Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Boxing Day Deals: Hallmark Christmas Ornaments

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Hallmark makes excellent Christmas ornaments and their prices are not cheap.  They are typically 20 to 35 Canadian dollars and are not usual...
Thursday, December 23, 2010

Christmas Gift: Tassimo Coffee Machine

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Recently, Tassimo machines has been popular and I bought one for my wife for Christmas present. I have wondered about what it does and my w...

Baby Gift: Diaper Cake

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One nice co-worker and her husband visited us and brought us a few nice and thoughtful baby gifts.  One of the things I really appreciated i...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Wii Mario All-Star 25 Year Anniversary Edition

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This game is for people around 25 to 40 who are parents born in the first generation of the video game era.  I find the original Mario game...
Friday, December 17, 2010

Restaurant: Joey Restaurant

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We had a chance to go to a restaurant called, "Joey Restaurant".  It is a chain restaurant similar to Earls or Cactus Club, and we...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Vancouver Christmas Market

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We went to the Vancouver Christmas Market this week.  It is in its first year with local and European (mostly German) vendors importing Chri...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Coach's New Poppy Bag

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Recently, Coach released a new line of cute, stylish handbags, and we decided to check it out last weekend.  In the Metropolis in Metrotown ...

Restaurant: Nandos

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I have heard good things about Nandos from the East Indian community, so I decided to try it in Metrotown's food court.  I have tried t...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

So cold today...A cold November.

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Record cold temperature in Vancouver area.  It is cold that I find it difficult to bear when I walk my son to daycare.  I can't imagine ...

Christmas Decorations: Hello Kitty and Thomas the Tank Engine

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Every year, we buy new decorations for our big 7 feet tree.  It is sort of like our couple's collections.  We are interested in special...

My Second Son Is Born

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On November 15th, 2010, my second son is born in Burnaby Hospital at 3:45 pm local time.  We were so happy and will undergo the same experi...

Halloween Night: Banana man

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On the way back from the birthday dinner on Halloween, when we got off the Sky Train on Broadway, we saw a crowd of 40 people dressing as Ba...
Monday, November 1, 2010

Restaurant: Cafe Pacifica (Italian Buffet)

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Recently, I wanted to celebrate my wife's birthday and decided to treat her to a good meal.  I have heard that Cafe Pacifica in Canada ...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Mid October's Misty Days

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Right in the middle of October, there were couple of misty days around Vancouver.  From our building, we can see a sea of mist covering the...

Free P&G Sample

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We got a box of sample from the P&G sample website and were amazed at the samples included. It has a Frebreze scent refill, shampoo, li...

Snail As Our Pet for a Week

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Snails and slugs are often found in June and early fall in BC.  Snail are more rare than slugs here. Interestingly, my wife found one big s...

Indian Butter Chicken

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Last year, my co-worker gave me a recipe of authentic Indian Butter Chicken that he uses. My wife tried to follow the recipe and made the f...

Haagen, Giant Pajamas in Target and Cute Wonder Sandwich Box

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Continuing with my shopping notes, we went to Haagen in Washington State, and it feels like IGA Plus in BC.  It has higher grade products a...