Yvan’s Times

Happy Summer! I hope you’re all having a good summer so far. I remember looking so forward to July 4th only to find that we’re in August already. We had a relatively quiet July 4th this year. We hosted a BBQ with my folks and my sister’s family. From our backyard, we get to see […]

A few weeks ago, Han randomly hugged me and said, “I guess I’ll keep you.” She was referring to Marie Kondo’s KonMari method of cleaning and organizing. The gist of it goes – physically hold or touch things you want to clean/organize and ask yourself: does it spark joy? If it does, keep it. If […]

So I made another Excel spreadsheet with a list of all the situations that are likely to arise with our soon to be toddler. On one column, I wrote things like – him not wanting to eat his carrots, not wanting to go to bed, not wanting to say hello to friends/family, etc. On the […]

When I moved out on my own for college, my mom helped me assemble my first emergency kit. It consisted of the normal stuff – band aids, water, canned foods, instant noodles etc. I can remember going to my parents house a few weeks later to restock my emergency food supplies. When asked about what […]