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HapaMama

Asian Fusion Family and Food

A blog by Grace Hwang Lynch

I Want to be a Rock Star

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The old people were clapping their hands, Big Brother was air drumming, tapping his feet and beating on the back of the chair in front of him.

Soccer is the New Piano Lesson

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Remember that kid who was always picked last for the team, and then everyone else groaned when she had to be on their side? Yup. That was me. And I don’t want my kids to ever be in my gym shoes.

Brown Haired Boy

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A two-year old wonders “Why is my hair different from everyone else in our family?”

Not Until You Do Your Homework

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I’m not really a fan of the highly academic, grades-are-everything method of education. But having been raised by parents who come from a Confucian culture where education is revered above almost everything, and studying is the closest we came to competitive sports, it’s hard to escape the attention to education that has been ingrained in me since I was… well, Big Brother’s age.