Category Archives: Witness to my life

我很少去看我這blog的讀者量. 開始時,天天關心有多少人看我的大作. 現在基本上是個公開的日記,整理自己的思路,練練文筆. 所謂”筆耕”,大概就是這意思吧. 誰看誰不看,我寫我的. 今天心血來潮,發現有半數的讀者是以中文上網.而我多數的”作品”是英文. 嘿!

I look forward to St. Patrick’s day, not for all those Irish festivities and folk stories, but for corned beef. Like turkey, I always wondered why they are popular only on this occasion. In the old days, the only way … Continue reading →

Spring of 2010, we brought our car in for a routine service: oil change, tire rotation, fluids, etc. We were about to drive it all the way to Seattle, from San Jose, and thought it was a good idea to … Continue reading →

I watch American’s Test Kitchen (and its extension, Cook’s Country) regularly. Recently, I was inspired by the way they grill chicken. The science of this method is to eliminate the chicken’s (and, really, all fowl’s) anatomical difficulty for cooking them … Continue reading →

How would you know if you were chemically dependent? What does it feel like to detox from an addiction? I used to be a heavy smoker and quit cold-turkey. The first week was miserable. I craved cigarettes and didn’t know … Continue reading →

Yes, I am trying to be healthier. No, I am not drinking beer with this salad. That’s another blog. I do “spontaneous salad” once in a while. It usually involved tossing whatever in the fridge and a very spontaneous home … Continue reading →

I clicked the “automatic upgrade” to WordPress, whatever. Now I am a Chinese blog. Hmm… I decided to live with this for a while. When WordPress asks me to upgrade again, I will choose the English version and see what … Continue reading →

A full year of Seattle! Who’d have thought of that? I wondered if I actually like to travel. If not, why do I travel so much? This year I left home probably once a month and sometime twice. Oversea trips … Continue reading →

I like my Kindle3. Kid bought a Kindle Touch and I have been comparing them side-by-side. I am not sure Touch is any better, just smaller. I do have several pet peeves regarding Kindles. It can’t lend or transfer books … Continue reading →