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Really counting down now… 1 hour and 50 mins and counting down.  B- and I are at her friend’s 8th floor apt which over looks 101.  We can hear the festivities outside and watch from the TV.  Invited a few friends, Malaysians, Singaporeans, Taiwanese and myself.  Good simple celebration …. pizza, TGIF chicken wings, lots [...]

The thing I never quite liked about Year In Review (particularly those that come out, say, before Christmas) is that they may wind up missing what happens the last six days of the year (like this year, when Pakistan’s serious business in the news, or say the year of the Indonesian tsunami). My personal Year [...]

Inter-disciplinary approach on environmentalism – now, more than ever, can different academicians work together? “Literature for Soldiers” – interesting article in Newsweek on how the cadets at West Point read literature and the professor who teaches them lit. I’m not that surprised by the depth of their reading – these are bright young people; their [...]

[Catch up posts for Christmas, I Am Legend, and the Stage Crew reunion to follow.] For some reason this year, much has been made of the traditional Jewish American affinity for Chinese restaurants, especially at Christmas. (See YouTube, Jennifer 8. Lee, and NPR). No one has talked about how much Chinese people like Jewish food. [...]

On Christmas: watched “Sweeney Todd” with the siblings at the Cobble Hill movie theater. Sondheim musical; the music was excellent; movie was otherwise eerie and creepy. Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter turned out to be talented. Alan Rickman – thumbs up as the villain/victim. Timothy Spall, as eerie as ever as Rickman’s kind of [...]

2 days, 2 nights so far in Hong Kong and it’s been a nice relaxing time.  Visited a couple of new friends of Bridget’s and ate dimsum at famous Maxim’s City Hall.  Great view into Kowloon side. Then walked around IFC did some shopping – found that Ecco shoes much cheaper than Taipei.  Couple of [...]

This Sunday – watched Alvin and the Chipmunks the movie with the siblings, at the Cobble Hill theater. Aww. I did say that I thought it seemed cute, and, although I felt a little silly seeing it, it was cute. I mean, if you’re going to do a live-action movie, you might as well make [...]

B- and I are headed to HK to celebrate Christmas HK style. Not exactly the same as NYC but pretty good alternative. We used Hotel Travel.com to book our accomodations at Cosmopolitan Hotel @ Wan Chai. Sitting in Taoyuan International Airport now typing this, using my CHT HSPDA modem to get online. Been quite a [...]

What minimal tv I’ve been watching; but can I really attribute it to the writers’ strike? Good Deal with Dave Lieberman – I’ve been watching much of this show. Such a cutie, this Dave Lieberman! Learn so much from Alton Brown’s show Good Eats. I’m get glued to the tube when it’s on. Now, if [...]

Some friends from law school are really into an alternate legal career – Vermont folk singers called Hungrytown. I saw them on Saturday in the city braving the hints of the overhyped Nor’easter. Their 1 hour set celebrated their new CD that they just released – they’re really good. Listen to them yourselves. Made a [...]