The very first interview I wrote about probably went something like this:
2 egg rolls
Dry spare ribs
Chicken
chow mein
Plain fried rice
It would have been with a customer who had called our family's restaurant for a delivery
order. Questioning customers about what they wanted to eat wasn't on par with investigative journalism, but it sparked my
then ten-year-old mind with an interest in what people want and why.
Fast forward to the present. My interviews now last
longer than a minute and I'm curious about more than what people want for supper.
I graduated with a journalism degree
from Concordia University and used my skills in the legal field, interviewing and probing for evidence for corporate cases.
Following the well-known adage, "Write what you know", my personal essays take a lighthearted look at growing up Chinese
in a North American culture. My fiction explores the same theme but in a more serious vein. Two of my main interests are traveling
and reading. Unfortunately, all the years I spent in our family's restaurant did not endow me with a talent for Chinese cooking,
but I'm "wok-ing" on it
