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I keep an unofficial diary of anecdotes and lessons as I navigate chronic illness and my first few years as a writer and illustrator.

3 quick video lessons about what makes you valuable (from my The Millennial Source interview)

In November, The Millennial Source swung by and we got talking about how The Hong Konger started. My disability story is baked into The...

8 lessons on setbacks, entrepreneurship, and health from my Eurasian Society podcast interview

The Eurasian Society had me on their podcast in November to chat about lessons learned from being a disabled, Eurasian artist. I chatted...

How to do foodie social gatherings when you have dietary restrictions

A lot of important social moments revovle around foods, but when you have dietary restrictions, it’s hard to integrate into these events....

2022: Finding the "enough" threshold

Last year I did a 2021 year in review. I explained how I went from bedridden curmudgeon to a writer and illustrator. If 2021 was the year...

Talk: 5 lessons I learned going from employee to entrepreneur while chronically ill

Hobbies, judgement, opportunities, doing it all, saying "no", and disregarding everything.

How a floppy 13-year-old pug who I’ve never met saves me time explaining my disabilities

Noodle the pug’s “No Bones Days” inadvertently help me describe chronic illness symptoms with accuracy and conciseness. Here’s how… The...

Why do I bring up my disabilities when I could just like… not?

The word “disabled” makes some people uncomfortable. It’s sounds defeatist, pessimistic, and maybe even offensive. (It’s not.) Some of my...

Why I use a wheelchair when I can walk

When you see someone get out of a wheelchair and walk, don’t be alarmed. It’s not a miracle! In 2015, I went to Disneyland and passed out...

Saying no: What disabled entrepreneurship looks like to me

Scribbling in bed surrounded by hard drives, devices, notebooks, chocolate, and Albi my purple dragon (pictured for reference), is what...

[Podcast] After-thoughts on enthusiasm, hustling, and "no" from my ‘Awkward Turtle at Work’ episode

Emery Fung and I had a chinwag on The Awkward Turtle at Work Podcast about how creativity, disability, and gender intersect with...

[Podcast] After-thoughts on meritocracy and success from my ‘What Kind of Asian Are You?’ episode

I was on the podcast What Kind of Asian Are You? talking about how I shifted from a corporate to creative career, my Hong Konger print...

“Get well soon”: How we should reframe conversations about chronic illness

10 years ago today I turned 16 and a half and got diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis. It's a rare autoimmune disease where your immune...