In this video we are asked to imagine our perfect life and all the thing's that accompany that.

Before returning home, the cabbie picks up one last customer.

in our guided meditation we imagine what it is we want to do today.

The cabbie reflects on her mother's advice verses what she chose to do with her life.

The cabbie's daughter shares her aspirations of being a Dumpling cook.

We see that some people can't accept the mother bringing her child in the cab. There's a flashback showing how the cabbie's mother disaproves. But some customers are fine with it.

A mother brings her daughter to work. She works as a taxi driver.

In part 2 of our guided meditation we imagine our ideal morning.

We begin a guided mediation. First, we should breath and relax.

To make something past tense in Chinese is very simple. Just add "le" at the end and the sentence is now past tense.

Grandmother always took great care in her appearance and she expected the same from us. Red nail polish, makeup, earrings were an important part of her daily routine even into her later years.

The handy sentence in learning Chinese is "what's this called in Chinese?"

My impressions of my grandma were mostly based on pictures we exchanged in letters. Her beauty and style influenced me a lot when I was younger.

My grandmother was not one to sit back in times of turmoil. She was politically active and performed across the country promoting Nationalism. Her courageousness even lead her to be detained by the Japanese.

For an early age you could tell my grandmother was different. She was precocious and beautiful. An artist, a spy and a beauty her life was a whirlwind.

There are three ways to say thank you in Chinese depending on the person that you are thanking. And to say you are welcome, you can simply say "no thanks."

Exercising is about cultivating one's body as well as mind.

Exercising is a very important part of life at any age.

It's the direction that matters, so don't speed through things. Take them step by step and enjoy the process.

The concept of farming in China is quite different than farming in America.

Have you ever thought about spending all those years to get a PhD only to become a farmer?

The "is" word sentence is a very common sentence pattern in Chinese. Many sentences can be formed using this sentence structure.

Can you image teaching in rural China where you are probably the only foreigner?

There are two ways of introducing people to others. One is more formal and the other is more causal.