some answers to your questions
Time for a light hearted post, so I pulled out some questions that you all asked a while back and decided to answer them. Feel free to ask more!
Are Bento boxes easy to find? Yes, they are, but it’s more of a Japanese thing. You can find some neat sets in most department stores, complete with chopsticks. If you don’t know what bento boxes are, they are divided containers used to pack single portions of things to combine into a lunch. Each section is a little different in size and it usually all fits together in a neat package. They can range from pink plastic Hello Kitty ones, to lacquered and gorgeous ones with everything in between. It’s great for leftovers. You put a dab of something in one section, a bit of something else in another, rice in the big section (standard here), a handful of nuts in another….it’s quite fun.
What do you guys eat in an average day? Well, there aren’t many average days. We eat much of the same things we ate in the states, but the goal is to eat more of the local or Asian type food. It’s much cheaper to eat that way. We eat quite a bit of Fillipino food, including Pancid and spring rolls, both of which we love, love, love. We eat Chinese food, but we don’t usually make it here at home. We go out to get it because it’s so cheap. There are a few chains here so you can get American type food when you just can’t stand it any more. In fact, a week or two ago, I found a Krispy Kreme fairly close to my house (thanks to my friend B) and brought home the treat to the family. Man, was I popular!!! 
Do you get to vote in the election? Yes, by absentee ballot.
Are you able to catch up on news about the States or do you even care? With the internet, we can always catch up. Do we? Nope. We both have headlines from Foxnews or CNN on our homepage, so if something major happens, we see it. Otherwise, we are blissfully unaware of what Paris Hilton has done lately, or if Brittney Spears has embarrassed herself again. That part is awesome! Be assured, however, that all that news makes it to the other side of the world. The people here are well aware of all that, and it’s one time I’m embarrassed to be from the US.
What do you miss the most so far? Here are a few things… family size appliances, my own vehicle, wide open spaces, Target, having a yard, ordering online and not having to pay astronomical shipping charges, marshmallow fluff, being able to read all the signs, craft stores, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, seeing people that look like me, and grass.
PS Can any homeschooljournal bloggers out there tell me why some of my paragraphs are spaced properly and others aren’t? I tried using return, but it didn’t work. Can someone help?
April 26th, 2008 at 10:15 am
I know what you mean about the paragraphs. Two things I’ve found that help are:
1) use the “save and continue editing” button often, every other paragraph at least. I thought that helped.
2) type your post in a Word document first then copy and paste it to your post box.
I hope that helps. It must be a webhost issue. Until you mentioned it I thought I was the only one having this problem.
Let me know if it works for you.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
re: paragraphs - are they not spaced properly in the entry itself, or when you’re writing it? Do you have the Visual editor on or off? (if on, soemtiems it helps to switch to the code tab for a sec to tweak it).
Are you using Safari or a different borwser (safari has issues).
And I just wanted to note that typing it up in word and pasting it in might go wonky, *unless* you make sure to switch to the Code tab first.
April 27th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Whenever I have trouble separating paragraphs I add (without the spaces) in code view. It usually fixes things… Though Wordpress has always given me trouble since I’m on Safari.
And another question: Do you have Dicos in Hong Kong? I think that’s how you spell it… It’s the fast food chain with the group of guys doing a ridiculous dance on all the commercials. :p
April 27th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Interesting facts Deanne!! Hey tell Beth I’m sorry I haven’t answered her . . it’s on my other computer and I keep forgetting!! I’ll send her an answer soooonn!!!
April 28th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
1) Pancid sounds like Rancid. mmmm.. yummy. LOL.
My feet are cold. I know, it is more of a statement than a question.. but still, I felt it needed to be shared.
2) No help with the blog issues. Blogger does the same thing. erg.
3) Trust me when I say you don’t want to know what Paris did and yes… Brittney HAS indeed embarrassed herself again. Well, at least that is what I hear.
4) Do they call it Chinese Food there.. or just food? (ok, stole that joke but it still makes me giggle)
5) I’m afraid this one remains unanswered so I will pose the question in a slightly different format: What would you do if you were told you and your favorite cousin would be the only ones in the world to survive a natural disaster? And for clarification purposes only.. please provide the name of referenced favorite cousin.
6) Did you know that soon it will cost me less to fly to Hong Kong than to fill my tank and drive to the other side of town?
7) Are there any job openings at Hubby’s company? The daily commute to and from the states might save us some gas money.
9) Are you sorry you decided feeding your children was more important than im’ing with me now that you see I am in one of “those moods” (which is evident by this post)?
10) Dang. I was really hoping to have 10 comments. Did I mention my feet are cold?