Dr. Chuck’s calligraphy sits over the desk in my new apartment, a verse from 2 Timothy. It says, “God did not give us a spirit…
I’ve been putting this off for over eight months now. As a writer, I oscillate between the monumental importance of words on the one hand…
Earlier this year I was taking Conversational Cantonese at City College. After a lifetime of fractional non-conversations with my grandparents with mom and dad as…
In order for you to read this blog correctly, you must know some facts about me. Here is what you need to know: My name…
Cities are the new the suburbs. It used to be that you grew up in places like Chinatown, the Mission, and Excelsior and you slowly…
Every weekday at 7:50am, the staff and residents of Breakthrough Urban Ministries would celebrate. Imagine 30 homeless men having just been woken up, some still…
Every week, I go to the gym with Edivan. When I was living in Berkeley, this meant that I would wake up early (8:30am!) every…
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with writing. For the sake of my own sanity, I do it. But I go long stretches with empty…
Yes I now have my own website. With this pioneering and pretentious step, I have accomplished two things: one, I no longer have to deal…