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more snow
Posted by: pureessence on: February 17, 2008
This winter is quite crazy. I don’t remember getting SO MUCH snow for many years. But we got MORE snow yet again today. I took some photos of the snow on our DECK. a snow ball made with the snow on our deck And Misty just sinks into the snow
amazon patriots 19-0 book cache
Posted by: pureessence on: February 8, 2008
i got sick last week and it got worse this tuesday. for a few days i’d fall asleep around 9 just to wake up later because my throat hurts so bad. and i have to blow my nose and sneeze. it hurts to talk and to clear my throat. maybe i’m not just having a [...]
dodo has been online for ten years
Posted by: pureessence on: January 4, 2008
- In: geeky | love n family | mixed | personal | photos | rants
- 6 Comments
the other night i realized something amazing. i’ve been to the online world for ten years. i got my first modem at home when i was 16 and i’m turning 26 soon. TEN YEARS.. that’s a long time. a very significant part of a life. from 16 to 26, a person can change so much. [...]
The story behind Chinglish
Posted by: pureessence on: January 3, 2008
- In: chinese | rants
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A while ago I posted some photos of Chinglish. I found it amusing that some people thought they were fake and photoshopped. Well apparently I owe you an explanation. I was reading some of my favorite Chinese blogs today and found this particular entry. It talks in details where some of these translations came from. [...]
All About My Dog, Marimo
Posted by: pureessence on: December 12, 2007
- In: personal
- 2 Comments
This video made me cry today. It’s so nice. It captures you.
OMG does anyone blog any more?
Posted by: pureessence on: December 8, 2007
- In: personal
- 9 Comments
I thought I was bad. But I just visited my links on my blogroll… seriously people haven’t updated their blogs for too long. liberta hasn’t updated her blog since last year? Is it true? Or has she moved? I don’t know her very well but I love her designs. What is natasja doing? All of [...]
bubo and misty in the snow
Posted by: pureessence on: November 23, 2007
- In: personal | photos
- 5 Comments
We got our first snow of the year Wednesday. Yesterday we let the dogs out on our deck which had about 2-3 inches of snow. Misty was a bit shy at first but with our encouragement she finally stepped onto the deck. Bubo loved eating the snow. In one of the pictures you will see [...]
Chinglish
Posted by: pureessence on: November 10, 2007
- In: chinese | funny | photos
- 22 Comments
I noticed that engrish.com has a Chinglish section now. For those who don’t know these are English translations in non-English speaking countries and Chinglish is specifically for the ones in China. I thought I’d share some with you. I will try my best to provide you with the correct translation for each. For each plastic [...]
How to STYLE a table using CSS (JSF examples)
Posted by: pureessence on: October 18, 2007
- In: geeky | school n work
- 5 Comments
Tables are very important parts of the web interface. They are (hopefully) used for tabular data. It is one of the oldest and most basic HTML presentation tag but in order for it to smoothly fit into the new CSS age, we need to look at the most practical way in correctly setting up the [...]
Wisconsin Dells Vacation
Posted by: pureessence on: September 2, 2007
- In: personal | photos | rants
- 6 Comments
We have planned this vacation in May and we finally did it. Even with all the moving, selling & buying house, getting a new job and going back to school, we still made it. It was an awesome vacation. We stayed at the Wisconsin Dells area for six days five nights. Two at Chula Vista [...]
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