Before Bruce Lee came on the scene, there was my brother, Steve. He was everything that I wasn't. This episode is in honor of him. 

By the way, he goes by Malcolm nowadays, but our family called him Steve back then. 

I talk about my experience at Multnomah University and my summer mission to Peru.

I talk about the MIddlesex News jobs, Mrs. Design, and Diana, 

I talk about after the Urbana convention, processing thoughts and ideas with Andy and others, my friendship with Diane, the cross country drive West, and navigating a relationship. 

I talk about about my post college time. The Chinese church, basketball, West Coast vacation with my friend Andy, and the van road trip to Urbana, Illinois in December. 

I talk about my search for work, my first job, joining the Chinese church, and rejoining "In the Rock Garden" cast for a third production at UMass Amherst.

I talk about the summer before senior year, hitchhiking from Cape Cod to Wayland, and from there to Pennsylvania. I talk about senior year at UMass Amherst, joining the Asian American student association, acting in a play, weighing religions, finding a new life and a new friend, spiritual community. The summer after I go to Texas for a job. Fall I student teach in western Massachusetts. 

I talk about the summer before junior year, my first friendship with a girl, and life as a national exchange student to University of Hawaii at Hilo. Taking Hawaiian class, running the Honolulu marathon, and meeting Hawaii girls. 

I talk about my freshman year, living in an all male dorm, Christmas vacation in France, Art Classes, Jesus Freaks, Asian American Students, girls I liked, and navigating life in a big public state university as an introvert.

I talk about my summer jobs on Martha's Vineyard island after senior year. Shucking scallops and painting Edgartown primary school. And along the way, wandering on to a movie film set at State Beach. 

I talk about this AAPI identity development theory which was written by Dr. Jean Kim in 1981, while studying 3rd generation (sansei) Japanese American women. I share about my own experiences in the theory stages. I also listened to Dr. Jenny Wang's interview with Dr. Jean Kim on her live instagram call, where Kim talks about her experiences. Original Source: Asian American identity development theory" in New Perspectives on racial identity development, ed. Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe and Baily W. Jackson III (New York: New York University Press, 2001), p.67-90.

I talk about my comic book artist nerd friend, running track and cross-country, my secret crush, taking my drivers license test, and my family hosting a neighbor friend for senior year. 

I read Psalm 13, a psalm of lament and I recite my personal lament poem. I wrote it like spoken word, perhaps a rap or a song. The tentative title is: Coming to America. Embedded in the lament is a collective identity culture. Though I may not have personally experienced everything in the poem, I identify with them because they are family in one way or another.

I talk about these myths and stereotypes and how they began. They have a long history. A bit about my family and how the pandemic brought up more anti-Chinese attacks.  

I summarize the Hollaback online training for handling Anti-Asian harassment. Trust your instincts. Reclaim your space. Practice resilience. Plus a couple of scenarios. This is available at www.ihollaback.org. Good tools. 

I summarize bystander intervention training given by Hollaback. Distract. Delegate. Document. Delay. Direct. They offer free training online for dealing with Anti-Asian harassment. You have to register. So far, they have trained over 40,000 people. My wife and I have done two trainings. they are at www.ihollaback.org. Very helpful tools, not just for Anti-Asian attacks, but any kind of harassment or uncomfortable situation.  

My initial thoughts and feelings on Georgia and the Anti-Asian attacks.

I talk about working at my aunt and uncle's store in California and the East Coast Chinese Family Camp. 

I talk about my confusing experiences in school; Mariko, my friend Robert Q and Russian, the prettiest girls, gym and athletics, science and social studies class. 

I talk about family vacations in Canada, Martha's Vineyard, and an encounter with Canadian boys.