This photo of my grandma (now 97 years young) is one of my favorites.It was taken in 1974 up near the China border in Sheung Shui, Hong Kong. The train ran to the Lowu border at that time, but it was a fairly recent development because for years it didn't. Something about the … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Dragon Hunting in Hong Kong
I recently learned of a new, personalized children's book out of Hong Kong. So of course I grabbed one as quickly as I could. Geared for kids ten and under, Dragon Hunting in Hong Kong (All About Me, Hong Kong, 2013), allows you to personalize three characters and choose from … [Read more...]
Hong Kong, 1990
I recently rediscovered a group of photos my mom took in December 1990 when she visited me in Hong Kong over winter break. It wasn't my mom's first time there, but it was her first trip back since 1965. At that point I had only been in Hong Kong for four months. This is what we … [Read more...]
Meet the parents, Hong Kong style
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...]
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