As I was told and taught, as many continue to practice, and some still hold as values…need to stop. We are the change, we are the generation who can change certain beliefs that needs a shift. I love my culture …
Introvert: Ways of Breaking the Shell
Other than being an Introvert, I also have Glossophobia. Glossophia is the fear of public speaking. My fear of public speaking isn’t so terrible when it comes to strangers, but to familiar faces…(pass the vomit bucket please!) If you’ve been …
Food Blogger, I Am Not!
When I first started to blog, I initially wanted to post my reviews on restaurants that I visited. Although I was able to post one, I haven’t had the chance to do more. Let’s face it, many parents who have …
Hmong Funerals: Beginning The Journey
I’ve attended funerals before, but never truly got to witness what happens behind the scenes… that is until my husband lost his grandmother. I watched, learned and tried gather as much as I could to share this. It has been …
Hmong Culture: Being Taken To Spirits
Shamanism by way of animism is the belief in the existence of spirits, both human and inhuman and those possibly never alive. It possesses a spirit world or underworld, while some believe spirits coexist within this world. Shamanism conducted by …
Hmonglish
Have you ever been asked why you can’t speak or understand your own language? Let me tell you something, I don’t speak my native language either! Well, well okay, I can when I try, but there are a few words …