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Learning Chinese 學中文 Parenting 3G-CBC 

Down By the Bay – an exercise in Cantonese poetry

January 23, 2020 Catch Star Girl

Kiddo loves the song “Down By the Bay” and we listen to the Raffi version with lyrics as such: Down

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Shopping 行街 

Ikea’s SOLGLIMTAR is back for CNY 2020

December 17, 2019 Catch Star Girl

I haven’t had the time to visit Ikea as often as I do now and I almost had to rub

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Shopping 行街 

New Asian grocer contender in BC: Sungiven Foods

December 12, 2019 Catch Star Girl

My dental hygenist at City Square Dental Center gave me the news three appointments ago (i.e., a year ago, since

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Parenting 3G-CBC 

Another Chinese name

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Little did I know that I’d be involved in selecting a second Chinese name in the same year. My younger

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Parenting 3G-CBC 

On raising a bilingual child – 51-month mark

November 22, 2019December 17, 2019 Catch Star Girl

(31 August) This interval is definitely more about my concerns than language acquisition and cute things. He continues to be

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Learning Chinese 學中文 Parenting 3G-CBC 

“M restaurant” and “brown milk” and “N channel”

November 12, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Oh, the decisions regarding raising a child – large and small! One of the quirky – or you could say

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Reading Asian American Literature 唐人寫書 

Forecasting MY future from my Chinese horoscope

August 29, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Let me tell you about the mini drama surrounding baby’s birth. I opted for a C-section as that is how

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Tech-Geeky 

A lot about calligraphy

August 24, 2019August 24, 2019 Catch Star Girl

It’s funny how a few things dovetail together and then I get a blog post and craft and project idea!

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Parenting 3G-CBC 

On raising a bilingual child – 4-year (48-month) mark

July 26, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Wow, we’ve made it to four years old and the Chinese/bilingual game is still strong. I’m prepared for it to

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Foodie 唐餐 

Postpartum cooking & stockpiling

July 3, 2019July 8, 2019 Catch Star Girl

Last time around, it felt like MIL was dropping by every day to drop off food and coo over the

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