Monday, January 31, 2011

Egyptian Revolution

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Sure glad that I have been there before they are all gone.

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour

APA's own MLK's day and for all!

Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution

It’s the first day in U.S. history named after an Asian American and it was signed into law on September 23, 2010 by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Food Fight @McMenamins

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011

FLEX-SEAT, interesting, but I don't like it.
A Physicist Explains Why Parallel Universes May Exist
Chinese ready for upheaval and sex in Year of the Rabbit....hahahaha LOL!
LinkedIn plans to raise up to $175 million in IPO
Taco Bell fights back on beef lawsuit with ad push
What do burger prices tell us about the reliability of official inflation figures?
全球鯊魚保育計畫宣告失敗
Obama No Longer Leads The Pack On Social Media, get back on track man!
The Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup Martini, eat and drink your meal at the same time.. eww...
Lowe's laying off 1,700 managers
BBC World Service plans 650 job cuts
Searching For Work? Google's Hiring Thousands "show me the money"
Against All Odds, a Beautiful Life, beautiful story.
I Just Wanted To Run For Mayor! LOL, well we will wait for IL Supreme court! Hurry up already...
A Victim Treats His Mugger Right, I may do that to a kid, but not a grown man.
The American Family: Oh, The State We're In
AP Interview: Gingrich calls for replacing EPA, he really gets on my nerves...and AK grizely pitbaull mama needs to knock him dead.
'Angry Birds' Flies Toward The Game Board.. yeah.. some apple users tell me about this very addictive game!
Date On Lincoln Document 'Started To Look A Little Hinky,' Archivist Says
7 Sleepiest Animals on Earth, the list is not scientific enough without boringfish and her offsprings. They sleep all day too.
'Weaving' Carpets With Pasta, Pine Cones And Plastic Forks, the Marconi pasta carpet gave me goose bump...
Postal Service Eyes Closing Thousands of Post Offices
Cultural Common Ground Getting Harder To Come By
A Physicist Explains Why Parallel Universes May Exist
Your Lying Eyes: Can This Be Happening?

Let's go blazers! Kick some Boston -butts!

Sorry Jeff and Tam! Hooray, Gerald and Cathy!

Vote for Portland.

Grubbing

Ready to be under the sea...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

張棟樑 - 寂寞那麼多

很愛



我們總是以為,我們會找到一個自己很愛很愛的人。
可是當我們回首,才發覺自己曾經多麼天真。
假如從來沒有開始,你怎麼知道自己會不會很愛很愛那個人呢?

其實,很愛很愛的感覺,是要在一起經歷了許多事情之後才會發現的

如果你懂得珍惜,你會發現你獲得的越來越多, 如果你一昧追求,你會發現你失去的越來越快。

愛情合理就好,不要委屈將就,不要相信完美的愛情, 其實彼此有缺點,有一種純樸的可愛就足夠了。

一個人的生命裡,擦肩而過的人有千千萬萬, 有幾個是知音?有幾個是深愛自己的人? 愛情再堅固,也無法承受忙碌的侵蝕, 你忙得天荒地亂,你忙得忘記關心,你忙得身心疲憊,你忙得無所適從, 但是 ------ 愛情不能等你有空才珍惜。
Generosity is a virtue of a good man---- C. Lee

Power lunch with love!

Green, multigrain rice and eggwhite stir fry

It's tonight and this may heal me! :P

SEX, LOVE, AND OMSI AFTER DARK
"A Pixar animated film, it's about a one-eyed, gun-toting ballet-dancer with a stutter who flees her lesbian parents and gets trapped in a deep chasm in the Ozarks. Now she's one-armed and one-eyed, and she dreams within a dream that she's created a new social networking site for washed-up boxers."
----Oscar Nominations: What's In, What's Out
So Much For Bowling Alone: Research Says Internet Users Are Socially Engaged
A Look At The 2011 Sundance Film Festival
Is This Your Brain On God? I really like *the brain*.
A Tale Of Two Seed Farmers: Organic Vs. Engineered, battles continue....
Did Pianist Lang Lang Intend To Snub The U.S.? He may need a publicist, or actually he needs to fire his publicist!
10 foods that vegans can't eat
Kati Kim speaks out in OregonLive comments about surviving 2006 Oregon wilderness tragedy, that was really sad.
Portlandia overload: Portland Residents Meekly Annoyed over Dead-Aim Accuracy of 'Portlandia', Can a City This Self-Serious Take a Joke?, Portland punctured
After the best sandwich, let's look at Worst Sandwiches In America! IMHO, they deserved the crowns.
This Is What Really Hides In Taco Bell's "Beef", nasty "crap"!.. I mean don't people think about how come the "beef" can be that cheap for a meal?
World needs global food system overhaul
Rock-Tenn buys Smurfit-Stone for $3.5B, wow, RT is doing a buying spree, they bought in 2008, 2010 and now.. Hmm..They will be 2nd biggest in N.A after IP
Globalization Index ranks the first survey in Hong Kong, it means HK embraces the highest level of globalization among 60 largest economies in the world. Hong Kong ranks first in openness to trade, capital movements and cultural integration and it is the most unaffordable metropolitan, will you work and live there? What is wrong with this picture? 全球化指數調查 港躍居第一位
天價貨迎兔年 蘋果每個2100元, USD 300 for an apple , are they nuts?
Elena Simons; 反思過度消費 二手新貨$0再上架
HONG KONG MOST SEVERELY UNAFFORDABLE METROPOLITAN AREA; AUSTRALIA MOST SEVERELY UNAFFORDABLE COUNTRY
( Hong Kong has the most unaffordable housing of the 325 urban markets surveyed, with housing at 11.4 times household income, followed by Sydney, Australia at 9.6 and Vancouver, Canada at 9.5 ) concluded by 7th ANNUAL DEMOGRAPHIA INTERNATIONAL HOUSING AFFORDABILITY SURVEY; 美調查:香港樓價全球最貴 Atlanta, Georgia, USA is the most affordable of the 82 major metros, with housing prices at 2.3 times household income, ok...
Seattle, state play key role in Japanese TV miniseries
Seventh-Grader Achieves Near-Perfect Math, tiger mom: said what? Near Perfect is not acceptable!
APAP Top Unsung Heroes 2010
Limbaugh Mocks Chinese President's Untranslated Speech, and how many people listen to this pea brain every day?
One Hundred Tweets of Solitude
News publishers need to reach the 74% of Americans on feature phones, I think I will be out of work soon.

Hilarious!

I Wanna Be An Engineer

Tuesday, January 25, 2011


Obama: 'Our Destiny Remains Our Choice'

I'm waaaay tired of this whole Amy Chua situation, but one last post!

Remember "Date An Asian", Jenny strikes again with "Tiger Mom"

First..SOPHIA CHUA-RUBENFELD's article from NY Post, not bad, hmmm

Then PBS's article about Among Asian-American women, a little known battle with depression



Ungh. Rarr. Ungh. Rarr.

Yo, I’m the tiger mother
Hardcore parenting like no other
But I’m also a professor at Yale
And I got a crazy ass new book on sale
Talkin bout how Chinese mothers are superior
Rest of ya’ll with Montessori are inferior
I don’t allow sleepovers or play dates
My kid’s have fun doing math on a milk crate

Cuz they’re gonna be tough! So tough! After they have been broke down emotionally first.

Chorus:
Let me tell you bout my battle hymn
Piano violin piano violin
Extreme Asian parenting

I raise my kids to be high achievers
Building on their minds all the time like beavers
Cuz DAMN my kids never get less than 100 on a test
If they did I would flip the f*** out
So I found the key to perfection is assimilation
Don’t let my daughters out the house so life’s a simulation
Now I’m selling my techniques like a corporation
And I’m married to a guy named Jed!!!

Chorus:
Let me tell you bout my battle hymn
Piano violin piano violin
Extreme Asian parenting

Hippie western parents are ok with a B-minus
Mediocrity is like the blanket on Linus
I ripped up the birthday card you gave to me
Cuz it’s more Hallmark than Papyrus
I want my kids to feel like Rocky – “Adrian!”
But first they gotta feel like Gollum – “Precious!”
Practice a billion times till you get this
If you’re not perfect you will get an eye infection

So you better keep practicing. Better get perfect. Or else…you will turn into garbage. A large garbage can. They’re gonna pick you up on Sunday and Tuesday nights unless there’s a holiday and you’ll be living at the landfill like Oscar the Grouch.

Gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours to be good
Well I say 500 bajillion 74 to the pi times infiniti divided – no, not divided….

Chorus:
Let me tell you bout my battle hymn
Piano violin piano violin
Harvard, Columbia and Princeton
Piano violin piano violin
I’ve got to make perfect children
Extreme Asian parenting

I’m crazier than all the other moms
Crazier than Natalie Portman’s mom in Black Swan
Barbara Hershey!!!!! She was so powerful in Beaches
I’m crazier than Joan Crawford
No wire hangers? No wire hangers? No WOODEN hangers! No plastic hangers!
No titanium! Or crochet!
I only like these velvet ones I got from Crate & Barrel

©Jen Kwok 2011
Jason Mraz -I'm Yours (live)

Go Koda!

Koda

Puppy Bowl

Monday, January 24, 2011

Are we monkeys?

A monologue from a play:

Have you ever noticed how most Asian-Americans are slightly brain-damaged from having grown up with Asian parents? It’s like being raised by monkeys—these retarded monkeys who can barely speak English and are too evil to understand anything besides conformity and status. Most of us hate these monkeys from an early age and try to learn how to be human from school or television, but the result is always tainted by this subtle or not-so-subtle retardation. Asian people from Asia are even more brain-damaged, but in a different way, because they are the original monkey. Anyway, some white men who like Asian women seem to like this retarded quality as well, and sometimes the more retarded the better.

Kids on crack from Macbiggies in Japan! I want to know why?



I know someone that could get this excited about a SpongeBob SquarePants Happy Meal toy. *wink* I wish I could get this excited about anything. (Thanks, AAman.)

The 3-D buzz is next to my ears... since December!!

Nintendo 3D! 2 more months!

I can use one of these..

"You used to be so beautiful..."

Amos Lee: Sharing Moments With Strangers
An Introduction to Macaroni and Cheese, yummy comfort food!
America's Top 10 New Sandwiches, nice , some of my fave cities made it to the list, good eats! Boston! Seattle! Chicago! Haha Oakland, represents! The Maple from Portland in 4th place, Stumptown represents! #2 is really cool, the only non meat sandwich on the list...Brussels sprouts, granny smith apples, what does it taste like?. and #1 sandwich is super gross! Krispy Kreme donut, fried chicken and bacon, who would eat that crap!
Dare to eat at a place that called "Meat Cheese Bread?
Walmart shooting leaves 2 dead, 2 deputies hurt
Double Take 'Toons: Palin Drone?
Apple's App Store Hits 10 Billion Downloads
Pint-sized skating champ dazzles, go Nam, GO Canada!
Could Climate Change Have Led To The Fall Of Rome?
'Why Leaders Lie,' Whether You Believe It Or Not
China sports brand tries to break into US market
Oregon Humane Society investigator is the animals' watchdog
NorCal dog owners howl over proposed leash rules
A 'Housemaid' Snared In A Domestic Dilemma
A 'Warrior Woman' Confronts Mortality, In Verse
Foreign Policy: Confessions Of A Sexaholic
A Mother Reflects On Her Not-So-Normal Family
Math Isn't So Scary With Help From These Monsters
South Korean Commandos Battle Pirates In Rare Raid, KUDOS!
U.S. Has New Attitude Toward Asian Challenger
Ringing Crocodile Sick From Cell Phone, stop calling.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: Courage, The Awards Show Problem, And Listener Mail
Obama Turns To GE's Immelt For Job-Creation Advice
The Fairy Tale Struggles To Live Happily Ever After
Did Obama dye his gray hair away?

Victim's family sues Schwarzenegger over clemency
, Arnie is messing with the wrong APA family.
Foreign officials shower Obamas with gifts, very misleading title... bad journalism..
Santorum invokes Obama’s race in abortion debate

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Lovely..

Sleepless in Shanghai!

Must see!

‎"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."-Oscar Wilde

Roaring in Seattle

Amy Chua, America's new breed of racist.
Amy Chua, the author known as the Tiger Mom, heads to Seattle
'Tiger mother' Amy Chua is letting her children avoid demanding skills
Daughters of Mothers Who Roar
"Tiger Mom" talks about her book in Seattle

Duh!

Canucks lost to Flames...still #1 in wester conference..watch it Philly!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Rolf Harris "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"
"Palin-Free February" , how's about "Palin-Free forever and ever"!
Final Countdown: Keith Olbermann And MSNBC Announce They Are Parting Ways, do you smell anything, what is going on?
The World's Happiest Countries.. I am moving.. yipee!
Consider your pet’s health when fulfilling New Year’s resolution to quit smoking
The Hickey that Paralyzed a Woman *wink*
Dickipedia
Nike Air Force 1 Supreme – Year Of The Rabbit, really cool!
10 Things You Should Know About Sriracha
15 Most Hated Companies in America, Toyota? bIt should be US Bank, Chase Bank and Walmart.
AZ restaurant offers African lion tacos, this is pretty sick... on the other hand, what about all those 4-legged four sources?
5 Reasons Why Project Managers Should Use Facebook
C-100 Issues Update: First Lady Michelle Obama Urges American Youth to Strengthen U.S. – China Ties
Cyanide & happiness
Obama, Hu spar over human rights, hail econ ties
Old dog, new tricks: Study IDs 9,400-year-old mutt
GOP spending cuts would affect millions of people
ICEBOX Igloo Maker, fun stuff!
GQ: America's 25 Douchiest Colleges, Harvard is 4th, AZ state is 14th, Ohio state is 19th, UT is 23rd.
高高的山, 珠穆朗瑪峰
Conservatives Ruined the Economy and Now They're Blaming Liberalism
Has Sarah Palin Finally Gone Too Far?; Is This the End of Sarah Palin As We Know Her?
The Class War Launched by America's Wealthiest Is Getting More Savage
U.S. Government Approves Comcast-NBC Merger, this is absurd.
Why Do We Vilify Male Sexuality? 3 Myths About Men and Sex Debunked
M.B.A. Programs Go Global
Starbucks expanding rollout of 31-ounce drink size, so we can have a bigger waistline and addicted to caffeine even more! Not cool. Then you think about how this may raise the demand of coffee and will it hurt the independent farmers?
We are dumber than ever!
You Should Probably Stop Ordering Mimosas

Wowo, you are cheap!

Crackers from Germany, OMG!

Tiger mom is busy defending/ promotioning..

Are strict Chinese mothers the best?
'Tiger Mothers' leave lifelong scars
Chinese moms vs. Western moms: Is there a mother superior?

But Will It All Make ‘Tiger Mom’ Happy?
Declawing the Tiger: A Spanking for Amy Chua
Tiger Mom Amy Chua getting clawed

Her other interview.

Food, OH & FUN

Mochitsuki 2011 – Year of the Rabbit!, Jan 30
Oregon Wine, Food & Brew Festival, Jan 28-29
Oregon Truffle Festival, Jan 28-30
The Northwest’s Premier Chocolate Festival, Jan 21-23

Mocha is 4 and 29 years old!

Happy Birthday to my Mocha! And let's the party begins.. sorry Mocha, I mean Mama's party!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Best way to conclude my week.. !

Unusual perks
100 Best Companies to Work For...hm... WY will "never" be on the list.
I work for one of the 10 Best Companies
25 top-paying companies
No layoffs -- ever!
Where the Fortune 500 CEOs Went to College
Where CEOs at America's Largest Companies Went to College
China State Dinner GUEST LIST

Folks liked Steve Chu, John Chen, Gary Locke, Yo Yo Ma, of course were included, but as I browsed thru the list, I was pleasantly surprised, kind of.

His Excellency Tung Chee Hwa, Vice Chairman, CPPCC, former Hong Kong Chief Executive
The Honorable Chris Gregoire, Governor of Washington, Olympia, WA and her daughter, Ms. Courtney Gregoire?
Ms. Michelle Kwan, Torrance, CA
Mrs. Wendi Deng Murdoch, New York, NY.. wasn't she married to the devil?
Mr. Kenneth Roth, The Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable David Wu, Representative from Oregon
The mayors from Oakland and San Francisco, Jean Quan and Edwind M. Lee were there too..

WOW, PNW and CA represents? LOL, but Jackie Chan, why?

What did they eat?

We are so LAZY.


Its creator

Great forum...

Tavis Smiley moderated a discussion on the challenges facing the U.S., including energy independence, job creation, the economy, education, and health care reform.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

明日晴れるかな

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Goldman Limits Facebook Offering
Sluggish? Confused? Vitamin B12 May Be Low
藍鰭吞拿魚日誌﹕由「為港增光」到「絕種幫兇」; 救救藍鰭 換換口味
Swiss bank UBS to change much-mocked dress code, haha, sound liked Capt. K is incharge.
Rogue Facebook apps can now access your home address and mobile phone number
Eek! A Male!
原居民五大氏族 居港千年
攜牛肉乾入美重罰
幼嬰喝黃連奶抽筋腦出血, crazy mamas.
川震倖存 尖子港續數理夢 盼研量子力學 科大教授薦拔尖; 劉恆定律 could be very cool...
港人耗天然資源 全球排45; 港生態足印全球排45位 港生活模式 年耗2.2個地球資源 USA needs to improve lots!!! :(
營養師﹕自製湯底不失鮮味;小肥羊火鍋湯料 鈉量高標籤四成; 即食火鍋湯 半包是脂肪 本報化驗4款 部分極鹹
Flooding, avalanches threaten Pacific Northwest
The 10 Most Popular Cities for College Grads, Portland.. and of course.. Seattle and Austin too! But Phoenix must a joke, right?
On Display In Portland: The Art Of Beautiful Beards
The Root: Obama's Words Uplifted The Country
Officials: Arizona Victim Threatened Tea Party Leader
Did Baby Boomers Notice The Baby Bust?
The U.S. And China: Rivals That May Need Each Other
Storm smacks Maui, moves on to Big Island, oh Maui.. a special place in my heart...
Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period.
Just How Crazy, Really, Are The Golden Globes Musical/Comedy Picks?
What Does '4G' Really Mean, Anyway?
McCain Thanks Obama, Defends Palin, In Washington Post
Johnson & Johnson Recalls Even More Medicines
OMG Kids Are So Expensive!
It's a girl: Queen Elizabeth announces first great-grandchild
Are We Headed for Another Dot-Com Crash? [POLL]
Are We Too Obsessed With Facebook? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Japanese shoplifters getting older
Wobbly Earth means your horoscope is wrong Your sign depends on the sign when you were born, not what date it is now. Your local astrologer.
Weyerhaeuser sells railroads
New Year's resolutions? Brain can sabotage success
Skype Banned in China? Not So Fast…
Year Ahead: Hot Finance Jobs for 2011
Do you know these people?

News from P&G, P.S. I don't work for them, at the moment.

1.1 Million Homeless Animals Adopted in Just 96 Days Through 2010 Iams Home 4 the Holidays Pet Adoption Drive
Only One in 10 Americans Consider Their Cat or Dog's Age When Selecting Food

Tango...

The Fire and Passion of Tango
"Forget the box, just think."
Google小 Q亮相!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Warm up games before 1-27-11

at Sacramento
LA Clippers
Ind. Pacers

Before the big game with Celtics GO Blazers!!!!!!!!!!!
AFTER THE WALL - A WORLD UNITED
Review by Technorati
Review by PBS
Review by FPB

Mr. Threadless checked it out!

Oh, RuDy!

Taking a break from Beavers peeps to hang out with Mr. Threadless. Thanks Jeff and Eric!

GO Blazers!

This is pretty funny!

Latvian wife-carrying contest

Our Hardass Asian Parents

‘Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother’: You Hated The Excerpt, Now Read The Book

The selection of the ideas are too funny, yet too real.

Be the change.

All for good
Hands on Portland
Serve

The fake.

Maine gov. who blasted critics changes MLK plans
MLK Day
Presidential Proclamation--Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday
"if it's still in your mind, it is still in your heart" -Paulo Coelho

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Canucks.. lost... what?

Khudobin, Wild blank Vancouver 4-0
GO Canucks!!!
用力抱著

Saturday, January 15, 2011

"Roll My eyes" for 2 reasons...

Man near death after brawls at S.F.'s Temple club

‘Fear the stache’: San Francisco’s first Asian mayor

Ball games

Ravens or Steelers?
Seahawks or Bears?
Jets or Patriots?

Abuzz continues, all mothers are speaking loudly...

Can American Parents Learn From Chinese Parents? by Doris Jones Yang and she thinks Amy is brilliant! " Doris does has a point about Amy and some cultural factors and I too hope that, we can all adopt what is best from the Chinese style of parenting and left some of that exaggeration behind.

" there's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't." -- Amy Chua

Will Chinese Mothers Win the Parenting Prize? Not anytime soon...
Chinese Moms vs. Jewish Moms: Who Is Mother Superior? I love how a Jewish mom can have the same message without obsessing about damaging the. child's self-esteem
Chinese Mothers Controversy: Why Amy Chua Is Wrong About Parenting by Dr. Carter
Chinese Mothers Are Best Off Avoiding Chinese Stereotypes , by Ann Mah
Why This Chinese Mother Chose to Evolve, well said Patty, according to Amy, I am a failure as well.
What Kind of Chinese Mother is Amy Chua?
View from a TW mama

Friday, January 14, 2011

困擾

Portlandia has landed!

Trillium Lake Loop..

YIPEE,, BOOO , AT THE SAME TIME!

Canucks.. "pout"

We lost to NY Rangers tonight...

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Obama Calls On Nation To Live Up To A Child's Ideals
'Gabby Opened Her Eyes'
Obama's Message In Grief: Talk In A Way That Heals
Tiger Mothers: Raising Children The Chinese Way, she is giving Chinese Mama a bad name...and doing a great job with her publicity stint.
Last Year: The Warmest On Record (Again)
Verizon's iPhone Deal Ups Smart Phone Competition
Why Dressing Well Is Costing More
Are Asian Feet Different?
Hong Kong’s Expanding Obesity Problem, maybe because they eat at places liked this for lunch, Lunchbox: A Hong Kong Tango
Income inequalities, key to happiness
Domino’s Employee Dismissal Form: How an accidental viral ad campaign happens
The First Child Saved By DNA Sequencing
A Verizon iPhone At Long Last?
A Cupcake IPO!
More than 100 dead birds found off Calif. highway
2010 Was A Very Bad Year For Trying To Sell Music, I just bought a CD, a week ago...
High-End Features Come To Lower-End Cameras.....>-<
Officials Say Kids Getting Too Much Fluoride... oh really? Sugar, junk food, video games, that wasn't bad enough?
Ford Follows GM, Nissan With Electric Car, so Ford is a follower ...
Germany Halts Sales of Pork, Eggs In Dioxin Scare, so we, the American and the Chinese are the only heartless, greed driven bastards, the German likes to feed poisons without telling, too.
又見鳥群暴斃 橫屍瑞典街頭
聯國﹕糧食危機隨時爆 「糧價震盪」 麥當勞卡夫紛加價
吞拿王今應市 2000人罷吃板前
NPR V.P. Resigns, CEO Rebuked Over Williams' Firing
California Embraces New Health Care Law, who are the teabaggers from CA?
The Nation: Without Gibbs, Better Communication, he wasn't bad, he can't fix stupid.
William Daley: 'The Brains' Of A Political Family, bold and risky, JP Morgan and he is from CHI town?
Smell That Sadness? Female Tears Turn Off Men
Digital Divide Propels Barnes & Noble Past Rival, stop the NOOK!
Single-sex marriage
7 Billion And Counting: Can Earth Handle It? NO the earth can't! Countries will continue to fight for resources!

burrr........

美俄鬥凍?零下 60度
Snowing... where?

Nasty MacBiggies

日麥當勞新漢堡 卡路里超巨無霸
Big American Burgers For Japanese Beef Lovers



Beefing Up McDonald's

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

My happy meal

I don't think I can call this "a vegan meal". I think chicken & fish stock was used in that tofu-mushroom consommé
香港小 Q重出江湖救宅男

The shit hit the fan.

Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,

I am 300% in disgreement with the author, and I feel very sorry for her. Opportunities that she offered to her girls are great and definitely help the girls build value, character and work ethic, but she has no idea how she is damaging her daughters and their skills in team work, interpersonal development or their self esteems, and it is ridiculous that she thinks it is necessary to insult her daughter with name calling, she is bullying her daughters as she was once bullied. This hits too close to home.

Parents like Amy Chua are the reason why Asian-Americans like me are in therapy

I love how Betty and other fellow bloggers are sharing their views on their personal testimonials.
Amy Chu's article is firing up a storm in th APIAs community. This will be fun to read.

Portlandia is coming to town! Jan 21st! Ready to laugh lots!

Portlandia but 1st, this is a "premiere and party" !

From Apple D. about Mercury in Tuna

蘋果日報 2011-01-11

水銀阿一藍鰭吞拿 害孕婦生低B

有否想過自己為了數秒鐘的口腹之慾,而變成令人家種族滅絕的殺人兇手?我說的「殺人」,並不是真正殺人,而是捕殺瀕臨絕種的藍鰭吞拿魚!過度捕撈已令藍鰭吞拿魚逐漸步恐龍後塵,況且藍鰭吞拿魚既高脂又含水銀,吃了除易肥外,分分鐘更會中水銀毒!

記者:陳珮娟/ 攝影:陳珮娟

世界自然基金會40年數量減九成

根據世界自然基金會香港分會的環境保護主任(海洋)杜偉倫博士解釋, 藍鰭吞拿魚可分為3個不同品種:南方藍鰭吞拿魚(出沒於南半球海域)、北方藍鰭吞拿魚(大西洋與地中海)及太平洋藍鰭吞拿魚(印度太平洋),前兩者的成熟期長達8-14年,後者也要3-5年。由於牠們的生活特徵都是以群聚方式來進行繁殖及餵飼幼魚,於是大大提高集體墮網機會。據資料顯示,自1970年起,北方及南方藍鰭吞拿魚的數量分別已減少了九成及八成半,情況相當嚴重!故此這兩種吞拿魚已被列入世界自然保護聯盟(IUCN)紅色名錄,即「極度瀕危」物種內。「魚的數量不能像樹木般逐棵逐棵計,只能從捕獲量去估計其數目,以2007年為例,科學家建議削減大西洋藍鰭吞拿魚的捕捉量配額至15,000噸(15,000噸可保持現有數目、10,000噸的話更佳),但國際保育大西洋吞拿魚委員會(ICCAT,International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas)卻將捕捉額定在29,500噸,最後埋單,當年的捕捉額竟達60,000噸,遠遠超出限額,可見濫捕的情況非常嚴重!」

其他瀕危海鮮

除了藍鰭吞拿魚面臨絕種外,以下的海鮮,我們也應避免進食。

鯊魚 (全球)

九肚魚(南中國海)

牙帶 (南中國海)

牛鰍 (南中國海)

牛鯭 (南中國海)

老鼠斑 (東南亞)

西星斑 (東南亞)

杉斑 (東南亞)

東星斑 (東南亞)

金獅魚 (全球)

紅斑 (中國,養殖)

紅蟹 (南中國海)

海蝦 (南中國海)

馬蹄蟹 (南中國海)

雪花鱸魚 (全球)

劍魚 (全球)

墨魚 (南中國海)

鮑魚 (南非)

泥鮫 (南中國海)

瀨尿蝦 (南中國海)

蘇眉 (東南亞)

7年內入口激增13倍

對於有日本食肆連續4年高調地競投被稱為「日本一」的藍鰭吞拿魚,杜偉倫強烈譴責,因為這種宣傳伎倆,變相將藍鰭吞拿魚介紹給大眾。「根據香港政府統計處的數據顯示,本港近年入口藍鰭吞拿的數目,由2004年的9噸,激增至自2007年起平均每年的120噸。以前,藍鰭吞拿魚在香港無人問津,但自從該集團開始競投後,便令港人認識到這被日人推崇備至的食物,說其間接加速藍鰭吞拿魚的滅亡也不過份。」況且,杜偉倫亦深信,若藍鰭吞拿真的絕種,對海洋生態也有影響,「藍鰭吞拿在食物鏈中屬最高的掠食者層,若藍鰭吞拿絕種了,曾經是牠們的食物的魚類,數目便會激增,因而會引發別的問題。」

中毒四肢無力流口水

作為滅族兇手的人類,自然「有咁耐風流有咁耐折墮」,因為吞拿魚主要靠食小魚來維生,在大魚食細魚的情況下,水銀含量便如貴利收數般利叠利累積下來!當你享口腹之慾時,其實正在不斷把水銀食落肚!世衞建議人體每公斤體重每日不可攝取超過0.23ppm的水銀,孕婦及小孩進食魚類的水銀含量不可超過 0.2ppm(香港食物內水銀的最高准許濃度為 0.5ppm)。簡單計計,即是說一個重60kg的成年人,每日便不能吸收超過13.8ppm的水銀了。家庭醫生關嘉美亦指出,魚越大,就越毒。「若要環保,就不應食大魚啦!大魚或是年齡較大的魚,多年來在海洋中吸收了不少有害物質,食了有機會中水銀毒。水銀有3種,分別為金屬、有機及無機。在藍鰭吞拿魚身上的,屬有機水銀,此水銀能溶解在脂肪內,再被人體吸收,破壞中樞神經及腦部,影響肝、腎及其他器官功能。若中水銀毒,會令人有麻木的感覺,口齒不清、四肢無力、情緒低落、記憶力下降、容易受刺激。孕婦在懷孕時若然中水銀毒,嬰兒有機會出現低智商、言語有問題及過度活躍!至於若小朋友中水銀毒,除了中樞神經系統會受影響外,皮膚也會受影響,出現Pink Disease(粉紅病),患者會面紅、皮膚痕癢、出疹、手掌及腳掌甩皮、心跳加速、不停流口水及流汗、神經過敏等症狀。」

水銀毒引發疾病多

有機水銀積聚人體

水銀可以分為有機、無機及金屬3種。我們常見在溫度計、探熱針內的那種水銀,是金屬水銀,若不小心誤服,可以經由身體排出。但在藍鰭吞拿魚內的水銀,屬有機水銀,是經過吞拿魚的新陳代謝轉化而來,並積聚在魚體內,若人食了,水銀便會由魚類轉移至人體內。

據本報於早前自行調查,10克藍鰭吞拿魚水銀含量1.3ppm

4片拖羅=2碗米粉

愛美女士追求食得健康,最重要是身形keep得fit,口中嚷着吃魚生,必不會肥!眾所周知,拖羅肥美豐腴,但糖衣背後卻是陷阱處處!浚健營養及健康顧問的資深營養師黃榮俊(John)解釋,原來每100克的藍鰭吞拿魚,便有4.9克脂肪,相等於1茶匙油份,吃2.5隻麻雀大小的藍鰭吞拿魚生,便等於吃下1 碗米粉熱量,聽落認真誇張!最重要的是,吃魚生的,都不會吃一兩片便罷休,追加再追加後,不論如何細食的美女們,七八碟落肚永無甩拖,以1碟4-5片計,7-8碟,即吃下14-16碗米粉,非常駭人!此外,關嘉美醫生亦指出,雖然藍鰭吞拿魚所含的脂肪Omega 3屬不錯的脂肪,但對心臟血管有毛病或膽固醇高人士,還是不吃為妙。

年輕一代保育意識強

杜偉倫指,游說食肆停止售賣藍鰭吞拿魚實在有難度,尤其是對日本餐廳而言,故此當一直有出售藍鰭吞拿魚的逸東「智」酒店內的Yagura日式居酒屋,答應停止出售這瀕危絕種的魚類時,對他們可說是個鼓舞。逸東「智」酒店助理傳訊經理馬凱珊表示,酒店一向在可行的情況下都會減少對環境進行破壞,所以當世界自然基金會香港分會提出邀請時,便立即答應將藍鰭吞拿剔出menu;加上酒店本身以年輕客人為主,大家的保育意識甚強,對於酒店此舉亦甚表支持,所以事半功倍!況且,沒有藍鰭吞拿魚並不代表沒啥好食,例如秋刀魚,一樣可以滿足消費者的需求。

藍鰭吞拿魚營養成份(每100克計)

熱量:144千卡

蛋白質:23.33克

總脂肪:4.9克

飽和脂肪:1.257克

膽固醇:38毫克

鐵質:1.02毫克

水銀中毒後果嚴重

疾病

成人:中樞神經及腦部受破壞,影響肝、腎等器官,有麻木感覺,口齒不清,四肢無力,情緒低落,記憶力下降,易受刺激

小孩:中樞神經系統受影響,引發Pink Disease(粉紅病)至面紅、皮膚痕癢、出疹、手掌及腳掌甩皮、心跳加速、不停流口水及流汗、神經過敏等症狀

懷孕中嬰兒:低智商,言語有問題,過度活躍

人人Say No

Q&A港人食海鮮全球第3

Q:記者A:杜偉倫博士

Q1:可否食用來自養殖場的藍鰭吞拿呢?

A:要視乎魚苗是否從野外捕捉回來,否則都是一樣。另外,據我所知,日本一些學校及私人公司正研究養殖藍鰭吞拿魚,但仍未推出巿場。

Q2:香港人每年消耗多少海鮮?

A:香港人每人每年消耗約62公斤海鮮,排名全球第3,僅次於第1名的馬爾代夫(179公斤)及第2名的日本(63公斤)。

Q3:應如何選擇海洋食物?

A:從我們出品的《海鮮食用指引》清楚列出哪些海鮮可以安心食用,哪些要考慮,哪些是停止食用。

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Monday, January 10, 2011

嘉玲逼華仔多謝朱麗倩

Go the " other school " team in Eugene!

Go Donald!

Sunday, January 09, 2011

志偉爆人妻  Eason鵰聲氹華仔

Saturday, January 08, 2011

華仔紅館宣言:以為會娶之之

Hee hee hee, oh miss....

Winter Trails Day

Friday, January 07, 2011

Homeless Radio Voice

MUST SEE: Forks Over Knives



January 7 - 13, 2011 in Oregon

Trailer

Vegan diet: no diary, no meat, not even chicken, turkey or even fish

Canucks or Oilers?

Unstoppable Canucks or last place OIlers?
華 Dee 硬銷陳浩南演唱會門票

Fox news is great! They have their own history textbooks.

Oregon Ducks Power Ballad & Music Video, crazy!



Roll or fold?

Roll



vs.

Thursday, January 06, 2011

Facebook agrees to modify terms for states
Kitzhaber plans low-key inauguration, no party, Oregon, are you ready for the new governor?
Top 10 Reasons Small Businesses Fail, there are lots of idiots out there.
Winner steps forward in Wash.; Idaho in suspense
2nd person denied Ariz. transplant coverage dies, the teabaggers and Elephants lovers should move to AZ now!
Why You Won't Find American Airlines On Orbitz Or Expedia
Food Price Surge Puts Strain On India's Poor
China Battles Rising Prices, Consumer Discontent
The Many Lives Of The 'Death Panel', where is Sarah P when it is her time to speak?
Oil, Gas Firms Find It Harder To Drill On U.S. Land
10-Year-Old Supernova Sleuth: 'I Didn't Want To Get My Hopes Too High'
Calif Court: Cops Can Search Texts Without Warrant
From Ordinary Shopper To Celebrity, Overnight
S.Korea schools get robot English teachers
The Art Of The Danish Open-Face Sandwich, I love Lox!
The New Republic: Michael Steele Just Won't Quit, I am a fan of Michael, please vote for him.
What's New In High School? Stress Reduction 101
GOP Faces Uphill Climb To Undo Health Law
Why Aren't American College Students Protesting Tuition Hikes?
This Year, Change Your Mind, exercise your mind!
UK introduces new beer size, a schooner!
美5000鳥10萬魚離奇死亡 阿肯色州新年怪象
fb創辦人2010主宰風雲 《時代》風雲人物 阿桑奇大熱倒灶 I think MZ should be the man of the year!
Rivals to the iPad Say This Is the Year, watch out tablets from others will all come out with sharp claws.. Toshiba, RIM, HP, and a $350 tablet from Korea... I wish I am in Vegas for the trade show.. gadget time for a non gadget user... LOL
The Happy Marriage Is the ‘Me’ Marriage I want a sustainable relationship, a relationship to accumulate knowledge and experiences!
Why You Can't Invest In Facebook (Unless You're A Millionaire)
Sandwich Monday: Ode To The Tudor's Biscuit, funny and cute. West Virginia ranked as the fourth fattest state in the union and as the first most delicious state, also, watch out Ian is going to Mississippi, the third fattest state in America.
Baltimoreans To Businesswoman: Not So Fast, Hon
海洋公園2000魚搬新居 海洋館閉館 新水族館27日開幕
居酒屋棄藍鰭吞拿 生意不減; should also say no to 之味集團 (板前壽司, 板長壽司, 雪村串燒, 岡田珈琲, 自家烏冬, 板獎自家火鍋) 板長再赴築地 環團促停競投吞拿王
Make Way for Generation Y
14 states may target birthright citizenship
Pa. allows dumping of tainted waters from gas boom
Sen. Harry Reid Sets Record As Filibuster Killer, he was fighting with the party of "NO"
Gucci in the Land of Genghis Khan
Nintendo Warns Parents Of Eye Risks In 3-D Game
What Are The Odds? Snow Falls In Las Vegas
Sri Lanka to end use of its colonial name Ceylon
Report: Facebook nets $500 million investment

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

華仔窒阿澤靠女人

Something Fascinating on TV tonight...

On A Wind And A Prayer- - Bizarre attacks on America from balloon bombs launched from Japan during World War II are recalled.


Watch it when you are in the wilderness next time! The balloon boobs are still out there.

Canucks or Flames?

Why are Canucks No. 1 in the NHL? Our top 10 reasons

Bye bye Nancy, you tried

Who didn't vote for Pelosi as minority leader? We had a defector from OR?
la meilleure façon de traiter les gens qui disent une chose, mais en fait une autre chose: c'est de ne pas l'esprit, ne pas demander, ne pas écouter, et se soucie pas de tout---- unknown..

Watch it, my babies don't eat bugs...

Pet's owners warn of bugs found in dog food, to be exact. it was Purina Beneful dog food!

Boycott Itamae Sushi !!!!!!!

Big tuna fetches record $396,000 in Tokyo, sad , the same HK dude from last year was the bidder.

Hong Kong diners urged to boycott rare $175,000 tuna
Calls for bluefin tuna boycott in Hong Kong

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Hungry for change.... let's start now.



Food Inc, are you ready for Food Fight? See you soon!

Woohoo!

Another wave of cold air coming thru. It is 29 F with freezing rain... black ice fun!

The soaring saxophone solo

Baker Street

Stuck in the Middle With You

告白

九姑娘自爆第一次獻華仔
華仔、彥祖演項羽鬥擺鴻門宴

What did the bird do that deserved such an ending?

More birds fall from sky — this time in Louisiana

First AR, now LA, and I am waiting its spread to the whole nation.. and the whole world... because GOD is coming.

Monday, January 03, 2011

Let's the managing global economy be the only air that I breathe...

Oh how can I forget national business system?

It was fun to be BORINGFISH for a while... see you soon (vs. less)!
君如紅館集郵集華仔

NPR's report card is out for OWN after 3 days.

The Root: Oprah's Disappointing New Network
華仔莫文蔚互睥籮

"They" better pack their bags, I am sure that I will still be here on planet Earth after May 21st. More room for me.

End of Days in May? Christian group spreads word

Arkansas Mysteries: Why Did Thousands Of Fish And Birds Die?, so first fish and birds in AR, and what next?
“Our strength grows out of our weaknesses” ----Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rare 'panda cow' born on New Year's Eve, this is SO WRONG. this freaky poor "PET" was "CREATED" for the purpose of profit. Sick people.
The 50 Most Racist Movies
For Japan, 2010 was a year to forget
What's the Good Word? Asian Pop's 2010 Year in Review
2011 Starts With Glitch For Some iPhone Users
EPA To Enforce New Emission Rules On Power Plants
Flushing Out Lead, Metals With Chelation Therapy
No Hollywood Ending To Schwarzenegger's Term, love or hate?
Our Brains Are Shrinking. Are We Getting Dumber?
President Obama’s Vacation Days; Hawaii Vacation Shows Obama as Creature of Habit, aloha! Obama Is Serious About His Vacation. And, Please, No Shirtless Shots.
Japan population shrinks by record in 2010
Words "viral" and "epic" consigned to college trash
2010 A Jaw-Dropping Year For Sports, Politics and Media
Unforgettable Guests Share Updates On Year's Struggles
The Quest To Find The First Sunrise Of 2011
College Bowl Games Mix Nailbiters With Oddities
Be ready for the OWN, I too think that OWN is very risky business development, but she can afford it and she has OW nation to stand behind her. Brand management is seriously working for Oprah!
John Ridley's Top 7 'Nontroversies' Of 2010
Disney's New Attraction: The Happiest Lines On Earth, is Disney still the happiest place on earth?
Year In Dieting: Distraction, Noise Cause Overeating.... 2 in 3 American are obese, people, WAKE up and say no to the CORPORATE FOOD, I mean fast food and processed food...
Brazil Swears In Its First Female President, former Marxist rebel , that's rad!
In 2011, $5 Gas, Tea Party Power And E-Book Boom? Please no more E book and Tea party, not a bad idea to have $5 gas, then maybe we will have more effective public transit system.
Cool list of the winners and losers of STUFF. Things that caught my eyes on the loser list: Augen the book, Jaguar XF, Toyota 4Runner and Yaris. I do LOVE "Canon Power Shot D1400 IS Elph" ORANGE!
10 products to avoid in 2011, who would spend $54K for an unreliable car? But... it is a Jaguar...
"Waiting for a decent chance to strike terror and admiration in the nearest mediocre heart." - J.D. Salinger


"Who knows where the time goes" - Nina Simone

在一個完全黑暗的地方中,想念着一個不會再回来的人…感覺是如此的難受

回來我身邊

Sunday, January 02, 2011

RubberBand SimpleLoveSong

Go hawks!

Wow, a losing team is going to playoff, it was unbelievable..Pete Carroll is making waves after USC, nah!

Thank you, Mr. Robinson!

2-0 in the PAC-10, go Beavs!

Unusual parenting style..




Surfwise

Review for PM

Good holiday show, better than drinking alone. PM has set a high bar for their performance, unfortunately, they have raised expectation and in this case, they did not meet all of them. It is a good enjoyable show with nice mix of guest artists and classic PM's song. They seemed tired and the show seem a little "loose" rather than the polished performance that we are used to. At least it was fun.

Emily is jealous, I am too!

Flames or Oilers?

Flames, Oilers ready to battle for Alberta

Both are my Alberta home teams... hmm...GO Canucks!

My panda shoe from my babe.

彌敦道大集團趕絕繡花鞋老店 自願加租 業主拒續約
I am happy that I have a piece of history, incase they go under... I hope I can visit them again some time.

Happy birthday to you!

Sara, Yosuke, LInda, Christine, Richard, Uncle Andy, Ed, Perry & Nina!

So sweet...

Thanks Fi, those pics were great!

" And... I.... I... will.... always... luvvvv......"

Inception.... & Happy Go Lucky

小鳳搞 Gag孖德嫻紅館撐華仔

Saturday, January 01, 2011

From Thai king, are the doggies outfit slamming or what?

Eight free days

Lan Su Chinese Garden

To kick off 2011 and a year full of events, Lan Su Chinese Garden will open Sunday, January 2, through Sunday, January 9, with no cost for admission (general admission is regularly $8.50). The garden shop expands into a garden pavilion to offer a dazzling display of Chinese New Year items in preparation for the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit on February 3.

Davis Street Tavern is the great sponsor!

The Number Eight in Chinese Culture
In China, the character for eight sounds similar to the character meaning ”prosper” or ”wealth.” In regional dialects, the characters for eight and ”fortune” are also similar. The number eight is viewed as so auspicious that being assigned a number with several eights is considered very lucky. The Beijing Olympics opened on 8/8/08; the United Airlines Flight from San Francisco to Beijing is flight 888; and many new buildings in China have 88 floors.

Who likes BINARY numbers?

I LIKE ZERO BETTER. I AM JUST SAYING.

Happy New Decade!

What is your resolution for the new decade?