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you dropped food on the floor

terence — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:28:33 +0000

what next?

good thing i have this handy decision tree/flowchart.

stolen from a new way to think about the 5 second rule

christmas eve dinner

terence — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:33:24 +0000

we were priviliged enough to be hosted by my cousin keelan and his wife amelia and their two precocious sons samuel and joshua, for a hybrid western/filipino christmas eve dinner. growing up christmas eve dinner wasn’t a big deal in my household, but it was nice to have a family dinner on a family holiday.

braised ox tails and ribs

smoked salmon

mac and cheese – this is the california pizza kitchen recipe. sadly, it’s velveeta. still tasty, though.

josh only has eyes for the cupcake santa

a filipino dessert called brazos de mercedes made with egg whites and egg yolks folded with sugar. it was really tasty.

fall is here

terence — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:15:02 +0000

well, at least it feels like it. it’s cool and damp and windy these last two days in shanghai, and it’s a welcome respite from the heat of summer. i hope fall lasts quite a bit, because winter around these parts is none-too-comfortable either, what with the poorly insulated buildings and tile floors in my apartment.

weather wise, i’ve always had the horrible decision making power in terms of where i’ve lived after growing up in la (mild, sunny and warm) and going to university in the bay area (temperate and cool).

let’s re-cap:

1996-1997 chini village, huadu city, guangdong province, china: humid and hot summers, damp uncomfortable winters

1997 – 2002 hong kong: humid and hot summers, damp uncomfortable winters

2003 – 2006 houston, tx: humid and hot summers, damp uncomfortable winters

2007 – present shanghai, china: humid and hot summers, damp uncomfortable winters

do you see a pattern? i do, and its not one that i am all that fond of. sometimes when the weather is sucky, i do think about ditching it all and heading back to los angeles where it’s 77 degrees and sunny every day.

speaking of los angeles: