Back when I was a kid, I'd never have believed you if you told me that when I was 31 years old, I'd spend 3 months intensely training for, and then fighting in, some boxing matches in a ring in front of hundreds of people. But that's exactly what I did, when I took part in Fighting Fit DXB, a boxing competition that was being filmed for a reality TV show under that same name, no less (that's a Big Deal for someone who isn't a big fan of reality TV, whether that be watching it

In 2001, a book written by American author, lawyer, and Yale Law School professor Amy Chua called "Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother" made headlines around the world. It was one that my fellow East Asian (and half East Asian) friends and I could instantly relate to: "It's like the story of my life, sort of!" we exclaimed. The book's summary reads as such: "This is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are bet

I used to paint - a lot. Many nights after I got home from work, whether I was sad, happy, angry, or just plain confused, I'd splash my emotions out onto a canvas or sketchpad. In fact, I ended up creating so many works that I ended up displaying them in a local cafe, even selling a number of them. Which is why when I was so delighted that, after a visit to Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Spain, I felt artistically inspired again. Something about this place just awoke my creative s