Archive for the 'Food' Category
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Today my colleagues and I were invited to a Boodle Fight with some of our host-nation counterparts. The Boodle Fight is a tradition in this country that builds esprit de corps (team-building, in modern business parlance). I’m not sure how far it dates back. The cooks would prepare as much food as was available. Then they would [...]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
I had some of the spiciest Kung Pao chicken ever today, therefore I went seeking a dessert that would cool me off afterward. Actually, I didn’t go seeking it, the waiter stopped by and recited a short list. I remember hearing "Mango (something), mango (something else), (another something with) mango, and fried ice cream. Fried [...]
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
When I was about 20 years old, a car drove by that had a bumper sticker that said "Wouldn’t it be nice if the schools had all the money they needed and the Air Force had to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber?" I remember wishing I were in a bomber at that moment [...]
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
A blur. Yes, that’s a good word to describe the past week. It’s been a lot of non-stop helter-skelter, hurry-scurry, running to-and-fro trying to tie up the little bits and pieces of life that underpin it and allow us to do the big things. Although I could eat fast-food all the time, I’d [...]
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Thursday, May 11th, 2006
Tonight I’m going to try my hand at explaining what I ate. This ought to be interesting. I’m the most utilitarian eater I know. In general if it’s food, cooked, and isn’t made from something rather gross, I never complain. I’ve noticed most of my friends can explain things about food that I never [...]
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