Author Archives: AllisonChang

My sister made gingerbread cookies for the first time last month, and she gave them to everyone in our family as Christmas presents. I think it took her a total of nine hours! She even made the icing herself and … Continue reading →

My uncle brought over dim sum he bought in Chinatown, and he got this Chinese mochi there. It’s deep fried; the carrot-shaped one had custard inside, I think, and the brown one was ham siu gau. Isn’t it cute?

A couple of months ago, I noticed that I had a new callus on the inside of my first knuckle of my right index finger. I had no idea what it was until today… I was chopping stuff up to … Continue reading →

My desk at work is right next to a window, and I sit so that my right side is facing it. I keep the shade up because it’s cheerier, but every day between 10:30 and 12:30 the sun shines really … Continue reading →

I finished my Christmas shopping really early, but I’ve been making up for it by buying lots of stuff for myself. The latest thing I want to buy is a water pot heater thingy with temperature controls. A couple of … Continue reading →

I was wondering if it’s a usual thing for animal moms to get masculine voiceovers in Japan? I saw it in Princess Mononoke and now in this video, and then I was curious whether it happens a lot in Japanese … Continue reading →

On Sunday night, the doorbell rang at 9pm, and it was my sister dropping off these pies! She taught herself to bake them, and she makes the best apple pies I’ve ever had. Normally I don’t really like pie crust, … Continue reading →

A couple of years ago, I bought my car from a nice man who said he needed to get something more practical — he told me he was going to buy a BMW so he could drive his mother around, … Continue reading →

When I first started driving, I didn’t know how to turn on the high beams, but it didn’t really matter since we hardly ever have to use them in Hawaii. :> One night, I was driving behind another car, and … Continue reading →

I didn’t mean to post that other thing about grapes — I thought I deleted that. 😀 Anyhoo… If you want to beat crowds, it’s great to go grocery shopping on rainy days! There was a huge thunderstorm this weekend, … Continue reading →