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Perfection
It was, in fact, my birthday yesterday. Normally I don’t really look forward to my birthday. It’s not that I don’t like birthdays, it’s just that I tend to have very unmemorable birthdays, so it’s just another day for me. This year, however, was different. Although my day wasn’t all that great because of some…
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2nd Harvest
Although I didn’t mention about the 1st harvest, this morning for breakfast I collected a salad and some baby bok choy for breakfast. The salad is really light and really fresh. The salad was so fresh, that I think I can safely say I now know the taste of freshness. I’m planning my second crop…
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Okonomiyakisoba
Over the past couple days, I’ve made okonomiyaki with yakisoba (technically Hiroshima style) 3 different times. I guess it’s safe to say that it tastes pretty good, otherwise I wouldn’t keep making it. Since okonomi means “what you like” and yaki means “grilled” or “cooked” (put it all together and you get “cook what you…
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Make Me Happier!
I’m sure that title has no meaning, but it’s the figurative translation for tiramisu, which I just happened to make last night and it just happened to make me happier. 🙂 I’m pretty satisfied with how it turned out and the flavor was really good, I just need to work on the whipped cream/marscapone part.…
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Showin’ Off
Last night I went out dancing to a newer place in Gardena. I’ve been there only once before. One of the nice things about the place is that it’s not crowded, so there’s room to practice big moves (you know all that cool stuff you learn from YouTube). I showed up just after the class…
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Shake It Baby!
Living in California, one would expect to experience an earthquake at some point. I guess it turns out that even there are frequent earthquakes in the area, they are often too small to feel unless you are close to the epicenter. My friend said she’s only experienced 3 earthquakes in the 16 years she’s been…
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Bachata
When we went to Palm Springs and took Jorge Elizondo’s class, he mentioned about a last minute workshop that would be happening at the Paso de Oro studio together with Alejondro Rey (who was one of the instructors at Palm Springs and gave an awesome bachata/salsa performance Saturday night). Of course we had to go,…
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Palm Springs
This past weekend I went to Palm Springs for the Salsa Mambo Festival. Prior to going to Palm Springs, I wondered why people go there because it’s in the middle of the desert. Now that I’ve been there, I’m still wondering why people go there. It’s ridiculously hot (it was 105F during the day and…
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Bam!
Normally during the week, I don’t cook. It’s probably a good thing, because I seem to be rather slow when I cook, plus I really like not having to cook when I get home at night. Weekends are the time when I try to cook. This weekend I made a seafood casserole that was super…
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Part-Time Salsero
I’ve been dancing salsa for a little more than 3 years and Reiko for about a third of that. A couple months back, Reiko and I joined a performance group. Although we are learning tricks and other things we don’t normally get to learn, salsa has become more like a job than a passion. Even…