WHOA - talk about shock value, but who would have thought that the lead value in purses were so high?  This is mainly in purses that are PVC based or plastic.  This is an interesting read though - and would be more interesting if people are able to BAN over-lead purses from being imported!
Read the article here:  Lead Found in Women’s Handbags

I found this incredible comparison of “inputs” of a 221 word passage from theIphoneBlog (another great regular feed of mine).  I am an iPhone lover.  Ever since giving up my Palm Treo to “try” the iPhone, I have never looked back.  Sorry Palm, although I was a loyal and difficult-to-convert user, my husband managed to convince me and I am now a crazy Apple lover.
Back to my original point is how efficient the iPhone can be.  It’s not meant to be experimental, merely observational.  We all know that keyboard typing is …

My new year’s resolution isn’t something for myself, it’s something for the world.  I have decided to focus on trying to do 1 good thing a day for someone else - that means doing something outside of my normal scope of work and life. A few examples of things I’ve done thus far:

Help a woman by herself with a stroller down a set of stairs (with one injured hand)
Direct a couple who were looking for each other but we just standing where they were waiting for the other party.  It was …

This is kind of a continuation of “How To Come Up With Content For a Blog” and since I like to promote blogging and expression of ideas and free speech and virtually try to brainwash everyone to start a blog of some sort, it’s an added bonus when your blog can generate revenue.
So instead of typing out my approach to friends each time a friend launches a site or blog, I’ll simply throw them this page and hopefully they can self discover their way to some incentives.
For starters, lisatong.com isn’t my high earner …

Thought I’d share some FABULOUS photos of “Chinese” Santa with a zillion kids. I love doing home parties because I am an organized control freak and thus I am able to control when, where and how! 2009’s Children’s Christmas party turned out to be pretty fun. We had about 13 kids with their respective parents and 1 very jolly Santa Claus.
My dad used to dress up as Santa Claus every year when we were children and what better role to take than be Santa for his grand kids? When Santa …

I finally got an Amazon Kindle!  It’s great, it’s amazing, it’s portable, it’s convenient, it’s cheaper than going paper and it’s environmentally friendly.  Because I am so passionate about reading and literature, it’s the perfect solution to travel and lack of space in Hong Kong.  To be truthful, it’s not very common in Hong Kong -  I was riding the MTR today and everyone was staring at my darling kindle - probably wondering what on earth it was I was carrying. 
Why should you consider getting one?

E-books are cheaper than print …

I finally decided to go “artjamming”.  My sister is an avid and enthusiastic artjammer and has been trying to get me to go for some time.
Artjamming is a self organized event that allows “budding artists” to act on their talent.  You pay a fee for a set period of time and get materials to follow through.  Our Saturday night session cost $400 HKD (minimum) for 4 hours on a 65″x45″ canvas and boy, IT WAS FUN!
Here’s what I drew (Left) - the hair is colored in as well - I …

I talk about space savings tips in Hong Kong and I do mention the benefits (and cost) of going custom furniture and after many months of debate, I finally went out and bought a customized bunk bed to maximize the space and sleeping capacity.
I am sorry about the state of the bed - unkept and ruly looking, but I am not selling furniture, merely showing you the unit! Ha ha… Anyways, the unit is amazing, let me outline its features:

Stairs to the upper bunk instead of traditional rung ladder
Rounded edges everywhere for …