Relationships

5 Things to Do for Your Anniversary

5 Things to Do for Your Anniversary

There are always good reasons to celebrate love, but your anniversary is one reason you don’t want to forget. No matter how many years you’ve been together, an anniversary is a beautiful time to remember what you love about your partner. If you’re looking for […]

How to Balance Work & Family As A Working Mom during COVID

How to Balance Work & Family As A Working Mom during COVID

As a working mom with a full-time job and two young children, I face the challenges of balancing work and family every single day. Sometimes I feel exhausted. Sometimes I doubt myself and my decision to work. Should I become a stay-at-home mom to take […]

6 Financial Expectations In Asian Families

6 Financial Expectations In Asian Families

I recently wrote a post about how Mr. FAF and I bought a house in Washington DC. I brought up the fact that my in-laws helped us with the down payment as they considered it their responsibility to help their son, Mr. FAF, buy a […]

The Pros & Cons Of Living With In-laws

The Pros & Cons Of Living With In-laws

If you are Asian, you probably are not surprised that many young couples live with their parents even after they get married. It happens a lot in Asia and still does in America. I have Asian American friends who have lived and are planning to […]

What Growing Up Poor Has Taught Me About Money And Relationships

What Growing Up Poor Has Taught Me About Money And Relationships

Growing up poor in a low-income family in Vietnam has had a tremendous impact on my personality and outlook on life. I remember those days when I succumbed to my insecurities in high school and kept wishing my parents were wealthy. I was sitting next […]

How Programming Has Changed My Marriage: The Good, Bad & Ugly

How Programming Has Changed My Marriage: The Good, Bad & Ugly

It’s been almost 5 months since I first discovered the world of computer programming. I can only describe those 5 months with two words: Time flies! It started with me forcing myself to learn Python to get a new job and progressed to me marveling […]

Fighting About A $2 Trash Can – How Hubby & I Welcomed 2019

Fighting About A $2 Trash Can – How Hubby & I Welcomed 2019

After we paid off the mortgage in November 2018, Ikea became our new place to hang out on the weekends besides Home Depot and Costco. I know Ikea furniture is considered average for a lot of people. But when hubby and I were paying off […]

Why I Gave My Sister $7,000 For Her Wedding

Why I Gave My Sister $7,000 For Her Wedding

As some of you might know, I have a younger sister, who is currently in Vietnam. The last time I mentioned her on my blog, she was considering going to Malaysia for a new career opportunity. As the story goes, she started dating someone, and […]

How We Celebrated Our 5th Year Anniversary for $75

How We Celebrated Our 5th Year Anniversary for $75

It’s official. Mr. FAF and I have celebrated our 5th year anniversary this year. Our budget was $100, and we spent $75 in total (including tip) at a seafood restaurant called Hot N Juicy in Falls Church, Virginia. It sounds simple and happy enough. But […]

Would You Have Dated Your Partner If They Made $500,000/year?

Would You Have Dated Your Partner If They Made $500,000/year?

The other night I woke up at 2 AM to do the usual breastfeeding for our baby, who then decided to not fall back to sleep and stay up until 4 AM. Usually during that late night staying up with the baby, I’ll check the […]

8 Things Hubby & I Have Fought About: Money, Intimacy, Careers, etc.

8 Things Hubby & I Have Fought About: Money, Intimacy, Careers, etc.

One thing Mr. FAF and I have been discussing lately is how we want to celebrate our 5th year anniversary, which is coming up in less than a month. Our tradition over the past year has been going to a steak house that’s close to […]

Life With 2 Kids & Living With The FIL: An Update From Our Family

Life With 2 Kids & Living With The FIL: An Update From Our Family

It’s been almost two months since I announced the birth of our baby girl. As I am typing this post, she’s sleeping in a vibrating bouncy chair right next to me. The weather in DC is getting colder to prepare for the winter and the […]