My family is so excited to celebrate one of our favorite Chinese celebrations soon. It’s called the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節, Zhōngqiū Jié). The celebration is around the new fall moon so under the lunar calendar this year it will be on Friday, September 13, 2019. Many countries in Asia observe this festival including Taiwan, China, …
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It is fitting that Universal Studios set up in Singapore as this island state — one of only three in the world– is as close as you will get to a real life movie set. The island is lush and green, well thought out, and meticulously manicured. It’s a city ready for Action! A former …
These days you can find many books about the parenting strengths of one culture over another. No matter where you are from, many experts would have you believe that someone is always parenting better than you are. But educator and mom Maya Thiagarajan invites us to do away with these either/or, better/worse paradigms so we …
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I have never been too keen on Valentine’s Day. In my opinion it has always been an overpriced, over-exaggerated day of red and pink things you will probably toss a few days after. (Unless it’s chocolate, then it’s a yummy excuse for indulgence). When my husband I started dating, we decided that neither of us …