What is creativity? I attended my Toastmaster club’s Halloween-themed meeting and people brought in candy, pastry, desserts, etc. They were all tasty; one particularly stand out. It’s pealed tangerine with a little piece of celery stick out in the middle. It’s like a mini pumpkin, so simple and original, plus a bonus as the healthiest …
Category Archives: Beauty
Bright Side
A rainy day today, sharp contrast to a beautiful sunny day yesterday. Many people complained yet it depends on how you looked at it. Yesterday was a nice day for ‘people’, today is a good day for ‘trees’; actually water/ rain are important for all creatures and nature. Everything has 2 sides and we can …
Apple Picking
Sunny, warm, a gorgeous day to go Apple picking! I went to Bolton Spring Farm with a friend. In order to go into the orchard, we have to buy a bag…game on, apple hunting vs. apple watching. There are more than 10 kinds of apples in the orchard and several (names) I’ve never heard of. …
Appreciation
I went to a friend’s house for dinner and we chatted about parents. I mentioned it seems easier/ less works for my parents to visit me than I go home because they’d insist to take me to different places and restaurants everyday. She was so ‘touched’. She said when she went home, her parents continue …
Special Trip
A special trip to visit aunt who has been through chemo, explore Iowa (a new state for me and getting close to achieve 1 of my bucket list to visit all 50 US states), and stay overnight on a tree house (another bucket list item). Aunt seems skinner, thinner-haired, yet in good spirit. As always, …
中秋節Mid-Autumn Festival
A different day today! Not only it’s Mid-Autumn Festival, 1 of the top 3 celebrations in Chinese culture but also a big moment/ transition at work… I’ll be leading a big project/ system development forward. It’s highly visible, highly anticipated, and what colleagues called the ‘most technical complex and changes-involved’ initiative the company has ever …
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 …
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, …
Difference?
My cousin took his sister, sister-in-law, and I to his partner’s cottage on an island, a beautiful place and community of 70 houses, surrounded by a bay; sunny, breezy, and green. Even better, a summer island party brought neighbors together at a back yard of a big house by the harbor, plenty of food, drinks, …