Is it just me or does every child of immigrant parents come home for the holidays to a list of tasks to take care of before they get to go back home? I'd swear that my parents actually queue up errands for me to do for …

I'm in Bermuda right now visiting my brother's family and also with my cousins who came out to see us. I don't know if I'll have time to write a real entry, but maybe I'll just keep updating this one with daily highligh…

I remember once when I was about 7 years old, my father called a family meeting. The subject: Using too much toilet paper. Apparently our household was going through toilet paper at an alarming rate, and it was putting…

As I was wrapping things up at work, I got a call from my mother. Apparently she and Dad wanted to go out and see a movie tonight. My mother asked me what movie they should see. Now, those of you without parents who a…

I just found out that my work wants me out in L.A. for a week-and-a-half. If I could, they would've wanted me out today, but I pushed back and said the earliest I could go out was Wednesday. Now I'm running around tryi…