tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154879232024-03-12T21:00:22.901-05:00Allan Tan's Blog[ The View From Here ]
<br>Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-15248211359301632072012-06-04T20:26:00.000-05:002012-06-04T20:26:45.122-05:00How I Imagine ItOK this is how I think it went down:
Dish Rack Engineer #1: Our dish rack design has undergone extensive testing and is ready for production. The design is solid. It's been tested with various sizes of plates, cups, and passed all our real world scenarios.
Dish Rack Engineer #2: Wait, let's remove some of the material leaving a gap that a standard glass tumbler can fall out of, shattering Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-25779764885454046042012-02-21T13:31:00.000-06:002012-02-21T13:31:13.583-06:00Chinese SoupsMy skepticism on the nutritional value of Chinese soups might best be summarized as a belief in a Law of Conservation of Nutrition - a soup's nutritional content cannot exceed the sum nutritional content of its ingredients.
Eating a chicken/onion/carrot will always be just as nutritious as boiling it for 3 hours. Not sure if I plan to eat some of the weird stuff my mom puts in there though... Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-82462035173243610002012-02-08T18:40:00.002-06:002012-02-08T19:39:43.188-06:00An oldie but a goodie, gives me shivers every time I read it.
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there isAllan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-11054066855925442462011-10-31T23:42:00.000-05:002011-10-31T23:42:15.130-05:00The Call...
Currently Reading:
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend - it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension trancendsAllan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-34881196997223975482011-10-18T19:58:00.010-05:002011-10-18T20:42:22.474-05:00Under $10, Under 20 Minutes, Microwave Soy Sauce ChickenIntroduction:This is one of my mother's recipes which combines some traditional Chinese food with the convenience of a microwave. I was skeptical of microwave cooking (I'm a big texture person) but the results are fantastic! The best part is you have an entire cooked chicken in under 20 minutes with no prep or marinading required.Read on for instructions and pics.What You Need:-glass or Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-71741133533904811642010-11-08T23:05:00.001-06:002010-11-08T23:05:55.033-06:00TalesHaving sufficiently completed my assigned tasks from my assigned oversized closet, I closed my work bag with a short sigh. The elevator doors closed with it's unchanging chime and began it's unusually slow descent... landed I swung my heavy leg over my bike and began to pedal home... alone... in the cold wet rain... mostly uphill... (Tales from a Melodramatic Office Worker)Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-3048595920696159072010-11-08T23:04:00.002-06:002010-11-08T23:06:27.419-06:00Deal with the devilMy face burned with the shame of betrayal - yes for I was betraying my fellow man. Supporting the very corporations and bourgeoisie that enslave both you and I! For that I am sorry... What now of my dreams of a new world? Where now is my revolutionary spirit? Had I traded my soul for... for this? I stared at it in my hands. It was my precious - I held it carefully, oh yes very carefully and with Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-79054750238432547592010-04-01T20:47:00.001-05:002010-04-01T20:47:35.358-05:00just trying to say somethingfirst i was going to update my msn status, then my gtalk, then thought i might as well buzz my tweet, or tweet my buzz or whatever. this was all too complicated so maybe i'd just statusize my facebook, but then i bumped my knee into my desk and gave up. so it ended up on blogger. i'm bad at this whole social media thing Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-1925196141866039662009-10-24T12:45:00.007-05:002009-10-24T13:10:59.457-05:00The Power of Perceived ValueA talk from an ad man about the power of perceived value. Hilarious and fascinating. He ends with a hilarious example from our Canadian cereal Shreddies, this is the remarketed image of Shreddies, LOL.And for those who reluctant to embrace the new:Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-64415587115672787342009-10-06T18:43:00.005-05:002009-10-06T19:04:18.478-05:00Possibility"Saying yes to one thing means saying no to another."I find it weird to consider that much of our life is the product of countless tiny decisions.I find it even weirder that perhaps it is not the chosen path that defines us, but the countless paths that lie unchosen.Not sure where I intended to go with this... but an image enters my mind... we all plot but a narrow course through the vast ocean Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-51978835204497625482009-02-19T02:06:00.004-06:002009-02-19T02:19:53.326-06:00Spies from Canaan?<!-- -->View of Vancouver from Mt. Seymour's Second Pump PeakInsightful words from a friend: "Allan, its ok to love Vancouver AND Winnipeg"Me (silently): "There can only be one."Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-87524715563284061042009-01-19T18:59:00.003-06:002009-01-19T19:02:04.827-06:00Life of an Adventurous BachelorSuch a life of daring adventure brings you to sites such as these:http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=how+to+eat+a+rutabagaAllan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-47927278046790329342008-12-28T23:48:00.008-06:002008-12-29T00:25:18.309-06:00Proper Cable CoilingWhen I first got audio cables, I long pondered what was the best way to coil them. After using audio cables for over 10 yrs, it is only recently that I have learnt the correct way of doing so. I also realized my dad (a general contractor for over 30 yrs) already did this with his 100 foot power extension cords. To think I always wondered why I couldn't coil up that cord like he did...The problem:Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-10871035601344820622008-12-22T14:16:00.008-06:002008-12-29T17:01:24.544-06:002008 - The Year in PicturesAnother year comes to a close. For the photography lovers out there, here's a compilation of some websites "Best Pictures of the Year". They're ordered roughly in how good I think they are (the Boston.com ones are simply head and shoulders above the rest...)Boston.com's The year 2008 in photographs (Also see Part 2, Part 3)BBC's Year in Pictures 2008Time.com's Pictures of the Year 2008New York Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-43986920101892306982008-11-19T17:10:00.005-06:002008-11-19T17:16:26.049-06:00Urban FablePrologue: I'm a cyclist.Act I: SummerAngry guy in car: Get off the f***ing road!Act II: WinterAngry guy on sidewalk: Get on the f***ing street!The end.Moral:You have heard it said: "You can't make everyone happy". Unfortunately it seems cyclists don't make anybody happy :*(Author's Note: There are jerks in the world. Cycling is better for the health, the wallet, our traffic, our noise pollution, Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-71465319118515045522008-11-03T17:57:00.001-06:002008-11-03T17:57:46.792-06:00M&Ms and HalloweenWhenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels.Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them together until one of them breaks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.I have found Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-36584158615497544962008-06-21T11:22:00.002-05:002008-06-21T11:48:42.830-05:00Things that pass...No one will believe this who has not lived long and looked hard, so that he knows how suddenly a passion which has for years been wrapped round the whole heart will dry up and wither. Perhaps in the soul, as in the soil, those growths that show the brightest colours and put forth the most overpowering smell have not always the deepest root.Excerpt from Till We Have Faces (C.S. Lewis)Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-31165353577995692852008-06-16T23:42:00.003-05:002008-06-16T23:45:50.366-05:00The Real Measuring StickThe day will come when the progress of nations will be judged not by their military or economic strength, not by the splendor of their capital cities and public buildings, but by the well being of their peoples: by their levels of health, nutrition and education and by the protection that is afforded to the growing minds and bodies of their children.From The Progress of Nations United Nations Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-72352698971802820932008-05-29T22:13:00.002-05:002008-05-29T22:13:49.257-05:00I don't have one and I don't even miss it (except for Jeopardy)Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-26408830744811218282007-11-09T16:42:00.000-06:002007-11-09T17:00:34.122-06:00Band of Brothers There was a time when ordinary men were asked to do extrodinary things. (DVD box set subtitle)I've recently finished watching the miniseries Band of Brothers... again. It retells the story of one U.S. paratrooper division from D-day (June 6th 1944) when Allied forces first invaded mainland Europe to the end of the war.Heartbreaking, heroic, and inspiring are the words that come to mind to Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-40669553127292433902007-08-27T08:39:00.000-05:002007-08-27T08:44:00.128-05:00A perspective thing really...An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. GK Chesterton (b. 1874) British writer and thinkerAllan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-27341133011765291712007-07-29T21:38:00.001-05:002007-07-30T10:59:08.968-05:00Defying all Hollywood OddsRatatouille - Two thumbs upPixar - Thanks for Toy Story, Incredibles, Nemo, Monsters Inc, Bug's Life, etcRest of Hollywoord - Why can't you consistently make good movies?Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-46197909938877776652007-07-26T08:07:00.000-05:002007-07-26T08:13:51.833-05:00Let the People Choose"Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want."Clive Barnes (b. 1927)Broadcaster, Chief Dance, Drama and Opera Critic (New York Post)I wonder what Clive would said about the Internet...Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-34607774919009283992007-07-15T20:24:00.000-05:002007-07-15T20:31:33.248-05:00Go Team GoAllan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15487923.post-9124111540330071122007-07-07T00:12:00.001-05:002007-07-07T00:18:17.325-05:00RejuvenationJune 30th, 2007 - Ha Ling Peak, Canmore, Alberta. Elev: 2407mRest is important - it rejuvenates, clears one's perspectives and reminds us not to take life too seriously...Oh and something about having fun too :PBack from my vacation and back to work.Allan Tanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05075722667035591475noreply@blogger.com0