#18 Two Cents on: Time

The other day I listened to the podcast TED Radio Hour: Shifting Time. It is a fascinating topic. If you ever wonder “Why time seems much slower when you were younger? Is it true? Is there scientific evidence or explanation?” “Does the pace of change ever slow down in a person’s life time?” If you...

#15 Make a List: 15 Things to Remember about Our Courthouse Wedding

Last week Jason and myself were married at Seattle Courthouse. It was a small but wonderful ceremony, with Mom, Dad and our friends Tina, Mike, Antoinette and Pranoy. We will have a bigger wedding next year. I’d like to dedicate this week’s blog to our courthouse ceremony. Here are the 15 things that I want...

#14 Make a List: 13 Questions that I want to Ask You (2/2)

Jason loves reading. Me too. Bookstore date is our first date, and second date, and third date. This weekend we went to Barnes and Nobel (probably for the 30th time together?) Jason (as a data scientist) shared an idea, “What would it look like if I cluster all the 380 books that I have read?...

#13 Make a List: 13 Questions that I want to Ask You (1/2)

Last Friday, Jason’s friend Peter and Halle invited us and friends to go to their place for a game night. Playing games is really hard for me. Growing up, I have always been a slow learner — I either don’t get it or get it inside out 100% — I can’t try half way and get half way. If...

#10 Those Painful Gifts: Engagement ring shopping

Very often, when my friends tell me about their real life, it is hard to believe that it is the same person, same life as I see from their social media posts. Dream is free. Hustle is sold separately. I am a big advocate of sharing hard or unpleasant life experiences and how they have...

#03 What I Have Learned: From Buying a House with Him

No not this specific one 🙂 Jason and myself bought a house recently. We are very happy about the lovely home we bought. We loved working together in this journey (it is definitely work). We also learned five things 1) Clarifying foggy dilemma; 2) Surfacing unconscious disagreement; 3) The science and art of decision making; 4)...

Episode 63 Step Mother

Last week, I went back to China to visit my families with Jason. Yesterday I told Jason, “I absolutely don’t need any more pajamas but my step mother got me pajamas again, the fifth set! — well I actually kinda like them.” That conversation sits me down for this post. I grow up in a traditional Chinese...

Episode 61 Three Learnings from 30-Question Challenge

On August 17th, I started this 30-Question Challenge. Today is mid-point Day 15. Thank you for all the people who have participated and supported. I hope you have not unfriended me on Facebook yet 🙂 I hope that you found these questions interesting, but also I hope it motivated you to take action, and so that...

Episode 58 Target at Amazing

Have you gone through a period of time, that is so intense, from difficult relationships, struggles in life decisions, and that in some quiet night, you just whisper to yourself, "I just want a normal life..." Yes, me too. This blog is about what I learned during this period of time. It is about why...

Episode 57 What Happened After My Next Ten Year Plan was Made

April 27, 2018. It was the one year reunion after we graduated. I was hesitating whether I should fly back to Chicago. The reason of the hesitation: I know there will be A LOT OF people, a lot of ‘Oh hi how have you been?’, a lot of trying hard to stuff our lives in...