This year we didn’t have any extended familial obligations or travel plans so our family spent a blissful Christmas day just relaxing and taking it easy at home. Amazing light display two houses down: Christmas morning: It took me 8 months to complete this cross-stitch. Since practically all restaurants in our area were closed on [...]
Archive for December, 2009
December 23, 2009
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Holidays at Disneyland
By Pinjing in Daily Life, Disneyland, HolidaysMy sister and I are Disneyland annual passholders; a trip during their holiday season is a must: The huge Christmas tree that greets you when you enter on Main Street: If you’re not too hungry, you can opt for a kid’s meal for a light lunch. Turkey wrap. Of course, I had to doctor it [...]
Tags: christmas, Disneyland, Holidays
December 13, 2009
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Treat?
By Pinjing in Daily Life, HolidaysWent here today with little sis. Almost died from the cuteness overload. Will definitely post more pics of the dogs I saw once I wade through all the pictures. For now, this cardigan welsh corgi will have to suffice. I’m currently enjoying all the Christmas lights I put up around my bed: And my geeky [...]
December 10, 2009
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Christmas Lights
By Pinjing in Daily Life, Dessert, Holidays, Photo PostIndulging in the holiday spirits by drowning myself in twinkle lights and Christmas sweets: Have you ever had these? I bought these at Trader Joe’s; they’re a sort of fluffy, gingerbread-like spiced candied fruit cookie; they were a bit dry but I kept at it and it eventually grew on me. I finished the Ishiguro [...]
December 9, 2009
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The Remains of the Day
By Pinjing in Daily Life, ReadingWhen I was in high school, I used to spend a good hour or so before bed just reading novels. It gave me a great sense of accomplishment and pleasure to finish a book (especially if it was good) and head over to the bookstore to pick out the next one. Then I went to [...]
December 8, 2009
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Panettone. I sit in cars.
By Pinjing in Breakfast, Daily LifeHere’s some shots of the panettone that I baked yesterday; I tried baking one of the loaves in a coffee can: As you can see, it kind of got mangled when I was trying to extract it after it was done . . . Still damn tasty, though, especially with some blood orange marmalade and [...]
December 7, 2009
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Recent Olympus XA Film Snaps
By Pinjing in Daily LifeJust another painful reminder that I need to look into buying a new dedicated film scanner . . . These were scanned using a multi-function fax/scanner/printer machine! Perhaps that’s why I don’t shoot film more often; I’m just not happy with my current options of converting them into a digital format. Today was the start [...]
December 6, 2009
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Cracked.
By Pinjing in Daily LifeLong time no post; but things have been a bit crazy around here (people getting sick, doing some job searching, getting unnecessarily anxious and stressed out over my life – can anyone say quarter life crisis?) My mom has been sick with the cough/flu for the past week and a half and we’ve been taking [...]