Health insurance

” Where can I get low cost health insurance when I am between employment ?” from a former coworker, his name is Tak Fukuman. Well, I am not the best person for this type of question. I’ve been working for the past 10 years so if any of you out there can give [...]

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Yoga and meditation

For the last couple of years, I’ve cut down sports’ funding tremendously to spend it on other important areas. Snowboarding is one the majoring reduction, from 20+ per season down to 5 or less nowadays and play tennis instead – cheap and a whole lot of workout. When it comes to spiritual and [...]

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Tuesday Tunes: New Soul

DJ Yolie introduced this song/artist to me, “a bit of traditional dixieland jazz and folk, with a contemporary spin. And she can rock
the piano”. Yeah, I like it!

Yael Naim – New Soul
“I’m a new soul I can do this strange world hoping I could learn a bit about [...]

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It’s movie time

I haven’t seen any movie with a very well chosen soundtrack like Juno. Enjoy!

All I Want Is You – Barry Louis Polisar
” … All I’d want is you to be my sweet honey bee…”
 

Tire Swing – Kimya Dawson
“I took the Polaroid down in [...]

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Writing

A picture is worth a thousand words. But who would be moved by just a few black and white images without captions or stories behind them? Ok, how’s about this? I throw in a few color photographs as well. Definitely not me. You can not convince me to vote for Clinton by [...]

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Design with Asia suppliers in mind

Semiconductor is a very competitive industry. Just take a look at electronic devices out there, prices drop every year by like 20-30% and sometimes even more. From manufacturers (e.g. Intel, Samsung, Toshiba…) stand point, they gotta cut cost by at least 40% to make profit. Then it comes down to the capital [...]

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Tuesday Tunes: feeling jazzy

I am feeling a bit jazzy today and it probably has to do with the rain. This is how people described Norah Jones’ distinctive voice in “All Things Considered” on NPR.

The voice of Norah Jones conjured up a lot of sensuality. There were numerous references to chocolate: melted chocolate, hot chocolate and being [...]

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Purple “stone” yam

Every time I see my family the first two things they usually comment about me are too skinny and too dark. The truth is that I do not like being dark as much as they do but I have no choice. Besides Friday night volleyball inside the gym and occasionally indoor weight lifting, [...]

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Tuesday Tunes: Never Alone

It has been a very long time since I last listened to Jim Brickman. This weekend I came across his album at a record store and found this song. I like the little hint of country.

Jim Brickman & Lady Antebellum: Never Alone
“… I’ll be in every beat of your heart
My [...]

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Eating Right: vodka chicken wings

I normally do not follow any recipes when I cook. I am just not the following instructions kind of guy. Majority of what I cook comes from dishes I have grew up with. My mom never showed me how to cook nor gave me her recipes. I made them up [...]

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