Niniane's Blog

In Pretty Woman , there's a scene where Julia Roberts goes to buy a dress with a couple hundred dollars of cash from Richard Gere, but t...

While eating at the best ramen shop in Tokyo, we started up a conversation with the tall Chinese guy from our tour group. He is from Taiwan...

On tour bus from Akasa Lake to Tokyo. Mom: [to me] Why is it that you didn't buy any ice cream today? Dad: You must be out of money. Ar...

Tour guide: "This Buddha was built 1000 years ago. Over the centuries, it has endured a number of natural disasters, since Japan is pr...

On this Japan trip with my family, I discovered a trait about my dad: he can answer any question. The answer may not be right, but it'l...

This post is coming straight at you from a cubicle in a very cushy Tokyo internet cafe. I'm sitting in a black leather chair in front o...

I just saw this T-shirt being sported by a Googler chatting on a cell phone in building 41. Awesome. Or should I say, brate .

Anna, a Google recruiter, was happy with the monster.com Q&A article that I did for her a while back (the writing skills developed from ...

Uncle: How could you let Tom study abroad in Japan??? Do you know how many Chinese people were killed by the Japanese during World War II? ...

When jogging with DW last Tuesday, we were discussing places to take parents during their visits to the Bay Area. DW: I'd like to take ...

When I was in third grade, we did an exercise to learn about Fact vs. Opinion. We went down a list of sentences, marking them as F (Fact) o...

("Us" in this case being Americans, not the Chinese.) If I ask an American to do something: Me: Can you fix this memory leak? Finn...

1. If you're going to submit a resume, spellcheck first! 2. If you do end up with a typo, try to make it a word other than the job you...

Dan asked about the other 9 dishes from my Mother's Day dinner last night at Chez TJ. So here they are: Hors d'Oeuvres (that goddam...

Two weeks ago, when I took my mom into SF to get her hair permed, we saw Scottony's 97-year-old customer. This woman is a little old ch...

I took my mom to Chez TJ, to thank her for laboring to push me out into this world. "This is a memory to keep forever," she said...

It's week 3 of my mom's visit, and she's mainly been preoccupied with our home remodeling project, but sometimes distractions sn...

Last night I was making a list of countries I'd like to visit sometime in my life (Congo, Spain, Turkey). Making lists is one of my hob...

I saw Peter in the gym tonight. Afterwards we exchanged a brief IM. Peter: You looked really skinny. Me: That's odd, I weigh the same. ...

Alipé sent me the link to Colbert ridiculing Bush in front of Bush . If you haven't already watched it, YOU MUST.