectly with the early pages of my memoir, Good Chinese Wife.My parents snapped this one as I bid them farewell at Chicago's O'Hare Airport in June … [Read more...]
Remembering my trip to Hong Kong one year ago
For someone who is not terribly superstitious, I find it eery that both of my little kids--at separate times today--took out my 2012 Hong Kong photo album and asked me to read it. They hadn't touched it in months.It's strange because it was exactly a year ago today that my … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Money Dragon
When I came across Pam Chun's historic novel, Money Dragon (Sourcebooks, 2002), I was anxious to read it. This book stood out to me (and not just because it's from my publisher) because it's set in China and Hawaii 100 years ago.Lau Ah Leong, or L. Ah Leong as he was known in … [Read more...]
Israel Independence Day in Hong Kong
My kids learned in Sunday school this past weekend that today is Israel Independence Day. Although it's far from Israel, Hong Kong celebrates this day in style at the gorgeous, 111-year old Ohel Leah synagogue.Last year around this time, my husband Tom and I traveled to Hong … [Read more...]
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