How to start building your brand on Twitter

March 3, 2011

Imagine being in the fancy Manhattan offices of a top fashion magazine, interviewing for your dream job. Things are going well — until the interviewer poses The Tough Question: “So…which […]

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How NOT to Get Arrested in NYC: crucial info from Alan Gordon, criminal lawyer

February 5, 2011

Please help me welcome guest blogger Alan Gordon — he’s here with scary facts about how easy is it to get arrested in the Big Apple. While this could happen […]

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Chinese medicine master Jeffrey C. Yuen’s essential health & beauty diet regimen

January 20, 2011

Now that the holiday party season is over, I am left with 10 extra pounds of blubber, an itchy scalp, a pasty-pimply complexion and bad breath. There’s only one way […]

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Parents like Amy Chua are the reason why Asian Americans like me are in therapy

January 8, 2011

All day long, people have been telling me about an article headlined: “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.” And I’ve had enough! I’m posting my reaction so that I don’t have […]

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I am getting ahead by cutting costs

December 30, 2010

Soooo, I’m about to walk into 2011 with nearly $9,000 less in annual expenses. And even though I’m happy about this development, it also makes me feel rather pathetic. Since […]

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Dining tips: how to know which bread plate & glass are yours….old school social networking!

December 23, 2010

This post is in the practical advice category. It contains info that I wish I’d had as a young Chinatown ghetto nerd who was trying to figure out mainstream dining. […]

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This is the first week of the rest of my life

February 24, 2010

Now that my mom is dead, I'm an orphan. It feels weird, sad, exhilarating -- free. Suddenly, I'm starting live over, redefining my sense of womanhood, ethnicity and culture.

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