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My To-Do List of 2009

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Happy New Year!
Here are my to-do list for this year.
Stephanie, Thanks!

    Travel
  • Make a trip to overseas with my family; either California where my niece lives, or New York/Washington to see When Harry Met Sally, orThe Catcher in the Rye,or Woody Allen
  • I would love to make more travel back to Malaysia and Singapore. I want to have more time with the local, to find out more business chances that I can do besides my main job. I can’t imagine having business with other regions if I can’t start anything from where I know of.
  • I don’t think I can make this, it would be great if I can attend FileMaker Developer Conference. I am not a developer, just for your information.
    • Personal Projects
  • Writing (projects): Try to start write my book that I wanted so desperately in Japanese. I have been imagining to write a book but haven’t started it yet. I would like to get it done within 5 years time and get it published in print.
  • Blog more in English. Read more English books before my English got rotten.
  • Read again all my old books that I bought. I will have to get rid of my books as they have been sitting on my shelf for ages without being read.
    Pick up some courses; financial business, journalism, or something that keep me motivated.
  • Organise my personal writing with Tindebox, so I have to upgrade my skills of Tindebox, and make full use of it. Keep track of my stories.
  • Restaurant (for the future)
    1. Reorganize all the recipe books that I bought. Index them and do a review on each of them. There must be something that makes me buy them.
    2. Learn about colour of combination, coordination, and psychological point as well, if I have the time
    3. Learn about interior design. Collect samples, data of good design, heart-touching one
    4. Keep my wife’s cooking and photoshoot them, make compliments to remind her she is a good cook. She thinks I am the only one who says nice words to her cooking, which it’s not.
    5. I can’t run business, so I will do my way from the idea contribution, from food to taste, and interests of targets.
      Financial
  • Learn about tax, investment
  • do my personal accounting wisely
  • use my money wisely (do I sound like an idiot?)
  • That’s all, I think it is enough to keep me busy for the whole year, if I can keep it.

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    January 6th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

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    Happy 11th-Diamond-Years of Wedding Anniversary!

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    1st of January, 2009 brings my wife and I into 10 years of marriage. How time flies! We started to buy mugs for celebration since a couple of years back. This year, I have starbucks mugs for remembrance. I have encountered this mug for quite some time ago, but I didn’t buy it straight away, and later I regretted for not doing so. I tried to look for it whenever I saw starbucks, luck didn’t come easily.

    I was lucky to find it yesterday at one mall nearby when we went for shopping. There they were, as if waiting for me to come and brought them back. I ordered one soy latte altogether. I see how many mugs we have now. Quite a many.


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    January 4th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

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    Snowboard First Time Experience

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    We went to Sendai, it snowed quite heavily on the 28th, Sunday. The next day, we went for snowboard with my colleague, who is quite an expert in snowboarding. He taught my two girls how to snowboard, and me of course. It was great, I like snowboard more than ski. I should have tried it out long time before.


    , originally uploaded by Ken Loo.

    The reason why I asked my colleague to go together was, I wanted him to teach my kids how to play snowboard. Secondly, I think it would be much easier for them to learn when they are still small. Found out that Karin learned fast, and gave up fast as well. Whereas Erin wasn’t that adventurous to try. There, we were talking about characterism; how the first kid and the second one differ.

    Talk from experience, as I myself don’t have any siblings that I can talk about it directly, my brother is 19 years older than me, my youngest sister is 6 years older than me. It’s my niece who is 3 years younger than me that I grew up together with. I am doing my observation with my kids. I am sure they learn along the way. Me as well.


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    January 4th, 2009 at 11:24 am

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    Heading to Snow Country

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    From Omiya, we are heading north to Sendai, my wife’s hometown. It takes about one and a half hours non-stop Hayate Tsubasa shinkasen, the fastest, to get there. Half way one sees snow white scene already. Looks like going to be cold (can’t be hot I know!).
     
    Let’s enjoy ski then!!!

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    December 29th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

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    Appreciation

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    Used my points to get a cup of coffee from Tully’s. Since I commute quite often, they know me well. Signed with a marker by the boss, they offered me a Tall Latte.
    Happy Holidays!!!

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    December 26th, 2008 at 4:14 pm

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    Three

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    This was taken last spring at Ueno Park, one of the largest parks in Tokyo, and lots of foreigners strolling around for leisure or for business, depends on time and areas, of course. It used to be a park for “underground” prepaid card trading, now it’s history.

    Eating on his own with chopsticks, Shion was learning how to survive among siblings. He observes, learns, does his own way. Seeing him learning is really a great joy and it makes me feel proud of him. What kind of person he is going to be, I really wonder.

    Still far to go. He just turned 3 last February.

    His latest photo taken at a studio in Malaysia.

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    December 23rd, 2008 at 10:07 am

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    Santa Claus

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    Karin wrote a letter to her kindermate expressing her gratitude for playing together always. At the back of the A4-size letter, she also included her artistic side to her friend!

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    December 21st, 2008 at 10:15 pm

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    Fruitcake for Christmas 2008

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    This has almost become a must-do for Christmas for the last couple of years. For those who have been following my blog already know by know what it is all about. Yes, I make fruitcake every year. This has become a tradition, a long story. Here is the recipe from M Sinclair Stevens.

    Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!

    Fruity Fruitcakes 4

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    December 15th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

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    Xmas Series 5

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    Roppongi Hills, Roppongi.

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    December 15th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

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    Xmas Series 4

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    Hey old man, what are you doing up there?

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    December 15th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

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