By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly I’m on an important business trip in Hong Kong. I need to make sure I cover everything. Did I schedule a meeting with my attorney? Yes. A meeting with the packaging company? Check.
Archive | Column: Wayne’s Worlds
It’s as American as apple pie…in Hong Kong
Posted on 19 April 2013.
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 32 No 17 | 4/20-4/260 Comments
I’ll eat anything so long as it’s not baaaaaaaaad
Posted on 12 April 2013.
By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly Since when did being a good parent also mean making yourself look like an idiot? That’s exactly what happened last weekend when we went out with some friends for an adventurous night of dining. But before I get there, let me give you some backstory.
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 32 No 16 | 4/13-4/190 Comments
Wayne’s Worlds: Top 10 ways to get someone’s attention
Posted on 12 August 2012.
By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly And there you have it, I’ve got your attention. It’s as simple as that. If you want attention, just jot down a top five or top 10 list and the world is yours. Of course, as with everything in life, there are rules. Don’t believe me? Here are three [...]
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 31 No 33 | 8/11-8/170 Comments
Wayne’s Worlds: The three cardinal rules for finicky eaters
Posted on 24 March 2012.
By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly I am a finicky eater. There. I’ve said it. It’s “out there.” I’ve always been a bit squeamish about trying new things. I’ve gotten better in the last 10 years though. I remember as a little kid trying to explain to my mom, from a scientific perspective, the real [...]
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 31 No 13 | 3/24-3/300 Comments
Wayne’s Worlds: Facebook banned: a social dilemma in China
Posted on 09 January 2012.
Having come back from China this past week, I realize that what I really missed was something unexpected. This time, it had nothing to do with the little conveniences we all sometimes take for granted, at least materially speaking. China is chock full of Ferraris, Rolexes, and every little extravagance you can imagine. Let me [...]
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 31 No 2 | 1/7-1/130 Comments
WAYNE’S WORLDS: Children … the gift that keeps on taking
Posted on 12 December 2011.
Wayne’s Worlds, a column about being a Chinese family man By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly There comes a time in our lives as parents when we begin to examine and even question the choices we have made. Before I go any further, let me first say that any derogatory statement that I make from [...]
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 30 No 50 | 12/10-12/160 Comments
Wayne’s Worlds: Sunny, the Renaissance man — a story
Posted on 26 September 2011.
By Wayne Chan Northwest Asian Weekly Once upon a time, in a quaint and quiet hamlet, stood a modest row of shops, unremarkable from any other unassuming row of shops in any other quiet hamlet, yet still serving the needs of the town’s inhabitants, as well as those passing through in their journey through town. [...]
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 30 No 39 | 9/24-9/300 Comments
Wayne’s Worlds: What if the world were run by the airline industry?
Posted on 14 April 2011.
Now I’ve flown all over the world, for work and vacations alike. You’d think I’d be used to the service (or lack thereof) that one typically gets on an economy flight nowadays.
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 30 No 16 | 4/16-4/222 Comments
Wayne’s Worlds: The benefits of being a human pretzel
Posted on 03 June 2010.
The surprising thing is, even as a beginner, I do see the value of it. I think I always did. Everyone I’ve seen who does yoga seems
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 29 No 23 | 6/5-6/110 Comments
Wayne’s worlds: A tale of two restaurants
Posted on 07 January 2010.
Oh, I know a few things. I know that wearing shorts on our weekly date night is a huge no-no. I know that reading a magazine during dinner is genuinely frowned upon. And if you’ve ever wondered, playing a tennis match on our anniversary is absolutely inexcusable.
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Humor, Vol 29 No 2 | 1/9-1/151 Comment
Wayne’s Worlds: Eight words of wisdom
Posted on 29 October 2009.
“Maybe we should go to China this year.” These are the eight words my wife, Maya, used yesterday to officially announce that we will begin planning a family trip to China some time this year.
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 28 No 45 | 10/31-11/62 Comments
Kopi coffee, truly a scat-ter-brained idea
Posted on 10 September 2009.
In the last year, I wrote about tea leaf plucking monkeys in China that supposedly know how to pick tea leaves when they are good and ready. With my active mind, I immediately conjured up thoughts of the training process involved in training monkeys to pluck and deliver tea leaves and not other things like, say, a pair of shoes hanging from a telephone wire, an errant hub cap, or an old TV Guide from the 1970s.
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 28 No 38 | 9/12 - 9/180 Comments
A picture is worth a thousand edits
Posted on 18 June 2009.
My wife and I are now disciplined enough to apply our version of “tough love” to nearly every aspect of their lives, whether we are trying to get them to speak, read and write, dress themselves, brush their teeth, or use the bathroom.
Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 28 No 26 | 6/20 - 6/260 Comments
No saber-toothed tigers here …
Posted on 16 May 2009.
People are hurting out there.
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Humor, Lifestyle, Vol 28 No 21 | 5/16 - 5/220 Comments
The Wild Kingdom … in my yard
Posted on 06 December 2008.
Quiet now. Keep your head down low. Don’t take your eyes off him. If he looks your way, keep still.
Posted in Column: Wayne's Worlds, Vol 27 No 50 | 12/6 - 12/120 Comments
