So basically, as a first generation, middle class (maybe upper middle class) Asian Canadian, I’m too uber-”conservative” (even though I support same sex marriage and all that)? The Asian girls/women I see with weird coloured hair (though brown highlights or ombre, even though it’s not “natural” for us, isn’t all that…

I tend not to wear anything that wouldn’t “pass” in a more conservative office. I’ve already “liberalized” from my old rule of not wearing shades that my middle and high school (the school has students from kindergarten until high school graduation) wouldn’t allow. The no visible nail colour rule is pretty typical of…

As I’ve said time and time again: Why is nail art still a thing? And I agree - it’s getting much too extreme. I’ll stick to my neutrals/nudes, thank you very much. The most “extreme” I’ll go is some sort of bordeaux.

If Trump can do it, so can Kanye. I’m just trying to figure out who’s crazier.

If Trump can do it, so can Kanye. #justsayin

At least most airlines provide personal entertainment centres and we don’t have to deal with having to watch whatever movie is playing or sleep/read.

At least he doesn’t stuff his face with his hands. Sorry, but there are proper and improper ways to eat with one’s hands, too. I have never, for example, come across a culture where people slapped food into their mouths with sauce dripping all over the place. Usually, some sort of bread is used to pick food up. Or…

But there aren’t many men who are actually men. Most are boys well into their 30s, sometimes even 40s. God. My husband still holds his cutlery like a six year old. He very well knows how to hold it properly - he does that at restaurants - but at home? Six year old.

Re the Asian restaurant: My husband and I were at an upscale Japanese place to celebrate our anniversary over the weekend and a few tables over, a dad was sitting with his elementary school aged daughter (I’d guess about eight?). I was thinking: Wow, kids are so sophisticated these days! For the most part, the most…

The DVD business still exists?!

She’s from Brazil. Everyone has access to healthcare there. Some people just don’t like doctors. I know people in Canada, where basic healthcare is covered by the government, who don’t go unless they’re desparately ill.

Even if sex work WERE decriminalized, wouldn’t it mean that countries would have to set regulations? Licencing, perhaps? That means that technically, there’ll STILL be underground/illegal sex work going on for people who do not follow proper procedures.

I’m a little worried about the Democratic candidates. They’re all...old (okay, so the Republican candidates aren’t that young either). Ideally, I’d like to see candidates in their mid-40s to early 60s. Seems like most of the frontrunners are in their late 60s to mid-70s? If they get two terms, you’re looking at a…

How does one pronounce Janae? Jan-NAY? Jan-NEE? Jannah?

I was just over a month away from turning two, so I don’t really remember much. My mother claimed that I pranced all over the family room during and every time footage was shown on TV.

No freakin’ clue. With some European brands, I’m a 32 or 34. Premium denim tends to use waist sizes, but even then, I can hover. And that goes with men, too, since my husband’s size varies across different brands. Shoes? Well, I tend to just add 30 to my US/Canadian size to get European. But then again, some American…

I suppose it’s just so SOME PEOPLE will be “happier” with their size. And because they’re making things ridiculously large, some brands now have 000 just so smaller people won’t be sized out. Size 000 was a 2 in the 90s.

It’s called vanity sizing. Double zero usually works out to a 23 or 24” waist. And yes, there are women that tiny - especially in cities where there is a significant East Asian population.

But that size 8/10/12 IS a 4/6. You always add four numbers when buying/trying UK brands. The smallest size I’ve seen in UK brands is a 2, which is a 00.

This girl definitely has issues. Many young Asian people are under the same sort of pressure, but we never even consider killing the parentals. Her parents were also extreme tigers (helicoptering to the extreme, IMHO - to not have had any independence at 22, including travelling without the family, is unheard of in my…