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How to Create a Super Bowl Betting Chart

Materials: Poster board Magic marker (black, permanent) Deck of cards (or random numbers 0-9) Basket, hat, or bowl (for the money) Set-up: Draw lines dividing the poster board into 11 x 11 squares (draw 10 lines horizontal, and 10 vertical). On the top edge write one Team Name, on the left edge write the other [...]

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How to Eat Banana Leaf Rice

Our first meal fresh off the plane in Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia set the stage for the rest of the trip. Mr. J Chan, a friend I met 2.5 years ago in New Zealand, was nice enough to pick us up at the airport and take us directly to lunch. J Chan told his friends [...]

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How to Attack a Singaporean Hawker Food Centre

What the heck is a Hawker Food Centre? First and foremost, it’s the one place you can’t miss if you travel to Singapore (or Malaysia). Secondly, it’s delicious, cheap, clean food served food-court style. The problem is that Hawker Food Centres (HFC) can be a bit overwhelming if you don’t know what you’re getting into. [...]

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How to Eat Pork Spine Stew

Haejangguk, or pork spine stew, is one of the top 3 Korean dishes you’ll want to try if you visit Korea. It’s known in Korea as the best hang-over cure, and restaurants specializing in the dish are often open until the early morning hours. The tenderness of the meat combined with the spicy red-pepper spices [...]

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How to Do a White Elephant Gift Exchange

*Bring a gift if you want to play! Wrap a gift worth $10 or LESS! You can buy something, or simply bring something from your house. It can be a good gift, a horrible gift, for a girl, a boy, funny, or whatever you want. Funny and ridiculous gifts make the game fun! All the [...]

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How to Do Vegas Right: 3 Simple Rules

Gambling, hookers, booze, and staying up all night. That’s the stereotype of Vegas that the Tourism board wants you to live out. Hence the endorsed motto: What happens here, stays here. Well, if you want to know how to do Vegas right, follow these 3 simple rules! Rule #1: Two nights max. Never stay in [...]

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How to Play Spades

How to play Spades (the card game)! Materials: 1 Deck of playing cards Pen Paper Players: 4 (only) Time: 45 mins – as long as you want Basics:  Two teams of two, with players on the same team sitting across from each other.  Deal out all the cards (each player has 13 cards).  Bet how [...]

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