Niniane's Blog

Last night I saw the "Sex and the City" movie. It was so good. I feel like a changed person. I'm going to get all the Sex an...

Recently I take umbrage at the Chinese tradition of overly polite offers. Let's consider an example. I'm visiting a Chinese friend...

Last Friday, I ate at Santana Row with some non-Googlers and my coworker Alipé. At one point, Alipé and I were talking amongst ourselves, ab...

My parents have been telling me about the earthquake in Sichuan. My mother told a story about a teacher who grabbed the nearest four studen...

I'm buying a new bed frame. Overstock has worked well for me, so I'm considering these frames from their site: A. B. C. I'm tol...

I decided to do a little experiment, wherein I write a post to people throughout my life that I'm grateful to, whom I never got to thank...

Tonight I saw "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and it was much funnier than expected. Almost all the funny lines were from Aldous Snow....

Recently I advised a friend not to fret about her relationship going long-distance. I advised a different friend to dump his unsupportive g...

Me: "I feel like I'm not being a good enough daughter, because I'm not spending enough time with my mom." Cindy: "You...

Wenarto's friend made these mock inspirational posters. Alas, you won't find them as funny as I do, unless you know Wenarto. This ...

From Dan Savage's article this week. This letter is so sad: I grew up in a small town, in a devout Catholic home, and I had no clue the...

I'm thinking of buying the Rosetta Stone level 1 software for Italian. Alipé showed me the version for Mandarin, and it looks fun. One ...

Tonight at dinner, Dan dissected the Myers-Brigg scale, in particular the introvert vs. extrovert label. He gave the classic definition of ...

Tom turned 21 last Wednesday. It was also the day that my relative was discharged from the hospital, so we had a double-celebration at home...

While running errands with Tom, I bought a bottle of aloe vera for Tristan's sunburned ankles. Later the three of us ate dinner at Amar...

My brother bought a car yesterday, from a good friend of mine. It's a 9-year-old Honda Accord, which is by definition a better car than ...

Talking to Megan (my personal trainer) during my training session today. Me: [while doing bicep raises] "I got invited to a black-and-w...

niniane: it's coming up close on your last day... Domino: yeah Domino: if I were to stay, I might join the XXX team. Domino: their m...

So, I'm a shell of the human being I was before. There is a lot to do, for work and for my family. Anyway, one nice thing from last wee...

Is everyone else already aware of the comic strip "Basic Instructions" ? I might be lagging behind the crowd again, like with Din...