http://blog.christine.lu sinophile. geek girl. foodie. mom. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:47:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My day started out a mess with a really crappy email ...but amazing what a difference a nice email can make in your inbox. I applied last week to attend TEDGlobal and got accepted! I'm thankful for the opportunity to have co-organized the recent TEDxShanghai event as I'm sure that ... http://blog.christine.lu/2009/06/29/wow-im-going-to-tedglobal/ "what does it mean to be human if we don't have a sharing culture?" *photo in thumbnail: giuli-o / flickr / creative commons http://blog.christine.lu/2009/06/24/creative-commons-a-shared-culture/ Going through my Flickr photos from last year and came across this awesome shot of me and my little sister from her wedding. Isn't she beautiful? We look happy huh? You would never know that I used to beat her up and steal her candy. Not recently. More like when ... http://blog.christine.lu/2009/06/20/sometimes-happy-pictures-make-me-cry/ ...a preview of things to come. :) http://blog.christine.lu/2009/06/20/geeks-on-a-plane-hawaii/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="photo: christinelu.china / Flickr / Creative Commons"][/caption] Every single time I'm in San Francisco -- which lately is every other week -- I have to stop by Katana-ya. If Chris is in town at the same time I am, we usually eat here for dinner. Otherwise, you'll ... http://blog.christine.lu/2009/06/19/katana-ya-ramen-in-san-francisco/ Videos of Makana live at Rumfire at the So Much More Hawaii welcome reception on May 27th, 2009. MAKANA's music transcends category and trend by integrating elements of folk, rock, ethnic, classical, bluegrass, jazz, traditional, ambient and ... http://blog.christine.lu/2009/06/06/makana-live-at-rumfire/ Gadgets are usually purchased out of want, not need. Not this thing. I needed this because I got tired of having to decide between my mouse and my Flip cam ...or my mouse and my Verizon USB wifi thingy. I depend on my mouse. I need my mouse. I'm unproductive ... http://blog.christine.lu/2009/06/05/new-geek-girl-gadget/ On our last night in Kauai, a few of us drove over to a town called Hanapepe. Super cute town. Wanted to share some photos from their Friday night art walk. This is definitely a place I want to come back to visit and spend more time in. The drive to ... http://blog.christine.lu/2009/05/30/hanapepe-biggest-little-town-in-kauai/ Special thanks to 2009 Grammy nominated slack key guitar master Makana for the amazing special performance he gave at the Sheraton Waikiki's Rum Fire to help kick off the So Much More Hawaii tour for our visiting bloggers in style. All I got to say is, he is an extremely talented ... http://blog.christine.lu/2009/05/28/makana-a-gift-given-freely/ Stepped off a 5 hour flight from Los Angeles yesterday, dropped off our bags at the hotel and headed to the Ezogiku Ramen right behind the Hyatt Regency for a quick lunch with Chris and my little man. It's a cute little hole in the wall looking ramen noodle place that's ... http://blog.christine.lu/2009/05/25/note-to-self-dont-call-it-yakisoba/