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The Chinese word is "??" which means Halal. ?? is usually translated in English as Chinese Islamic. Perhaps you can start a campaign to educate the ignorant Chinese about proper English usage. There are both ethinc Chinese muslims in China, as well as ethinc Arab, Turk, Persian muslims in...

Open floor plan and California Room are for white people. Chinese do not use their kitchens for entertaining. Open floor plan is great if you are sipping merlot with your guests while the prime is rib slowly roasting in the oven; try having a conversation with anyone near the kitchen when...

Looks like residential building in Woodbury and Woodbury East are now officially in full swing: 2010 Woodbury/WB East New Home Collection The common thread among this new collection is the "California Room." The 2010 Collection: Woodbury: Monteceto - SFR Sonoma - SFR Carmel - SFR La...

Save your money at the office supply store, get the form for free from the Orange County assessor website: Exemption form from OC assessor Correction, the form is no longer available for download from the assessor's website although I'm sure if you call them, they will send the form to you for...

Here's an example of how the homestead exemption can help you: Facts: Your house is worth $500,000. You owe bank $400,000 secured by t/d on house. You owe American Express $100,000. Without exemption, if bank forecloses on you, you'll receive $100,000 which AmEx can take from you so you'll...

The price of Taiwan deli in so cal is obscene. People, this is street food. I'm used to paying no more than NT$30 for shaved ice, and that would be the good stuff with taro, grass jelly, and condensed milk. If they ever build the Portola Springs retail center, I will open a Tawan deli there.

46" isn't that big

RC has an admirable gift. I do NOT have the gift of communication. My best friend from college "came out" (of the closet) to me and I was just speechless, the only thought in my mind was, why are you telling this to me, you should have told someone else and let me find out though the grapevine...

The father of one of my Vietnamese friends, a former RVN diplomat, derisivly calls Frank Jao the Chinese godfather. The true Vietnamese don't like Jao but fear him because of his background. 99 Ranch market owner Roger Chen is a "brother" of Jao.

93.5 FM. Sadly, the original KDAY with Greg Mack (am 1580) has been español for years.

No. In college, HG and his nubian roomates listened to mack attack every morning while finishing leftover forties from the night before. RIP EZE.

I'm so old I used to have a Costco membership AND a Price Club membership at the same time. Back then, Price Club was by far the superior store (original Costcos didn't even have a food court) so it was a shock to me when Costco bought Price Club.

If you want more wealth, you need more cats:

The big exception to this general observation is Mexico. The educated, affluent, blond haired, caucasian Mexicans tend to stay in Mexico; the poor, dark skinned, indigenous Mexicans tend to desire to live in the USA. I was shocked when I visited Mexico City. I thought all of Mexico looked...