I started my blog seven years ago, not really knowing what I would write about. But my web designer, Christine, from Sorella Design, suggested I write a blog. So I tried it and voila--seven years later--here we are.When I started the blog, I was still writing my memoir, … [Read more...]
Survey help!
If you're in the US or have lived there, I'd love help with this survey for a new project about experiencing prejudice when there was a witness. Or if you were the witness.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HNYTKCPIt only takes a minute. Ten thousand thank-yous! … [Read more...]
My grandparents in 1970s India
My grandma was one of my heroes and would have been 101 in a couple days if she had lived this long. And she almost did! Shortly before she passed away in late 2016, she gave me a box of old photos to see if I wanted to scan any.The box was a treasure trove of pictures from … [Read more...]
Saturdays in Taikoo Shing
When I was an exchange student in Hong Kong, a friend of my roommates had a teaching gig on Saturday mornings and was looking for a replacement. Dora had graduated and couldn't keep up this English tutor job. It sounded like a fun job. I would teach English to Mrs. Yoshizawa and … [Read more...]
Volunteering with refugees in Hong Kong
When I moved to Hong Kong in 1990, the territory was home to 55,000 Vietnamese refugees. The US and other western countries had stopped taking in the numbers of refugees they admitted in the last half of the 1970s and early 80s (even though the US caused the crisis in the first … [Read more...]
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