Things I want to remember

- My parents surprised me with a Sony Walkman digital media player (nwz-a818) for my b-day gift. Given to me on Nov. 19, 3 days before my actual b-day.

- On Nov. 22, my mom learned to play "Happy Birthday" by ear on the piano for my 24th birthday. :) This is the first time I remember seeing my mom even try to play the piano.

- Dad bought "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho for me on Nov 27. It was actually recommended to me by a psychic lol. Haven't started reading it yet, but I will soon.

By the way, the food was yummy. :)

Thanks for all that you do. I love, love, love you mom and dad.

"Time After Time" by Rod Stewart

"I only know what I know
the passing years will show
you've kept my love so young, so new

and time after time
you'll hear me say that I'm
so lucky to be loving you"

If you lived with me, you'd notice that it's quite usual for me to be humming random tunes around the house, especially on a good day. Admittedly, if I had a decent singing voice, I'd probably be singing more often than just humming lol. ;)

My song of the moment (or, SOTM, as I may call it in the future) is "Time After Time" as sung by Rod Stewart. My mom loves his "Great American Songbook" volumes, and now, so do I.

A lot of my relatives are decent singers, actually. I still wonder why the good voice gene skipped me. There are times that I wish I had the guts to enjoy singing around people, but I guess I just grew up being embarrassed by my voice.

You know, I've never had any training, though. What if maybe deep down inside there just might be a great voice waiting to be discovered? Lol, yeah, whatever. :P

Arare Japanese Rice Crackers - Yum

Mmm... so I just found out what these tasty snacks are called. :)

(Here's a link that shows what they look like.)

http://www.nutsonline.com/snacksmixes/oriental-mix.html?sid=bGoUCG4j62vyoDD6

I discovered these snacks many years ago at a local asian grocery store, and eversince then I've made it a point to put a bag of them in the cart whenever we stop by. All this time I hadn't even bothered to find out exactly what they are. Now I finally know.

Turns out that they are Japanese rice crackers called "Arare". They come in many different flavors. Some are spicy and some even have seaweed wrapped around them. The spicy ones are good, but I like variety, so I always get the mix bag.

The pieces are a little hard though, but I've been hooked eversince my first taste.

In fact, I'm eating some even now. :) ::crunch crunch::