An Exercise in Avoiding Boredom

By chance, ran into this Japanese Bento box look-alike when browsing Flickr. Yummy!

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Below, you can see how things looked like last Sunday for brunch.

Krista, click on the photo to get a higher-resolution version to browse and zoom.

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Well, to be precise, exactly at Muttern…

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This morning’s coffee (from yesterday) came with a meaty surprise, as the photo below shows.

Regrettably, it was too late for the poor sucker as I had already microwaved the coffee.

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I’ve found another good reason to avoid the food they offer you on air planes. According to a BBC News health story, humans can combat jet lag by forcing themselves into the food rhythm of their destination timezone. Quotes from the doctor who did the research:
If, for example, you are travelling from the US [...]

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I just returned from a presentation and recruiting trip to Suzhou only to find my hotel room unmade. This was my fault as I had forgotten to switch of the Do-Not-Disturb sign. (*)
The fruits I had received as a welcome gift two days ago were still on their plate, half-eaten. So I called up the [...]

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Sunday was a day off, and so I did some sightseeing in Shanghai, together with Cao Yi. Shanghai showed itself from its best side—it was warm, sunny, and as unpolluted as it could get. Below, find a random sampling of photos I took.

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Alright, I don’t get it. Yesterday, a friend and I had dinner on Hong Kong Island for HK$ 450 (about US$ 60) for two. It was good and plenty. During my last visit I had either been invited or I had grabbed a quick dinner on my way back to the hotel—typically cheaply at a [...]

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Today, at work we had a produce tasting. We compared four different sources of produce, namely Piazza, Whole Foods, Costco, and Trader Joe’s. The produce were tomatoes and strawberries. Not quite in season yet, but already very good.
I had called for this tasting after one of my colleagues had made fun of my loyalty to [...]

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I think I haven’t complained about the cost of living in Northern California for a while, so it is about time to do it again. Look at the photo below and make a guess how much these everyday shopping items cost me.

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