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Things to do this Christmas:1. Watch MI4 on IMAX2. Watch Sherlock Holmes3. Watch Tintin4. Watch War Horse5. Watch Girl with Dragon Tattoo6. Eat7. Candice SwanepoelI can probably realistically do 6/7 things on this list.

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I love movies. Always had. I remember when I was under 18 I always wanted my on video store rental card of my own so I can rent all the movies I wanted. When my dad finally got me my own Blockbuster and Rogers Video card, man that was so awesome. I was so proud to have it in my wallet.It was such a thrill going to the video store. Renting out the latest video games or the latest video that hit

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Leather. You can leather all sorts of things. Jackets, belts, wallets, bags, shoes, steering wheels, pants, whips, toilet seats and even cars!It's nice that an animal died for the making of a material product. That's when you know it's quality. Not like wool. No animal died for the making of wool. Pathetic.

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I own a lot of things but I feel like I have nothing. I consume because I have wants but it all falls short. I have my health, my family, great friends and wonderful job, but I’m always chasing. I’m tired of running. I can afford many things, things I want, but at the end of the day, once I have it it matters little to me. Material things mean as much to me as the boxes it comes in. Empty and

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“Torment” was a critically panned Spider-Man story arc from the early 90s written and drawn by comic book artist Todd McFarlane. Brief summary of plot: Blood washes the streets of the Big Apple. Torment plunges Spider-Man into the darkness within us all as he hunts the Lizard through the streets and sewers of New York City, trying to put an end to the bloodthirsty, homicidal rampage left

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I know it’s been awhile. I am still alive, unfortunately for you. My creativity has escaped me for now but I’m working on a few blog ideas and fortunately for you, none of them involves nudity. I will update soon but until then you will always have my twitter and the Hypnotoad to entertain you.

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Photos from my Alaska trip. Click here to view the whole album.

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Take that air!If you’re a dude and you’re depressed I’ve got a cure for you and it does not involve drowning your sorrows in an alcoholic haze! Read on. Step 1: Join the army to escape life’s pressures. Only then can one truly appreciate the value of life. Then, go on to witness some horrific things on the battlefield causing you to dive further into depression caused by the atrocities you

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“A Night of Music, Comedy, Hugging, and the Occasional Awkward Silence.” The Orpheum – April 14, 2010 Photos of the red headed comedic genius can be viewed here. All the photos in this album are shot with a point and shoot, so it’s not the best quality.

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Handicap washroom stalls are like the mansions of the public washroom world. It's like the penthouse suite of hotel rooms. You can practically do cartwheels in there. It's so spacious and luxurious.One of these days, I will get caught using it when an actual handicap person needs and I will feel bad because it's sort of like parking in a handicap spot without the handicap permit.The toilets in

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Glass half empty or half full? I always see it as completely empty.What the what?

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Go Canada cheer proudly sponsored by Coca Cola.There are 6 billion reasons to say nay to the games but it was all somewhat worth it. My children and grandchildren may disagree. Coming into the games, I just cared about hockey and saw it as a big hockey tournament. As the events unfolded I’ve learned to appreciate all the other sports that the Winter Games had to offer. From the aerials, and

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It's surprisingly difficult to find a decent picture of windshield wiperblades on Google.It rains a lot where I live. I’m also in the car a lot. Often times, when it rains while I am in the car, I cannot help but notice the quiet tranquility the motion and sound that wiper blades make as they clear the windshield of rain. One wiper passes the rain water over to the next wiper. Back and forth,

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Yes, it's clearly a Mad Men title knock off.Originally I wanted to post this on the exactly one year after I resurrected my old blog and started…well, blogging. That date of course was January 5, 2009 as you can see here. I’m positive all three of my readers pays attention to this meticulous detail. But alas, I failed that self imposed deadline and I have been writing this blog entry on and

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This site will continue to act as a site for my twitter-esque blog posts.I have also decided to have it serve as a back up blog for blogs from my vchou.net website which is where I primarily blog. I know someone who's blog crashed and he lost all his precious writing. I don't want that to happen to me.I'm well aware of its redundancy, but think of this site as the 'video release' of my blogs,

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In case you've been living underneath a rock for the past week this has been happening in the world of late night. Conan released this statement today regarding the move:People of Earth:In the last few days, I've been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I've been getting paid to do what I

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I bet you Jimmy also buys apples for his teacher too.Merry Christmas everyone! Oh how I miss those days when it wasn’t politically incorrect to say that phrase during the holiday season. Saying Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings just isn’t the same. I’m sorry. Just because you don’t believe in the Chinese calender doesn’t mean you can’t say Happy Chinese New Years when that time rolls around. I

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America's favorite babysitter.Television is making me want to be a 174 year old vampire that’s employed by a 1960s ad agency, who is secretly a vigilante forensics serial killer that doubles as an agent for CTU and the FBI in the ‘Fringe’ division, working alongside wacky office co-workers and an incompetent boss while writing comedy at 30 Rock who ultimately gets stranded onto a mysterious

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I will never write a paper last minute again. I will never study for a test so last minute ever again. I won’t never be late ever again. I will go to the gym everyday. We generally like to lie to ourselves don’t we? It’s in our nature to because it makes us feel better. I’d like to think that I can learn from my mistakes but I generally do not. I set out to go to the gym every weekday since the

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This blog site is better than this piece of meat.It is inevitable when you travel to coin your own phrases as you travel with a group of people during your trip. It becomes an inside joke of sorts, and it’s never as funny when you explain it to others who were not there, but those that went, ‘get it’. Sometimes the phrases aren’t even funny, but alas it does bring back memories. One such phrase I

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When the world calls upon you to save it from the forces of terror, you must answer the call of duty.*snort snort.

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This image is SO Apple-esque. Music always had a way of reminding me of the past. I can pinpoint various songs that I’ve heard of in my life that triggers memories from times gone by. It’s a magical thing really. For example, the one hit wonder R&B group from the 90’s “Next” and their only hit “Too Close” will always remind me of my Grade 10 field trip to Ashland, Oregon way back in 1998. Reason

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Pictures taken from my Taiwan trip from September 2009. I visited Taipei more specifically. Please click here to see the entire photo album.

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Sometimes I wished those "For Big Mistakes" erasers can help erase my past mistakes.If only.

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Image taken on Remembrance Day 2006There are two certainties in life. Death and Taxes. War can most certainly be added to this to this. That is not to say that we should give up and not do our part to ensure that history repeats itself. As responsible citizens, we should be aware of those that we put in power to ensure that their foreign policies are righteous and just…although this ideal, I am

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The irony of course is that the title of this blog is "In Great Company", but I'm sitting by myself.Sometimes it’s good to get away. I was lucky that two very generous and stellar friends provided me accommodations in Hong Kong for three weeks. It gave me an opportunity to really experience Hong Kong in depth. Hong Kong felt like a place that was different enough from your average North American

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A top of Lion Rock. Amazing 360 view of HK. Also, a great location to commit suicide. Going to the gym regularly for the past year, I thought I was ready for a real hike. I was deeply humbled. I think going to the gym has only made me catch up to the fitness level of a 10 year old boy. I’ve got some ways to go. I can blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol. But that was the night before, and the amount

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I miss this.My photo mission this trip is to capture a glimpse of HK life; the people, and the culture. Hong Kong is a great fusion of Western ideals mixed in with traditional Eastern values, very much like myself. I aim to capture this very essence through my photos. This album is now complete. The album can be viewed here.

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May contain real meat.Have you ever ate something so fast due to hunger, that you accidentally ate the food wrapping too? I hate it when that happens. It makes me feel like a doofus. At least its high in fibre.

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This is your brain on drugs.It happens to the best of us. In my case, it happens all too often. No, I’m not talking about the worldwide phenomenon that is Facebook stalking. That is a problem for another day. Although, you can Facebook stalk me any day if you are a clinically sane female with above average beauty. Instead, I am here today to discuss the dreadful state of writers block. Staring at

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Two pictures in a row with hand signs! Brownie points if you figure out what this says.I hate curve balls in life. I think the world would be so much better if I ran the show and become some sort of horrible dictator. Life would be grand. Until then, life is just a bunch of WTF moments, and not the good kind.

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Photos taken from the 40th WorldSkills International Competition in Calgary, Alberta. From September 1st-7th, 2009. To view the entire set, please click here.

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I love his muscles. Was that homoerotic?What's with the ghetto parts of town always being on the East Side in all the Canadian cities I've been to?I want to live in the West end one day so I can wear this t-shirt instead. Also, living in the west end would also mean I'm rich. Then I can look down on those dirty Eastsiders while wearing my new t-shirt.

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He's pondering if he wore any pants.There's something about being away from home that puts your mind at ease. Peaceful tranquility I call it. Now mind you, I do not have any serious issues to deal with and I am aware that I'm blessed with many wonderful things in life, but my neuroticism gets the best of me at times. Yet, as I type away in my hotel room early into the morning while on a work trip

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Currently stuck in a smoking room cause the hotel I'm staying at ran out of non-smoking.So this is what cancer smells like. Don Draper makes it look so cool though.

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She's waiting for me.I got Taylor Swift's "Love Story" stuck in my head. It's such a catchy song. I feel like a 14 year old girl. She's easy on the eyes. I can't believe she's only 19. White girls and their age deceiving looks. It's weird though, cause she has a guy's name for a first name.And yes, I would date her. "It's a love story, baby, just say yes."Say yes Taylor.

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"Where we're going we don't need roads."The concept of time travelling has always intrigued me. Many of my favorite movies and television shows in the past have dealt with or used time travel as a plot device. Imagine having the ability to go backwards or forwards in time without consequence. Think of all the hijinks you can unleash! The butterfly effect be damned! You can most certainly correct

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Sometimes when I get hungry at work and have nothing to eat, I go to the cafeteria and take those small peanut butter packets and eat it with a plastic knife. Now you know.

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Pictures taken from Kelly Chen‘s concert. Taken in June 2008, Hong Kong before she got married and preggers. See the full set here. Eventually, I will shoot something new and post that.

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Just like how P.Diddy does it.I missed this blog. So here's what I propose. This one will be a bit more informal then the new vchou.netIt will be written twitter-esque style. ie. short and sweet filled with funny links, short thoughts and witty one liners. That is my dream anyways.

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There’s never a better feeling than finding a primo parking spot near work. You see, where I work, parking is hard to find. Free parking is even harder to find. There is also free parking about 10-15 min walk from the office building at a neighborhood park, if you can find a spot. If you can find it, it is still a bit away from the office. Where I work, parking is definitely a premium. One must

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This blog is a response to the comments found on this blog posting. “I don’t normally talk about my religion publicly because I don’t want people to associate me and my flaws with this beautiful thing. And I believe it is a beautiful religion if you learn it the right way.” – Comedian Dave Chappelle Everyone has a different take on specific religions, their beliefs on the world, but there is no

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Perhaps I’m lazy. Maybe I’ve run out of blog ideas. It could be I’m afraid that I would have nothing interesting to say to nice single ladies if I say everything here. Or, perhaps I want to stretch my creative mind and listen to my readers and seek their opinion on what they want to hear me write about.Also, I’ve wanted an excuse to use this Uncle Sam picture for a long time and this was the only

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Captain Picard hates change.So the time has come for a change. I've got a domain and I will be moving my blog over to the following addy: http://vchou.net/You can add it to your blogspot bookmarks just the same. Just copy and paste the new link.The reason for the change is because I wanted a website where I can host my photography + blog posts in a neat order. Getting my own domain was cheap

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I ask my tummy the same question every time I'm constipated.There are all sorts of mirrors in the world. There are some that can make you skinnier, wider, taller, shorter, and yes even more distorted. Then there are 'reality' mirrors that show you exactly how you look like to others. Some say that the camera adds 10 pounds. One's reality of how they perceive themselves are thus, distorted,

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All you can eat. Four simple words. Fighting words really. It's a personal challenge between the restaurant owner and yourself. There can only be one winner. The restaurant is banking on the fact that you cannot eat full value of what they're charging you to eat 'all you can eat'. On your end of things, you want to make the owner pay for what he's done. Make him regret his decision of deciding to

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Pictures taken from my Japan trip from 2008. I visited Tokyo + Kyoto more specifically. Please click here to see the set.

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Pictures taken from my Ottawa trip in 2009. Mostly photos from the War Musuem. Please click here to see the entire set.

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Pictures taken from my visit to Hong Kong in 2008. Please click here to see the entire set.

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Betty or Veronica? I suppose it's a lose-lose situation for Archie. Living in a culture of conspicuous consumption, we are often inundated with messages of our relentless pursuit of happiness. We long for things that we cannot ascertain. Once in our possession we take things for granted. We always want what we cannot have, this holds true for most aspects of life, relationships included.For once,

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The Atlantic. Much like the Pacific, but different.Most Asians love to take photos of every single nanosecond of their vacation. They take photos of what they ate, what they saw, pose in goofy photos in front of statues, and generally promote world peace in all their photos.As much as I enjoying taking photographs, there are some moments in life that you just cannot capture through a lens. Case

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Something was amiss. It just wasn't right. You could feel it deep inside of you. Change was looming, the good kind of change, but the wait was long. You knew, however that patience is a virtue. It was worth it, you told yourself. The time has come. 15 'chou on this' blog posts later, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is finally here.I'm excited.I am also back from my East Coast trip. My hiatus

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His dream to be like Mary Poppins was short lived.Sometimes it's nice to just get away, if only for a moment, to forget it all.

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Jack Bauer only needs 15 minutes to make you reveal your end game.15 minutes is just the right amount of time. With anything you do, 15 minutes is all you need. Most guys believe that we can get anywhere in the city within 15 minutes. We procrastinate and we expect all the traffic, the red lights, to go our way. In the end, we rationalize that a quarter of an hour is plenty of time to get

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I'm also the "Master of my Domain"Whether it be sweatshirts, zip ups, jackets, blazers, vests; you name the article of clothing and I've got it in a hoodie form. I own at least 10 items in my closet that have hoodies on them off the top of my head.Hoodies are great. They provide great cover for my noggin' during my umbrella-less days in the rain. Articles of clothing that have hoodies go above

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Swine Flu gone wild!You've heard this topic done to death by now but here's my take on it, but I figured I give you my take on this subject matter. That's right. You have to hear about it from me, whether you like it or not. I suppose you can just stop reading if you want to. That's up to you. The subject matter of course is the swine flu. H1N1.In the grand scheme of things, there's not that many

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After a few bottles of these, you sure look mighty attractive.For some people, it may be as rare as witnessing a supernova, but we've all experienced it. It's what keeps people moving forward in life. We all have moments of pure joy. Feelings of absolute contentment and happiness in life. If you have pure joy and happiness on one end of the emotional scale, there of course, is the other end of

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"I'm craving a bowl of soup THIS big!"Have you ever made soup and didn't drink it right away? A layer of what appears to be skin forms after the soup cools usually. When you dip your spoon into the soup, a wrinkle will always appear after your spoon has penetrated the top layer of soup. This layer is what I like to call "soup skin".The term 'soup skin' is used a bit differently in my circle of

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It's just like how dogs see the French Flag!One look at my closet and you can see immediately that my wardrobe consists of mostly black, white, and gray. I find solace in these colors. It's simple. It's classic. It's sophisticated. Sure, I have the odd consortium of colored shirts here and there but generally I fall back to the big three. That is why I've been a loyal consumerist to the Club

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You know it's a good night out with your buddies when one of them ends up puking as the evening draws to a close. You're probably thinking, that guy probably had too much to drink that night. Guess again.A friend of mine got a deep fryer as a present this past Christmas. This can only lead to one thing. All you can eat deep fried night. We had one of those a few weekends back and it was a sight

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"I'm not the Jedi I should be. I want more. And I know I shouldn't." - Anakin Skywalker - Star Wars Episode IIIIs the glass half empty or half full?From the onset, our experiences shape the way we think, the way we interact, the way we live. Some people end up as optimists, while others veer towards pessimism.My neuroticism tends to get the best of me. The notion of contentment and thankfulness

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A Unicorn being courted by a centaur as a pervy looking Minotaur watches in complete and utter blissful glee. Thank you Arty Chee for drawing my absurd artwork request.I’ve always found something innately funny about the aforementioned titled creatures. Anytime you bring up Unicorns, minotaurs, and centaurs in a conversation you are bound to get some laughs.The unicorn is definitely the girliest

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to break up your daily routine and just fly away? Soaring through the skies without a care in the world? No more worries, no more struggles. Everything would be much more simpler in life if one can escape like that on a whim.Where is my Fortress of Solitude? I probably need one of those to fly to and hide out in so that I can avoid the rest of the

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It's that time of year again for many students. No, not spring break. I'm talking to all the post-secondary students. It's paper writing time. Oh the joyous thrill of writing a paper.I'm being sincere. Honest!I'm a few years into my career now and I've realized that I miss the thrill of writing a paper. You see, I'm quite the procrastinator because I want to maximize play time and minimize work

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Young Julie had a few too many Jägerbombs before lunch...hence the crazy eyes.Remember the first time you found out white bread was bad for you? My wee brain could not comprehend such a discovery. I understand that hamburgers can be bad for you, deep fried foods without a doubt, and of course bacon is definitely not good for you...but white bread? It's as wholesome as you can get! That's what I

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This blog posting is a tribute to Late Night with Conan O'Brien who's last show airs tonight. Some of you are wondering why are you being so sentimental over a comedy show. I guess it's because I've been a viewer for 14 years and I sort of grew up watching it. This is a warning. This blog post might be longer than that popcorn one you guys kept complaining about.One evening during grade 8, I

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I shared the following stories with a friend and she encouraged me to blog about my misadventures. Please do not think any less of me. You are more than welcome to think more of me though.Story Number 1So I emailed myself a link from work yesterday so that I can view the link after work hours (It was a video). A second after that, I forgot I emailed myself, and I see an email notification from my

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Stop looking for innuendos in this ad.It was bound to happen one day. It crept up on me slowly, but I suppose it did not happen overnight. I just couldn't keep up. It's a sign of the times.I noticed on a Facebook status update one day that a young high schooler that I knew quoted the lines "You spin me right round". I thought it was a tad odd that someone so young knew of the awesomeness that is

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The Lion's thinking, all this work just for a piece of lettuce?? - Photo taken by moi.I remember as a kid, my cousin, my brother and I would love to go down to Chinatown and watch the Chinese New Year Parade. We would grab prime time seats because my cousin’s family owned a store in Chinatown back then so we got front row all the time. More particularly, we would love to watch lion dancing.

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So I was eating at a cafe with a friend last week right before I got SUPER sick and we had a conversation.We couldn't figure out what to order for lunch. As we were deciding what to order, we notice this fairly attractive girl entering the eating establishment with her NOT very good looking boyfriend. I'm "sure" he is a nice guy and probably had a winning personality or a big bank account but man

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This post is almost a week overdue and I had a good reason for it. I was fighting a week long battle with either the flu or just a fever with a cough to go along with it. I could never tell the difference. Either way, I was really sick and I feel ghastly for it.My writing isn't quite up to snuff cause I am still feeling under the weather. Anyways, this posting is about Obama. Let me start off by

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An angry Johnson is never a good Johnson. He gives a great shout out though.It has almost been two weeks since this zombie blog was resurrected. I must now give credit where credit is due. This blog was partially inspired by Arty Chee's much more interesting blog. I have a link to it on the side. If you want to read one of the many fun creative blogs I follow, please check out the blog list I

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*Warning - For those with Attention Deficit Disorder, you can skip to the end and just listen to the YouTube song to keep yourself entertained if you don't want to read.Popcorn. It's a snack that not everyone fancies, which to me is astounding. There are many people that DO take a kind interest to this corn kernel snack. You can certainly count me in as a fan. You might even trick yourself to

stuff99http://www.blogger.com/profile/09602890560690740314noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3879723.post-41896975393179954362009-01-10T01:00:00.000-08:002009-01-10T02:19:59.654-08:00

No, I am not drunk posting this. That is usually a great way to start a blog entry. I've just been reflecting on my drinking history this past year and it hasn't been that great. I've created a few embarrassing moments to last a lifetime.Some drink cause they're addicted, others drink for fun and socialization. There are others that drunk cause they're depressed (good call drinking a depressant!)

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Friday is one of the best days of the week, generally speaking. Those close to me have already heard why I think Friday is the best day. So you might think, jeez man, that's not Earth shattering. Everyone LOVES Fridays. Well you haven't heard my reason for it.I started thinking about this in high school. Classes in high school takes place Monday to Friday. Heading into University, I never thought

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Writing on a public blog online is like being on TV. You're never really yourself. You just show to the world a version of yourself. I mean can you really vent/rant/share your opinion on subject matters knowing that your friends are reading your very words?For instance, if I have a crush on you (yes you), am I really going to express my feelings to you in this very blog? Not bloody likely. It's

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I guess most people write their blogs to share their own insight of the world to others. Whether it be for strangers, for friends, or to cyber stalkers.I don't really have anything interesting to write about my life. I'm not a NHL superstar nor am I a secret agent. I only play one in video games.I'm also not the greatest writer either. Sure, I wrote a lot of papers in school, but I find that my

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This blog is back from the dead!(Wow I really suck at this. It took me forever just to find the edit posts function).So this blog was originally created for a 2nd year Communications class I took back in 2002.Now that it's 2009 I figured I can restart this thing and rip on people who I have on Facebook that aren't really my friends. I kid...sorta.

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The link to this article can be found here: Addictive Online Gaming . The online article basically addresses the problems of online gaming and addiction that is associated with the it. In particular, the game "Everquest" and its online players seem to neglect their duties in life and instead use there time to imerse themselves in the mystical online fantasy world of "Everquest".Although I have

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As a advid user of instant messanger programs such as ICQ and MSN Messanger, I found the follow article of interest : Instant Messaging . This article basically states the impact instant messaging programs have on communication, and the pro and cons of instant messaging in the commerce world. Lets talk about the pros of instant messaging first, as seen through my personal experience. One of

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As my group website project was based on how mobile phones affects the workforce and the world that students face, I came across an intresting article about upcoming mobile phones from Nokia and Sony Ericsson concerning their newest mobile phones that will be released for the market. The link to the press release can be found here: HowardChui . Reading and viewing pictures of upcoming models

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I am a regular visitor of a mobile phone forum and there are many experiences that I have encountered that proper usage of netiquette is required to maintain a healthy relationship in that particular internet community. As long as you abide by the forum rules you will not encounter any problems with the moderators who enforce the rules of the forums. When no such problems occurs with the

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Netiquette Often in life there are certain rules to abide by that are deemed 'polite'. We must say please when asking for a favor from somone or thank you after someone else has given you a gift or has done you a favor or something kind. On the internet, such manners apply as well. It is always considered to be polite to display a smiley such as this =) when making a joke so that your friend

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