Coming out to Co-workers

Plain and simple, whenever you are ready. In a professional setting, if you don't feel comfortable coming out, then don't. You should never feel pressured when people start asking about your sexual orientation or if you are in a relationship, or anything along those lines. 

The work environment is one in which you should be very careful to separate your personal life and your professional work life.

out at work

Different companies/organizations/groups/etc.. have the general HR policy that they will not discriminate because of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, background, etc etc... but you know what? People still do. It's just human nature. There is no such thing as a perfect work environment, just like there is no such thing as the perfect job, or the "perfect ____". I just want to be extra cautious with this post, because you never know what will happen when people know personal details about yourself that you don't feel comfortable telling them. You got to look out for your own safely, in case there are "closet haters" that you don't know about at work. If co-workers have asked you before, and you feel comfortable with your colleagues enough to share personal details, then sure go ahead and tell them. However, if you are not, beware of gossip as pictured below:

 Water Cooler Gossip

Of course there are also positive aspects of coming at to colleagues. In some circumstances, you work long hours or in such close quarters with your co-workers that you become really good friends too. In any situation, you have to gauge how comfortable you are trusting other people. By all means, if your relationship with colleagues has evolved to one in which it is more of a friendship than purely "office" or "work" relationships [platonic], just go for it. 

I've found that coming out to people at work who are also H6, or who are obviously open-minded individuals that you trust is also a very liberating experience. I never felt comfortable telling my direct manager or upper leadership or any of those "boss" type levels about my sexual orientation, except for the ones that are also H6. You would be surprised to find out who else in your work environment is also part of the H6 community <3 If you have questions, feel free to leave comments below and I'll try my best to answer them. 

Good luck to all H6s coming out of the work closet!
~when you are ready~

As always, “be well, do good work and keep in touch.” - Noam Chomsky

Parents. Love.

I just really wanted to share this article with you all. This is really touching, and I hope all our parents will be able to get to this stage at some point in their lives:

Parents of LGBT children in Taiwan launch official group

click above

Please check it out if you're interested in coming out, or have come out to your parents already and would like to open up a discussion with them <3

It's all about balance

In honor of my brother, who recently turned vegetarian, here's a post on how to become a vegetarian/pescatarian. I'm so proud of him, because he can give it all up. I just can't let go of seafood from my diet.


First off, I feel that getting all the nutrients from meat is essential. I told him to eat an egg everyday, because egg whites have all 20 amino acids. Not all foods have that, in fact, I don't think there is ANY food that has all 20. Amazing huh?!


If you want protein, there's plenty in tofu, or tofu by products. Think SOY! Vegetarians need soy beans in their diet, whether it be soy milk for breakfast, i.e. western style in cereal form or eastern style with soy milk in all types of breakfast options, i.e. 鹹豆漿, 甜豆漿...etc.. However, you also want to be careful you don't overdo on soy. That is also ... well, not balanced. You can google the effects if you eat too much soy.

I try to eat as many fruits and vegetables as I can. My mother always tells me to eat lots of colors of each type of food. Eating different colored foods will allow me to absorb a variety of nutrients from these different veggies and fruits. Since I LOVE eggplant, I try to eat that once in awhile. I don't like that many purple colored foods. Oh, Japanese purple yams are also very yummy! hehe, you must try it if you haven't! It's hard to go back to regular orange or yellow colored yams once you've had the purple kind. Try Asian supermarkets near you to find them.


If you are thinking about becoming a non-meat eater, good for you! My brother found that his overall health has increased since he started his new diet. Don't get me wrong, I think boys/men love meat. He still has cravings when we all go out to eat. But, he thinks about the video he saw of people slaughtering pigs...i.e. how pork becomes pork on our plate. It's always good to have a reminder of why you are not putting something in your mouth if you made a conscientious decision and have the will power to do so. For me, it's just that I don't really find red meats all that attractive. I can only eat so much of it before I'm done -- so it's not that hard. UNLESS, i'm in Taiwan and there's all these delicious street vendors with night-market delicacies. 


I found this guide yesterday to help me decide what seafood items I should pick if I want to be a healthy pescatarian:

My main point is. Whether you decide to be vegetarian or pescatarian for a day, a week, for breakfast only, M-F, whatever your schedule, it's a step in the right direction for all of us. Consider the greater good for all of humanity. . . and the effects of global warming on the earth. Watch this talk if you want to hear about the other inconvenient truth (http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_foley_the_other_inconvenient_truth.html) My favorite quote:

"Failure is not an option"

My recent trip to Taiwan really made me feel like that's the only option. With the avian flu outbreak with chickens, pork from Australia that is also dangerous, the U.S. imported beef that has deadly injected stuff they are forcing other countries to import (not good), and mercury poisoning in the ocean.... it's almost as if Mother Nature is trying to tell us something....but what is it....?? *cough cough* 


As noam chomsky says...something along the lines of ...

Be Good, Do Good Things and Keep In Touch.

EDIT 4/18/2012: Be careful what you eat....
Gulf seafood deformities alarm scientists
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/04/201241682318260912.html

Eyeless Shrimp