"Asian & American"

We are nearly halfway through the year. Can you believe it?
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month! I’m usually busy this time of year, finishing up and chasing down stories related to Asian Americans, and attending and emceeing events related to the Asian American diaspora in the Washington DC area.

This year, however, all is cancelled. I’m especially bummed about my speaking engagement with a local high school getting cancelled! It would have been my first time speaking in front of students as a professional, and it would have officially made me feel old!

Since there aren’t many things to look forward to this month, I started to look back to my month of May last year. I was in post-production of my inaugural feature series on CGTN America called “Asian & American.” Working on the series from pitch to broadcast was one of the most grueling, but exciting work projects I’ve produced. I never wrote about my series so here it is.

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Traveling must-haves

I traveled a good amount in 2019, for work and for pleasure.

My favorite place I visited for pleasure was to southern France. (Nice was so nice!) My favorite place to travel for work was San Francisco. And Houston. Stories on these later.

The above trips were both long-planned and taken in short notice. Nevertheless, there are five items I MUST HAVE with me when I travel, regardless of how long I’ve been planning to take the trips or how long the trips are—it could be two days or 20 days.

TOP 5 items in my travel bag:

  1. Proper skincare

    • Face cream, tinted moisturizer, toner, make-up remover, mist (sometimes I feel like I take care of my skin better when I’m traveling!)

    • Bonus: face mask (either the sheets or clay mask in travel size)

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