Category Archives: Witness to my life

Let the flood gates open

Posted on September 14, 2012 by sinyaw

QE3 has started. Bernanke announced that starting Friday, September 14th, Federal Reserve will pump some $40 billions dollars into the market every month. Unlike the previous rounds, there is no definitive end date for this. The Fed will continue until … Continue reading →

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Coffee @ TPE

Posted on September 9, 2012 by sinyaw

Taipei When not in Seattle, getting quality caffeine is a major inconvenience. Like an addict, I need to secure my fixes regularly and would made mental notes on the locations of Starbucks while moving around the city. Imagine my delight … Continue reading →

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Life without a car

Posted on August 30, 2012 by sinyaw

I was irrational and couldn’t help it. Really weird. First time in decades, I am without a car. It felt like going on a trip without computer or forgetting cell phone at home. For my current situation, owning a car … Continue reading →

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Sailing @ SLU

Posted on August 11, 2012 by sinyaw

South Lake Union. A sailboat is a machine. This machine was invented thousands of years ago, and was reinvented thousands of times over. Human beings are still tweaking this machine to make it more comfortable, faster, easier to maneuver, and … Continue reading →

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5th Ave Theater: Les Misérables

Posted on July 13, 2012 by sinyaw

Downtown Seattle has many active venues for performing arts. These places specialized for formats. Benaroya Hall is for classic and instrumental music; Paramount Theater is more for pop music, and occasionally musicals; 5th Ave Theater is pretty much dedicated to … Continue reading →

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Marriage Is For Losers

Posted on June 17, 2012 by sinyaw

Dr. Kelly Flanagan is a therapist. His blog “Untangled” has a recent entry that touched me. There are three kinds of marriages. In the first kind of marriage, both spouses are competing to win, and it’s a duel to the … Continue reading →

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Edgewater Hotel

Posted on June 6, 2012 by sinyaw

When The Beatles came to Seattle, they stayed at the Edgewater Hotel. That was in 1964 and the picture of them fishing from their room became a piece of history. This hotel was built for the World Fair and has … Continue reading →

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Man Jewelry and Mansome

Posted on June 1, 2012 by sinyaw

Bling bling. I am not. When I became aware, around my mid-teenage years, I observed the world to have two kinds of people: those who tailor-made their school uniforms or those who wear the standard-issue, designed for durability and cost … Continue reading →

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eReader saga continues..

Posted on May 20, 2012 by sinyaw

Kid passed a book to me, Sign of the Cross by Chris Kuzneski, and said that it is interesting. The general understanding between us is that I will read whatever book she thought interesting to me. A year ago, I … Continue reading →

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Las Vegas

Posted on May 12, 2012 by sinyaw

Last time I came to Las Vegas, Siegfried and Roy were breeding white tigers, Mirage just opened, and the Jubilee show was the hottest show. There was no Venetian, Wynn, MGM Grand, or Mandalay Bay. Just the newly opened Luxor … Continue reading →

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