tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2267261151212032682011-11-02T06:27:14.278-07:00"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." BuddhaA Fool's Journeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08230343161376604924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226726115121203268.post-12130214586741841482010-04-15T23:35:00.000-07:002011-04-14T00:12:10.981-07:00

Day 25Today is an important day. I can't leave Taiwan until I have it in my luggage. It's delicious black bean sauce and Do Ban Jian. There is this one vendor at the morning market that comes on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday year after year. My mission is to locate him and stock up on a year's supply of it. I can't leave Taiwan without these sauces or tea or red somen, everything else I'd

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Day 24 This man played the flute by the hotspring creek. It's fun to see and hear artist playing music in public to share with others. Today I went to the hotspring again, the historical public outdoor pool. I went into the hot pool and without knowing how hot the direct source of hotspring piping is, I almost poured the water on my skin. Almost, meaning I was about it if not for a man who

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Day 23 This morning, I found my mom chatting away with her little sister as if they were little girls in bed. It was a sweet sight. Went to the dentist with my mom this morning. I didn’t know where the office was and needed my mom to take me. I later found out why she didn’t want to go with me because my appointment was for yesterday and not today, she goofed and the office was upset at her and

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Day 22 con't I stopped by a market getting ready for the night market to fully come alive. In this fruit stand, the owners keep the traditional culture of tea ready at this station for friends to stop by and hangout and chat over a cup of tea. Tea is the thing in Taiwan. I managed to take a nap today. Somehow my ears were active and I heard conversations, it must have been a light rest. I heard

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Day 22 Can't sleep with my mom next to me. Why do I bother. I'd get better rest just sitting and meditate instead. Today we took the bus, the metro and headed out to Mao Kong Gandola, and guess what, it's closed on Mondays. So we went to the zoo instead. This picture reminds me of their sibling relationship. This is probably what they looked like their childhood years except without the grey

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Day 21 I am deeply touched by unity in love, support, protection, nurture, care, kindness, patience people have for each other throughout the 3 generations. At the historical hotspring. I took pictures in the hotspring without knowing it was not allowed. I am glad I snapped this sweet photo of grandma and grandson. At the hotspring people were attracted to us and our relationships with each

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Day 20 con't I have really enjoyed the companies of Huangs and Shihs. The Shihs were kind to drop me off at the visitor's center to meet up with my relatives who were all waiting for me on a hired bus. There were three generations of us. The last time we traveled like this was when I was small enough to be carried on someone's shoulders. I have been looking forward to this leg of the trip. We

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Day 20 I had a roomate who snored in a way that scared me. I had a choice last night to put ear plugs on and block out all the sound or not. What I would also be blocking out is the beautiful sound of running water of the river. I opted to listen to the river and put up with the scary snores. Breakfast buffet was amazing. I am getting a day’s worth of nutrient in this one meal: daikon cakes,

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Day 19I stayed out last night as long as I could until it rained. That drowned my beach sleeping plans and bench sleeping plans. I called it a night at 2am. It rained till 5:30am. I got up to walk on the beach 6:50am. The ocean felt great. I had fun looking at seashells. I didn’t go for a morning swim. I starred at the ocean for awhile and decided to can that idea. Felt good just to be out there

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Day 18 con't A-Hing is a scuba diving instructor who owns a small outfit in Tsai Kou called “Hao Peng You” Good Friends, on the north east side of the island. There is no scuba diving today, there is business tomorrow with a diving club from XinZhu. They are all licensed to dive. They booked a boat for their excursion. As he drove to take me shopping for possible other places to stay besides his

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Day 18The way shops look at crack of dawn like early mornings in Vegas. This was taken in front of the bus stop across the street from the gates of the Hostel. I was told there is a bus every 30 minutes and runs 24-7.The security guard looked at me with sympathy this morning while he wished me safe travels and bid me good bye. He wished for me that I didn't travel alone that I am to bring

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Day 17Poured last night. The sun shined through for a bit first time. Very pretty can see these oceans of clouds out my window.Alishan isn't just a place of beauty and with wonderful tea. For me, Alishan was a place that reminded me why I have affinities with America.This is the train station outside the hostel. See the earth missing beneath the rail road tracks. This all happened last August.

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Day 16I met Malaysian culinary students studying in ChangHua at the hostel. Venga is studying to be a baker. Johnny is into Asian stirfry. We also chatted over cooking. They are very nice people. We also chatted about mapping out routes checking things out so we can take our parents on trips and skip the tour guide package and better cater to our parents.My parents used to tell me to wait to

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Day 15 con'tIt is Ching Ming Jie (memorial day or the day where every one goes to the cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Lee has a family reunion in his home town today after a visit to the cemetary. They insisted on personally going out of their way, changing their itinerary for the day to dropping me off at the Chiayi train station which was an hour away of drive from Shuili. Taking the train would take

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Day 15"Shui Li" is the same sound for the words that means "in the water". From a dream study perspective, the element of water represents emotions. This week started with my ride down to Shuili with my cousin. In the car he told me about his wife's brother who died in the military. He was a military officer serving his military duty on a small island off JinMen. He was reported missing

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Day 14Today is the official Children's Day Holiday. This is one holiday I think America should adopt and elder's day.I went to the morning market and bought more sugar cane juice from the same push cart grandma. I liked the flavor of the purple sugar cane juice. I bought one for the road tomorrow since we plan to leave early and I won't have time to shop at the morning market.Today I helped

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Day 13 Fun sight to see- A mom on her moped with her toddler child standing and hanging on to the handle bars, calling her dog to hop for a ride on while all are in motion. Don't try this at home, yes and the child didn't have a helmet. Nasty sight to see- Smokers smoking, Beetle Nut Chewers chewing and talking and spitting Fun TV programs- 247 KTV station on Taiwanese songs cultural art station

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Day 12I went out for breakfast at the local morning farmer's market and had delicious sweet tender opo. I think it is due to the soil in the central region that everything grown, fruits, vegetables all tastes tender and sweet. I also liked the caramelized sweet potato that tastes like honey. The texture is between a satsuma yellow sweet potato and a red yam. I have been enjoying delicious

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Meditation, recitation are like baths, hotsprings for the mind, cleans and heals everything, feels good, a mustDay 11Got a ride from Ding Hong who works in Sun Moon Lake Hotel Fleur de Chine by WenWuSi. It is near the visitor's center. He left a whole half an hour earlier than usual to give me a mini tour in his car. He would just stop the car on the road, didn't pull over or park and wanted to

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Day 10Went to JiJi today. Took the mini train for the first time. It's quite cute. This is the interior. At the main JiJi station there are old classic mini trains on display. At each display over town you can smell the deisil.I tried to look for this old tree, it might be camphir in English but I'm not sure. Check out this hand written sign. You really need to look hard for it, easily missed.

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Day 9I got up at 5:30am to go do Tai Chi with my cousin's mother in law, I shall refer to her as Grandma Lee, up the temple in the mountain called WenZiGong. It felt good just to stretch and do some tai chi. It felt really good to watch the sun rise at 7am and see layers of the mountain ridges appear, including YuShan "jade mountain". It is the 15th of lunar calender so people visit the temple

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Day 8 Left early for the trip to Shuili. My cousin drove me and we stopped at various rest stops to get me educated. The rest stops in Taiwan is fun and very comfortable.This was taken at the parking lot of the rest stop. People come here to sit and watch the night view.The food is great and the place is a mini mall. I like all the road snacks you can buy and all the gift boxes you can buy.The

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Give a little more light, all will be okDay 7I got up early to have wantons for breakfast. It is Sunday and lots of places are closed. I like the wanton stand run by an elderly couple. They are really humble and nice. It's really nice to eat or drink things made by good people, the food just tastes that much better.I then went to my hair appointment to get my hair styled for the wedding. I went

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Day 6Today was all about doing girls stuff. I went with my mom, two aunties to get our nails done and facial. It was fun. Everyone got into getting designs done. All day was spent getting pampered. It's just a fun female thing to do together, all ages disappear and all levels of heirarchy disappear just girls getting excited and happy in the experience and sharing each other's excitement. The

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Day 5Got up and had really delicious wantons for breakfast and Chinese donuts dunked in hot fresh soybean milk. Awesome!After breakfast I went to the dentist with my mom and she got her teeth cleaned. The dentist looked at my teeth without X-Ray and said I didn't have cavity filling issues. I am so used to having the dentist take X-Ray to show me each teeth what the conditions are and then go

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Day 4Saved my tummy for today's lunch. Met up with Sher at RouHe hotpot buffet place in Dongcu. It's her first time there and she loved it. It took her awhile to figure out where to find it and she didn't after wondering around for 35 minutes. I had to go on to the street to look for her. She looked great and thinner. Sher is working on getting her licensing for interior design here. I am glad

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Day 3This man is making fried Chinese donut, crispy and flakey great dipped in fresh soy milk.I went for this breakfast stall and I love these breakfast pastry. It has sesame seeds on the outside and it's flakey and fluffly on the inside.This is my cousin HauFeng who is a Freshman in college and is studying psychology.Went to my 4th Aunty's place had tea and talked about hair and pedi and mani

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Day 2Food I ate todayTaiwanese style thick soup with mushrooms bamboo tofu carrots etc.. Fresh tofu stew and yam porridgeRed somen noodles in thick soup with Taiwanese dark vinegar chilli cilantro Pan fried bun with freshe squeezed sugar cane juicechilled herbal liqirice drinkStinky fried tofu with cabbage kimchiFried shitake mushrooms and shitake mushroom in salt and pepperVegan o-a jenWinter

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Day 1 I have been adjusting to Taiwan time with my watch set to Taiwan to sleeping and eating accordingly and napping if needed. I hope this works. I have landed after watching 4 movies om the plane. I seriously think airplane food serves way too much carbs. I hate to waste food but I just couldn't eat more rice noodles or bread. At the airport waiting for our delayed plane.My mom enjoys shopping

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I am happy to report that I am not too sore. I can move my body and use my legs, calf, thighs just fine. I think if I was still out in the snow I can definitely hit the slopes for the third day comfortably. This is truely amazing for me, I really haven't been working out for like the past decade, for real and have been so out of shape that I am really surprised by this. Maybe I should use my

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Day 3Accidentally deleted today's snowboarding photos just now. Multi-tasking and was working and moving too fast. Couldn't retrieve the files from delete. I guess we will all have to do this again. I snowboarded for the first time today. I loved it like I thought I would. It was so much fun. Oh the good recommendation of getting very loose baggy pants was a great advice. No overalls or

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Day 2Striking a pose for Elaine.Laura was game for skiing. We stopped by a rental shop to pick out a ski set for Laura. The cheapest deal was $10 and she picked the $20.Amy was wonderful in taking her time out from her ski to make sure we were both situated on the slope. She spent like an hour helping Laura with her basics. She tried to teach me parallel ski but I had trouble with balance and a

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Day 1Amy came to pick me up around 9am. We had a leisurely breakfast for an hour. We rolled off at 10am. We noticed we were low on gas and pulled over in Pleasanton to fill up the tank. We noticed there was a farmers market and got excited. We decided to go shopping. Here is the Amy at the Kettle Corn line, it was a long line and it was well worth it. Hot crispy crunchy sweet popcorn is

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No mas muerte mi vida empieza ahora

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太陽從西邊出來耶媽媽是人生第一次叫我小公主還説我身才苗條耶又很開心的天天去挑美麗的衣服送我耶我這幾天真幸福

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I got her a pink stuffed puppy for Chihalu's 3rd birthday. Her eyes were wide open fixed to the puppy when I walked in. When I handed it to her she took off with it. I didn't even get to hand her her birthday cup cake. She loves the chocolate cake I make. She saw the cake and when the cake was in her hand, she entered the chocolate cupcake samadhi.

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溫暖晴天的氣像報告怎麼變成風風雨雨又好冷這種天氣最式和烤香香的Belgium巧克力糕家裡聞起來都是溫暖香香甜甜的今天烤的糕成功爸爸媽媽也都喜歡吃下雨天最式和窩再家裡喝香熱的高山茶吃綿綿的噢式糕點原本晴天甩肥的計劃嗎.....運動吖嘿嘿好像只有嘴巴腸胃在運動耶

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氣像報告五天都晴天耶終於可以出外運動了看能不能甩掉一些肥應該説一大些肥吧這兩個月終於把感恩節吃來的肥消掉這個裡拜的目標是聖誕節和新年和虎新春年的肥都消掉祝我成功吧！

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The past month has been a month of rain and rain and more rain. Aside from driving hazards, I love the sound and smell of rain. I love to just sit by my window, listen to the sound of rain with a hot cup of High Mountain Tea in one hand and a paint brush in another. I have been teaching myself how to draw and water color orchids. It has been a lot of fun. Days go by fast, there just doesn't

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Went for a stroll in Rancho San Antonio. The kids ran up this very muddy hill and slid down. The things kids find fun.At the farm there were two baby sheeps. They are so cute. They do leap and hop like in the movies and cartoons.Then we went to Santana Row for lunch and desert and strolled around somemore.The kids made wishes in the camellian fountain. I liked these camellians in

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Cheese Board ficcocia. It is one of my favorite breads to eat. But todays were extra crispy and drenched in sauce. Very messy to eat.Teance was great! I really like Rev. Heng Sure's series on puppet story telling. The Raven on death was great. This dragon is just awesome. But it didn't last too long, Farzov asked to buy it for his son, 7 years old who is going through troubles with parents

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My Daddy's birthday. He said the cake was better than Sheng Key Bakery. That is a compliment. My parents don't compliment in general, they just weren't raised that way. So when they do, it's a big deal. And when they do compare it to a favorite professional commercial work, it's like getting nominated for Oscars!

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I love decorating cakes especially for kids. I also like wrapping presents. Kevin's eleven year old birthday. We saw "Tooth Fairy" at the AMC and then went to Roundtable for lunch where they have a play ground for kids to play in. Then we went back to the house for cake and presents. Then we went for a party favor run at Michael where each kids picked up a roll of colored duck tape. It's

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Went to Tai Chi class, aimed to get up at 5am to get there on time for once at the 6am class, but,.... after all these years and 4 years of absence, I still managed to be as usual a whole hour late. I didn't mind. I'm so out of training, like 4 years, and I was in no shape to do 2 hours training. So being late by an hour cut my training down to 1 hour. My legs were wobbling like noodles. It

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Laura Tan is back with a new look. She looks great from her trip, a new pair of glasses and a new hair cut. Yup, vacations are great!Great Strength Academy Reunion!Even Dante showed up with his niece Bahia and his parents. It was great to see Dante. He is now working at Cliff Bar teaching kick boxing. He will be heading out to Thailand to do Thai Boxing.Two Amandas! So nice to see. I sat in

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I took Rocky to play with his doggy friends, Katy and Bobby. I threw the ball and they would all run and chase after it. It was more like Katy who liked to play catch while Rocky chased Katy and Bobby chased Rocky. It was fun to have fun with the dogs. When dogs smile, they smile beautifully. Katy can really run and manuever. Rocky and leap, hop gracefully, like a true poodle. It was a

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Dinner with my dad tonight. Conversations were about listening to him talk about the body changes of being in the seventies and the needs to not be too far from access to toilets.

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All dreams this morning were about seeing bullets flythe new prescription from victor must be working.

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We all met up at HanKook Market on El Camino Real in Sunnyvale.Sowen spent two hours teaching us how to select products. The type of napa cabbage for kimchi are the big green ones. The other ones you see at other markets are great for soups not kimchi. How to pick out radish, firm, shinny ones are freshest.How to select red chilli powder, the ones that are bright shinny red and made in Korea.

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My dreams this morning was all in Kishimoto Manga Style. Kishimoto is the creator of Uzumaki Naruto. All the main characters were in my dreams. All in black ink and Copic Marker tones. I don't recall what the storyline was. I love Naruto series. Kishimoto is also the same age as I am. Naruto has been going on for a least a decade. It is coming to a completion, it will have an end and I

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So happy to see Victor's return as Doctor, finally, he had been gone a long time. Since he left I moved 3 times in the past 6 years. He read my pulse and prescribed these herbs for me to drink. I was very excited to drink them with anticipation. His wife whom he met in Shanghai at school is from Korea, her name is Sowen Kim, they recently got married and will both officially move back to US in

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Tonight's talk at Teance was about Siblings. Rev. Heng Sure brought his new additions, Hand Puppets to portray Buddhist stories. These puppets were really well made. There was a crowd of 33 people tonight. We all managed to fit comfortably. The tiger is also part of the puppet addition, I can't wait for her to make an appearance, her name is Ginger. It was great to see Jamal, Brendhoan,

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It was David's first Winter Chan at City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. He survived and did 20 of the 21 days. He looked good. So good that our server at Plearn commented on it and said her baby girl is due in May and she would like to become vegetarian to look good like us. I made him recitation beads 108 out of Bodhi Seeds raw finish and Tiger Eyes. He wanted the Tiger Eyes and I wanted him to

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When I first saw these, the first thing I noticed was how very little of the chips were in the bag. I was wondering if this was the new wave of packaging, modeling after Japanese products, going by ounces. I opened the bag and tasted the chips, about a handful only, and really liked them. I like the crunch and the splash of fruit in them, it is sweet but not too overwhelming. So excited about

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Tonight's talk on state of Bhutan concerning its future reminded me a lot of current Nepal. In regards to its education with concentration on English focusing on tourism and the issue of loosing cultural identity, I feel Nepal is a few generations ahead of Bhutan. I think Bhutan government is trying to learn from it's neighboring countries and hoping to avoid some things that came along with

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Paul was visiting his niece in town, Jessica. We went to Karma Kitchen for lunch and also visited Fab performing and volunteering as Charity Focus Karma Kitchen staff for the day. You can find Sunday lunch at Karma Kitchen http://www.karmakitchen.org/ Paul is a wonderful musician you can find more about him at http://www.paulasbell.com/Paul is currently teaching at Middlebury. http://

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Fab was visiting and it was great to see him. We took a look at North Face Outlet and then to Teance for tea. Fab is not only a luthier he is also a performer and performs with a group. It was fun hanging out and listening to his music. You can check him out at http://www.albericoguitar.com/

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Son las ocho por la tarde descansado. El juego del baloncesta de esta noche emocioaba a mirar Lakers Cavs. Me gusta pintar color de agua. Me gusta utilization lapiz de color de agua. Me gusta pintar Flores y hadas. Quiero aprendar pintar unicornios. Yo sueno de unicornios. Quiero pintar mis suenos. So solamente yo no debo dormir entonces puede utilizar todo que tiempo de hacer proyectos de arte

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Tengo enfermedad de la Sanger. Descanso mucho cada dia. Espero bien pronto. He estado enfermo veinte dias. Yo no se por que. Cada dia que soy cansado mucho mediodia tiempo y yo tienen que dormir. Esta enfermedad es mala para los rinones. Esta enfermedo y el terremoto, lo que es el significado.

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Jason was demonstrating the ab. roller. It is harder than it looks. He was pretty good at it. He must have one at home.Shi Yuan and Karina rolled sushi with spinich, advocado, veg tuna, and brown rice. They were delicious.Rinaldi showed Victor some of his shaolin warm ups.We played lots of good games, they all have really good games, between Franklyn, Jason, Laitheng, and Yvonne we are pretty

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Today was very cold, windy and wet. Tzu Chi volunteers are everywhere trying to help Haiti. I am always impressed with their sincerity and their kindness. I helped by delivery lunch to all the volunteers in the area. I didn't make the lunch I just did the drop off. They were all there in their uniforms. They have a dress code and the dress code set in Taiwan was not for cold weather places.

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Tonight was my first time watching Aliza perform. She's pretty good. I like all the ones she sang in her native tongue. She is working on cooperation and peace through music in the Middle East. It was great to see some old friends tonight, Sarah, Sally, Katie, and Garth. After the performance we hung out at Thai Noodle with Sarah, Rafael, and Felix. Aliza was thinking of heading over to

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There is something very wonderful about fresh hot fluffy pancakes stacked up in layers drenched in pure maple syrup eaten with Italian sausage in ketchup and washed down with freshly squeezed sweet refreshing orange juice. This tastes especially good in winter or when it is cold out.

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I noticed some extra charges on my account so I called customer service. For all these years I have only had good experiences with Wells Fargo. Today I was disappointed, maybe I was overdue for one after 19 years maybe I ran out such good thing. It took 4 customer service person, 3 calls, 2 very long holds, getting disconnected twice because I was on hold too long that I expired, it really was

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Yo no tengo ninguna excusas, puedo ser mejor.

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Thoughts are private and hidden. I disagree. Thoughts have mass and scent; and can be felt and smelled.

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喝一杯香熱高山茶管他什麼煩惱心情不好一切都ok啦

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Yo no quiero ser enredo con nadie.

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It is the natural course for the body to get fatigued worn out fall apart wither away. It is not the natural course for the heart soul to wear out tire out and loose faith and light of hope and wither away in isolation in darkness of hopelessness and despair.

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Why does chocolate chip walnut cookie taste so good? What is it really that makes it taste sogood? Who invented it? Was it a recipe from heaven ? Such a perfect thing. So is chocolate cake!

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Maybe they were kungfu masters in the past?It's fun to see Loc and David playing around. Where is Rinaldi, he is missing from this picture. They all take kungfu lessons from Shaolin Monks in Oakland Chinatown a few times a week for the past few years since the monks arrived from China. David is new, this is his first year and he is having the time of his life in those classes.

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Da Xing Fa Shr stopped at Teance after taking the afternoon to get supplies and get ready for the winter 21 days meditation session. Each day the schedule goes from 4am to 11:50pm. Falling asleep in the meditation hall is common. Although I never had for the winter chan because I was always too cold. Da Xing Fa Shr is from Italy and comes when there is Winter Meditation retreat each year.

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David and I went to check out Green Papaya Thai Vegetarian Restaurant. The place is new and has a nice clean simple decore. I liked sitting in there.David ordered a fresh juicy chilled coconut. It was good. This is the before photo and this is the after photo, he mangled it, he was hungry and thirsty.

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David called me about the North Face 50% off sale at 4:30pm. I screamed at him for not telling me earlier about this one day thing. But he just woke up, and if he hadn't told me I wouldn't have known. So I drove to North Face and made it there before the place closed and it looked like it had been raided. The place was a mess and lots of stuff were all gone. All the workers looked beat. The

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My brother Michael's place. They got LED blue icicle lights this year. It was very pretty and made beautiful snow flake patterns on the wall too. I like the new additional sleigh. The blow up Christmas man is always wonderful to see.We went outside to light up some morning glory. It smokey and fun.We had two entertainments going on at once, the XBox and Karaoke. Well, I suck at both. But

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Went to Charity Focus Wednesday meditation. Rev. Heng Sure spoke this evening. He shared stories of Ven. Hsuan Hua responding to a question on "why lecture the 'Flower Adornment Sutra'?" Ven. Hsuan Hua replied, "In the past, during the time of Vairochana Buddha when who are present heard the 'Flower Adornment Sutra' made a vow to come to this world at this time to be of service and help others

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Tonight at Teance the talk was about how to set up new years resolutions and manifest it. http://6changes.com/ was highlighted. I thought it was really great and well done. Wish I came up with that, at least some one did. Two people recently decided to become vegan recently and Engine 2 by Rip Esselstyn was mentioned. He is a fireman from Texas who has a famous doctor for a father. He

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Successfully made peanut butter doggy biscuit for Rocky today. It was yummy and crunchy and flakey. I only used fresh ground peanut butter, flour and a few splashes of water baked at 375 for 7 minutes then at 200 degrees for another 15 minutes. Very simple to make much fresher than any packaged doggy peanut butter oatmeal biscuits at the dog shop on 4th Street, cheaper too, plus no additional

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I missed Ly, so glad to see him back in the area with his new work. I hope he will be able to stay for good. We both have zits today, it's as if we were still in high school. Everyone else who supposedly said they were joining us flaked. But Ly and I got to catch up for the last decade and that was really nice. I think the messages to Patty is more descriptive of the friendship in this

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They're back from school, so nice to see everyone, eat munchies, drink bubblelies, and laugh.

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Jelly Beans are a hit! All the kids wanna do is eat the jelly beans. The jumping house was fun, a lot of fun. It's quite tiring but a good workout. Even Rocky made it into the jumping house. Fun birthday!

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I don't know what other families do but we hang out and eat. In between it all, often involves group shopping, naps, XBox or wii, baseball, puzzels, board games, venting, and lots of love, care, nurturing. I made vegan lunch and dessert. Lunch flowed into afternoon tea and flowed into dinner. Dinner my sister Helen and Brother in law Andrew put up a Japanese meal. Everything was wonderful.

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I know 4 people born on this day. One is my sister Grace and so I made her a vegan fluffy chocolate cake with roasted chestnut spread and hazelnut chocolate sea shells.One of the stands in front of Mitsuwa is the Tian Jin roasted chestnut from Hayward. The smell of freshly roasted chestnut in the winter is so beautiful.Then I went over to my sister Helen's to bake cookies with the kids.

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It has been about 16 years since I last ice skated. This was so much fun! Wow and I remembered how to skate too. The outdoor rink has a outer round about circle and the inner big circle was good for working on spins and turns. There was plently of staff to sweep people off the ice when they fall. Some of them were so nice to help those who were skating for the first time on skating 101 to

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It is a little after twilight. There is a slither of crescent moon out along with a visible bright star or planet to the left of it, framed nicely through my window.

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My nephew Kevin was selected to represent his fifth grade class to a speech contest on the topic of Hero.

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My neighbor's cat finally made contact today. I had the front door open for fresh air and the sun was warm and bright. I noticed He or She was sitting beautifully on the drive way watching me. So I decided to brave it and walk close to the cat and stopped three feet away. The cat approached me and was friendly. I have seen this cat since the days of my dog. This cat would sit on the

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I stopped by North Face today. I parked by the skate park. It was a very nicely designed one. I think I'd like to stop by next time and just watch. There was a 5 year old on his board, real smooth. He was the smallest and the youngest with same board like big boys. Another kid brought a tub of caramel popcorn and munched off that when I arrived and was still munching off the same tub when I

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Marianne's holiday gift box design for Teance. They are so beautiful and elegantly done.I liked this birdhouse truck parked in front of Crate and Barrel Outlet.Evening holiday lights on 4th street.What a nice surprise to run into Alex Stonesweet and Martha. I so did not know they were in town. She said she posted it on Facebook. I must have missed it so I missed Alec's concert last night.

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I was tired and it was only 3 in the afternoon. I desparately needed a nap, some good rest. I had to choose between a nap of which I may just pass out till the next day as I have been known to do. Or meditate and pass out in pain and wake up refreshed but contorted body in pain. Or I can drink my magic cure all tea, High Mountain Tea. I went for the tea, sure enough by the 3rd cup, I was

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Tree and presents were up and done in Thanksgiving weekend. Christmas cards via post snail mail are all sent out. In the past week I made two rounds of 17 dozen cookies. I have my 3rd round tonight or tomorrow and the last will be next week. I am feeling a bit tired and under the weather to do the cookies tonight, so tomorrow then. I have a bit of cough. I could use a nap before badminton

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On Santanna Row I can find cajun mushroom vegetarian enchilada for about $2.50 a la carte a Wahoo. It was the perfect portion and price, with a very refreshing taste. I don't care for left overs and I hate wasting food. I especially don't care for large American portions with high prices. Serve me something I can eat and not have to waste reasources.

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This is Bobby and Katy's gate. They are incredibly friendly, snugglers with ferocious bark and teeth.

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It was a pot luck white elephant holiday party. Food is always good and plenty. Presents vary from year to year. The politically corrected term of stealing was switched to taking. The theme on gift this year were 3 Up DVD and books. Talks of banning Pixar from next year's list of do not brings along with previous year's lists of chocolate, bike parts, unwanted household items was in the

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This is my sweet friend Caroline and her sweetest as can be daughter Jojo. Caroline is a gentle, sensitive, creative, fearless spirit. She is fearless in allowing herself to be vulnerable in simplicity. When I am with her, it feels effortless. There isn't any distress about having to be this or that or to do this or that. She is considerate and kind and has an understanding heart. Jojo is

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Bella and Krissy's drinking bowls. They are cats that roam the house. Bella is the big plump one on top of the chest. Krissy was right next to me. I hear she is the fast hunter.Went to Aunty Janet and Uncle Charles's place with my sister Helen and her son Kevin. Kevin was interviewing uncle Charles on immigration for his report. Aunty Janet and I chatted about everything else in what was an

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I enjoy the feel of spreading quality acrylic paint on, feels like spreading melted chocolate.I used to work on art projects and wouldn't care to sleep or eat or do anything else until I was done. I had to stop because I still had to function as a person who had lives beyond art. I enjoy the focus, concentration, single mind, exploration, discovery, wonder, and perfecting something. There is

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Went to Madhubhan for lunch today and the Indian Buffet was deliciously full of marsala dishes.I like the flower mandala displays at Indian Restaurants.Then Helen, Lena and I went to the mall to walk around and digest. It's a warm public place to walk this time of the year.Lena wanted to go on a rocket ride but it was broken, so she settled for a slower vehicle, a red sports car. Looks like she

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My mom Linda is part of the cooking olunteer staff at Tzu Chi Milpitas branch. She helps to organize and cook for events. Twice a month she is in rotation to feed 100-200 staff lunches. At our house we will often be awaken by dedicated volunteers who show up 7 or 8am to wash, cut, and cook food. Today we had about 15 volunteers at out house working away. I stay out of their working process.

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Went to Mercy Center Youth Gathering tonight. I was the only one there along with Sister Patsy. I was glad I went. What was she going to do with all those cards and snacks all by herself. I decorated cards and wrote gratitude and wishes for their quick return home. Ate way too much snacks. I so need to go off the holiday food fest thing. Then I went to join the Taize. There were 6 pieces

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