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Taking selfies was so much easier then. Just the two of you, you and your hina, all you had to do was extend that arm and click. Memory saved. When you have two kids though that portrait becomes harder to take. And I ain’t about no tripod either. No extended selfie stick. Nah fuck that […]

Practice. Practice. Trying to listen to my voice here. I’m practicing on listening, listening intently to my voice, the voice in my head, my true self, my truest self, so when I write stories, when I write and edit, that what I want to say in my head is there, right on the paper or screen. […]

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and it’s a reminder to me that there was one day, one era, in the past where anyone who looked like me was considered to be alien, wrong, and unwelcome. Though there are times today when this sentiment seems as raw as it was during that day and era, […]

As of today, the following are the things that I believe in. This list may change tomorrow. Shit, this shit might change in an hour. All I know is that I believe in: Lonzo Ball — the pride of Chino Hills just dropped his first-ever triple double. The talking heads can keep talking. I believe […]

It’s so fitting that HBO brought back Frost/Nixon — what with these harrowed times. Watching Frost/Nixon is like watching the future, sort of. I can see it now. One day, No. 45 will be faced with a similar line of questioning that No. 37 faced in retirement — of crime, of letting down America, of letting down […]

Back in 2015, I worked for Under Armour right when it was on the come up. Stephen Curry (not “Steph” Curry — he didn’t like the abbreviation) just won his first MVP and his first ring. I was the Creative Director for his upcoming Asia tour, dubbed the UA Roadshow. My task was to document […]

When life gets difficult — and especially when it gets difficult — write. Write every day. No matter what. Get that flow. Easier said than done, I’m learning. I’m fixated. On the table, salt-and-pepper shakers served as towers of demarcation, posted in between his hugging hands and her reddening elbows, and I watched from the sidelines, […]

I quit exacty a year ago. I said to myself, “This can’t be your life.” So I quit. I told my wife “Let’s move back to L.A. I’ll take care of the kid, and in between, I’ll follow what I’ve always wanted to follow – be a writer full time.” So I quit. “See you […]