OF MICE AND raMEN

Fortunately, I do not live next door! This is an old photo someone shared on social media awhile ago.

I received this lovely Chinese New Year gift from my son's girlfriend. What a sweet gesture! Red (roses) for good luck and *Caishen (whi...

Whew!  Finally, that dastardly rat (sorry, rat pallies!) is gone and the earnest ox now rules the new year as the 2nd animal on the 12-year ...

Image credit - https://www.instagram.com/reggietoons/?hl=en Haha! This cartoon of the Chinese *Three Wise Men practicing social distancing a...

Stuck in a bad traffic jam... Waze reports a collision between a car and motorcycle 780 metres ahead. Waze screenshot Crawling impatiently a...

Almost everyone I know already has and loves their air fryers. But countertop space is prime real estate in my closet-size kitchen. I have t...

 My son Rodney pranked me with this Christmas gift. I thought it was a cordless hair dryer! Turned out , it was a gag gift  —  a big-ass air...

This candid photo was taken by my son Rodney when we were walking towards our car. Rodney wanted to close in for a better angle but I said t...

I was googling stroopwafel and somehow landed on Rommy de Bommy's Instagram page. This wasn't what I had in mind! Scrolling down her...

You probably have seen photos of bowls of colorful rice balls (tang yuan) on social media and especially on December 21st/22nd every year wh...

My first encounter with an XLB was painful (literally) and embarrassing! It  happened during a business luncheon with my boss and a couple o...

My son took these photos at a mall where his client's office is located.  I am glad that our local malls are keeping the Christmas spiri...