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		<title>Currently Reading: Anchee Min’s “Pearl of China”</title>
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I don&#8217;t quite remember what led me to Anchee Min&#8217;s Pearl  of China, published earlier this year, in the first place. I probably noticed the Chinese author&#8217;s name in a book list and looked further into the synopsis. Once I realized it is about Pearl S. Buck and recalled quickly how Buck&#8217;s The Good Earth was a spectacular read, I put it on my library request list.
Aside from many an Asian&#8217;s initial surprise that a novel that studies in-depth a Chinese peasant&#8217;s story at the beginning of the last ...]]></description>
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		<title>Currently Reading: Jean Kwok’s “Girl in Translation”</title>
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Another 2010 book down. I pat myself on my back to have started borrowing books from the library, even when they are still &#8220;ON ORDER&#8221;, paying attention to recommendations from AAM, and getting Google Alerts about &#8220;asian american literature&#8221;!! From the latter, the most consistent recommendations have come from Asian American Literature Fans, a Livejournal blog, an article from which nearly spoiled the novel for me if I hadn&#8217;t closed the browser tab as soon as it started to delve into plot points.
I had begun reading Jean Kwok&#8217;s 2010 debut novel, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://wynlok.com/2010/09/currently-reading-girl-in-translation/</link>
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		<title>One Big Bad Week</title>
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Summer is drawing to a close way too quickly. I was saddened last week when I was working for my parents and it was frightfully dark already at 8:30. I do not appreciate all of Vancouver&#8217;s seasons equally even if the rains bring so-called lush greenery, and am only grateful that imminent cool weather will make flies go into hibernation (or die or whatever) and despite it raining seemingly 95 of 100 days, I really am grateful my commute is really short.
In some respects, I had the most boring summer ...]]></description>
		<link>http://wynlok.com/2010/08/one-big-bad-week/</link>
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		<title>Home cooking :  2 for $50 dinner</title>
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We were at the Village Taphouse in The Village at Park Royal where NPY noticed the Specials card that advertised a dinner deal: $50 gets you a bottle of wine and unlimited Caesar salad and spaghetti for two people. He thought it was a nice deal but I, and any of you, could easily do better. What do you wanna bet that it&#8217;s at best a $17 bottle of wine at the liquor store marked up to $30 at the restaurant and the pasta meal is consequently &#8220;only&#8221; $10 per ...]]></description>
		<link>http://wynlok.com/2010/08/home-cooking2-for-50-dinner/</link>
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		<title>Currently Reading: Somewhere Inside</title>
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I try to recall the media furor over the captivity of Laura Ling and Euna Lee last year but I can&#8217;t really separate in my mind &#8220;actual&#8221; coverage by mainstream news and the re-coverage and opinion by bloggers. I followed Angry Asian Man and he echoes a lot of Asian-American-related news for his readers&#8217; benefit and this news story just didn&#8217;t go away. Then the highest levels of American government finally got involved and it was finally all over mainstream American news.
I don&#8217;t suppose many people knew who Laura Ling ...]]></description>
		<link>http://wynlok.com/2010/08/currently-reading-somewhere-inside/</link>
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		<title>Tapas bar hopping in Vancouver’s Chinatown</title>
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Cari and I were at the VPD north of Chinatown to pick up/have sent our criminal records to the place we will volunteer. It was a bust because while the station is open until 7, the records office closed at 5:30. I thought I might suggest we go to The Naam or Don Guacamoles, two restaurants I have not yet gone to.
But Cari had recently read about two new-ish Asian fusion restaurants in Chinatown and I picked the one that kind of had better reviews across dinehere.ca, Urbanspoon, and Yelp: ...]]></description>
		<link>http://wynlok.com/2010/08/tapas-bar-hopping-in-vancouvers-chinatown/</link>
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		<title>My co-operative education experience</title>
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Before I got my current job, I applied to a cooperative education department and never heard back from the hiring manager. Given the department and job description, I actually tailored my cover letter to convey that I had been through co-op and was eager to work for a program that so positively impacts students&#8217; futures.
I got hired by  the company anyways, but in a different department, and learned the name of the hiring manager. Because she has a name similar to mine, it would come up when I queried the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://wynlok.com/2010/08/my-co-operative-education-experience/</link>
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		<title>Dineout Reviews: July 2010</title>
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It&#8217;s a pretty good month if I&#8217;ve got enough food pictures for a dineout review for just that month, ja? Ja!
Benkei Ramen
We usually get miso ramen because it&#8217;s hearty and oh so tasty. But what about the second bowl of ramen we order between the two of us? We are not likely to get the cold noodles but the milky broth elicits both fascination and fear in us. At Benkei, the milky broth was described as being designed for Western tastes and has garlic and butter. I was merely very ...]]></description>
		<link>http://wynlok.com/2010/08/dineout-reviews-july-2010/</link>
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		<title>My “collection” of mini lotion</title>
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My introduction to the idea of collection miniature bottles came from seeing my Toronto aunt&#8217;s mini-perfume bottle display. (Isn&#8217;t everything better in miniature?) Now, that is a normal and presentable collection to have.
&#8220;Collecting&#8221; the miniature lotions from hotels I&#8217;ve stayed at, not so much. Whereas I would be loathed to use mini-perfume and empty those bottles of the liquid whose colour may be contributing to the bottle design, I&#8217;m less reluctant to use the lotion. I have so far been a bit reluctant to use and then dispose of the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://wynlok.com/2010/07/my-collection-of-mini-lotion/</link>
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		<title>Currently Reading: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</title>
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Oh boy, the way in which I figure out the next novel I will read scares me, and is a testiment to how much of an Internet junkie I can be. I was listening to the podcast, M and MX Radio, the episode in which Hugh Jackman regales you (at the 4-minute mark) by singing a Chinese folk song. It&#8217;s hilarious! He learned this song because he is starring in the movie adaptation of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. The movie, due out in 2011, also stars Vivian Wu ...]]></description>
		<link>http://wynlok.com/2010/07/currently-reading-snow-flower-and-the-secret-fan/</link>
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