Dec 1, 2011  •  In Asian, Education, Funny

The Asian Grading System

Atypical of Asian parents, mine weren’t too strict about grades growing up. In fact, they bribed us — we would get $20 for every A on our report card! (And yes, even A-‘s counted.) So whenever I got straight A‘s, my wallet would be fuller by $120. Not bad at all when you’re a kid. What […]

Dec 1, 2011  •  In Aerin, Claire, Motherhood, Personal

The State of the Union, 1 Month

Today, our Aerin Isabel turns one month old. And because I know my sister — who is currently living in Paris(!!!) for 3 months — is always begging me for pictures of her nieces, here is the latest of Aerin: One of the most common questions I hear these days is: how is everything going? In other […]