Archive For August, 2007

Tagged: 10 Questions

By | August 31, 2007

I have been tagged by Simply888here aka my sister’s 2nd blog on Ten questions.  The rules are five answers to each question and then tagged five others which won’t happen.  The instructions are: Remove the first blog and add your own blog last. Anything Goes; A Great Pleasure; Wishing On A Falling Star; Bokjae; simply888here; [...]

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Modern technology

By | August 31, 2007

I am working in a company where technology is the primary focus of the business.  The company has many market groups and within the market groups the business units need to have good collaboration software for their business needs to meet their goals.  This is where Epazz, Inc. comes in.  Epazz is an enterprise-wide software company that provides tailored [...]

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Upcoming Trip: DBster

By | August 31, 2007

Now that I have tickets for my 1st segment of the trip, DB is itching to get his, too.  He spoke to his boss and he has the green light from the Mr. Dictator.  Mr. Dictator was nice enough to give him 2 weeks.  DB wants to leave with me on November 16 because the [...]

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End of summer sales

By | August 31, 2007

I see end of summer sales every where I go .  Summer is coming to an end this weekend, after Labor Day.  From clothing, shoes, gardening supplies, hardware store, to nurseries, all are cutting their summer goods prices down.   Even online stores are having big sales on their summer products.  Online Discount Mart is having [...]

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Yau Mei Fan – Savoury Rice

By | August 30, 2007

Tonight I made this one-pot-cook all rice, Yau Mei Fan.  I think translated to English is Savoury Rice.  I saw my sister and Pearly cooked it for her family, I thought I will make it, too.  I added Chinese sausages, Thai chilies, garlic, chicken breast, and dried shrimp.  Obviously, when I was cooking it, DB said [...]

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Trip Countdown

By | August 30, 2007

The countdown has sorta begun.  I bought my tickets for Minneapolis to Singapore segment last night.  Northwest Airlines has a Cash and Miles promotion for roundtrip fares within North America, to Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific.  I paid $781 plus 20,000 miles for this segment. I had wanted to leave Msp on November 17 and return on [...]

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Mr. Oak in pieces

By | August 28, 2007

The Ciy came about an hour ago and Mr. Oak tree is now in pieces and chewed up.  The workers left about 6 or 7 logs, root and the stump on the yard and business was over.  Not sure was it because it was so close to lunch that they had to leave the logs [...]

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NFL Season Tickets

By | August 28, 2007

Before I came to the United States, I hated American football.  I considered it a very physical sport.  Now that I have been here for over 10 years, I somehow got to like the sport very much.  I used to watch it every weekend and stayed up late to watch Monday night football when the Minnesota [...]

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Think I have nothing better to do…..

By | August 28, 2007

Since I have taken the day off, I’m listening to my dozens of CDs but the best is Rachmaninoff.  I can listen to this, this, this and this 24/7.  Horowitz plays it so well.  I think he is one of the best pianist ever and Rachmaninoff is the greatest composer of his time.   Concerto No 2 is [...]

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Wish I can be there now

By | August 28, 2007

Just got done checking my work emails and my boss sent the department an advance notice she will be going on vacation in a couple of weeks to her favorite hotel, Excalibur Las Vegas!  Ain’t she lucky.  Her hubby is actually going for a conference with the company and spouses are invited.  They will be [...]

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Clean up day

By | August 28, 2007

Needless to say with the storm that wrecked our clean yard this early morning, DB and I took the day off.  What a great day to be off!!!  We might try to get some body shop supplies to move Mr. Oak out of the way so vehicles can go by.  We do not have a chain [...]

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Storm with 71 mph wind

By | August 28, 2007

DB and I slept right through the storm that rolled in at 3 a.m.  Apparently there were super loud thunder and great lightning show out there.  I didn’t hear a thing and didn’t even know the electricity went out. I didn’t go for my morning walk coz it was so darn humid.  DB took the [...]

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The Weekend

By | August 27, 2007

This weekend went by quick and I was busy, too.  I met up with Simmie at Ikea on Friday afternoon.  We were already chatting via Gmail Chat on Friday morning and she mentioned she is going to Ikea, I was “I want to go, too!!”  I have not seen her since late June before she [...]

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Homes in Miami

By | August 27, 2007

Miami Dade County, I would like to visit Miami at least once in my life time.  After watching CSI: Miami every week, thanks to DB, I absolutely would like to see what it looks like especially when we have a friend there, but…..  Our friend, Kurt, is moving to Thailand permanently by end of next [...]

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Kerabu Timun(Spicy Cucumber and Dried Prawn Salad

By | August 23, 2007

I made this dish after reading my sister’s cooking/food blog.   I think folks who read my blog now knows who my sister is   Yeah, she is super nice, put up all these simple dishes on her blog to make me cook!  It worked, so her hard work paid off. Below is my version of the [...]

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