To be fluent in Spanish is on my buck list and I’m on my way to achieve it. The best way to learn a language is to be immersive. I took advantage of remote working opportunities to live in Spanish-speaking countries. I love the cultural experience. I want to do it again this year. I …
Category Archives: Kindness
Giving
Uncle has 70 year’s day. Not only it’s a big milestone in life, but also, university of Connecticut (UConn) is going to honor/ celebrate for him at a biostatistics conference. Uncle is well-known in the field. He is a scientist at a big pharma company yet he loves teaching and has been teaching at UConn …
Everything will be Good in the End
Mom and dad didn’t want to come, not because they hate traveling or don’t want to see me (or my new home) but because they don’t want me to go to JFK to pick them up due to E airline destination. (Last time they visited, we had a flat tire on one way which requested …
Just Ask
I want to start a vegetable garden. I asked a neighbor who has lots of plants in her garden if she has any to spare. She said yes and gave me a tomato, an eggplant, and a flower called marigold. She said animals don’t like the smell of marigold so it works like a protection …
Like a Daughter
Today is Mother’s Day and I went to a rehab to visit aunt’s good friend. She recently fell, broken her ribs then got a blood infection. She was in the hospital for several days. Fortunately she got better yet her children aren’t near-by so it’s better that she stays in the rehab to recover a …
Serendipity
I met Todd* at recent MIT grand hack. He is a svp at a major hospital system. He gave the keynote at sustainable health track. Yet he is not like typical presenters, flashy, dramatic, or funny; he was more an ‘engineer’, reserved, soft-spoken, presented slides with lots of numbers and chart. He was a mentor …
Stay True to Self
Over the past few weeks, I was excited to get to know Paul* and Tony* and learning about their ventures. Paul is a lawyer and built his career at big pharma. He is passionate about access and equality so he started a non-profit aiming to raise fund to improve people’s lives in Africa. Paul got …
Birthday Gift
Rich’s advice on leadership: focus on high-level goal, think creatively and strategically, solve problem, and servant leadership. I realized that I don’t need to wait for others but create a growth environment I want to be in. I started by asking people around people what interest and would be useful to them. A good birthday …
Learning from Death
I heard from mom that uncle passed away, sad yet not surprised…what puzzled me is that how would his family treated him. He has always been a generous, caring person to all and has made the most money in the family (as a doctor) yet malnutrition and negligence took his life. It also puzzled me …
Making Progress
Happy rabbit year! The past weekend started Chinese new year. I heard from friends in China, since Covid outbreak, first time family got together to celebrate. That’s a progress. Last year, I had Chinese New Year with aunt and we watched Beijing winter Olympics together. This year, with aunt, 2 of her best friends and …