The Story of Clichés
cli·ché noun a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. If clichés were people, their lives would suck—and I mean really suck. Take for ...
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A Letter To Myself
From: 2019 To: all the years that have gone by I remember on May, 11, 2010, just five hours into the flight to North America, I had tried to use my broken English for the fir...
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A Thank You Letter to My Grandparents
Hey grandpa, grandma. Here are the words I wish I could say more eloquently in Cantonese. I only know how to do this in English, but I hope you can feel my appreciation in our day to d...
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What I’m Grateful For
I’m drinking two cups of coffee, staying up at 3 in the morning doing homework, and a flood of negative thoughts continuously cloud my mind. Deadlines are waiting, stress acne is app...
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I used to hate being Chinese.
I was born as a first generation Canadian in Toronto, Ontario, to a family of recent immigrants from Hong Kong. Growing up in Markham, Ontario, a small city with a large Asian populatio...
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What It’s Like Being a Visible Minority
This is part of a blog series that started on my personal blog. Welcome to Discovering My Culture: Part 1 (Check out Discovering My Culture: Intro on my personal blog!). I grew up in Ma...
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I Lost Interest in My University Major
Of all the questions university students get asked, “what program are you in?” is by far my least favourite. But it wasn’t always like this – I was once proud and ev...
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My Life as a First Generation Canadian
When my parents came to Canada, they had nothing. Both of my parents grew up in small villages in China, leaving everything and everyone behind when they planned to start their life ane...
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