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« Previous EntriesA Singaporean Thanksgiving
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008I hope all of you Americans had an excellent Thanksgiving and holiday weekend. We didn’t get to celebrate on the actual day since John had to work and it was just another Thursday for the rest of Singapore. We did however, get to go to some American friends’ house and celebrate on Saturday afternoon and […]
Christmas Pudding
Friday, November 21st, 2008The Christmas onslaught continues. Every day there are more lights, bells, trees, ornaments, etc. It’s intense. But the place you can really tell? The grocery store. I think I’ve mentioned this before, but most grocery stores are in the basements of large malls around here. I can walk to about four good groceries from my […]
Thai Cooking School
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008One thing Thailand is known for, and especially Chiang Mai, is cooking school. Of all of the cuisines I’ve tried while in Asia, Thai food is far and away my favorite. I love the ingredients – coconut milk, peanuts, papaya, hot chiles, curry, banana – I could go on and on. The great thing about […]
Little India
Monday, August 25th, 2008Fun times in Little India this weekend, despite what seemed like a neverending amount of rain. We took the train down – it’s just a short jaunt from our current casa – and ended up wandering around most of the day. We started out just walking the streets. Saturday of course is a big shopping […]
Friday Thoughts
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Okay people, bullet point style because I’m too lazy/annoyed to make a really coherent post. Got my hair cut and highlighted today. Ladies, you know that beautiful, bouncy, swingy happy feeling you get when you first leave the salon and your hair is beautiful and you know you’ll never get it to look that way […]
Food of the Week – Dragonfruit
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Raaaaaaawwwwwwwwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Dragon style. Dragonfruit style that is. Dragonfruit is also known as pitaya. And I tried it this afternoon at my German friend’s apartment. Yes, I have a German friend! Anyway, dragonfruit looks like this. I have no clue how to tell if it’s ripe or a good one or not, but it seemed good […]
Japanese Pancakes
Friday, August 1st, 2008Hello darlings. Haha. I’ve been reading some chick lit (interspersed of course with very important works of literature) and in one of the books I just read the protagonist’s boyfriend suggests they start calling each other darling. Well I thought that was hilarious so now John and I have started calling each other darling whenever […]
Inside the Mind of a Crazed Expat on a Trip to the Grocery Store
Wednesday, July 30th, 20081. What the %$^! is that racket? German lady, get your kids under control. They are not adorable. I will trip one of them and it won’t be pretty if you don’t bring a sense of order to your family. Aren’t Germans all about order? 2. Ooh, Horizon organic cheese! That pricetag says $16.25 for […]
Saturday Morning Fun
Saturday, July 26th, 2008Rain, Roti John, etc.
Friday, July 25th, 2008Rain storms are pretty frequent here in Singapore, even during the “dry season” that we’re supposed to be in now. Jeni mentioned in an earlier post that it only takes getting caught in the rain once to learn that you should never be without an umbrella in Singapore. So true. For instance, when I decided […]
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