food

  •   Menu No. 1, Toro, Tuna, and Uni What is a holiday if you don’t allow yourself to enjoy a little bit of eating? Japan is heaven for Japanese food lovers like me, so you have to eat and enjoy yourself while you’re there.  What I always tell myself is this:  eat whatever you want,…

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  • Over the weekend, I went out with my dear friends for a birthday celebration (Happy Birthday again!)  and since it’s now the “Vegetarian” Festival in Thailand, we discussed and wondered about its origins and what is this festival really for?  All we know is that for a period of 9 days, people of Chinese descent in…

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  • Eat, Not All

    Sometimes I get all worked out about trying to do something well, that it no longer becomes fun. When something is no fun, you just don’t really want to do it anymore and then you end up not doing it. No good. Like running or exercising. I tell myself I want to be fit and…

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  • Yesterday morning I went running as usual.  Unlike other days, instead of watching Bloomberg news, following currencies and stock market movements, I decided to watch Oprah Winfrey.   There was an interesting show in which she had brought a bunch of obese teenage boys and girls to attend a workshop.  I guessed most of them must have…

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  • In many countries in Asia today, people are celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival.  China, Taiwan, and Korea are officially closed for holidays.   Each year, the date is set according to the Chinese calendar and falls on the same day as the autumnal equinox.  This is when the moon is supposed to be at its most beautiful being…

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