As a person relying much on public transportation, I find that I spend a lot of time walking around the metro.  Hoping to get the most of out of walking, I got really curious with the new footwear around the market that will supposedly enhance your walking experience by toning, shaping or improving your health overall.  From Skechers’ ShapeUps, ToneUps, to FitFlops, I wondered for months until my love gave me her Christmas present.

I got my first Vibram FiveFingers pair.

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One Chinese cuisine I never get tired of eating the simple, spicy mapo tofu.  Mapo tofu, also spelled mabo tofu or mapo doufu, is a Sichuan cuisine composed of tofu, chili and bean-based sauce and minced meat.  I liked it so much that sometimes, we have this dish at home albeit in a non-spicy form.

Whenever I'm in a Chinese or Chinese-inspired restaurant, the first item I look for is this simple dish.  Strangely though, most of the Chinese restaurants I've eaten in do not carry this classic dish in their menus.  They do have other tofu-based items in there, but in my opinion, not as good as the mapo tofu.

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