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Bring back Thanksgiving! Please, no Christmas decorations until Black Friday…

November 11, 2009 marketing at work

Veterans Day. I always thought it is a fitting coincidence that Veterans Day falls in November, right before Thanksgiving. As you know, Veterans Day is celebrated in other parts of the world.  On November 11, 1918, at 11 am (Paris time), the Germans signed the Armistice that officially ended World War I.  The day was [...]

Tagged as: Bring back Thanksgiving!, I do so celebrate Christmas, small things in life, strangers I am grateful for

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Happy Halloween! saying it now ’cause this Saturday I’ll be too busy eating, eh, giving out candy

October 26, 2009 a picture is worth a thousand words

. This post should file under: I am too lazy busy to write a proper post so I will just upload the really cute picture my 6-year-old made p.s. I know there are some of you that despise those who say “Halloween is my favorite holiday”, secretly condemning those as Heathens.  No apology given here. [...]

Tagged as: Halloween, my youngest, small things in life

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“I want to be your personal penguin”

October 20, 2009 random

Both of my boys grew up with Sandra Boynton’s books.  My oldest especially grew up on the fiber provided by chewing on the board books.  His favorite at that age?  Blue Hat, Green Hat. Ms. Boynton later started turning her delightful books into sing-along songs.  And soon famous people started joining in to compose music [...]

Tagged as: my oldest, raindrops on roses, small things in life

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Fall in Chicago. It is back!

October 18, 2009 a picture is worth a thousand words

Fall arrived in our neck of the woods towards the end of September.  That was when I realized our maple tree was the first one on the block to start turning red. . . Living in Chicago for over a decade has taught us to appreciate a sunny mild day with a blue sky dotted [...]

Tagged as: chicago, photo, small things in life

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“It’s the best day of my life!… in Farm Town!”

August 31, 2009 no manual for parenting

After weeks of toiling, virtually, on his own farm, i.e. the infamous Facebook application Farm Town where many a woman allegedly have lost their husbands or vice versa, Mr. Monk my 6 year old finally made enough money, all 70,000 coins (which are worth $50 in real life currency), to purchase his own farm house, [...]

Tagged as: facebook, my youngest, small things in life, things kids say

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The best ramen noodle ever. Hands down!

June 8, 2009 random

Even popular in other Asian countries! That should mean a lot… Find it @ your friendly neighborhood Korean grocery stores…

Tagged as: food, photo, raindrops on roses, small things in life

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Food we missed…

April 5, 2009 random

These things that we have taken for granted are either hard to find or ridiculously expensive… Frozen food in general. Cheese pizza: pizzas have to have LOTs of toppings. Tried to teach aserver at an Italian restaurant how to make cheese pizza and they came back with crust and cheese and nothing else. Strawberry milk: [...]

Tagged as: food, small things in life

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I finally saw it with my own eyes! Sound machine inside public toilet to mask the embarrassing noise…

April 2, 2009 through the looking glass

I have heard about this along time ago: Japanese women often flush the toilet as soon as they enter the stall to mask the embarrassing noise people naturally make when in the bathroom. This act of civility turned out to waste a lot of water resource. At first, they tried sound machines with music, etc., [...]

Tagged as: OMG! I am so easily amused!, photo, small things in life, taipei, what do you know?

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Moment: JetBlue & Southwest tweeting each other…

February 10, 2009 mark my word: twitter will doom us all

Saw this on my Twitter homepage. It strikes me as really adorable. I do hope that the actual airlines remain competitors since a collaboration between the two little giants (and they are really not little any more despite the images they are trying to cultivate…) will be the end of low airfares.

Tagged as: jetblue, moments, small things in life, southwest

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