by admin | Jan 1, 2020 | Personal
Looking Back What one event, big or small, are you going to tell your grandchildren about? Trump getting impeached? Lol I dunno. If you had to describe your 2019 in 3 words, what would they be? Major. Growing. Pains. What new things did you discover about yourself? I...
by admin | Dec 26, 2019 | Asian American Identity
A couple months ago, one of the Mochi staff members posted in our team Slack:’ “I’m turning 22 next week. Aunties, any advice for me?” Whoooooof. That’s a full decade younger than me. It took me a minute to even remember being 22. But once I thought about it, I...
by admin | Dec 3, 2019 | Asian American Identity, Asian American Literature
Confession: I dropped out of Chinese school by ninth grade, despite an illustrious run of speech contest victories throughout grade school. The extra three hours of school on weekends was just too much, even for the bookworm I was (and still am). Naturally, I used the...
by admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Asian American Identity
I’ve always had a beef with Remy from Ratatouille. His mantra, “Anyone can cook,” is meant to be empowering, but I find it a bit discouraging. If anyone can cook, why should I bother? (I should note that as a Four in the Enneagram personality typing...
by admin | Jul 2, 2019 | Asian American Literature
I can’t remember the last time I read two books by the same author back to back…probably college, I suppose. It can be a surprisingly insightful exercise, particularly as I’m overthinking planning how to write my own novel(la). I recently finished both of...
by admin | Jun 4, 2019 | Asian American Identity, Web Design
The History of PAAC Shortly after the 2016 presidential election, writer Liz Lin published an essay titled, “The Loneliness of the Progressive Asian American Christian.” At the end she linked to a new Facebook group for Progressive Asian American...
by admin | May 30, 2019 | Personal, Small Business
During my graduate program and my first year of teaching, I was something of an overachiever. I stubbornly wrote all of my curriculum from scratch and diligently checked all the boxes on my lesson plans. Differentiated instruction, formative assessment, IEP...
by admin | May 6, 2019 | Asian American Identity, Small Business
Every year at the beginning of May, my social media timeline politely reminds me of the four days it took to birth my son. It is both mildly amusing and slightly traumatic to see the progression of photos from cheerfully optimistic to desperately stressed out. Every...
by admin | Apr 22, 2019 | Creative Writing
Priscilla looked up from her textbook as Artemis wrangled her laundry basket through their dorm room door. “That was the longest laundry expedition ever. I was about to send a search party out. You’ve never been out this late!” Artemis hated the...
by admin | Apr 1, 2019 | Asian American Literature
I recently received an advanced review copy of Dr. Andrew Lam’s forthcoming historical novel, Repentance, which I promptly devoured in less than 24 hours along with his nonfiction book Saving Sight. Summary Repentance tells the story of one Japanese American...
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