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It has been 2 years and 5 months since the first Covid-19 case in the UK, and on 2nd July 2022, I was finally struck by the virus myself. This is how it has changed my life... Living in fear Even though I had been fully vaccinated and boosted, I still felt shaken after my late mother passed away from Covid-19. She had also been double vaccinated and lived a reasonably healthy lifestyle. Since then, it has really hit me that no one truly knows how Covid-19 will affect each per

After losing my parents I became more interested in our family background so took a DNA test.. and here are the results... What I thought I was Growing up, I was always told that we were fully Han Chinese. With my Dads side originating from North China. I didn't know much about my mums side but I knew my grandparents were Chinese. Why I took a DNA test and which company I used After losing my Dad December 2020 I became interested in knowing more about my dads background and

How we celebrate one of the most important festivals in Chinese/Asian culture in the UK and everything you need to prepare. What is Qingming? Qingming Festival (清明节), also called Tomb Sweeping Day or Pure Brightness Festival, is an important traditional Chinese holiday. The festival is celebrated both in China and among members of Chinese communities around the world. The main activity that people engage in on this day is cleaning the tombs of their ancestors The holiday is c

The feelings I felt and the words I didn't speak.. . during the 100 days and nights I stayed by my parents altar... When my dad passed away on 8th December 2020, we were in lockdown in the UK. I stayed at the family home with my mum, my sister, my brother, my niece and nephew, and we all mourned together. We had to burn incense continuously, day and night, until the funeral, which took place four weeks after my dad passed away. After the funeral, we no longer needed to keep t