Tag: Sampan Newspaper

just doesn’t hit the same when you’re not the kid anymore. Also, for the first time in a very long time, I did not have […]

You were born here or you were so little when you got here that you don’t remember not ever having been here. And so, you […]

No one ever tells you how challenging it can be with your parents as they age. Or, maybe they do but it doesn’t sink in […]

…even 8 year olds. A kiddo once visited our apartment and asked where our other bathroom was. Umm…we have one – just the one. I […]

Interesting how the roles become reversed when you become the mother to your mother and your mother becomes the foot-stomping five-year-old you. In the June […]

Life with my super old school, traditional Chinese mother who has experienced so much generational trauma that she can’t even comprehend or process it. It’s […]

…and a suggestion not to be taken seriously. In the April 24, 2026 issue of the Sampan Newspaper, we share what it’s like when your […]

My latest four-panel comic for Sampan Newspaper dives into a struggle most of us know too well: acting as the family’s IT tech support. My […]