Author: Tony Tam
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Children Book Review: Grace Lin
Kate since she was a baby, we’ve come across many books that she loves. I thought I’ll start sharing those. I would love to hear suggestions as well from other parents on what books they love. Anywhere from 0-6 years old reading material. Grace Lin illustrated many books on the Chinese culture. It’s really fun…
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First Discovery Book series: Great Designed Books?
The “First Discovery Books” are the best designed children’s books I’ve ever seen. These books are very hard to find brand new in the US. I’m not sure why. Do a search on Amazon and give all the books a try. These are very detailed illustrations of various topics like The Egg , Penguins, Weather,…
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Push Up Thursday (1,800)
Y! Push Up Club A group of people trying to do as many push ups, pull-ups, sit-ups as we can in 24 hours. Start anytime between 12:00am and 12:00pm of the day, you can blog, blast message about your status during the day. Thursday: Sep 16, 2005 1,800 push ups +100 each week +70 70…
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Why I’m A Foodie
Someone asked me why I’m such a foodie. Why do I go out of my way to find the best croissant at La Farine in Oakland. Why do I have go to dim sum at the Koi Palace, hot dogs at Top Dog, cakes at Katrina Rozelle, good Belgium chocolates? So much trouble for just…
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Nothing Too Deep: Just A Mission Statement For Myself
Marianne Szeto writes one one my favorite blogs about how to be positive despite suffering from diabetes. She owns diabetties.org where she spreads her positive energy to those who need a bit of support now and then. Yesterday her entry on What Is Your Mission Statement? got me thinking as well. My head will hurt…
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Kate’s Back In School
Kate doesn’t like paparazzi Dad I finally figured out the immunization stuff for Kate, she is back in school and her teachers love her! She is speaking French to her teachers, doodling, playing with the seesaw, eating lunch with her classmates, pretending to nap, and building sand castles.
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Kate I Let You Down 🙁
Kate’s teachers tell me that it so nice having Kate at school, she is really happy there. Today Yahoo! let some of us leave work at 2:00pm to get started on the long weekend. So I decided to pick up Kate from Berkeley and take her to get her shots so she won’t be kicked…
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Kate’s first day of school
Happy parents, happy kids, crying kids whose parents left too fast, socializing with teachers, proud parents, excited Kate. The first day school for Kate, I’m so proud of her. She will enjoy learning at the French American school so much. But I think she will love the corn meal sandbox the most
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No, I Don’t Type The News Stories
It has happened to me so many times now I think I’ll just have to accept it and just go with the flow. Trying to explain what a software engineer does for Yahoo! News to people I meet or family members has been interesting. Here is a sample conversation with a friend I met. Friend:…
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No, I Don’t Type The News Stories
It has happened to me so many times now I think I’ll just have to accept it and just go with the flow. Trying to explain what a software engineer does for Yahoo! News to people I meet or family members has been interesting. Here is a sample conversation with a friend I met. Friend:…