Danke Schön!

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Danke Schön (thank you) is the only German I could speak. It pays to be polite… most of the time. You see, it’s always good to learn saying “thank you” first, even before “hello”. When you say “hello” to someone in a foreign country, people might expect you to say something more after the initial greeting. […]

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Saturday Quotes Of The Week

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill “What’s meant to be will always find a way.” ― Trisha Yearwood

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Crispy Skin Australian Barramundi with Tomato Caper Vinaigrette

A few years ago, I went to this fancy restaurant in Toronto for business dinner with a group of people from all over the world. The restaurant staff came to our table, specially recommended “Australia Barramundi and red wine from south Australia”. I couldn’t help but laugh inside. Yep, as if I flew all the […]

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Saturday: Quotes Of The Week

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” ― Bil Keane “I’m not afraid of death; I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” ― Woody Allen “The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on […]

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Hideaway Island Vanuatu

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“That’s Hideaway Island”, on the way to Vanuatu waterfall, our driver pointed it to us. We looked out to the sea. There it was, a sweet looking, tiny, round shaped island in the turquoise water from afar, surrounded by pristine white sand beach (in my imagination). Later it turned out that my imaginary “white sand” […]

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Vapiano, Welcome To My List Of Favorites

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Naturally I’m the adventurous, reckless type. For the sake of curiosity, I wouldn’t hesitate to travel to places where most people consider dangerous. Try different food. Try different career paths. Go out with different type of people. Dye my hair to different hair colors… But as I grow order (OMG, can’t believe once upon a […]

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