Vacation vs. exploration

I supposed to join my friend for a month vacation in Vietnam for Tet, unfortunately my works didn’t allow me to go anywhere at this particular moment. However, I do have plan to visit them in Switzerland this coming holidays season. Many of my friends are curious why I never showed [...]

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Happy Hour

I don’t remember how many Corona I had before my friend’s coworker started talking about how romantic her love story was. She reminded me of my high school friend who always act smart and pretty than she actually is. You got the image. But then the conversation took another turn when she [...]

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Tuesday Tunes: i’m happy to know you

I have always afraid of wasting time but now I realized there’s no such thing as wasting time. I’d rather replace that with quality time instead. We all agree that sometimes when we’re in a relationship (especially friendship) with someone, we fail to recognize how horrible the other person can be until we [...]

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Tuesday Tunes: remember the face

It were two some then another two some showed up. We were late for our tee time but I was able to make people put us back on the course. I almost made the poor old man loses his job because he couldn’t figure out how to squeeze us in. I demanded the tennis coach [...]

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The evolution of grocery bags

Plastic or paper? I first heard of the question after a couple of days of my arrival to the United States when I was out with my brother for Thanksgiving grocery shopping. I was confused and did not know what to say to the bagger. We did not have such [...]

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Mavericks

When I talked about waves can be as high as 50 feet to a friend of mine on a peaceful and quiet beach in Singapore he just laughed and preferred those giant waves as tsunami.  Fortunately we, Californians, are proud to be the host and witness of those monster waves every winter.  Mavericks, “the wave [...]

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Dog, woman vs man

At least once a week, I receive an email from my coworker, Lorice, who works as an animal rescuer. Today, I was forwarded a few pictures of my future dog, a border collie – high in energy, smart, playful and quite good looking. According to Lorice the dog does not shed as much [...]

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Tuesday Tunes: Stay

I was only 9 when I heard this song on TV in Vietnam, and sometimes the song resonates in my head when I think of good movies and musics. I made a stop at Virgin records in New Orleans during my trip to visit my sister in Louisiana and also during my [...]

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Pumpkin Risotto

What do you giving up in lent season? I committed to stay in and cook more instead of going out for unhealthy foods. I can not eat the same dishes for the next 40 days, therefore, I am stocking up on recipes. One of my favorite diners in the Bay Area [...]

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Super Wednesday

Super Tuesday is a very important day for the presidential candidates. I somewhat glued myself to the news to see what the outcomes were. But once in a blue moon, there is Super Wednesday for people like me. It happens this year. Viet New Year Eve, Ash Wednesday and layoffs announcement [...]

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