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Entries from June 2007

Effective sun screen protection

June 22nd, 2007 · No Comment

Summer’s here!  The time to spend more time outside, walking on the beach, play more golf, or just sit around taking in the sun.  I’m fair skinned and I like to keep it that way.  I don’t want to get darker skin, nor do I want to get skin cancer.  Hence, I’ve used quite a […]

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Posted in Self · Stuff

No blog spam here

June 22nd, 2007 · 5 Comments

This internet… who invented it? Who owned it? I like to congratulate whoever it is that made it possible for people like me to share thoughts with my family, friends, and total stranges who are willing to sacrifice 10 seconds of their time to read my blog. Over the past couple […]

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Posted in This Blog · World

Bumps, bruises, and being outdoors

June 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

I read this article recently on how a bump or bruise can actually be good for children to experience. Speaking from my own experience, I tend to agree. When I was growing up, I lived a sheltered life, living indoors most of the time. I never got a chance to learn […]

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Posted in Parenting

Metric System: as easy as counting to ten

June 19th, 2007 · No Comment

Growing up in Indonesia and Canada, I learned how to measure everything in metric: kilograms, meters, celcius, etc.  As far as I can remember, I didn’t have a need to learn the weird American system such as yards, pounds (other than UK money), etc.  Metric measurement is not difficult to learn, everything is divided by […]

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Posted in Golf · World

US Truly Open

June 18th, 2007 · No Comment

Something about these major championships that always brings me back to them, year after year.  Nowadays it’s about watching the great ones actually squirm - struggling just keep par.  This year golf’s US Open at Oakmont was less dramatic than 2006’s “meltdown” stories of Phil, Jim, and Colin.  But it was still fun to watch […]

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Posted in Golf · World

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