The Wikipedia black out got the entire nation (or at least, the online community) to start paying close attention to SOPA and PIPA legislations and restarted the war on copyrights and online piracy. What the argument boils down to is that online piracy is bad because it infriged on the copyrights of the artists and resulted in lost of revenues for ( Read more... )

After 7 years, I finally finished book 1 of my trilogy. It has been a long time, but my defense is that I didn't write for 7 years straight. Instead, I kind of was writing for two months and then let the story sat for 2 to 3 years. But at least, book 1 of the story is down on papers ( Read more... )

I am trying to follow the pattern to crochet a blanket. Since the pattern is not a very intricate one, I have decided to make the blanket a little bigger. Well, turned out, the blanket is going to be a lot bigger than expected, more time consuming. And I hate how the edges are turning out. I am not sure where exactly I did wrong. But I am thinking ( Read more... )

Most of the time when I have vacation, I will drive up to South Carolina and somewhere during the vacation stop by to stay with my parents for a night or two. For the most part, this arrangement works out pretty well. I get to spend time with my husband, his family, our friends in South Carolina, and my parents ( Read more... )

I am very proud to report that, despite all of my ongoing problems, at least my budgets for the month of February is a success. For the first time in several month, I spent less than what I make. I also think I have sorted out my tax withdrawal now so that the HR department of the hospital is finally taking the appropriate amount out of my paycheck ( Read more... )

I know I have complained and posted about my parents before, but I thought I will polled some opinions again ( Read more... )

I love food. One of my enjoyment in life is to cook good food. Another even bigger enjoyment is to eat good food. Unfortunately, my definition of good food is not always healthy. In fact, more often than not, they are the most unhealthy food ever ( Read more... )

Ever since August or September of last year, I was having problem balancing my spending. It has became a major headache for me because it is no longer an issue once in few month but a monthly issue. Even though I still have some savings at the bank, I cannot let the problem persist because I don't want the problem to slowly eat away whatever small ( Read more... )

I have created an Excel budget spread sheet for me earlier this morning. In the past I have never had to use one before since I was always able to keep a mental count of how much I spent roughly and how much more money I have left over to spend. In addition, I have always been able to save some money every month. But that has changed drastically ( Read more... )

Since Lewis and I both love sushi, we have been trying to find a decent sushi place in Mobile, AL. One of the places around our apartment, Konnitiwa, turned out pretty decent. After going there for a few times, Lewis noticed that they also has suiyaki on their menu ( Read more... )