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1. We are about the same height and size and that’s why I always steal clothes and shoes from Canna and Mei.

2. We all learned to play classical piano and even got the certifications from Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), but we haven’t touched a key since 1992 and this tells you how much we love it!

3. My very first job – Dishwasher at a local Chinese restaurant. Till this day, I still think this is the coolest thing I have ever done.

4. I love watching TV. I once skipped work a week just to finish a Korean drama. If there’s a television/ movie marathon, I would be the first to sign up.

5. Mei is the shortest among us but she is taller than our mom and she is very proud of it.

6. We love spongebob and icarly. I guess we never really grow up.

7. We sponsor 10 kids through world vision.

8. We have 29 cousins.

9. I used to wear a pair of big plastic glasses and people thought I looked like keroppi, the Sanrio green frog.

10. Mei always says “I know I know” and sometimes I wonder if she realllllly knows.

11. I am a procrastinator but Mei likes to finish everything a month earlier. That’s why we are in this business together.

12. If we fight, Canna will win for sure. It’s been proven since we were kids.

13. Canna once imitated a TV character stabbing herself in the chest with a fabric scissor and yet she survived. Thanks god! or who would do the bouquets!

14. Canna also got hit by a Taxi once but she just pretended nothing had happened, stood up and walked straight to school. We were too scared to tell our parents. This is one of our secrets for a very long time.

15. Once I forgot to bring our apartment key and Canna climbed out from our neighbor’s window, crawled across the little rack loosely hanging between the windows, which were about 3-4 ft apart and entered our house. We were living on the 17th floor! I guess she learned the stunt from Jacky Chan.

16. Mei is a sweet girl for sure and that’s why she always get stung by bees and badly bitten by mosquitoes.

17. We love to listen to music and sing (mostly out of tune) while we work on wedding flowers. That’s my favorite part of working at Mints.

18. All images on our website and on our blog are taken by Gary, Canna’s husband. He is the most detail-oriented person I have ever known. He read the rules before signing up for the United Mileage Plus Program, and I think this is why he is a good photographer because he can pay attention to all the tiny details I missed.

19. We love to tease our parents and we love them even more for letting us tease them and for sharing our sense of humor.

20. All shelves and the fish pond at Mints are built by my dad. All the fishes we have in the pond are with us since day 1. wow, it means they are all about 4 years old.

21. Our favorite customer is Peter, who used to go to Alameda High School and has been our loyal fan since the first week we opened.

22. We love peonies, hydrangea, ranunculus, and orchids. And we also love all these odd things, which we don’t even know their names. Yea, we are all very bad with names.

23. I can remembers birthdays, phone numbers, even my college ID card number but I can’t remember 4 times 8 equal 36 (oops…! I know is 32!!).

24. Canna’s daughters are Charlyn and Charene. I just think their names are all very pretty.

25. Canna and I are allergic to many flowers and greens!! and we are in the flower business. wahahahaha.