Okay guys. Okay, so number one for me, in our household growing up, only Fridays and Saturdays were allowed for movie night or screen time, meaning we could not watch YouTube, watch movies, TV shows, any of that unless it was Friday or Saturday night. And I think that this was honestly, I mean, it was annoying at the time, but now looking back, I think not only did it help us, like, it motivated me personally to work hard throughout the week, cause then I had a reward to look forward to. Plus, naturally, it kept us away from, like, distractions.
Okay, what's your first one?
Oh, my first one.
I think even they're. They were young kids at very young age. I always bring them to the, like, environment to give them opportunity or force them to talk to, to some adults. And then, like, social skill and communication and the way of thinking.
Yeah. So, like, Dad's corporate events. Mhm. Yeah.
And my mom works at a nonprofit and so she would have like, volunteer events and board meetings and stuff, and she would encourage me to attend those.
Okay. Number two, I honestly think that this was the best thing somebody could have ingrained in me. But I'll give you your props. You're very, very good at networking and maintaining relationships with other people. Like, I don't think I've met a better person at it than my mom. And basically every single holiday from like, since I was, I don't know, like five years old that I could remember, my mom would come back from Costco with like, 10 different gift boxes and chocolates. I am not even joking. I feel like Santa. She would separate them into like, these are for your school teachers, these are for your, like, sports teachers. And she would buy separate gifts for my sister and she taught us from a very young age that you need to be grateful and give back to every single person who has ever taught you or mentored you. And that is a lesson that I still carry with me today. I keep like a spreadsheet of all the people every single Christmas who I need to text and say thank you and Merry Christmas to. For Mother's Day, all the woman who has ever helped me, I text them like, a Happy Mother's Day text. And that was taught to Me, by my mom. She would make us, like, every single holiday, create a hand-drawn card for every single one of our teachers, adult who has ever taken care of us or done my parents a favour, especially when they were working late. I was in this after school care program and there was like 6 SACC teachers. And one time, like, my mom was maybe like 10 minutes late to pick me up, and she thanked all the sack teachers with, like, gifts and cards. And doughnuts. Yeah, and doughnuts. Like, it's just the remembering. Like, she's very good at remembering. You need to thank them. Don't forget about your art teacher, who even though I don't learn under her anymore, she helped me for 10 years. Like, make sure you say thank you to them. Make sure you say thank you to your art teacher, who even though I don't learn under her anymore, she helped me for 10 years. Like, make sure you say thank you to them.
Okay, what's your second one?
Okay, my second one can be very strict, so I think I don't spoil kids. And for example, like, for eating or food, uh, they have to eat whatever the Whole family is eating or I've offered them. Like, Olivia particularly, you know, doesn't want to or did not want to eat mushroom. Uh, the younger sister never want to squash. But I sometime told them, if you found a new mom, feel free to go to, like, you just don't need it. Eat whatever you don't like. But if you live in this household, please eat what the family offers to you and be grateful for you have. You have food.
Do you want to explain in Chinese?
(basically she is saying that when you're grow older and you enter the real world, you were going to be forced to accept things that you might not like or have to deal with things/people that don't go your way)
In your life, you have to do it. You have to accept. You have to take it. Yeah. Now everybody's going to bend to your will. Yes, that's good.
Okay, number three I was forced to go to Chinese school from what grade to what grade? Uh, I think from five years old until when. Uh, until high school. Yeah. And I not gonna lie, some classes I liked, but I also kind of dreaded it cause I would spend hours every single Sunday and I would be get to hang out with my friends. But now I'm so appreciative that my parents did that because I think being bilingual is so important and just in the business in the career world and also you just, like, seem cooler when you meet new people now. But now, learning a language, 20 years old is way harder than if you learned it when you were, like, cause the. Something. There's like, some scientific brain pathway that it's, like, soak in new information. And I know how to read, write, speak Mandarin all fluently because of Chinese school. And also, I remember when I was, like, passing or taking a P. Chinese. I had to pass my Chinese, like, exam to get a 5. My parents would not answer me in the house at all unless I spoke back to them in Chinese, that forced me to practice. And also, now when I visit China, it's still a little bit hard, but I can, like, communicate with my grandparents and my aunts and my cousins and uncles, which they don't know how to speak any English at all. So if I didn't learn Chinese, like, I would not be able to communicate with my entire extended family. So I think that was very important that you guys did that.
Oh, and also, I would say, in general, Chinese culture, like, being forced to eat, like, Chinese food, like, visiting China, like, it connects me to my roots. And I think that is also very important. Of course.
Okay, what's your last one?
Uh, my last one is.
Okay, so everyone from their young age. Um, so I have a man side. Like, even they are young, they are my kids. They have to learn to be a responsible family member or responsible person. So we have a kind of a house tradition. Each Sunday is, for example, morning time. Is our cleaning day. No matter what age, even, like, Ava is 4 years old, she still have a task. For example, to clean all the toy room. And Olivia has to do the laundry for the whole family. And me and my husband, each of us have a kind of a duty in the big project. So, like, from the, like, they are very young. They already trained to be a very responsible person. You have to contribute to the. To the family in a bigger sense, to the community.
Ha ha. Okay, good. Good job. Ha ha. Bye, guys.
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