December 20, 2024
Marriage Counseling with Felicia
Description
ASB President Felicia Dorng brings a little life (literally) to our candid conversation about marriage counseling, her love of control, and not being our most difficult guest.
Episode
Bio
Felicia Dorng was born and raised in Saratoga, CA, and attended UCLA where she majored in political science & international relations, with a minor in Asian American Studies. She has worked as a paralegal with Doll Amir & Eley LLP in business litigation, and has worked as a product marketing manager at Sprokkit, Aruba (an HP Enterprise company), Cloud4Wi, Splunk, Snowflake. She is currently a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Cribl.
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What Jason Learned
A "corn moon" is the name given to the full moon in September, which is a time when farmers harvest their crops
What Kelcey Learned
Frank Oppenheimer (J. Robert Oppenheimer's brother) founded the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1969
Top Five Tips for Marriage Counseling

  1. Go in with an open mind.

  2. Be willing to put in the time and the work.

  3. Everyone should give it a shot!

  4. (Having gone through IVF) Women in their twenties should consider being an egg donor

Fact or Fiction: Asian Sororities

  1. There are 29 active asian-interest sororities in the US - FACT

  2. The Asian-interest sorority with the most chapters is Alpha Delta Kappa with 59 chapters - FICTION, Alpha Kappa Delta Phi has the most chapters

  3. Chi Alpha Delta's official colors are Lavender for thoughtfulness and Green for graciousness - FICTION, lavender is for graciousness and green for thoughtfulness

  4. As of 2023, Chi Alpha Delta has the highest GPA of all UCLA sororities - FICTION, Chi Alpha Delta has the highest GPA of all Asian Greek Council sororities

  5. The founding mother of Theta Kappa Phi (another UCLA asian-interest sorority) was Margaret Ohara who was awarded a Panhellenic Scholarship after being mistaken for someone of Irish descent (O'Hara). After discovering her true Japanese-American identity, the Greek panel "regretted that the woman they chose could not be invited to join any of the Greek society." - FACT

Recommendations

  • Music: Olivia Rodrigo

  • Movie: Mean Girls

  • TV: Netflix's "Easy"

  • Life hack: Use an Android Phone

  • Life hack #2: When deciding dinner with your partner, ask how much they want a given cuisine based on a scale of 1-10 vs. "Do you want XXX?"

Won't You, Haiku?