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    How I created #ShareYourAsianStory

    March 13, 2021 / 0 Comments

    It’s been 4 days since I launched the #ShareYourAsianStory on Draw A Dot, and I am so amazed by all the achievements the group has accomplished! Now I can finally write down all the things that happened in the past few weeks.

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Tried to find a place that can remind me of the Seawall in Vancouver. Found it. 😌
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Tried to find a place that can remind me of the Seawall in Vancouver. Found it. 😌

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My life has been full of twists and turns since July. On my 37th birthday, my friends surprised me by having a day trip to Belleville and let me revisit my old highschool, @albert.college. That’s the place where I started my new chapter after I immigrated to Canada. That’s the place I created a lot of memories. That’s the place I learned a lot of things about myself. That was 24 years ago. Life is full of surprises and I am blessed to have all the things happened to me in the past few weeks! Plot twist is always fun and exciting! 🥳
My life has been full of twists and turns since July. On my 37th birthday, my friends surprised me by having a day trip to Belleville and let me revisit my old highschool, @albert.college. That’s the place where I started my new chapter after I immigrated to Canada. That’s the place I created a lot of memories. That’s the place I learned a lot of things about myself. That was 24 years ago. Life is full of surprises and I am blessed to have all the things happened to me in the past few weeks! Plot twist is always fun and exciting! 🥳
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My life has been full of twists and turns since July. On my 37th birthday, my friends surprised me by having a day trip to Belleville and let me revisit my old highschool, @albert.college.

That’s the place where I started my new chapter after I immigrated to Canada. That’s the place I created a lot of memories. That’s the place I learned a lot of things about myself. That was 24 years ago.

Life is full of surprises and I am blessed to have all the things happened to me in the past few weeks! Plot twist is always fun and exciting! 🥳

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Introducing Adwin, the mascot of Draw A Dot! I created this character when I was learning how to use Adobe Illustrator in 2008. When I drew him out on paper, I thought of him as the cartoon version of me. I like music so he always has his headphones on. As for the bow tie, if you have seen me at events before, you probably know I was the bow tie boy. After so many years, I finally have a role for him - a mascot for the Draw A Dot community. The artworks I create may not be fashion related, but they are all related to some of my personal experience. Adwin means artist and intellectual so he is definitely on the creative side. 😆 You can now purchase these prints and tote bags at the Draw A Dot online store! Link in bio. When I get enough support, I will slowly release other characters I have in the archives! Happy Shopping! ❤️
Introducing Adwin, the mascot of Draw A Dot! I created this character when I was learning how to use Adobe Illustrator in 2008. When I drew him out on paper, I thought of him as the cartoon version of me. I like music so he always has his headphones on. As for the bow tie, if you have seen me at events before, you probably know I was the bow tie boy. After so many years, I finally have a role for him - a mascot for the Draw A Dot community. The artworks I create may not be fashion related, but they are all related to some of my personal experience. Adwin means artist and intellectual so he is definitely on the creative side. 😆 You can now purchase these prints and tote bags at the Draw A Dot online store! Link in bio. When I get enough support, I will slowly release other characters I have in the archives! Happy Shopping! ❤️
Introducing Adwin, the mascot of Draw A Dot! I created this character when I was learning how to use Adobe Illustrator in 2008. When I drew him out on paper, I thought of him as the cartoon version of me. I like music so he always has his headphones on. As for the bow tie, if you have seen me at events before, you probably know I was the bow tie boy. After so many years, I finally have a role for him - a mascot for the Draw A Dot community. The artworks I create may not be fashion related, but they are all related to some of my personal experience. Adwin means artist and intellectual so he is definitely on the creative side. 😆 You can now purchase these prints and tote bags at the Draw A Dot online store! Link in bio. When I get enough support, I will slowly release other characters I have in the archives! Happy Shopping! ❤️
Introducing Adwin, the mascot of Draw A Dot! I created this character when I was learning how to use Adobe Illustrator in 2008. When I drew him out on paper, I thought of him as the cartoon version of me. I like music so he always has his headphones on. As for the bow tie, if you have seen me at events before, you probably know I was the bow tie boy. After so many years, I finally have a role for him - a mascot for the Draw A Dot community. The artworks I create may not be fashion related, but they are all related to some of my personal experience. Adwin means artist and intellectual so he is definitely on the creative side. 😆 You can now purchase these prints and tote bags at the Draw A Dot online store! Link in bio. When I get enough support, I will slowly release other characters I have in the archives! Happy Shopping! ❤️
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Introducing Adwin, the mascot of Draw A Dot!

I created this character when I was learning how to use Adobe Illustrator in 2008. When I drew him out on paper, I thought of him as the cartoon version of me. I like music so he always has his headphones on. As for the bow tie, if you have seen me at events before, you probably know I was the bow tie boy.

After so many years, I finally have a role for him – a mascot for the Draw A Dot community. The artworks I create may not be fashion related, but they are all related to some of my personal experience. Adwin means artist and intellectual so he is definitely on the creative side. 😆

You can now purchase these prints and tote bags at the Draw A Dot online store! Link in bio. When I get enough support, I will slowly release other characters I have in the archives!

Happy Shopping! ❤️

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Well Scarlett Johansson… I did try your Black Widow pose and I almost had an epic fall…. I tried 😂 📸 @maikuwong
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Well Scarlett Johansson… I did try your Black Widow pose and I almost had an epic fall…. I tried 😂

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I have a new friend, and she likes Cantonese pop music. Go figure. We will be spending more time soon. 🐶 📸 @maikuwong
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I have a new friend, and she likes Cantonese pop music. Go figure. We will be spending more time soon. 🐶

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This feels like home… I have gone on a magical healing journey for the past 10 days. I made a decision to do something for myself and am grateful that everything worked out! That 6k run with the stunning view is definitely going to be in my memory forever. I can now check that off on my bucket list! 🌊🏃🏻‍♂️ Thank you to everyone who showed up in my life in the past 10 days. I feel the love. I feel the joy. It’s magical!❤️🦄 📸 @cccrryyssttaall
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This feels like home…

I have gone on a magical healing journey for the past 10 days. I made a decision to do something for myself and am grateful that everything worked out! That 6k run with the stunning view is definitely going to be in my memory forever. I can now check that off on my bucket list! 🌊🏃🏻‍♂️

Thank you to everyone who showed up in my life in the past 10 days. I feel the love. I feel the joy. It’s magical!❤️🦄

📸 @cccrryyssttaall

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This month is #asianheritagemonth and @asiangoldribbon is having a special initiative on May 20, 2021! On that day, take a #selfie wearing the special face mask (you can purchase it on their site and $2 of each sale will be going to support mental health programs and services for Asian wellbeing) or/and the gold ribbon (you can DIY it!) and tag #asiangoldribbon. This act is to show support to the Asian community and raise awareness about anti-Asian racism. A week ago @sandrahsuart, @beck_lines and I had an IG Live session with @ginawong (founder of AGR) over at @shareyourasianstory and she told us more about this special initiative. Please visit @shareyourasianstory and watch that session in the IGTV section so you can learn more about this amazing campaign! I am proud to be Asian and I hope you can join me to continue educating the world about the Asian history and culture! ❤️💛🧡 #shareyourasianstory
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This month is #asianheritagemonth and @asiangoldribbon is having a special initiative on May 20, 2021!

On that day, take a #selfie wearing the special face mask (you can purchase it on their site and $2 of each sale will be going to support mental health programs and services for Asian wellbeing) or/and the gold ribbon (you can DIY it!) and tag #asiangoldribbon. This act is to show support to the Asian community and raise awareness about anti-Asian racism.

A week ago @sandrahsuart, @beck_lines and I had an IG Live session with @ginawong (founder of AGR) over at @shareyourasianstory and she told us more about this special initiative. Please visit @shareyourasianstory and watch that session in the IGTV section so you can learn more about this amazing campaign!

I am proud to be Asian and I hope you can join me to continue educating the world about the Asian history and culture! ❤️💛🧡 #shareyourasianstory

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I am Chinese and I have a story to tell. Today, the @drawadot community is launching the new chapter of #drawadottogether project and it is focusing on Asian racism. One of our topics is to use our own experience to tell you the issues we are dealing with on a daily basis. As a Chinese person who has lived in Canada for almost 25 years, I am fortunately to live in a multicultural city. However, that does not mean discrimination does not exist. There is a kind of discrimination that is very subtle, yet a lot of us are experiencing it everyday without even acknowledging it. The reason? We think this is normal and it is ok for people to make fun of us. Since I came to Canada in the late 90s, many people have made fun of my accent. Nope, I don’t have your proper North American English accent, but I can speak and read. When people laugh at my accent, I sometimes feel very shameful because I cannot speak like a normal Canadian. When this happens, I will use the ESL excuse to make me feel better. Eventually, I feel numb and start to make fun of myself too. Is this a correct way to deal with this issue? No. But in my mind, I thought it’s normal for people to laugh at me since I am not living in Asia. This, in fact, unconsciously encourages people to make fun of other Asians who cannot speak proper English. On the other hand, I will never call someone a CSL (if this even exists) if someone speaks Cantonese with an accent. In fact, I appreciate the fact that they are learning my language and appreciating my culture. If you are non Asian and would love to support the Asian community, you can start acknowledge their nationality (not just Asian in general) and also stop making fun of them when they are trying to learn from your culture. Each of us has a role to play here, so talk to you Asian friends and ask them how you can support them. I want to thank @sandrahsuart, @beck_lines and @the_illustrienne for creating this campaign image for the project! If you are an artist (photographer, poets, collage artist, musician etc) and want to be part of this project, please visit the link in bio. #shareyourasianstory
I am Chinese and I have a story to tell. Today, the @drawadot community is launching the new chapter of #drawadottogether project and it is focusing on Asian racism. One of our topics is to use our own experience to tell you the issues we are dealing with on a daily basis. As a Chinese person who has lived in Canada for almost 25 years, I am fortunately to live in a multicultural city. However, that does not mean discrimination does not exist. There is a kind of discrimination that is very subtle, yet a lot of us are experiencing it everyday without even acknowledging it. The reason? We think this is normal and it is ok for people to make fun of us. Since I came to Canada in the late 90s, many people have made fun of my accent. Nope, I don’t have your proper North American English accent, but I can speak and read. When people laugh at my accent, I sometimes feel very shameful because I cannot speak like a normal Canadian. When this happens, I will use the ESL excuse to make me feel better. Eventually, I feel numb and start to make fun of myself too. Is this a correct way to deal with this issue? No. But in my mind, I thought it’s normal for people to laugh at me since I am not living in Asia. This, in fact, unconsciously encourages people to make fun of other Asians who cannot speak proper English. On the other hand, I will never call someone a CSL (if this even exists) if someone speaks Cantonese with an accent. In fact, I appreciate the fact that they are learning my language and appreciating my culture. If you are non Asian and would love to support the Asian community, you can start acknowledge their nationality (not just Asian in general) and also stop making fun of them when they are trying to learn from your culture. Each of us has a role to play here, so talk to you Asian friends and ask them how you can support them. I want to thank @sandrahsuart, @beck_lines and @the_illustrienne for creating this campaign image for the project! If you are an artist (photographer, poets, collage artist, musician etc) and want to be part of this project, please visit the link in bio. #shareyourasianstory
I am Chinese and I have a story to tell. Today, the @drawadot community is launching the new chapter of #drawadottogether project and it is focusing on Asian racism. One of our topics is to use our own experience to tell you the issues we are dealing with on a daily basis. As a Chinese person who has lived in Canada for almost 25 years, I am fortunately to live in a multicultural city. However, that does not mean discrimination does not exist. There is a kind of discrimination that is very subtle, yet a lot of us are experiencing it everyday without even acknowledging it. The reason? We think this is normal and it is ok for people to make fun of us. Since I came to Canada in the late 90s, many people have made fun of my accent. Nope, I don’t have your proper North American English accent, but I can speak and read. When people laugh at my accent, I sometimes feel very shameful because I cannot speak like a normal Canadian. When this happens, I will use the ESL excuse to make me feel better. Eventually, I feel numb and start to make fun of myself too. Is this a correct way to deal with this issue? No. But in my mind, I thought it’s normal for people to laugh at me since I am not living in Asia. This, in fact, unconsciously encourages people to make fun of other Asians who cannot speak proper English. On the other hand, I will never call someone a CSL (if this even exists) if someone speaks Cantonese with an accent. In fact, I appreciate the fact that they are learning my language and appreciating my culture. If you are non Asian and would love to support the Asian community, you can start acknowledge their nationality (not just Asian in general) and also stop making fun of them when they are trying to learn from your culture. Each of us has a role to play here, so talk to you Asian friends and ask them how you can support them. I want to thank @sandrahsuart, @beck_lines and @the_illustrienne for creating this campaign image for the project! If you are an artist (photographer, poets, collage artist, musician etc) and want to be part of this project, please visit the link in bio. #shareyourasianstory
I am Chinese and I have a story to tell. Today, the @drawadot community is launching the new chapter of #drawadottogether project and it is focusing on Asian racism. One of our topics is to use our own experience to tell you the issues we are dealing with on a daily basis. As a Chinese person who has lived in Canada for almost 25 years, I am fortunately to live in a multicultural city. However, that does not mean discrimination does not exist. There is a kind of discrimination that is very subtle, yet a lot of us are experiencing it everyday without even acknowledging it. The reason? We think this is normal and it is ok for people to make fun of us. Since I came to Canada in the late 90s, many people have made fun of my accent. Nope, I don’t have your proper North American English accent, but I can speak and read. When people laugh at my accent, I sometimes feel very shameful because I cannot speak like a normal Canadian. When this happens, I will use the ESL excuse to make me feel better. Eventually, I feel numb and start to make fun of myself too. Is this a correct way to deal with this issue? No. But in my mind, I thought it’s normal for people to laugh at me since I am not living in Asia. This, in fact, unconsciously encourages people to make fun of other Asians who cannot speak proper English. On the other hand, I will never call someone a CSL (if this even exists) if someone speaks Cantonese with an accent. In fact, I appreciate the fact that they are learning my language and appreciating my culture. If you are non Asian and would love to support the Asian community, you can start acknowledge their nationality (not just Asian in general) and also stop making fun of them when they are trying to learn from your culture. Each of us has a role to play here, so talk to you Asian friends and ask them how you can support them. I want to thank @sandrahsuart, @beck_lines and @the_illustrienne for creating this campaign image for the project! If you are an artist (photographer, poets, collage artist, musician etc) and want to be part of this project, please visit the link in bio. #shareyourasianstory
I am Chinese and I have a story to tell. Today, the @drawadot community is launching the new chapter of #drawadottogether project and it is focusing on Asian racism. One of our topics is to use our own experience to tell you the issues we are dealing with on a daily basis. As a Chinese person who has lived in Canada for almost 25 years, I am fortunately to live in a multicultural city. However, that does not mean discrimination does not exist. There is a kind of discrimination that is very subtle, yet a lot of us are experiencing it everyday without even acknowledging it. The reason? We think this is normal and it is ok for people to make fun of us. Since I came to Canada in the late 90s, many people have made fun of my accent. Nope, I don’t have your proper North American English accent, but I can speak and read. When people laugh at my accent, I sometimes feel very shameful because I cannot speak like a normal Canadian. When this happens, I will use the ESL excuse to make me feel better. Eventually, I feel numb and start to make fun of myself too. Is this a correct way to deal with this issue? No. But in my mind, I thought it’s normal for people to laugh at me since I am not living in Asia. This, in fact, unconsciously encourages people to make fun of other Asians who cannot speak proper English. On the other hand, I will never call someone a CSL (if this even exists) if someone speaks Cantonese with an accent. In fact, I appreciate the fact that they are learning my language and appreciating my culture. If you are non Asian and would love to support the Asian community, you can start acknowledge their nationality (not just Asian in general) and also stop making fun of them when they are trying to learn from your culture. Each of us has a role to play here, so talk to you Asian friends and ask them how you can support them. I want to thank @sandrahsuart, @beck_lines and @the_illustrienne for creating this campaign image for the project! If you are an artist (photographer, poets, collage artist, musician etc) and want to be part of this project, please visit the link in bio. #shareyourasianstory
I am Chinese and I have a story to tell. Today, the @drawadot community is launching the new chapter of #drawadottogether project and it is focusing on Asian racism. One of our topics is to use our own experience to tell you the issues we are dealing with on a daily basis. As a Chinese person who has lived in Canada for almost 25 years, I am fortunately to live in a multicultural city. However, that does not mean discrimination does not exist. There is a kind of discrimination that is very subtle, yet a lot of us are experiencing it everyday without even acknowledging it. The reason? We think this is normal and it is ok for people to make fun of us. Since I came to Canada in the late 90s, many people have made fun of my accent. Nope, I don’t have your proper North American English accent, but I can speak and read. When people laugh at my accent, I sometimes feel very shameful because I cannot speak like a normal Canadian. When this happens, I will use the ESL excuse to make me feel better. Eventually, I feel numb and start to make fun of myself too. Is this a correct way to deal with this issue? No. But in my mind, I thought it’s normal for people to laugh at me since I am not living in Asia. This, in fact, unconsciously encourages people to make fun of other Asians who cannot speak proper English. On the other hand, I will never call someone a CSL (if this even exists) if someone speaks Cantonese with an accent. In fact, I appreciate the fact that they are learning my language and appreciating my culture. If you are non Asian and would love to support the Asian community, you can start acknowledge their nationality (not just Asian in general) and also stop making fun of them when they are trying to learn from your culture. Each of us has a role to play here, so talk to you Asian friends and ask them how you can support them. I want to thank @sandrahsuart, @beck_lines and @the_illustrienne for creating this campaign image for the project! If you are an artist (photographer, poets, collage artist, musician etc) and want to be part of this project, please visit the link in bio. #shareyourasianstory
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I am Chinese and I have a story to tell.

Today, the @drawadot community is launching the new chapter of #drawadottogether project and it is focusing on Asian racism. One of our topics is to use our own experience to tell you the issues we are dealing with on a daily basis.

As a Chinese person who has lived in Canada for almost 25 years, I am fortunately to live in a multicultural city. However, that does not mean discrimination does not exist. There is a kind of discrimination that is very subtle, yet a lot of us are experiencing it everyday without even acknowledging it. The reason? We think this is normal and it is ok for people to make fun of us.

Since I came to Canada in the late 90s, many people have made fun of my accent. Nope, I don’t have your proper North American English accent, but I can speak and read. When people laugh at my accent, I sometimes feel very shameful because I cannot speak like a normal Canadian. When this happens, I will use the ESL excuse to make me feel better. Eventually, I feel numb and start to make fun of myself too. Is this a correct way to deal with this issue? No. But in my mind, I thought it’s normal for people to laugh at me since I am not living in Asia. This, in fact, unconsciously encourages people to make fun of other Asians who cannot speak proper English.

On the other hand, I will never call someone a CSL (if this even exists) if someone speaks Cantonese with an accent. In fact, I appreciate the fact that they are learning my language and appreciating my culture.

If you are non Asian and would love to support the Asian community, you can start acknowledge their nationality (not just Asian in general) and also stop making fun of them when they are trying to learn from your culture. Each of us has a role to play here, so talk to you Asian friends and ask them how you can support them.

I want to thank @sandrahsuart, @beck_lines and @the_illustrienne for creating this campaign image for the project! If you are an artist (photographer, poets, collage artist, musician etc) and want to be part of this project, please visit the link in bio. #shareyourasianstory

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Not a new photo, but many people will probably think this is the perfect expression to describe 2020. 2020 is definitely not the best year. I do, however, hope you gained something from it (fat excluded). I know I have and the new knowledge I gained is helping me to see this world differently. 2021 is another unknown year and now it is up to you to decide how you want to live this new year! Happy New Year! 🎉 📸 @maikustudios
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Not a new photo, but many people will probably think this is the perfect expression to describe 2020.

2020 is definitely not the best year. I do, however, hope you gained something from it (fat excluded). I know I have and the new knowledge I gained is helping me to see this world differently.

2021 is another unknown year and now it is up to you to decide how you want to live this new year! Happy New Year! 🎉

📸 @maikustudios

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