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Tips for Finding Happiness in Your Daily Life
12 years ago
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
At the Izakaya 4
Firecracker balls
Pork neck with ponzu daikon purée
Beef tataki
Kakiage (fried oysters) laced with Japanese mayo and Tonkatsu sauce
Chicken with spicy cod roe
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Snippet 203
[RJ coughs with chest congestion, catching his breath]
V:
Please don't die.
RJ:
Only the good die young.
V:
So you have nothing to worry about.
V:
Please don't die.
RJ:
Only the good die young.
V:
So you have nothing to worry about.
Lunch with Sherry 3
Royal prawn rolls
Sherry holds up a carrot garnish in the form of a butterfly.
Moo Yang prawns
Pad Gra Praw with fish and calamari
Reverberation
I just noticed for the first time that my Yelp reviews have been voted on.
I don't write a lot of reviews, only when I feel it is important to have my voice heard - either when i am profoundly inspired or morbidly disappointed. Quite frankly, IMO a lot of Yelpers can fall flat in expressing themselves ("It was really good." How? Not the most articulate bunch, are we?) and misleading/unfair/illogical at times ("This would've been a 4 stars instead of 3 if i hadn't had to drive so far." Another case in point: someone had the nerve to rate a seafood restaurant when s/he's allergic and therefore cannot have any). Not to mention that superego factor. Just how narcissistic need we get?
Anyway, un-immune to narcissism, i was amused by the votes: 18 Useful, 2 Funny and 12 Cool. True to my Chinese heritage (a.k.a. goody-goody), it is more imperative to have helped than to have cracked a smile. And if i get to come across as cool? That's just a bonus.
I don't write a lot of reviews, only when I feel it is important to have my voice heard - either when i am profoundly inspired or morbidly disappointed. Quite frankly, IMO a lot of Yelpers can fall flat in expressing themselves ("It was really good." How? Not the most articulate bunch, are we?) and misleading/unfair/illogical at times ("This would've been a 4 stars instead of 3 if i hadn't had to drive so far." Another case in point: someone had the nerve to rate a seafood restaurant when s/he's allergic and therefore cannot have any). Not to mention that superego factor. Just how narcissistic need we get?
Anyway, un-immune to narcissism, i was amused by the votes: 18 Useful, 2 Funny and 12 Cool. True to my Chinese heritage (a.k.a. goody-goody), it is more imperative to have helped than to have cracked a smile. And if i get to come across as cool? That's just a bonus.
