It’s summertime and flying during Covid can be stressful. I flew a few weeks ago. As I took to my seat, I ripped open the wipe that the flight attendant handed us as we boarded the plane. I diligently wiped down the arm rest, table top, and video screen. Call me paranoid but I figure …
In many Asian cultures, when a couple decides to get married, some traditional families go to a “marriage or relationship counselor”, who reads your astrological birth charts to see if you’re a match. There are some practitioners that also look at the characters of your name. They get a feeling of the character through it’s …
In this summer heat, you may not think about having a hot cup of tea. But, sometimes it just solves all your small problems that are really not worth worrying about. In Asia consuming something something hot in hot weather is considered good. This is because it gets your sweat glands and circulation going when …
Every culture has different standards and practices of child development. But one thing that I find very different in Japan is the trust they put allowing young children to use public transportation alone at a very young age. This would be unthinkable in the U.S. and many other countries. It just wouldn’t be safe! Many …
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A year and a half ago, a son of ours was going through “senioritis”. That’s the term used by the teachers at our school to describe the attitude of seniors in high school when they lose interest in studying. This usually happens once they are accepted to college or when they feel they have the …
