monkey nonsense

something came up this weekend that made me wonder… how long is it ok to carry a grudge? when do u let things go and when do you “stand by your principles?”
in 1995, my parents were “betrayed” by close family friends who sued them over… of all things, chinese school!! BAH! right??? […]

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have you ever been stuck in traffic, parked behind an endless line of cars with no idea how much longer it’ll take for you to reach your destination?
i think highways should have those signs roller coaster lines have… those “Wait is 20 minutes from this point” signs. that way, when you’re stuck in traffic, […]

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last wednesday, a couple of my coworkers and i went to famous luigi’s right by our office.  it’s this small, italian place with a sunroom.  once we walked in, it had a small italian eatery-like feel to it.  one of my coworker and i ended up getting pasta.  he got some white sauce spaghetti… i […]

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1.  sleeping on my bed is no longer comfortable.  when i’m sick (typically with a fever), i don’t like sleeping on my bed.  because i’m in such discomfort, lying on my bed just feels weird and i don’t like to bring such negative sleep experiences to my bed.  my bed is awesomely comfortable, but when […]

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Ren-Yi: i can finisha whole corona now ! we’remaking progress.
weak.
edit 1:
Ren-Yi: can you at least edit the typos? add the spaces in ord something. it’s so unreadable.
Me: that’s for effect… to make u look drunk while IMing at work!
edit 2:
Ren-Yi: ok my internet is being dumb it submited the […]

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i have 3 grandmas. and 1 grandpa (my other grandpa died before my parents were even married).
i think i call my mom’s dad that taiwanese phrase for maternal grandpa, ah-gong. i say i think because i’m not sure. my cousins (my mom’s brother’s kids) also call him the same word which means […]

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a year ago today (the ides of march!!!), i quit my job. it was the best day of my life. i know it’s not good to advertise quitting (”winners never quit! and quitters never win!”) but for me, i think that was one of the best things to happen to me.
this past […]

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As part of my 1001 day project (87. Become a “food snob” - try out new unique/non-chain restaurants), i’m trying to try out different types of restaurants… not just the usual chain restaurants. unfortunately, this costs money. with coworkers, we’ve been trying to go out to restaurants/cafes near the office for team […]

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there’s no preventing the inevitable.  some things are just meant to be.
like rolling a 7 in the game of settlers when i have more than 7 cards (for non-settlers players: when you have more than 7 cards and a 7 gets rolled on the dice, you have to discard half your cards).
or getting hit in […]

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i think it was my cousin jenny who xanga-ed about the devil in the white city, by erik larson… but it was a few months later when borders was having its buy 2, get the 3rd free sale that i bought the book. the book is about the 1893 world’s fair, held in chicago […]

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