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Blogging Insights – New Format #24

Published on January 4, 2022January 3, 2022 by Yinglan3 Comments

On this week’s Blogging Insights – New Format #24, the following quote is given:

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#Bloganuary Prompt Day 4 – Favorite Toy

Published on January 4, 2022January 3, 2022 by Yinglan7 Comments

What was your favorite toy as a child?

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#Bloganuary Prompt Day 1 to 3

Published on January 3, 2022January 2, 2022 by Yinglan5 Comments

I feel so late to the game but I have been feeling pretty uninspired the past few days as the result of an ear blockage which may or may not had been due to an infection in my gums and sinus. Before you say it might be a build-up of earwax, I’ve checked and cleaned my ear with my endoscopic ear picker (ear picker with a tiny camera).

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Welcome 2022

Published on January 1, 2022 by Yinglan16 Comments

Well, the time has at last arrive, 2021 is in the past and 2022 is the present.

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One Last #WeekendCoffeeShare for 2021

Published on December 31, 2021December 28, 2021 by Yinglan3 Comments

Hello and welcome to my corner of winter wonderland. Please come in, shrug off your coat and join me for one last conversation in 2021.

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Friday Fictioneers: Hope for 2022

Published on December 30, 2021December 29, 2021 by Yinglan5 Comments

Sitting in his chair by the fireplace, Nicholas can’t help burst out laughing.

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Semi-Official Truthful Tuesday 12-28-2021 on a Wednesday

Published on December 29, 2021December 28, 2021 by Yinglan4 Comments

While host Frank is on sabbatical, hostess Melanie from Sparks from a Combustible Mind is taking the rein and she asks:

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Blogging Insights – New Format #23

Published on December 28, 2021December 27, 2021 by Yinglan5 Comments

On this week’s Blogging Insights – New Format #23, the following quote is given:

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Share Your World – Week of December 27, 2021 – As the Year Ends

Published on December 28, 2021December 27, 2021 by Yinglan7 Comments

At 12 a.m. on December 31st/Jan 1st, what will you be doing? (use your own time zone please)

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Monday Thoughts

Published on December 27, 2021December 26, 2021 by Yinglan8 Comments

This doesn’t feel like a Monday to me. Maybe because I don’t have to work this week. I am sorry to those who does, it must feel awkward to work even a few days if you have two long weekends in a row.

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My First Christmas Part 3

Published on December 26, 2021December 25, 2021 by Yinglan2 Comments

For Part 1, click here.

For Part 2, click here.

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My First Christmas Part 2

Published on December 25, 2021 by Yinglan2 Comments

For Part 1, click here.

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My First Christmas Part 1

Published on December 24, 2021December 25, 2021 by Yinglan4 Comments

Did I ever mentioned my very first Christmas was when I was 10-year-old?

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Friday Fictioneers: 18 Christmases Later…

Published on December 23, 2021December 22, 2021 by Yinglan14 Comments

Angie stares at the Christmas lights in the rear-view mirror, waiting for the light to turn green, while a jazz rendition of “I’ll be Home for Christmas” plays softly on the radio.

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Truthful Tuesday 12-21-2021 on a Wednesday

Published on December 22, 2021December 21, 2021 by Yinglan4 Comments

This week on Truthful Tuesday, while host Frank is on sabbatical, hostess Melanie from Sparks from a Combustible Mind asks:

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Share Your World – Week of December 20, 2021

Published on December 22, 2021December 20, 2021 by Yinglan10 Comments

What is your least favorite holiday side dish? (for any holiday)

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Blogging Insights – New Format #22

Published on December 21, 2021December 20, 2021 by Yinglan5 Comments

On this week’s Blogging Insights – New Format #22, the following quote is given:

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Tuesday Thoughts

Published on December 21, 2021December 19, 2021 by Yinglan2 Comments

Wow, I can’t believe it’s here. Today marks my 20th year since I first stepped foot at LAX airport. So many years have gone by. So many lessons learned. It sure feels like a milestone. I feel I should write something but I did that in 2020.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: 3 Days after Surgery

Published on December 18, 2021December 17, 2021 by Yinglan38 Comments

Hello, and my oh my, it’s cold outside. Please join me for a virtual coffee.

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Friday Fictioneers: Secret Obsession

Published on December 16, 2021December 15, 2021 by Yinglan17 Comments

What I’m about to show you was my grandfather’s best-kept secret.

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A story I never thought I would tell…

Published on December 13, 2021December 11, 2021 by Yinglan6 Comments

You know how you tell yourself sometimes, “that’s something only happen on TV.” If you don’t, well, it’s something I tell myself to soothe my crazy imagination.

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#WeekendCoffeeShare: General Update on Life, Work, and Mounting Anxiety

Published on December 11, 2021December 10, 2021 by Yinglan20 Comments

Hello, come on in from the cold. Please sit and join me for a virtual coffee.

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Friday Thoughts

Published on December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 by YinglanLeave a comment

Not bad for the first snow storm of the season. It’s been snowing since yesterday morning. It paused now and then with light sprinkles but it hasn’t stopped. The temperature now at 8 AM- 24-degrees-Fahrenheit (-4-degree-Celsius). Brr…

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