Monthly Archives: January 2010

boys climbing ropes/duck fight goose concert

so, as mentioned here and here and here last night was the boys climbing ropes record release party (support by duck fight goose). having missed the andrew byrd show to attend a birthday party, i absolutely wasn’t going to miss … Continue reading

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and we’ll have fun fun fun

every group of friends has one friend who is the center of energy, fun, and crazy ideas. for 2 years my friend zafar filled that role until he returned to california. luckily for us, he was back this weekend on … Continue reading

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shanzai youtube

if you’re in china, sometime some of the sites you might want to get to are blocked – some of these might be twitter, facebook, or most vexing – youtube. some ingenious chinese programmers have now come up with youtubecn … Continue reading

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you dropped food on the floor

what next? good thing i have this handy decision tree/flowchart. stolen from a new way to think about the 5 second rule

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the world’s most famous arena

while i was in new york, my co-workers took me to see a knicks game, at the world’s most famous arena, madison square garden.

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guess who’s coming to dinner?

so after a couple of weeks of watching iron chef america back in the states, i came back to shanghai inspired to cook some new things. after watching battle cheese, i figured homemade ravioli would be an easy choice – … Continue reading

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what do you see? u. c. berkeley

i’m unabashed in my love for all things university of california, berkeley. oftentimes, this leads to sadness when putting one’s hope into our various sports teams, other times, it leads to confusion and perplexed feelings, when some groups on campus … Continue reading

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“money’s too tight for steak”

after spending my christmas and new year’s holidays in (relatively) sunny california, i hopped on a plane headed eastwards for new york city. unfortunately, as this was a work trip, i didn’t have all that many free meals, but i … Continue reading

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unionpay

as someone who gets paid their salary paid into a chinese bank traveling abroad has always required an extra step of preparation, meaning one had to go find money exchangers (usually the uyghurs who sit outside the bank of china) … Continue reading

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zest express

shanghai desk workers on the nanjing west road strip know there’s a few reliable places to get a salad during lunchtime. the usual haunts of wagas, element fresh and gourmet cafe all serve up slightly expensive, decent salads – or … Continue reading

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