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Today is tanabata in Japan. I posted about it last year when E and I ventured out to celebrate it at the local temple.  You can read about that adventure here. This year, because of the heat, humidity and the strange weather pattern (ok, mostly because of the heat and humidity), we didn’t go out for tanabata. However, the nursery that E attends did celebrate it and they even made something with the kids to bring home 🙂 So behold, E’s first art project from “school”… Ok, technically the green tree branch is a fake plastic one that’s most likely store bought…  There’s 4 paperRead More →

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…and you get….the Chicken Rice Place! Ok, the real name of this place isn’t really called the Chicken Rice Place.  Jason and his coworkers call it that and that’s what he and I call it now too.  I think the real name of the place is “Hawker-style Asian Canteen.” I like calling it the Chicken Rice Place more.  It just sounds better than Hawker-style. Anyway, I thought I’d share with you one of the places that we love to go eat at for lunch…well, at least whenever I go have lunch with Jason in his work area. This place, as you can probably guess byRead More →

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Ah, it’s only Monday and my brain is already going barabara. What’s barabara (pronounced bah-ra-bah-ra)?  It’s a Japanese onomatopoeia that means scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops; rustling. So, yes, my brain is currently barabara…. Let’s talk about Jason for a little bit…as an update to how he’s doing and all…. Jason’s actually doing really great. Well, not great in the way that his illness has gone away and he is back to his old self again.  No, it’s great in the way that his inflammation levels have gone up slower than before, which in Jason terms means that it’s a good signRead More →

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Ok, I admit, I’m copping out on this post. I didn’t really want to resort to this tactic since I have so many things I wanted to write about this weekend….but then I got tonsillitis last Thursday and then I lost my resolve…. It’s really hard to have a strong resolve to blog or do anything when you’re sick and all you want to do is stay in bed and sleep the sickness away. So just to tie you over and not look like I missed more than 3 days of blogging in a row, here’s something interesting that I saw on my mandatory fieldRead More →

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I haven’t done a You Capture in a long time…. so I will do it this week instead 🙂 Yes, I still give E a bottle….I should break her off that habit but she’s stubborn. Gotta love baby hands.  They are just so teeny tiny 🙂Read More →

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I know that Wordless Wednesday should be, well…wordless but I’m a talker and I just can’t stop gabbing. Story of this adventure coming up later this week….for now, you’ll just have to settle for some naked feet in water 🙂 Oh, by the way, I’m guest posting for Bec over at I heart blog.  The post is about traditional weddings and stuff.   You’ll get to see me in my traditional Chinese wedding dress, so you won’t be disappointed 🙂  She’s got a lot of other great guests posting this week too so check them out!Read More →

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I feel like there has been a lack of E’s presence on the blog lately. Let’s fix that a little…. Ah…there we go…. She’s been catching on to the fact that I take photos of her everyday and so now whenever she sees the camera, she either runs away or deliberately turns away or she would get really close up.   My child is a smart one I say….maybe a little too smart sometimes. E really enjoys pulling things out of boxes.  Doesn’t matter whether it’s a big box or a little box, if there’s something in it, she will take it out. If she seesRead More →