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 2, 2019
Saigon Chronicle – Week 1: Traffic. Noise. Heat.
After a year of globetrotting, we gathered our belongings, added a couple more bags, and headed…
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 21, 2019
Under the Shiny Cover, I Was a Mess
-- Unworthiness and the achievement-centric mindset This is my first time publicly sharing such an…
June 10, 2019
Journey to a Changing Cultural Identity
Recently, someone on Twitter asked how quickly an immigrant loses ties to his/her heritage. The answer varies,…
May 31, 2019
Don’t Strive To Be The Best
Don’t strive to be the best. It creates an illusion of an endpoint—and a delusion…
April 19, 2019
Why I Don’t Budget
Budgeting, does this word make you cringe when you hear it? I definitely cringe. I…
March 8, 2019
What I Learned One Year After Corporate Grind
As we grow older, the phrase, “time flies” is uttered often. For me, however, this…
March 1, 2019
What to do when AI comes for my job?
“IBM Research has built an AI system that can analyze 300 million articles, papers or…
December 21, 2018
“Down from the Mountains”
When Muyi recommended “Down from the Mountains” a documentary short film (24 mins) on…
December 10, 2018
Dim Sum is Family
The minute I walked into “Hei La Moon” in Boston’s Chinatown, I felt at home.…