Tony Tam

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  • Photos from Google vs. Yahoo! Badminton Tournament

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    It was a fun day where employees from 2 companies met up to play our favorite game. I played in 3 events: Men’s Singles A, Men’s Doubles A, Mixed Doubles A and lost all 3 and went into consolation rounds and won the Mixed Doubles A consolation. It was fantastic to organize it and meet…

  • Most Emailed News : 7 Years Ago

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    memory flashback. Y! News launched it’s Most-emailed stories and photos page back in Feb 2000 and New York Times wrote an article that we were the first ones to aggregate and show the data back to users Back then, we looked at what users were emailing, when we troubleshoot the system and noticed a lot…

  • Singing the praises of Bay Area transit

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    I have been car-less for over 3 months now in San Francisco. Relying mainly on a foldable bike, ZipCars and the public transportation to get around the bay area. Here are the great things about this lifestyle 1 stress free communting. Driving and parking is stressful and does require my full attention. 2 I plan…

  • dreaming of father+daughter team

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    I have this fantasy of playing badminton with C. as a mixed doubles team. The C.+Tony dynamic duo! She is 12 years old, flying at the birdie in front of the net. Father Tony jumping and smashing from the back. We are both enjoying executing what we’ve been training to do during our weekly badminton training…

  • 3 Badminton Coaches

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    I think I’m reaching some kind of badminton craziness. I had just signed up for 10 lessons with my third coach! Now I’m being coached by Paul Koo, Lili Zhou, Chandra all at the same time. Paul likes to have me do footwork and build muscle mass. Lili focus on fine technique of the wrist,…

  • Cute Kids Becoming Non-Cute Adults

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    You see it everywhere. People smiling a kids, commenting on how cute they are. I do the same thing on the metro here in Paris. Even when I look at Kate, I sometimes can’t help but smile at her. I imagine what will become of this wonderful human being. When do kids stop being cute…

  • Paris here we come again

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    Kate and I are heading for Paris tomorrow afternoon. She is super excited about it. She tells me she is looking forward to time with only Dad and no one else. She is looking forward to the crepes, and going up to the Eifel Tower when we first get there. I admit that I thrive…

  • Going Car-less

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    Not careless but car-less. The thought came to me on Sunday when I was at the church service after a long long time of not attending. After the service, as I was walking home, I couldn’t get the idea out of my mind. I was only using my car 2 days a week went I…

  • unconditional love

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    (self portrait in Barcelona train station) I once thought I no longer loved someone. I tried to prove this to myself by either trying to hate this person or trying to love someone else. Until I realized one day that I can still love and show love to this person without needing or wanting anything…

  • Singapore Layover

    Singapore Layover

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    (red sign says ‘Remember To Eat’) On my business trip to Bangalore, I got to stop over in Singapore for 7 hours. I think it was intentional of Singapore airlines.. To bring some tourism money to the country. First observations of this country is of course it’s clean, and modern. Then I noticed there are…