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Michelle Lam

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What Was Your Favorite Part?

It was just my dad's birthday the other day, so I decided to showcase one of his most wholesome, vulnerable moments from the past πŸ˜‚ A few years ago we went to go visit my extended family in Hawa...

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Before and After an Animal Rescue

Occasionally, I think about the life my cats had before they were rescued by an animal rescue center. It still sometimes brings me to tears to think about how there was a moment in their lives they...

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Pandemic Project ( I ❀️ Arlo)

I ❀️Arlo the series is now out on Netflix! This was the last project I was on in a physical studio before the pandemic hit and am super proud of our team for being able to pull through despite ...

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A dog's job 🐢

Growing up my parents never let us have a dog or cat as a pet until the day they finally broke the news of us moving to a new neighborhood. Moving to a new place was very hard for me and my sister,...

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Wholesome Time With My Boyfriend + Kibbies πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘§

Taking a break from posting a comic-comic this week, and wanted to just spend the time doing relaxing drawings of my little family. Sometimes it's just nice to not have to force my brain to constru...

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The Struggle to Accept A Compliment

Every time I ever thank someone for complimenting me, or saying something kind in general, I tend to excessively use the 😭 emoji because a part of me still can't believe that someone is actually...

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Being Harassed Online ☹️

It's been a while since I've livestreamed anything, and lately I have been taking baby steps back at it through IG Live (Which so far is bleh as many of you may know). Unfortunately, I forget the w...

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What I Miss About My Grandparents πŸ˜ŒπŸ’™

Who else misses their grandparents so you dream of them to see them again? πŸ₯Ίβœ‹πŸΌIt's been a long time since they passed away and to this day, I fear of forgetting more and more about them. Dr...

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How I REALLY Got into Animation πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘§

Happy Belated Fathers Day!! I get asked how I got into art/animation quite often, and the truth is I really couldn't have gotten into it without my dad who so graciously re-enacted scenes from Disn...

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Kitty Bweak 🐾

One reason I was a bit hesitant about getting cats at first was how it would change my daily life. In a way I feared not being attentive enough due to a busy work schedule, but I still wanted to do...

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The Housewarming 🏑❀️

When we first moved into our new house, I felt guilty for not being so in love with it at first. I kinda knew I would feel that way because we got a fixer upper, and it was the foresight that we ma...

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Post Panini Date πŸ₯°

Has anyone else finally gone out to eat with their partner lately and treated it like an actual first date after this whole past year?πŸ˜…My boyfriend and I have been slowly starting to eat at rest...

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Introvert 😌

I have been reading this book called "Quiet" by Susan Cain and feel more validated about my introvertedness lately. I definitely speak up more now and have a social life much more lively than befor...

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The Best Feelings In The World (to me) COUPLES EDITION

Some of my favorite simple life moments between me and my boyfriend, and that I hope others can relate with their own partners :) Honestly making these "lists" so far have been some of my favorites...

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Deep Voice 🎀

Thanks to my fake internet boyfriend that I met through an online game in middle school, I grew a weird insecurity with my voice when I learned that it was not a stereotypically feminine voice. I g...

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My Mom's Secret Strength (Happy Mother's Day)

I never really talked about this, but in middle school I missed almost a full month of school due to an issue with one of my kidneys. Nobody really knew what was wrong, but I had to go get an MRI s...

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Bitter (AAPI Heritage Month)

I remember the good old days when the things I ate were always questioned because they were different. Fried rice smelled weird, Boba was not even popular, and seaweed was gross. Despite my classma...

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5 Things I Do To Cope With Sadness 😒

Over the years I feel like I have better pinpointed things that work for me when I feel sad. I used to just obsess over the thing that was making me upset, and then got more upset about how I allow...

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Trying a new platform for artists...πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸŽ¨

FOR THE RECORD: I’m not leaving instagram LOL. At first I thought that I was doing something wrong when I noticed I was plateauing on my instagram growth. When I took a break and didn't post anyt...

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Can't Stop Thinking About You πŸ’©

What do you do when you can't stop thinking about your crush / loved one / anything? For me, the easiest way was to just imagine them constipated on the toilet trying to poop and it 11/10 always he...

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Our Experiences With Racism

Like many others in the AAPI community, the recent rise in hate crimes towards Asian Americans has caused a lot of internalized experiences with racism to resurface. At first I wasn't sure if I sho...

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Can't Take a Compliment πŸ‘©β€β€οΈβ€πŸ‘©

Sooo this is a part of myself that I'm still trying to work on, but I'm not 100% there yet-- and that's taking a compliment πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈWhenever @noorrasoull and I hang out, we always have a m...

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The Best Feelings in the World (to me) πŸ₯°

Don't be surprised if you see me doing a part two, three, or more of these... there are so many small things in life I wish I could just keep feeling forever, but all good things come to an end. I ...

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Nice, not Kind πŸ™…πŸ»β€β™€οΈ

It was only recently I really learned the true meanings behind nice vs. kind. To me, nice is more about pleasing others while kind is putting genuine action to helping and supporting others. When I...

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Which One Are You? πŸ€”

One of the most annoying things is when people just assume you are a "type of person" just because you participate in certain activities and then question you if you do anything out of line with yo...

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Quarantine Date πŸ’

We literally haven't gone out to do things for so long that now we consider going to the door to retrieve a package is a date in itself LOL. And there's nothing more romantic than opening a new fre...

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πŸ‘ Uneven Eyelids πŸ‘

DISCLAIMER: Plz do not actually copy what I did in this comic to yourself! Just sharing a silly life experience :) For a lot of asian people, we have eyelids that can have a mind of their own. Mine...

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PASSION 🎧

Isn't it strange how the things we love most in life are also the things we really need to take a break from sometimes? Sometimes I feel muddy and gross whenever I overly force myself to try to per...

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Gentlemanly shit is weird 🀨

When Collin and I first started going out, he always walked on the street side where the cars were, and I was always confused af as to why he would always make us switch places when I walked on tha...

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Kittdrens 🐱

To this day I still like to make fun of me and Collin for starting off our relationship as serious, intense people who didn't even want to think about children yet here we are now, dancing, singing...

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