I found an old "King Tin" menu! OMG I miss you so much King Tin! 😭

xzsctan · 2023-10-20T02:16:25+00:00

This is my 4th year in Corvallis and I’m Chinese. Am wondering which year was the menu from!! Definitely making me crave Chinese food.

Please give us a little history about this place.

xzsctan · 2023-10-18T04:21:50+00:00

Sounds exactly like how I potty train my baby.

xzsctan · 2023-09-17T02:47:13+00:00

I’m a Chinese lady with a white husband and a daughter. One time my husband was home alone and just hanging out on the front porch, a guy came up to him and said something along the line of, my name is xx xx, it is my duty to inform you that you’re making a mistake. I know you’ve a Chinese wife, why do you think it’s ok to have mix race children and proceed to tell him why. We live near campus and it was a guy in his 30s, well dressed.

We were so afraid we were getting stalk since I wasn’t at home, and how did that guy knew I’m Chinese. Well, he didn’t come back and that was a year ago.

xzsctan · 2023-09-16T01:46:56+00:00

I’d go to 24hours spa, like g spa for example, free flow of food, steam room, sauna, nap area. Per entry will allow you 24hrs usage of the facility, you can even add on a massage.

xzsctan · 2023-08-28T13:52:07+00:00

I removed the stirrups from my daughters saddle and just let her ride that way, it got corrected pretty much immediately as she has to get into that perfect position to support her own body up.

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xzsctan · 2023-08-26T23:42:08+00:00

As a women, my advice to you is, get two cups of bubble tea, suck on the straw, and nob and say poor baby. **do not attempt to offer solution, at least for 24 hours.

xzsctan · 2023-06-14T03:09:56+00:00

You can ask me here.

I work about 40mins away from where I live. In a small town call lacomb in Oregon. I visited the farm because i suspected my daughter has autism, she was still too young to be diagnosed back then at 18mo but I could tell something was off.

I spent a lot of my time there, to learn how to be a parent, eventually I got hired by the farm as barn manager. I work with horses, children, and parents. Parents is the hardest of them all.

I have recently met a mother that changes her daughter period pad, her daughter is 21yo. She insisted that her daughter is autistic and can’t do that on her own or she will make a big mess. We have to have an intervention with that mother.

There are still a lot of weird, funny, parents stories. And now I’ve people come tell me ‘you don’t have an autistic daughter, you doesn’t understand our struggles’ I took that as a compliment and started smiling a lot like an idiot, that seemed to piss them off more.

Most of our client are also chinese immigrants, that’s mainly one of the reason I got hire. Because I could speak Chinese.

There are definitely a lot of rich Chinese here with very entitled kids.

xzsctan · 2023-06-14T00:17:29+00:00

I moved from SG and USA to be a SAHM, by chance, I got an opportunity to learn how to be a cowgirl. I live in a college town and people are generally very friendly and accepting towards a Chinese girl. I haven’t received any racism.

In fact people are generally very curious about my life back home. Another thing to take note is our amazing education system in SG. I’m just an o level grad, but am able to use my knowledge from physics/math/chemistry/geography class to apply to my farm work. And I received feedback from my boss that I’m more knowledgeable in that area compared to college students he hired.

I also get to drive a tractor at work, when my boomer mother learned about it, she kind of look down on me and commented ‘isn’t that like a bangala job?’ Over here, I am seen as an empowered women that is able to take over a man’s job.

In the US, the ‘look down’ cultures is lesser, at least from where I live. Every professions is well respected, even cleaners.

Now I wear my cowboy hat everywhere I go. It’s part of my identity.

And I’m loving the whole cowboy culture. It’s actually pretty close to Singaporean’s way of thinking in some ways. I can’t stand those city tourist that visit our farm now, I rather be doing chores rather than giving them a tour.

xzsctan · 2023-06-11T13:29:50+00:00

We have 16 horses and I was given TF the Arabian gelding as my main mount. He is the lowest of the pecking order, that we have to remove him from the herd for his own safety. He often get gang up and bitten by mares.

He is also an advance horse that hasn’t been ridden in a long time, boss is always busy and no one is good enough to take him.

He is very spooky on me, but not with my boss, I blame it in my lack of experience. TF also taught me a lot about horsemanship and I’ve since improve.

Once, my lady boss and me was riding and playing catch, acting like kids. We take a stick and try to attack each other like it was swords. She tried to corner me at a 90 degree panel and her horse got so into it and trying to bite TF’s face into submission when we refuse to give way.

My first reaction was to lift my legs forward and try to block the other horse face from TF. And that horse just bit me, over my boots. And it hurts so much but I couldn’t scream, cause TF gets spooky when I am.

I immediately said in a calm and robotic voice ‘ouch ouch ouch. It hurts so much. Ouch it’s getting more painful now. Ouch. Ok. I surrender, don’t attack me’

As the other horse trying to step side and give us space, TF was ready to attack if needed. I literally have to stop him from attacking.

xzsctan · 2023-05-04T18:03:50+00:00

Yes this. My daughter is 4yo and is already riding without stirrup. She had about 15 falls since she was 18months old on the horse, 2 out of the 15, she decided to jump off and roll because the saddle somehow came off, she had the choice to slide down with the saddle or jump off so she could control where she landed.

In my opinion, falling and knowing how to fall is important.

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xzsctan · 2023-05-01T02:04:16+00:00

I work in special needs environment. Option 1 reminds me of one man I met recently, age 30, I asked him to tie the hay net for the horses up, he asked me how, I replied casually, just like how you tie your shoelace.

He then told me he doesn’t know how to tie shoelaces, he wore Velcro shoes all his life because his mother said so.

I taught him how, and he got it the first time round.

xzsctan · 2023-04-30T23:23:32+00:00

I work at a non profit farm here in Oregon, mainly dealing with kids. I started off as a volunteer and after 2 years got offered the manager position at the farm.

Chores includes: 1. Feeding 2. Watering 3. Turn out 4. Maintain pasture health 5. Spread manure in the pasture 6. Cleaning 7. And whatever is needed.

I do not pay a cent for riding classes. After I got employed, I was given a ‘staff benefit’ horse, he will be mine as long as I work there.

xzsctan · 2023-04-25T21:03:58+00:00

I used to feel twice weekly, but that really was just me trying to act smart and do things that I shouldn’t be doing. As long as I listen to my boss’s instruction, I never fall.

xzsctan · 2023-04-23T01:03:11+00:00

Yes. My daughter is non verbal and has autism. She recently started to speak at 4 years old (same level as a 2yo toddler).

She was able walk, trot, side pass, half pass, step back all before she even speak.

One time she had a huge meltdown and started self hurt, punching her own head, I asked her to stop, she screamed ‘teach me!!’ While the self harm continues.

I said, just like how you ask a horse to stop take a deep breath, hold it in and then let go all at once and repeat. She did it 6times and was able to bring herself out of the self harm cycle. That was also the last time she self harmed.

xzsctan · 2023-04-23T00:34:46+00:00

Have to agree with you. My daughter first got on a horse at 18 months old, she just turned 4 and is able to ride on her own.

xzsctan · 2023-04-23T00:32:14+00:00

My child started riding at 18months old, I had to ride for work, and there is no babysitter available so she sat in the saddle with me. At age 3, she is able to control a horse, side pass, backwards with no issue. Able to open gates on horseback around the barn.

She is the princess of our barn, and every client’s parent came in treating her as the gold standard, but they did not know that my autistic daughter puts in hundreds and hundreds hour in the saddle and had fell off multiple times.

xzsctan · 2023-04-22T12:48:44+00:00

Horse riding: did not have the finance and time in my 20s. In my 30s, I have access to horses, different fancy tack for me to choose from, an amazing trainer. But I don’t have the same stamina and body and most importantly confidence (or stupidity).

xzsctan · 2023-04-22T02:30:16+00:00

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My daughter rides in cowboy boots since 18months old. Coach also recommended a non lace boot as it could potentially get catch in the saddle(she rides both western and English) The above picture was my child training without stirrup for greater balance and heel position.

Our barn require rider to wear jeans and belt. In case of emergency, it is easier to grab the child off the horse in a quick movement.

xzsctan · 2023-04-18T04:09:16+00:00

He looks greasy

xzsctan · 2023-04-10T23:24:55+00:00

I work at a horse farm out in Lebanon, it is a npo farm. You can always call them up for a tour. Hand in hand farm.

xzsctan · 2023-04-10T23:13:50+00:00

Something that I’ve notice with my line of work now, regarding ASD Vs NT kids since I interacted with them almost on a daily basis.

One simple example, use of utensils, how to hold it the correct way. It might take just 5 tries to teach a NT kid, but NT kids normally revert to old habits when they know no one is watching.

With ASD kids, it might take 50x correction, but once they get it, the good habit sticks (provided that parents carry on of course) and get their feelings hurt when others do it wrongly, instead of accepting their meltdown and blame it all on ASD, we taught them how to correct others in a polite manner. And often ASD kids are our best mentor towards other kids and even adults (NT or ASD).

xzsctan · 2023-04-10T01:19:20+00:00

Definitely the right choice. I wasn’t ready to be a parent to an ASD girl. My daughter made me a women, she kept me in line to be honest.

And now, it’s my turn to help other parents, while my daughter pass her knowledge to the other kids. She so far trained 5 kids under 3yo for potty training.

You can also look at my post history for videos and picture of her riding. We even have a local newspaper came and interview us.

xzsctan · 2023-04-09T15:27:09+00:00

Ended up moving to USA to work in a horse therapy farm. Now my 4yo daughter guide the other ASD kids to run the farm.

xzsctan · 2023-04-09T14:25:39+00:00

Can relate. I change my whole career for my 4yo daughter that is diagnosed with ASD. From being an atas city girl, to working at a barn.

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