Author Archives: AllisonChang

My sister treated me to a spa facial this weekend, and the spa lady said that we should use a toner to minimize our pores. We were excited to try, but a little skeptical since a different spa lady had … Continue reading →

I dog-sat again for my parents while they were on Kauai this past week. When I picked them up from the airport last night, my mom said she had gotten a call from their neighbor’s friend — their neighbor had … Continue reading →

We made shoyu chicken this weekend, and since it was for the potluck, we actually thickened the sauce — usually we’re too lazy. Before this, I didn’t really get how adding cornstarch worked, and my sauces kind of thickened unpredictably, … Continue reading →

Mike and I went to our class reunion this weekend — go Lab Rats! It was great seeing my classmates again, and it was super nice of the people who arranged it to go to all the trouble. We had … Continue reading →

My co-worker from Japan said that when she moved here, she was surprised when she looked in the meat section of the supermarket — she said that in Japan, the supermarkets just have a small selection of beef, and it’s … Continue reading →

I’ve been staying up late recently, so have been a little loopier than normal — the other day I was waiting at a stop light behind another car, and the light turned green, but the car didn’t move for about … Continue reading →

The building that I work in had a Tenant Appreciation day today — have you ever heard of such a thing? They made a buffet line outside for all the building tenants (it’s a business building), set up tons of … Continue reading →

… is traffic news on my phone! Mike leaves for work about 10 minutes before me, so if there’s bad traffic, he calls to let me know. So far this month, there’s been really bad traffic twice that I was … Continue reading →

I was really excited yesterday because I was looking forward to indulging in my bad eating habits — I was planning on having fish sticks for dinner. My dad even made his very yummy tartar sauce for me to take … Continue reading →

If only I could move some of the cold air from my office to my house… the a/c is always turned on to freezing at work! It’s so ridiculously cold that I have a small space heater under my desk … Continue reading →