Dec 30 2009
Cantonese expressions are just so befitting in their descriptions. It would be such a shame if they were no longer used and forgotten by the next generation.
It takes real Cantonese to understand and enjoy!
Dec 27 2009
My FOB moment. It was 1986, freshly off the boat from Hong Kong. My roommate’s boy friend came visit from Canada and took us shopping for household stuff. Fortunoff was it. It was a weekday during its famous White Sale or something, and was packed starting from the parking lots. [...]
Dec 23 2009
.. .. With their qipaos.
My new cyberspace friend Lady Qipao (in pink on the right in this picture) has followed her husband to Dubai, set home there and started an online business: selling qipao and suits. I’ve never been to Dubai. The only times I think I visited that area was when the [...]
Dec 23 2009
What our troops do to amuse themselves .. some cute pictures. If those little amustments could keep our troops happy, so be it and do more. They’re humans and earned it. Absolutely American.
Merry Christmas All!!!
Dec 22 2009
Shanghai is hot. So red hot that Obama spent a day there ..
People like to joke that to non Chinese – a.k.a. foreigners, Shanghai is China but to Chinese, Shanghai is the foreign land.
Apparently Yizang couldn’t resist the calling, so he moved down there too, taking up a marketing directorship at a Swiss company.
Keep [...]
Dec 22 2009
46-45 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11355
(718) 888-8998
It was closed by the New York City Health Department recently and was opened soon after. I passed it by on Thursday 12/17, it was business as usual.
This is the venue for our year end tennis party for the past few years. Over the years, we dined there, [...]
Dec 22 2009
Kid you not, I’m the only woman who’s obsessed with boobs. Was I born that way or am I being Americanized?
I like Nicole Kidman and thought her Chanel #5 commercial was classic (below). I really have tough time to reconcile the two pictures. Why did she have to wear something so tacky, [...]
Dec 22 2009
When selling your home, do you employ an agent or DIY – do it yourself? I guess this isn’t watershed – you do what you feel like, at the moment.
The other day I saw a report indicating that one of my neighbors whose house was sold more than what they initially asked for last [...]
Dec 22 2009
I recently found this pumpkin vermicelli at the local grocer in Flushing. We love it: regular cooking, in soup or with hot pot. It cooks quickly. The small individual packs are handy, no messy break ups.
Bawang Hua is from Guangdong province. What does 地理标志保护产品 mean? Geography mark protected product? Now [...]
Dec 22 2009
Winter wonderland
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A pair lonely ghosts chairs
A pot head
A bird cage house
and
A birdy Jacuzzi bath
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The first snow storm of the season assaulted us last Saturday, the day we had our tennis annual fund raising party. I took the Jeep. As soon as I started the car and the wipers began to swipe, there [...]
Dec 22 2009
Beijing, China (CNN) — China defended its handling of a death penalty case against a British man convicted of trafficking heroin, in the midst of pressure from the British government for clemency.
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Akmal Shaikh, 53, was convicted for carrying up to 4 kilograms (9 pounds) of heroin at the Urumqi Airport in September 2007. He has [...]
Dec 21 2009
Katie Couric vs. Diane Sawyer: Who Will Be The Ratings Winner?
Diane Sawyer of course. Couric isn’t sophisticated enough – can’t stand her smile with all that gum ..
Dec 21 2009
Spotted this one from cousin Debbi on FaceBook .. one of my favored pieces. Both my kids played it; very whimsical. This one is played by London Symphony Orchestra, -> Plays Great Classics.
Dec 20 2009
The other day I went to Sephora for some lotion and cream. It’s slow and one of the girls came over, offered to show me some make up stuff. I had few minutes to kill so I allowed it.
Man, boy, girl, it’s a huge mistake. I haven’t touch that for over a decade I don’t [...]
Dec 20 2009
“That was the ‘Mother Goose’ Suite, music by Maurice Ravel” — slight lift and pause here — “performed by the New York Philharmonic.” The cadence was cultured, the subject matter refined. But that gravelly baritone sounded oddly out of place. Somehow it belonged to, what? Hollywood? Maybe a madcap situation comedy? “Saturday Night Live” even?
The [...]
Dec 20 2009
USTA Metro League’s Useful Info:
General league info
NTRP Guidebook
Rules
Pay for matches
Scores & results
Club Directions
Grievance procedures
Refund policy
Check roster/registrations
match schedule
scorecards
recording scores
Check on your team payments – access payments w/ your user name ..
Eastern’s main website
Captain’s tool kit: lot of info, incl Code of Conduct and Rules of Tennis
Forms: Grievance Complaint, Self Rate Questionnaire
Dec 19 2009
Dear members,
Attached below is about discrimination of employment-based green cards for Chinese nationality.
I hope all of us can support the change of this law.
David Y. Zhang MD, PhD
President, Association of Chinese American Physicians.
www.acapoline.org
It was good to make your acquaintance on the phone just now. Here is the basic information which you requested. Please [...]
Dec 18 2009
My Long Island 2010 mixed doubles 7.0 match schedule
#1 at Kings Park2 TBA (supposed to be Nov 7 but never confirmed)
#2 at World Gym, Setauket, Oct 22, 2009 – 1:2
#3 home vs Blue Point Sunday 12/13 7:30-9:30pm – 2:1
#4 at Kings Park, played on March 6th
#5 home vs Deer Park Friday 1/08 7:30-9:30
#6 at Syosset [...]