Manchuria belongs to Korea

June 25, 2009

When I was young, maybe too young to care, I’ve heard from my parents that Manchuria used to belong to Korea. I used to think, ‘oh that’s cool’ and just move on. But, I came across this article and found out the real history. Essentially, a chunk Manchuria really did belong to Korea, but Japan, [...]

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Bridging the gap

June 22, 2009

Over the past weekend, I took some of our girl students to the Pink Conference, a girls’ conference for the Asian Americans. Dr. Josephine Kim, a counseling education professor at Harvard, spoke to the girls and the parents (separately) about the cultural and communication differences between the first generation parents and their children and the [...]

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Oscar!

June 5, 2009

On Wednesday night, Oscar joined our family!! Yay! The very night before that, Jason said that we should maybe wait until the Fall to get a puppy. And I agreed. We had talked about it a lot, and it was the most logical choice. We also said that would be the case unless we could [...]

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‘The Party’

April 29, 2009

Okay, I know this is going to date me, but I just found this video on youtube and just had to post it. What a blast from the past! This is a group named The Party, and they were the special select of the Mickey Mouse Club that got to be in this group.. I [...]

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Salad lovers beware

April 16, 2009

For all you salad lovers out there, read this: WORST SALAD Chick-Fil-A Chick-n-Strips Salad with buttermilk ranch dressing * 800 calories * 60 g fat (12 g saturated fat) * 1,745 mg sodium With 17 more grams of fat than Taco Bell’s Fiesta Taco Salad, this is the worst salad from any drive-through. The dressing [...]

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Hidden talent

April 15, 2009

You might remember Paul Potts, a contestant for Britain’s Got Talent, who stunned the judges awhile back by singing Nessun Dorma. A few days ago, Susan Boyle auditioned and unexpectedly blew everyone away with her performance, singing I dreamed a dream from Les Miserables. I can’t decide who wowed me more. Frankly, I’ve been getting [...]

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Unhealthy Restaurants

March 31, 2009

I really enjoy reading articles about food, nutrition and restaurants and find it beneficial. After reading this article, I don’t think I’ll be setting foot in any of the restaurants that received ‘D’s and ‘F’s in the health grade. You’ll be surprised (and disgusted) at how bad eating out can be, which bummed me out [...]

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My March Madness

March 21, 2009

Jason often calls me a junkie. And rightly, so. I tend to have an addictive personality, and I know it. This time, I find myself involved in something that many others were addicted to, but I never understood why. I had known about NCAA March Madness and heard how husbands and boyfriends would disappear or [...]

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