Lately, I have been interested in getting a bike to ride to the Metro. I consulted my big brother and he gave me a few recommendations including the now-my-favorite Dahon. I went to the bike shop yesterday and the sale guy asked what I was looking for. After telling him what I need, he recommended an old, ugly bike so people won’t steal it and he doesn’t have something like that. Since then I have been looking for an used bike. I actually found one on Craigslist this morning, but it was already sold before I get a chance to check it out. While surfing online, I found the world’s coolest bicycles and I want one. I am sure people won’t even look at it when I lock it up at the Metro station.

Do you have any favorite site for promoting books? Nam Le Online is an example.

Anh Reiss who was diagnosed with leukemia called myelodysplastic syndrome is waiting for a donor. Houston Chronicle‘s Claidia Feldman reports:

Some 7 million Americans have signed up to be potential donors. But of those registered with the National Marrow Donor Program, only 15,000 share Reiss’ Vietnamese heritage, which is key to finding a match. Already, she has struck out with all of them.

My Vietnamese friends, please consider becoming a donor by signing up to be the Match Marrowthon.

I just put together an infopage for GW Sport Management MBA. Broke down the image brochure and included texts for search engines to pick up as well as accessibility. Hopefully when someone type in “GW Sports management masters,” she won’t land on a Georgetown’s page.

Dana and I used to follow Jon & Kate Plus 8. We adored the kids and admired the parents for putting up with all the craziness. I could barely survive with just one. With all the hardship the couple had been through, we thought that nothing could break the two apart. We were wrong. Cheating damn near ruined such a perfect family. I wonder how Jon going to explain to his kids what he did. Well, mommy wasn’t around and daddy had to have his needs.

Cheating is bad, but it’s even worse when you get caught and you will get caught. Even the formal president Bill Clinton and former governor Eliot Spitzer couldn’t get away with cheating. Actually, Spitzer was just paying for some pussy. Again, a man has his needs.

I don’t cheat because I haven’t heard of a successful cheating story. Even if the fish is on the chopping board, I don’t dare to bait it. I have worked too damn hard to earn her trust since the first day we met. Once you lose that trust, the relationship will be cracked forever. Even if she forgives, she never forgets. It will haunt you for the rest of your life. In addition, I can’t betray Duke. I can’t let our problems to affect his life and I don’t have to explain to him later on why I cheated on mommy.

So if you like to cheat, don’t get married. If you want to get married, don’t cheat. It’s not a game.

This year alone, the ladies are dominating the jazz vocals. Here are the five albums that are heavily rotating on my iTunes:

Madeleine Peyroux’s Bare Bones
Tierney Sutton’s Desire
Melody Gardot’s My One and Only Thrill
Diana Krall’s Quiet Nights
Jane Monheit’s The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me

A Vietnamese-American woman who worked hard all her life to buy a villa in Vietnam. Unfortunately she didn’t get a chance to live in it so her last wish was to be buried in it. Read the freaky story in Vietnamese.

“Food Party” is a surreal cooking show hosted by a Thu Tran, a 27-year-old artist. New York Times‘ Dave Itzkoff writes:

The show, which graduates from the Web to the Independent Film Channel on Tuesday, is a place for Ms. Tran to bring her colorful and bizarre fantasies to life. But mostly, “Food Party” is a place for its star to share her abiding, and at times overwhelming, love of food.

Learn more about the show at IFC.

Jazz artists cover pop songs is nothing new, but a contemporary rock star who does jazz is hard to find. With her raspy vocals and piano chops, Fiona Apple does justice to “Why Try To Change Me Now.”

Songwriter Tung Giang who penned “Toi Voi Troi Bo Vo” died on Thursday in California. He was 69. Read more here.