Revising my first impressions

A FEW weeks before I flew to the United States to begin my Daniel Pearl Fellowship, I met up with my paternal family for our annual Chinese New Year reunion.

I selfishly look forward to this reunion every year, not only because I get to reconnect with distant relatives I only see once a year – but because Uncle Chi Chang gives killer ang pows. Since this reunion was going to be the last time I would see my family before I left, I – a millennial who believes the world revolves around him – was prepared to be showered in going away money, a tradition my family follows every time one of the kids leaves to study/work overseas for the first time.