December 13, 2019
Starting Over in Shanghai
I have been living in Shanghai since the end of July. Each day I try…
December 3, 2019
Episode #12 This Asian American Life: Don’t Call Me Crazy
What drives you crazy? How about being called just that - crazy. If you are…
November 29, 2019
Saigon Chronicle – Week 5: Learning Vietnamese
After stumbling around on non-existent Vietnamese skills for the past month, we finally set up…
November 15, 2019
Yoga Is a Full Contact Sport
Last Sunday morning inside a crowded and sweaty yoga studio, I was instructed to hold…
October 25, 2019
Saigon Chronicle – Week 4: Living Abroad in 2019
The first time I moved abroad was in 1998, from Taiwan to the United States.…
August 19, 2019
Who Can Teach You About Life?
David Brooks’s column “Mis-Educating the Young” opens with his lunch conversation with a former student,…
August 9, 2019
Birds are my new friends
My husband and I have been feeding birds for several years after moving into our…
July 18, 2019
From Nomad Living to Ho Chi Minh City
We can read all about an experience, but until we’ve lived it ourselves, it’s just…
July 11, 2019
Less Than Perfect
(Editor's Note: Hannah Bae is a New York-based writer/editor/illustrator. She was interviewed by Mable Chan…
June 28, 2019
My Starbucks Name
I go through 5 seconds of panic every time I go to Starbucks, precisely when…