Aug 24 2006
There was his apple period, then nectarine, then pear and now it’s the cherry era. For some reason, Pumpkin doesn’t like fruits as much as King. When they came to an age that can handle an apple on their own, I stopped peel and cut. Now King announced that he’s allergic to apple unless it’s [...]
Aug 17 2006
Disclosure: I don’t know how NYC gov handles the fines. Today I got a ticket for Insp Sticker Expired. A staggering $65. It’s only $35 or so in my town. Anyway, I got online to pay, just to get over with. Then realize that you have to pay an additional $2 of Credit Card Convenience [...]
Aug 16 2006
Something happened yesterday afternoon: Martin (A black prosecutor fm Florida, who teaches tennis while waiting to pass his NY bar exam) was giving tennis lesson to my kids in the North Middle school. There are five courts, all individually separated, all with 2 hops on each side of the court. It was very deserted on [...]
Aug 06 2006
People, I need help here: the meaning of ‘Olympic-sized Swimming Pool’ could have such drastic meaning in different countries: 25m in US and 50m in the rest of the world (almost, I reckon? Full disclosure, I haven’t traveled the world … yet). I grew up in Beijing and taken to swim in the then-not-so-muddy Kunming [...]
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