Stuff Asian Moms Say
I just watched this video and cried with laughter. Every clip, every line is so true. Turn up the volume and laugh with me!!
Identity crisis: on being Chinese and Canadian
What does it mean to belong somewhere? Does citizenship and a passport help define who you are? Is your identity established by how others see you? Or do you decide that for yourself?
I began seeking the answers to my questions when I first moved to China in 2007.
It’s a Hard Knock Life
12 hour days? 500 Euros a month? Life in Europe isn't easy for the average Chinese migrant worker.
When in Rome… eat Chinese?
I never thought I'd be that kind of tourist. But here I am in Italy, doing exactly what I think Chinese immigrants shouldn't do when they are in a foreign country: Speak only to other Chinese and eat only in Chinese restaurants.
My own modern day migration story
I'm back in Canada temporarily and I'm reminded, especially after nearly a year living in the Chinese countryside, how good we have it here, and how many migrants risk life and limb for a chance at what we sometimes take for granted.
On “Guanxi” 关系 in China
China is a country laden with rules and regulations. But many rules can be bent and broken, especially if you have the right guan xi. With that special relationship or connection, you can go surprisingly far. Without out, you get nowhere.
Qingtian
Qingtian 青田 is mountainous county in Zhejiang 浙江 Province, 300 miles south of Shanghai. For more than 200 years, its people have sought to escape a life of wretched poverty. So they went out. Today, more than 200,000 people – amounting to half of Qingtian's current population – live in more than 120 countries around...
It’s red. It’s juicy. Introducing the Yang-mei.
There's a sort of obsession going about town. It's June in Qingtian, on the south-east coast of China, and everyone is talking about yang-mei 杨梅: a round, sweet, dimpled fruit that ripens to a deep shade of brilliant red.
Pet or food?
Today, I cooked a duck recipe for the first time. It turned out great, but comes at an odd time for me, considering just 3 days ago I bought two little ducklings and are now raising them as pets. So here comes the dilemma. In about 2 months, they'll be fully grown. And then what?...
Duck, Duck..
If you get the feeling like there's some kind of animal theme going on for the blog since I moved to the countryside, well, you're right. Animals or more accurately, livestock, are a big part of life here. So I jumped on the country band wagon today...
Thank you, Mr. Fish
We slaughter, scale, and gut a fish. Then we steam it, butter pan-fry it, and make it in a yummy Chinese soup. Read more about the latest adventure, cooking in the Chinese countryside.
Laptop Soup, The Phillipines, and a Revamp
My Macbook survives a noodle soup bath, I take a trip to the Phillipines and a new look to SuzanneMa.com coming soon.
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