I don’t like wasting time on making food. The most I ever do
is stick something in the microwave, stick frozen pizza in the oven, or stick
frozen dumplings into boiling water and letting them cook (yes, a lot of
sticking). My parents, however, are old-school Chinese cooks, and to their
credit, they can come up with some incredible concoctions sometimes. Since I’m
no good at it, I’ve made a note to inherit mother’s recipes when FINALLY I move
consistently into my own home in a different city than my parents. . Certainly
there’s more than just the recipes to learn like HOW to actually do it.
But really, do onions really need to be peeled from the
actual onion? Do carrots really need to be sliced to perfection? Does meat
really need to be marinated and “kept in” for days to let the favor soak in?
Really? I prefer Subway.
Windows Moviemaker, more like Lifesaver:
Just discovered this program on my computer and I’m loving
it! Can’t believe I haven’t utilized it before, and it totally explains why so
many videos are downloaded onto Youtube (nice looking ones, I might add) Now
that I’m finally arrived in the 2010’s decade by buying an Iphone, I can take
videos and then post them up all the time! Also, I’ve solved the age-old
dilemma of how to add music to my videos. Huzzah! I feel unstoppable.
AP Japanese, Easy as Cheese?
My sister is in the midst of the high school SAT/AP test
crunch, and I noticed that in addition to the normal test subjects, there are
also AP Chinese, AP Japanese, and other AP language tests. The Chinese tests I
would ace for sure (not trying to boast, I had the advantage of learning since
birth), but the Japanese doesn’t seem all that hard (except for the listening
part, which I’ve also lagged on). I would say the Japanese AP exam is similar
in difficult to the Japanese Proficiency Test N3 level (N5 being the easiest
and N1 being the hardest, native level speakers-only test). Right now my
reading ability is N2, and getting really close to an N1. I do plan on taking
the N1 Japanese test eventually. (Well, actually, I should probably start with
an easier one and build my way up). I’m strictly in the minority on this one,
but sometimes I do miss those old AP tests and unleashing my knowledge of US
history/European History on a test and getting a 5. Ah, those were the days
when I thought I was really smart.
Fantasy Baseball- Introducing Bench Remorse
We’ve all been there before……making bad lineup decisions,
leaving a guy we were going to start on the bench and then watching that guy
vastly outperform the guy you started. Sometimes, as in my case, it costs you
in the fantasy playoffs. What is your philosophy on if it’s “Your fault” for “Bench
Remorse” as I like to call it? Logically, I’m rationalized it many times that I’m
only responsible for getting the best lineup out there and whatever happens after
is out of my hands, which is probably the most reasonable and sane explanation
(as long as you get the best lineup out there), but Bench Remorse definitely
creeps back in when Alfonso Soriano hits 2 HR’s and 4 RBI’s while the guy you
started, Justin Morneau, goes a flat 0 for 4, and you’re in a tight rice in HR’s,
RBI’s, and avg. That happened yesterday.Bench Remorse is a b****.
Fantasize on,
Robert Yan
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