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Daily Post: Becoming an ‘Ate’
My parents tell the story about how I was two years and nine months old when my sister L. was born on Christmas Eve and my uncle N. carried his daughter V. in one arm and me, in the other, and in a...
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A Filipino Tradition: Lucky Thirteen Fruits
I don’t know the exact meaning behind this Filipino New Year’s Eve tradition of thirteen round fruits, though I assume that like the polka dots on our clothes and food on our table, they’re supposed to...
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Guest Blogger ML: New Year’s Eve Resolutions
My favorite thing about New Year’s Eve has always been the renewal part. Every January 1st feels like a fresh start, a clean slate. Even if your previous year was pretty good, the new year was an...
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Daily Post: New Skin, New Passport
In the summer of 2008, while I was on vacation in the Philippines, I received that e-mail from my best friend A. We had hung out for a week together in my birthplace of Manila, Philippines, for Part...
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Daily Post: Defining Oasis
Oasis (noun): New England, USA. Where I have a toothbrush waiting for me if I forget mine and, if there are no extras, I use theirs and it’s o.k.; where pants are optional, as is speaking proper...
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Interview With Our Parents, Who Have Been Dating For 45 Years
A few years ago, my sisters and I interviewed our parents for a new feature, which shared insights of married couples, on the wedding website Snippet and Ink. Below is their interview, in its entirety,...
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In (Partial) Defense of 50 Shades of Grey
“When I saw him look at me with lust, I dropped my eyes but, in glancing away from him, I caught sight of myself in the mirror. And I saw myself, suddenly, as he saw me, my pale face, the way the...
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Guest Blogger AB on Fresh Off the Boat: So Fresh and So Clean
ABC just premiered a light-hearted comedy about a young Taiwanese American boy trying to make his way through the mean streets of Orlando and the racial politics of the middle school cafeteria. Based...
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Live Long & Prosper, Mr. Leonard Nimoy
1. My first playmate in Saudi Arabia, a boy named A., left bitemarks on my wrist; the circle of indents looked like a watch, according to our moms. But, we got along fine, apparently, running around...
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Our Interracial and Interfaith marriage: Yes, Color Matters.
Please head over to Rappler to read my article on how our race and religion inform our relationship. I’ve read many essays in which the theme is that the couple doesn’t notice race; mine is a slightly...
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