Author: Tony Tam
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75,000 tulips at Filoli Gardens Woodside, CA
Bay Area dwellers, did you know about Filoli Gardens in Woodside, CA? They planted 75,000 bulbs for spring, go there and check out the amazing flowers. It reminds me of a dwarf size Hearst Castle for the house and Monet’s garden in France for the flowers. They are all in full bloom this weekend and…
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Retirement at 50?
Lunch conversation started around retirement and what would we do if we were able to retire right now? The gut reaction I had was obviously stop working.. then on further thought, what would I do with my free time? I still had Kate to take care of, she goes to school, I can’t just pack…
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Easy answer to : What’s for dinner?
It’s been the same answer for the past few weeks. She wants fresh pasta, she helps make it. Gather the ingredient, stir in water, break the eggs, measure the flour, mix, help roll the dough, cut into fettuccine or pappardelle, cook the pasta, wash the basil, mix with olive oil, add salt. I’m just the…
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Poll: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
I’m mostly referring to obsessiveness about cleaning your house. I know I am obsessive since I was really antsy all day, the moment Kate went down for bed at 8:00pm I started cleaning until 1:00am. Putting all her toys away, doing 3 loads of laundry, wiping along all the edges of the floor moldings, scrubbing…
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Yes Kate, No Dad
Kate got mad at me for some reason and went back to her table to write me a warning note. She first said I was in trouble 🙁 “From Kate For Tony” “Yes Kate, No Dad” “I am getting mad at you”
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Am I Chinese or American?
A little background: I immigrated to the US when I was 10 years old from mainland China. I spent 2 years living in Chinatown where I was in a ESL program and struggled for a long time with English and obviously everything else that required English. I think it wasn’t until 7th grade before I…
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Kate’s Fifth Birthday Party: 23 kids
For Kate’s Fifth Birthday Party At http://mocha.org/ We had 23 kids, probably 18 parents packed into a 2 hour birthday party for Kate. I got up at 6:30am to cut up 3 cantelopes, 2 melons, 1 4lb papaya, 10 apples, 6 pears, 8 bell peppers. The dish I’m most proud of is this big bowl…
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Love from Kate
Kate: Do you know who I love the most? Tony: Mom? K: nope T: Me? K: nope T: Gandmom? Grandpa? Auntie Liana? Your best friend Olivia? You sister Lauren? K: nope, nope. I love all my family the same. This way no one would feel sad. It’s Kate’s 5th birthday this week., how she has…
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Goodbye Dave Viner and thanks!
Dave Viner is leaving Yahoo! tomorrow and we briefly chatted in the hallway. I told him that he fought a long and uphill battle to make the engineering team better in Yahoo!’s Media Engineering group. I admire him for staying course and never giving up. Here is what I remember about Dave He was always…