Monthly Archives: July 2008

the big read meme

i stole this via sophie via moonie!for a while post college, i tried toread only “classics”. my reading genreshave really expanded since i becamea writer–so i better know what’s out thereand what other people enjoy.
classics wise, i’m sold on austenafter reading pride and prejudice andneed to add her others to my wishlist.also, i avoid dickens [...]

taiwanese goodness

quite a few of you poor souls did notknow what boba was (aka tapiocaor tapioca pearls). it’s a chewy taiwaneseinvention which you can put into yourdrinks–perfect on a hot humid dayin taipei. they are dark brown in colorand flavorless, but usually cooked ina sweet syrup. you can also put themon top of the crushed ice [...]

wai po

today proved to be a productive day.i headed over to the neighborhood starbuckswith the laptop and my chinese junks bookto read and percolate for over three hours.the $50 was money well spent.it gave me some good scene ideas fornovel 2 as well as visuallyestablish in my mind’s eye the settingand feel i need to [...]

cindere-not

we went to the fair this past weekendand had really bad-for-you food. ialso got to see my first place paintingwith its giant blue ribbon next to it.*beams* i meant to take a fotoof me next to that–but pictures werenot allowed at the exhibit.
so instead, i present you with a fotoof me and my giant [...]