Min Yi | January 15, 2012
Six years ago, when Cameron and I moved into this raggedy old house with a drafty old garage, Cameron told me then that he had always wanted to build his own guitar. He finished it just last week. I thought he was crazy. That was also one of the reasons why I love him so [...]
Min Yi | December 8, 2011
It’s never too early to teach children about manifestations, and it’s certainly not too late to learn more about it myself. When Jing Wen and Clay, were nine and six respectively, they were obsessed with collecting bottle caps. At first, it was what they could collect from our home and from friends. Then it evolved [...]
Min Yi | December 1, 2011
We went to the market only to get some bread. For some reason, there was a line of people to pay so we were standing right in front of the impulse-buy-shelf, where the chocolate and sweets live. Of course he sees the chocolate. I knew I was in for it now. And so it begins, [...]
Min Yi | February 27, 2011
Here are some nuggets of information I brought home from Kim John Payne’s Feb 25, 2011 lecture in Portland Oregon that inspired me (in my own words and with my own slant, of course): My favorite quote: “Arnica for the soul”. My favorite re-frame: The Disorder, Quirky, and Genius spectrum. My favorite idea: The gift of [...]
Min Yi | February 21, 2011
Chinese New Year is the holiday I remember celebrating most as a child. I would wear my nice clothes and go out to Chinatown with my mom and brother. We’d walk through the streets thronged with people, dragon dances and endless noise of fire crackers. We’d wait for what seemed like hours to get a table [...]
