Zing!
Add a box of Tylenol for all mothers.

Who’s addicted?
 

I ate an apple right after brushing my teeth.
Blagh. Might as well put toothpaste on my apple.

The landlord helped me create a box garden in our back yard.
The feeling of soil on my hand is gentle. I feel connected and soothed. I love the scent. Gardners must be happy people.
I’ve been burying compost in the box, and recently I added a layer of cardboard which I covered with soil. I heard […]

I looked for soy sauce everywhere. None in the cupboard, none in the fridge, none in any of my roommate’s kitchen drawers, not even small left over packages from take out sushi. It was devastating. I don’t recall a time when soy sauce was not available to me.
So my veggie rice bowl tasted bland, back […]

2009, I experienced my first video call. The sun had made it’s way to tomorrow on the other side of the ocean, where my friend cheered me with her visual presence via Skype video call. I felt the Japanese summer heat, looking at her short sleeves and the air conditioner. We played row-shan-bo with a 5 […]

I love her, yes! My mum sent me a container full of her hand-made pickled plums; the plums were taken from a tree my grandparents planted long ago.

“This year didn’t turn out so well” she said, but they taste just perfect.
In order to get my new nanny job, the family who I’d previously nannied for […]

I love ice cream. I was eating Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked Chocolate and Vanilla Low Fat Frozen Yogurt with Fudgy Brownies and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, when I came across the note that read : “Your satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Please send container bottom, place & date of purchase, & specific details”. 
 
 What […]

Noon time conversation between a group of office girls reveal the variety in spicing an avocado.
“Oh, red wine vinegar is the best. With salt and ground pepper!” 
“I put red wine vinegar and garlic powder. Mmm.”
“I like it plain. Cut it in half, throw out the pit, scoop it with a spoon. Cold”
“I gotta have a bit of lemon squeezed in, but […]

Have you ever chewed gum and ate a biscuit at the same time?
It melts in your mouth.
You’re not sure whether to spit it out or swallow the glob.
I think it’s better to spit it out.