Kat's Notebook

This is just a diary-like blog. I need a sounding board and the WWW is adequate enough. Anyway, what’s up with me? I’ve been very very busy. It’s not that I go to a lot of places or do a lot of stuffs but mainly I am studying for my dental board exam this December [...]

A lot of things happening in this long weekend: Feb 13-15. For me my long weekend started yesterday on the 12th since my office is close every friday. I have 4 days to do what I want to do. Unfortunately I couldn’t think of something. Lake Tahoe would be a nice getaway. Anyway if you [...]

Just lately I’ve the desire to experiment and cook new recipes. Since I have a long weekend every week because my job is only 4 days a week, I can devote my time in cooking. Especially now with my father not here at the moment, I’m not pressured to cook meals 3 times a day. [...]

Happy 2010 everyone! I hope you guys had a great celebration and an encouraging start for the new year. For me, New Year’s resolutions don’t work. 5 days after I forget about making them. Anyhow when I had a quiet time to ponder 2009 and plan for 2010, 2 things dawned on me: First, I [...]

On Dec 29 1982, a baby is born and she was named Katrina. Yup it’s my birthday! I’ll be another year older, hopefully wiser and wishfully looking younger still. I got money from my parents, birthday greetings from friends especially at Facebook, and a cake, yellow flower, and a card from my office. Later we’ll [...]

I’ve forgotten how it can be too cold here in America. But this winter, it seems to be unusually colder here in the Bay Area. Our family is able to survive previous winter seasons without having to use a centralized home heater. We’ve made do of using a portable heater in the bedroom when we [...]

I have safely arrived back in the US. After 14 hours of flight, I’m so happy to be on land again. I never knew that I would be a finicky traveler. I mean I love to travel but I just hate to sit on the plane for hours. I have developed motion-sickness going to Taipei. [...]

I’ve been out of the blogging loop these past days because so much things have happened. I’m in the middle of my “packing” because I’m returning back to the US at the end of this month. I’ve finally graduated from Dentistry, praise God. Now I’m rushing all the things I needed to get a clearance [...]