Actually, this is not a bad thing. There are definitely some perks to working at a game company, including the fact that you get to work with some pretty fun people.
Have you heard of the Cinnamon Challenge? The goal is to swallow a full tablespoon of cinnamon. Is it possible??
Here’s a few videos of people trying it:
Cinnamon Challenge
Cinnamon Challenge
It usually ends in a puff of cinnamon.
Now here’s my coworkers taking on the challenge!
I got a call from my mom on saturday night telling me that my uncle had lost his battle with cancer. the outcome had been expected for a little while; he was diagnosed with a rare form of skin cancer a few months ago, and it was known to spread quickly. he was in his late 60s/early 70s.
i’ve been playing phone tag with my mom since then, so i haven’t gotten to talk to her yet about how she’s doing, how the family in taiwan is doing, what’s going to happen next. the reality hasn’t really hit me yet: i was never super close to this uncle, the time i had spent with him had always been warm. this outcome had been expected for a little while…
but then i realized earlier today that this uncle is the first of my mom’s generation to go. her brother-in-law is gone. it’s beginning… it throws the fact that my own parents are getting up there in age into greater relief. they are nearing retirement. how are my sister and i going to look after them once they get older? they’re not retired yet – it’s still maybe 10 or so years away – but that’s not really a very long time in the grand scheme of things. i wonder if my parents are feeling it. i know i am…
i worry about my parents, both about the now and about the future. hopefully i can talk to them tomorrow.
so i’m shopping on maidenform.com and i’m searching for bras in my size. apparently, my size overlaps with teen girls, so i keep getting recommendations for 13 year olds. i never thought i was chesty before, but seriously. >_< maidenform, you're just mean.
Some people tend to stick to their own kind in friendships and business, but the reality is that it’s not so simple as “we are all Chinese” (to use a phrase I’ve heard a few times before).
East Bay Express | Monica’s Victims
A Chinatown construction magnate may have ripped off taxpayers and workers for as much as $20 million. Now she’s trying to evict Le Cheval.
older-ish stuff:
newer-ish stuff:
Man, I nearly forgot about this thing.
A few thoughts running through my head today:
– happy father’s day! (8-8 in chinese sounds a lot like “ba ba” which means “father”) i guess that means i should call my dad.
– so happy it’s saturday and i’m not at work! i’ve picked up a couple of really fun projects, but the execution is going to be really challenging.
– finally starting up a food blog and tinkering with it here.
I cannot get over the fact that blogging is SO MUCH EASIER than when i first started back in 2001. I launched into a whole glee-filled rant yesterday at lunch (and TOTALLY annoyed my lunch companions.. oops) about how amazed I was to see that these new systems now are so extensible and powerful and yet easy to use. Why, back in the old days, you had to become best friends with BBEdit and hard code in every link and picture, figure out and commit to directory structures that you’d learn the hard way were flawed, and have to spend anguished weeks trying to shoehorn in some unique functionality (like sideblogs) into your page. Kids these days have it so easy! Today’s version of WordPress makes this all so insanely simple! They don’t know how good they have it! <shakes cane vigorously>
</end old man>
Anyway, blogging is fun again. The tinkerer in me is getting giddy with all these new web thingies to play with!!! =)
On a more personal note, this blog got super-duper emo for a while (hey man, I was going through a lot of tough shit!), but time heals all wounds, you grow up and realize the error of your ways, learn to have faith in people in spite of their (and your own) fallibility and move the fuck on. I don’t feel as young as I used to feel, although I still have a “i’m so young and stupid” moment at least once a day. Wish I could fast forward to knowing it all already!
There’s a phrase in Chinese called “zuo ren” that literally means “being a person”. Zhongwen.com defines it as “behaves, conducts oneself.” I want to do it better and better for myself. Maybe some self-examination will help. So I guess, reader, you are not free from the emo yet!
23918 Crenshaw Blvd
Torrance, CA 90505-5211
(310) 539-1992
For an area that has so many Taiwanese/Chinese people, the South Bay has surprisingly few good Taiwanese places. So if you can’t make it out to the SGV (San Gabriel Valley), this place is definitely worth checking out. Tucked into a generic strip mall on Crenshaw, the parking lot for this shopping center is super narrow and almost always packed. The place seats maybe 20.
Menu selections are your standard Taiwanese hole-in-the-wall fare:
Noodles include: Spicy Beef Noodle Soup, Pork Chop Noodle Soup (above), Shredded Pork and Preserved Vegetable
Cold dishes include: Pig ears, Pickled cucumber, Seaweed, Tofu strips
Breakfast pastries include: Green onion pancake, Chive pockets, Beef pockets (xian4 bing3)
As a side note, I really like their Shredded Pork and Tofu (yummy!)
Overall, this place is a good in a pinch. Good lunch place if you are close by; I usually come here for weekend brunch.
read about it here.
