Week of September 30th: If your pharmacist gives you the option between Moderna or Pfizer, choose Pfizer.  Mine only had Moderna and I had a delayed reaction, the symptoms appearing in the evening and lasting for a few days. The vaccination triggered hives (general itchiness throughout), high fever, and the injection site turned pink, swelling up ( Read more... )

What happened the week of September 2, 2024:

Donated platelets.  For a while now, I've been curious about the process and figured since there was a shortage, it was the best time to find out ( Read more... )

Sometime last night, another orb weaver set up camp in our deck.  This one grossly spans across part of our deck, from the building wall, perhaps the backdoor lamp to the top of the patio umbrella, blocking our path.  Its web looked like a battlefield, areas of it marked with gaping holes, with no spider to be found anywhere ( Read more... )

What happened the week of August 19th, 2024:

Dropped by Industry City to celebrate one of our friends, K's birthday. We haven't been back since our pre-pandemic days (October 2019). They've built out a lot of the buildings.

It was a nice outing, wandering through the different buildings, and shops. We picked up an assorted box of Li-Lac ( Read more... )

What happened the week of August 5th, 2024:

• Last week was a productive week -- I got to cross a bunch of annual check-ups off my list -- physical and full-body skin cancer screening.  The only appointment left for this year is my OBGYN visit.
• Had a wonderful dinner at Nubiani with my sister, nieces, and Grizzly Bear.  Nubiani, serving elevated Korean ( Read more... )

July has been a whirlwind blur of activities.  All good but my body is indicating it's getting a bit exhausting.

What happened the week of July 22, 2024.

• Continuation of family reunions and birthday gatherings.
• Dropped by Malai for their soft serve -- I love all their ice creams but it was our first time trying their soft serve. We got the mango- ( Read more... )

What happened the week of July 8, 2024.This month is jam-packed with a lot of get-togethers.  We were up in Connecticut visiting friends.  It was an opportunity for Grizzly Bear and two friends to do a few live jam sessions. The last time the trio played live together was 7 years ago.  They've improved a lot over the years. The weekly Zoom jams ( Read more... )

What happened the week of July 1, 2024:

It feels odd to not have any recorded shows saved on our set-top box (STB).  I finally got around to finishing A Discovery of Witches. Didn't realize that it was no longer airing on HBO, ended up finding Season 3 on YouTube. Found one channel that has all 3 seasons ( Read more... )

Earlier this morning, I advocated for myself when a woman attempted to cut in front of me at our local bagel shop ( Read more... )

Much to rejoice about!

What happened in the week of 06-10-2024?

• Friday was officially our last day of service with the Bad Client!!  My boss gave me the honor of deleting the project and people from our system.  Everyone on our team who has ever worked on this project sent a round of celebratory messages.  As a courtesy, I sent the Bad Client a ( Read more... )