He was found on the side of the road as a puppy. Unwanted and dumped like an object. Of course he wasn't a "thing". He was a pure bred sheltie, tri-coloured with perky ears. The family who found him cared for him for a year. We were told that they couldn't… Read full post »

Yes, the title is right. I'm grateful for being raised by a strict Malaysian chinese mother, Amy Chua's critics be damned.  It's been 13 years since my mother's passing, and I'm forever grateful to her for setting me on the right path from an early age.

I'm also doubly blessed to… Read full post »

I had 2 days off this past week in between being on call with the airlines, sitting in an apartment waiting for a colleague to develop "turkey" or "winter solstice" flu and bang in sick so that I can fly. After running the usual errands of grocery shopping in Kew(otherwise known… Read full post »

My husband wants to be a vegan so he can join the crew of Sea Shepherd featured in "Whale Wars" on the Animal planet. To say I was shocked when he called me with his new goal is an understatement. This is a man who grew up on a farm with… Read full post »

At his rally on the Mall yesterday, Glenn Beck and that quitter governor from Alaska urged the mostly white audience to "restore America" and turn back to God. Gee, I didn't know they had a direct line of communication to God. Amazing, a former alcoholic Mormon who called our first ever… Read full post »

Anyone who is going on the big college tour this summer with their kids or is sitting down with a financial planner outside the birthing room to plan for college has to read Claudia Drefus's article in this month's issue of More magazine. Titled, "Is College Worth the Cash?", Drefus expounds… Read full post »

When I went to my annual physical in January, my pcp(personal care physician) informed me while I didn't gain any weight from last year, I didn't lose any either. Being that I wanted to drop 15 pounds, and was consistenly working out all last year, we were concerned as to the… Read full post »

I live in New Hampshire, a state with a motto of "live free or die", but as a biracial gay man acutely aware of how little rights ethnic and gay groups have in this country, I'm appalled at the latest efforts by cruel bigots to destroy what little rights I have.… Read full post »

I've been working a lot of flights lately to Florida where there is a large contingent of Cubans/Hispanics/Latin-Americans flocking in and off our jets. I'm all for cultural diversity but I find it a bit unsettling that many of our passengers in main cabin expect us to speak Spanish. On domestic… Read full post »

The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, a flight attendant union with headquarters in Dallas Fort Worth, representing the flight attendants of American Airlines is now requiring all inactive members to pay dues. Yes, everyone, including those on military leave or who are furloughed.

Furlou… Read full post »

Our airline serves passengers from all over the world since we cover the globe as well as the 50 states. We also have employees from every racial background and living in different states and countries. So, during the month of December, when we make our on aircraft announcements, most of us,… Read full post »

Next time you plan to travel, please remember to take your brain and manners with you, and not leave them in your trunk or check it with your luggage. Having worked in the travel business for the past 10 years, I've seen a steady progression of bad behavior in the confines… Read full post »

If you are union worker in South Carolina, plesae contact Senator Jim DeMint, Republican, South Carolina and urge him to stop blocking the nomination of Erroll Southers to head the TSA due to TSA's efforts to unionize. DeMint's reasoning? He says that Southers will allow the TSA to unionize and DeMin… Read full post »

Growing up as a biracial child in conservative Malaysia, I saw how much my mother suffered. So called "Christian" neighbors would gossip and ridicule us. And here I am, as a gay biracial man married in New Hampshire, but working in New York where the senate did not pass the gay… Read full post »

The current debate on abortion rights and the erosion of said rights is a something I find appalling. What boggles my mind is that women aren't fighting for their rights. I do get the emails from Planned Parenthood and NOW but I don't see the massive protests that women had in… Read full post »

I lost my mother to cancer 11 years ago this coming December. One doesn't really realize the magnitude of a parent's contribution to your thinking and maturity until they are long gone. Having endured 3 furloughs (airline speak for layoffs), I'm grateful for what she taught me about money mangement a… Read full post »