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Entries from January 2004

Class vs. Race?

January 29th, 2004 · No Comments · Misc

Recently, I’ve watched an episode of Boston Public and listened to an interview of Henry Lewis Gates on KQED’s Forum on Affirmative Action, and this got me thinking a bit.
So far, my conclusion is that the Affirmative Action program cannot last long solely based on racial criteria. Although I understand where the program came [...]

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Ramen Santa in San Mateo, CA

January 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · Food · Reviews

805 South B Street
San Mateo, CA
650.344.5918
M-Sat: 11:30-14:00 / 17:30-22:00
Sun: 11:30-14:00 / 17:30-21:30
(Off from JInAOnline.org, but Tuesdays might be closed.)
This is also one I found through WorldRamen.net. It has a pretty good review, and I have to agree.
Ramen Santa (ラーメンサン太) is a couple of blocks off of the main street in San Mateo. The [...]

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Tokushima Ramen Do-henkotsu in San Jose, CA

January 23rd, 2004 · No Comments · Food · Reviews

4330 Moorpark Avenue
San Jose, CA
408.255.8244
M: Closed
T-F: 11:30 - 14:00 / 17:00 - 21:30
Sat: 11:30 - 15:00 / 16:00 - 21:00
Sun: 11:30 - 15:00 / 16:00 - 20:30
As I was looking for different ramen places around the area, I found this shop last December. It might have been around longer, but I didn’t know about [...]

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Ryowa Ramen, Mountain View, CA

January 15th, 2004 · No Comments · Food · Reviews

859 Villa Street
Mountain View, CA
(650) 965-8829
M-Sat: 11:30-23:00
Sun: 11:30-21:00
This is actually the first ramen-ya that I’ve been to. I am not sure when they opened the shop, but their location is probably the best in the area (off of Castro Street) where there are always good number of people, especially Far-East Asians. During the [...]

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Ramen, Anyone?

January 12th, 2004 · No Comments · Food

I like noodles with soup. I’ve always liked JanChiGukSu (잔치국수/”Party Noodle Soup”, Korean thin noodle soup) and KalGukSu (칼국수/”Knife Noodle Soup”, thicker Korean noodle soup), and have been digging Pho (Vietnamese thin rice noodle soup) ever since I came to the U.S. in 1994.
However, there is something special about RaaMen (ラ―メン/”ramen”). I am [...]

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Decipher by Stel Pavlou

January 5th, 2004 · No Comments · Books · Reviews

This SF novel by Stel Pavlou was an interesting mixture of recent developments in science and technology, and somewhat sweeping overview of mythologies. I thought the beginning was very interesting and the book was able to hold onto my attention till the end.
However, I thought many of the problem solving was done rather unrealistically [...]

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