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Part of every new year is a reflection on the previous years. I didn’t reflect on the things that I didn’t do or accomplish but I spent more time looking at my website’s analytics. Here’s …
Last August I moved offices to another location. At my old location, I believed food fell from the sky…in the form of cupcakes. Sweets showing up at my door seemed to be a frequent occurrence …
In preparation for my upcoming job interview I decided to make a playlist to get my hyped up for my job interview. I prepped for the interview with the music playing in the background. Then …
I’m gearing up for a job interview soon and thought it would be a good time to clean up my closet. Guess what? One of my new year resolutions is done. Killed two goals in …
After yesterday’s dim sum chow down, I decided to have something a little light. Also to start off the new year with more greens than normal. Here’s my salad from last night. A fairly simple …
It’s a new year and I thought I wasn’t going to be able to eat my yearly shark fin soup. Well, I got some in. Thank you Koi Palace for still serving your stock.
Here’s an …
It has been a while since my family did a foodie comparison science project. I think the last time we did this was to find which we liked better: KFC, Popeye’s, or Church’s Chicken. It …
As the former president of the Sewing Club in highschool, I still keep up in new trends in fashion. I moved on to jewelry but still kept a leg in fashion. I recently saw ThreadLab …
I was sitting down in the movie theater waiting to watch…I totally forgot the movie and then the trailers start. This clip comes on and I’m thinking wow, what a great movie. A romantic film …
I was asked to talk about some iOS tips and tricks that I use on my device. I highlighted a few cool new items in iOS 6. I was shocked to find that there were …
This is the end
Hold your breath and count to ten
Feel the earth move and then
Hear my heart burst again
For this is the end
I’ve drowned and dreamed this moment
So overdue, I owe them
Swept away, I’m stolen
Let …
I was in the process of making a grocery list for me that was customized just for me. I opened up Excel and Word and started working on a template. Every grocery list should definitely …
I decided to make these cake pops to hand out as Valentine grams. Chocolate cake center, candy outer layer.
Just wanted to add some lessons learned from this batch:
Wait for cake to cool before adding icing.
Don’t …
I finally settled down after a long day of shooting pictures for my cookbook. I’m not even sure how many dishes I pushed out. But one of the ones that I’m really proud of pushing …
Consolidating into one place for your addresses can be a daunting task. For years I struggled with keeping personal contacts mixed in with my work contacts. I decided to give that up when contact folders …
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