Monthly Archives: August 2009

Sabbatical

Posted on August 30, 2009 by LY

J and I have been talking about taking a year sabbatical in 3-4 years.  Perhaps move to 臺灣 and use it as a home base to explore the rest of Asia.  I’ve always said that 未來 is in Asia, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Family | Leave a comment

生日

Posted on August 29, 2009 by LY

我剛跟他們講電話：“記得生日”。 媽咪：”誰的？“ Pause…(long pause) 爹地： “啊。。。tsan tsan” 沒辦發。。。看他們永遠都不會記得。 但是他們記得M跟J的生日。。。33 跟 93。。。還講得好順！ 我說白生了。

Posted in Family | Leave a comment

Recession Over?

Posted on August 29, 2009 by LY

There’s been some chatter about this recession being over, but call me a pessimist, I don’t think we’re quite there yet.  Here’s why:1. Consumer spending was up as a result of the cash for clunkers program, which concentrated a few months … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance | Leave a comment

GPS Drawing

Posted on August 26, 2009 by LY

I’ve been running with my Garmin Forerunner 305 for 6 weeks now, and it has made training a lot simpler.  I no longer have to worry about keeping track of my pace while I’m running or map out my routes … Continue reading →

Posted in Running | Leave a comment

‘The Little One’

Posted on August 24, 2009 by LY

AKA Truffalo.  Mocha, who’s 6 years Truffalo’s senior, is the ‘older one’, but we never call her that.  We started referring to him as ‘the little one’ when the husband and I would ‘talk’ about him, but didn’t want him … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs | Leave a comment

Wealth Measurement

Posted on August 23, 2009 by LY

I’ve been part of the NetworthIQ community for 2+ years now, diligently tracking progress and gauging when I’d be able to finally bow out of the work force.  Recently I’ve read more articles proposing that wealth should be measured by Net … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance | Leave a comment

A Little Behind The Times

Posted on August 22, 2009 by LY

OK, so this is my very first blog, and to be honest I didn’t even realize it was so easy to create a blog page until the husband showed me how.  All these years I was under the impression that … Continue reading →

Posted in Running | Leave a comment