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How to Stay in Shape While Traveling (2/3)

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

...continued from Six Meals a Day I don't really practice this diet, but I come close. There are lots of advertised diets out there. I think many of them are BS, but I can't confirm. However, I can confirm that this one works. Photo courtesy of better-body.biz

How to Stay in Shape While Traveling (1/3)

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

The other night while having dinner with a friend who used to study and travel with me in Japan, he asked me what I do to stay in shape. I'm certainly no nutritionist, but I am in pretty good shape if I say so myself, and I don't exactly mind what ...

Four-Course Meal, Four-Language Dinner (2/2)

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

...continued from In case you were wondering, everyone in the group with the exception of the Brazilian guy and Japanese girl were ethnic Chinese, but the Japanese girl was born in Beijing and probably speaks Mandarin better than I do, which means everyone who spoke Mandarin in the group could communicate ...

Four-Course Meal, Four-Language Dinner (1/2)

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Have you ever needed to switch among four languages during dinner? I have. It was loads of fun. I am not being sarcastic. Photo from http://www.thw.coventry.sch.uk/MFL/MFL.gif

The Immortal Coconut of Maui

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Allow me to clarify the title. I am not talking about some demonic coconut that is featured in a Japanese anime set on the Hawaiian island. I just liked the assonance of "m"s in the two words "immortal" and "Maui." And it functions to convey just how hard it can ...