Pearl Milk Teasing

Archive for January 2009

A Hyper-Extended “Family” Tree

Posted by: pearlmilkteasing on: 01/27/2009

My dad has three brothers, which is a small family by Asian standards (an informal poll of my Asian friends concludes that 6-8 siblings is the norm for our parents’ generation). My mom is more normal at five siblings. However, based on the way they introduced family friends to me, you would think that they [...]

Asian Loitering

Posted by: pearlmilkteasing on: 01/08/2009

Chinese people don’t really understand the concept of taking care of the environment. I’m pretty sure there isn’t a Chinese word for sustainability….maybe there is, but I bet no one knows it. Anyways, the Chinese are the best at tearing down the environment as long as a profit is still being turned. In China, if [...]



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  • dhoff: I suppose that for me, especially when I am introduced as "uncle daniel" to friend's children I feel a beautiful sense of being included / accepted in
  • Mary Ann: Well, I did introduce you to our foster daughter as Auntie C. What did you think of that? I guess I'm rather inconsistent, but I don't really li
  • Sam: I personally like the pho smell in my clothes b/c I love pho so much. It gives me a nice reminder that I had a wonderful pho experience earlier in the

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