It has been a fun summer, living in the city, exploring different activities (e.g. African Festival, island getaway, improve meetup, summer concerts…) and restaurants (e.g. Italian Fettuccini & meatball, Korean fried chicken, Chinese Dim Sum & clay pot rice, Vietnam sandwich, French pastries…), and hanging out with roommate R & her friends (e.g. watching 7/4 …
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Do the Right Thing
There was a big pine tree in my neighborhood. Somebody digged the roots out and left it there for weeks. Half of the leaves was brown/ dried out, the other half was still green and fighting. I walked pass it many times until 8/25, a week before I’ll move out. I got to do something… …
1 month anniversary
7/22/19 I wrote ‘Open Mind’ post and decided to do an experiment – for a month 7/21-8/20, I’d intentionally choose something new or do differently… I’ve done many different things, e.g. Summer concerts: enjoying the symphony by the river park and watching people dancing in the city center plaza. Island getaway: joining my cousin & …
緣份Yuan Fan
A and I met a little over a year ago at Toastmaster district conference. At that point, I newly moved to the area and came to the conference for the 1st time wanting to learn more about a new district and make new friends. A and I sat next to each other and hit right …
First Time
My roommate and I craved for dumplings. Instead of going out or buying frozen ones, we decided to make ourselves from scratch (with flour, leek, egg, green bean noodle). She is confident of her rolling skill and I’m proud of my craft of dumpling making, learned from dad when growing up. It’s my 1st time …
Luck
This morning, I looked out of the window and saw ‘orange slip’ on many of cars parking on the street. Oh no, I ran out and ‘luckily’, I didn’t see one on my car. To be honest, none of the cars that got a ‘orange slip’ (driveway ticket) block the driveways and the yellow marks …
Humor
I attended Constant Contact Sales & Marketing Toastmaster meeting in 8/14/19 and had a great time~ Good speakers, supportive environment, and creative twists, e.g. humor workshop, facilitated audience evaluation. The speaker of humor workshop said ‘If you don’t laugh yourself, somebody else will’, everybody laughed. It’s humor in action and ‘double’ bonus – making you …
Disagreement
I told mom I want to join a Meetup group for camping this weekend. The weather forecast is good, the campsite is in a popular town in Maine, and the organizers are very kind to lend me a tent. I plan to read or walk around while people go paddling and there will be a …
Equality
It may not be a surprise as ‘cooking’ is traditionally ‘women’s works and probably still today done mostly by women around the world though I know several men who love cooking and are in charge of that at home. Many women (include myself) never cooked while at home, only started when we’re moving out or …
Dream Ramen
Yume Wo Katare is among the top 5 Ramen places in Greater Boston. A small place with a big (waiting) line. What makes this place unique is not only the super size food, ‘pile’ of tender meat and chewy noodles, but also the community atmosphere. You sit next to fellow eaters on a long table, …