Tuesday, April 14

Hoongle

http://www.hoongle.org/
Save children from hunger. For every search you do, [they] donate 20 grains of rice to malnourished children around the world through the UN World Food Program.
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Tuesday, March 3

Borrow Museum and Arts Passes!

The Museum Arts Pass (MAP) will be available at all 99 Toronto Public Library Branches starting March 7, 2009. You can get the Museum Arts Pass for institutions such as the AGO, The Bata Shoe Museum, Black Creek Pioneer Village, Gardiner Museum, the Textile Museum of Canada and more. Each MAP is good for one museum in particular and each library will have a limited number of passes for each museum in any given week.

All Toronto library patrons with a valid adult library card will be entitled to borrow one pass per week and each pass will admit one family (generally one or two adults and up to four children). You can borrow passes to any of the participating venues, and you can borrow them more than once. The passes cannot be renewed or reserved and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/spe_ser_museum_arts_pass.jsp

Where Can I Visit?

As of Saturday, March 7th, 2009, the following passes will be available at all 99 Toronto Public Library branches:

Art Gallery of Ontario The Bata Shoe Museum

Black Creek Pioneer Village

Black Creek Pioneer Village closes for the winter – but is open for March Break this year! Passes will be available March through December in 2009.

Gardiner Museum

Museum of Inuit Art

Textile Museum of Canada

Museum of Inuit Art Textile Museum of Canada


City of Toronto's Historic Museums
  • Colborne Lodge in High Park
  • Fort York National Historic Site
  • Gibson House Museum
  • Mackenzie House
  • Montgomery's Inn
  • Scarborough Historical Museum
  • Spadina Museum: Historic House & Gardens
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Arts Centre




The following passes are also available at select library branches (see below for a list of branches):

Ontario Science Centre Casa Loma


Royal Ontario Museum
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Saturday, February 21

Panasonic Lumix LX-3

I love my Lumix LX-3!
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Winterlicious 2009

Midi Bistro
168 McCaul St
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Sunday, November 16

NYC

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Tuesday, October 7

denim washing recipes

1 extremist recipe
let your jeans get dirty as long as possible. first wash: dry clean. following washes: soak your jeans for about an hour in water with a little WOOLITE BLACK added, rinse, roll in a terrycloth towel and hang up to dry.

2 semi-extremist recipe
soak your jeans for about an hour in water with WOOLITE BLACK added, don't scrub, rinse, wring and hang up to let the water drain.

3 machine recipe
machine wash at 30°C (90°F), delicate cycle, no spin cycle, with WOOLITE BLACK.

4 seawater recipe
let your jeans get dirty for as long as possible, go swimming in the ocean wearing your jeans, rub your jeans with dry sand, and repeat several times. rinse in fresh (not salt) water and let dry in the sun.

* recipes taken from www.apc.fr

are you an extremist?
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Sunday, October 5

6:52pm to sunrise

Nuit Blanche 2008 in Toronto

Stereoscope, 2008


Into the Blue, 2008


Time-Piece, 2008


Meeky: The World's Strangest Little Boy,2004 - 2008


Dream Home, 2008

House of Leaves 2008

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Saturday, September 13

FranBrose

Another friend from high school got married today.  Another opportunity to catch up with good old friends.   Congratulations and all the best to you Mr. and Mrs Lau!

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Wednesday, September 10

LEE

Fantastic dinner was had at LEE this evening.
It was also a good evening spent with old friends.
Great company and great food.  Completely satisfied.

LEE - highly recommended.
603 King St W

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Saturday, September 6

Weddings

The three weddings that I've attended are the marriages of high school friends who had met their significant others back in the days.  Those occasions were also the best opportunities to reconnect with old friends.  What took me by surprise was the ease that I felt towards my old friends.   Since high school all of us went on different paths.  I haven't been very good at keeping in touch.  Then it came the opportunities for us to reunite.  We all became so reminiscent of the past.  We shared stories from past and present. Even though I am wedding-ed out this summer I truly cherish these occasions because of the non-stop laughters that we shared.

A shout-out to my friends who tied the knot with their high-school sweethearts this summer: congratulations and thank-you for the opportunites that brought old friends together.

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Saturday, August 23

Tomato

Congrats to my friends who got married today.
The first parts of both their names combined make it sound like Tomato in Cantonese.   So you know who you are.  I wish you both lifetime of happiness together.  
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Sunday, June 8

b-day

It's such a good feeling to be able to spend time with friends on a special day. Thanks to my wonderful friends (you know who you are) who spent time with me on this day. It was a fun and cheerful day for me. Thanks for the thoughtful gifts and delicious dinner too!!! You guys made my day!!! Cheers!!!!!!!! =D
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Wednesday, June 4

Ride For Heart

Thanks so much for those who supported The Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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Sunday, May 4

Sporting Life 10K

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Friday, May 2

atelier thuet

Eating after a workout is always satisfying. Be the workout a simple run or dragon boat paddling, having a sit-down dinner is fulfilling. Tonight after a run colleagues and I had dinner at Atelier Thuet (Liberty Village) that has just opened for two weeks. To describe the experience in one word: Divine!!!
With great Belgian beer + great food "Atelier Thuet" is a sure winner!

Recommended items:
Belgian Beer in 750ml bottle (I have picture of the label for reference)
"Raclette" Raclette on Venison Prosciutto and Potato
"Charcuterie" (a shared platter) Assorted cured meat and Foie Gras...
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