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I love documenting my family but sometimes, I feel like I’m missing myself when I document our lives. So in an effort to include a bit of my own story, I’m going to start writing down things in my life that is happening right now. I’m probably going to make it a monthly thing though since not many exciting things actually happen to me. Currently… enjoying my one-on-one time with K while she’s still a baby. watching “Sherlock” (series 3) on the AppleTV. I just love this series so much. reading blogs I haven’t read in a long while. Mostly through Feedly though. listening toRead More →

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Given how it’s New Year’s Eve today in Tokyo, I feel like I should put up one last post for the year. So lets take a look back at 2012 and all the events that happened. This year has been a fairly quiet year here on Hamster Central since real life situations made it difficult for me to keep up with the blogging world. Hopefully things will be better next year but with the arrival of next child in February, who knows what will happen right? I started the year off with the word “change” as the word that will help guide me through 2012.Read More →

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There are… 3 days left before December starts. 27 days left until Christmas. 34 days of this year left to go. 9 days left before E and I fly back to California for the holidays. 9 days left before E and I see our family back home. 18 days left before Jason joins us there. 18 days left before Jason sees our family and us at home. 12 long hours we’ll be spending on the plane heading towards California. 13 long hours spent coming back to Tokyo. 10 more people I need to get gifts for Christmas. 2 height charts that need to be madeRead More →

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Today’s the last day of summer break. Time flies by really fast when your having fun, right? To bid this summer break a fond farewell, let’s revisit that summer to-do list once more, ok? 1. Go swimming with E every Saturday morning. Check.  There were a few Saturdays that we missed class but there was always a valid excuse 🙂 2. Finish my summer classes without stressing out (too much). Check.  And I aced all my classes too 🙂 3. Hang out with Jason more (with and without E).  Check.  We only spent two E-free days but that was more than we’ve had in aRead More →

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Wow, I reached 200 posts on hamster-central with this post! Technically, I’m at 471 posts overall if you count all the posts I’ve made in my previous blog too.  Still, that’s far more than I ever thought I’d write when I first decided to jump onto the bloggy bandwagon back in 2003 🙂 So to commemorate this day, I will share with you some Q&A’s. I was recently tagged by Paige over at Life is a Phoenix.  I love it when people ask me questions because it makes me think which in turn makes me want to write 🙂 So here goes! *WARNING:  Lots ofRead More →

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Cereal. We all love cereal at one point in our lives, right?  Well at least I hope that everyone had once love cereal.  If you still do, that’s awesome 🙂 I love cereal.  I use to eat it all the time for breakfast because it’s quick and easy and depending on the type, it’s also a bit healthy. I was contemplating about whether or not I wanted to buy cereal when I was at the market the other day.  I ended up not buying any because the selection offered in my area isn’t that great. Typically, you can find a bit of “healthy” cereal likeRead More →