Month: January 2009
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What Chinese herbs are you smoking today?
The story about a cigarette butt being found in a packet of Eu Yan Sang herbs known as Xia Ku Cao is quite funny if not alarming. Maybe there were supposed to be just plain tobacco in the product called “Sio Hoon Kee”.
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The Little Drummer Boy goes Tong Tong Chiang
Chinese New Year songs played in the malls and supermarkets make you wish Christmas was still around. They’ve moved CNY stuff into the shops so quickly that some people are a bit confused. Mysterious boxes turn up and no one knows what they are:
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Ten ten ten ten ten ten…
While waiting at the Ob-Gyn’s office, I spied a headline in our Straits Times – “Japan acts to raise fluency in English” – and was reminded of a YouTube video we saw ages ago of a Japanese game show game where participants were smacked (on their bottoms, no less) whenever they lost control and laughed…
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A good start
For New Year’s this year we decided that it would be nice to observe a little family tradition. From Naomi’s side of the family, that is. From Naomi’s father’s side of the family, that is. Mixed marriages are so much fun. We decided to do this traditional New Year’s Eve and Day thing so that…