food, food in summer

I got a cook book today, many beautiful dishes from ordinary vegetables. Cooking is art. It's out of my imagination. I can never think to make pimiento and potato like this way. In this area, my brother is better than me. Hope I have some inherited potential capability not dugged yet:)

This Picture is borrowed from the book.


Easy to make:
1. Cut the green pimiento 1/4 off, remove the seeds; cut the chilli, ginger and green onion into small pieces; peel the potatoes, and cut it into the small nubs.
2. Use juicer to make the potatoes mashed, mix it with the ginger and green onion, sugar, starch,
3. Fill the mashed potatoes in the open pimiento,
4. Put the filled pimiento the hot oil, small fire until cooked.

Technorati claim

I often see others talking about technorati and clicking from technorati . Today I try to put some blogs into my technorati, found that I've not register there. And to claim this blog is mine, I post this link here: Technorati Profile. It's an interesting authority checking method.

Technorati is a good blog search engine. It now records about 60 million blogs.

It's said previously the top Chinese blog is a blog from USA, boing boing. Now the movie star and director Xu's blog take over it since May this year.

Mummy return

The first words I thought when I saw the mouse running in the TV news. What a terrible scene.

Now, an estimated 2 billion mice are ravaging crops in 22 counties around the Dongting lake. Residents have killed more than 2.3 million field mice -- or 90 tons of the rodents, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

As checked, this problem existed in last centry, and burst out in 2005.

Some experts said two things maybe the main causes. One is that the number of those animals like snake, wolf, eagle who can eat mice are rapidly reduced, because the residents there killed and ate them in recent years; another one is that police of filling the lake to get the earth about ten years ago.

A resident said that after the mouse were killed by the poisons, they give out the terrible smell. Whether they are live or be killed, they are the problem.

Take care of the environment.

Zong zi （sticky rice）

My grandma like making various rice food for holiday and festival. It can take whole day to prepare, make and cook them. In my childhood, I often stood beside to do some small assistent work, I often tasted the stuffing first. Cooking time is enjoyable family time.

The outside of Zongzi is the leaf of the plant called Zong, similiar to bamboo.
Inside of Zongzi is sticky rice, and can be mixed with red jujubes, adzuki beans, egg, pork.
Usually it's used as dessert, eaten wtih sugar or honey.

8 random things about me - tag

I was tagged by AVCR8TEUR at AVCR8TEUR'S OWN LITTLE UNIVERSE.

The rules are to list 8 random things about yourself and then tag 8 others. So here goes...

1. My favorite tv shows now are "There're children in the family" (家有儿女, a Chinese TV play, daily life of a family combined by a middle-aged couple re-joined after divorced from previous marriage respectively, two boys and one girl who are very lovely).

uhh, I just follow AVCR8TEUR's list, when I checked back, find it only need 8 random things. Seems I'm rushing, but actually slow down:) OK, following are other 7 random things.

2. I don't have ear holes, though everytime when I saw earrings, I want to have.

3. I loved a man for years, and still loving him, but may not able to recognize him on the road now. Hehe, I can't talk about it easily in other place.

4. I'm not good at remembering name and recognizing people.

5. One of my most favorite food is seafood, holy, every kind. They can easily make me feel happy.

6. I can't run fast, but can hike very well. I'm a good partner in the outside travelling, especially in the wide place.

7. Though born in seaside, I can't swim.

8. I taught my nephew how to play chess, but now I can't defeat him.


Here's 8 friend blogs I tagged. You're not obligated to do this if you don't want to.

1. kryan70
2. PaperFlowerGirl
3. CrazyAussieBastard
4. health_jessica
5. missannie
6. box1715
7. laketrees
8. BonnieWabbit

Live happy

Oh, my heaven, Looking from the blog list, it seems I'm really busy or lazy these days. I'm enjoying learning, thinking, praticing.

It's very hot in Shanghai now. The peanuts being sold are gemmating.

One good line I want to mark is that: you can live not rich, but you should live happy. Don't worry so much. In most time risks are what we can go over or ignore comparing with our happiness of our entire life. And the best way to control risk and get rid of the difficulties is to take it serious from strategy, but look down on it from tactics (战略上重视敌人,战术上藐视对手).

Another line is following: everyone can be your teacher. I met an old man recently, he smoked too much and seems not polite, which made me want to run away from him, but slowly I found he has very good business sense, experiences, and method, repect people who he think respectable, and has very active life attitude. you can't judge one from his habit, or his outlooking. I'm a little surprised when realizing I changed my view in one day.

Doesn't I always enjoy finding good side from people?

Savage Garden - band

Savage Garden have tender voice, to some extent, their style are like a Band from Taiwan, China, WUYINLIANGPIN, also two boys.

Following are some words I liked from their song, yes I know there are always something not easy in life, but you can go over.
The rhythm is of my favorite kind, slowly, peace, oh, actually I did not feel sadness in it, I even remembered its name is another one, a encouraging one. I did not know all the lyrics, so didn't realize it's a sad story.

I heard it again in the Musician TV program, and saw both of them, the perfomance are hot, not peace and silent as I felt from the cover of their album.


Another ditch in the road.
You keep moving.
Another stop sign.
You keep moving on.
And the years go by so fast.

I miss someone when reading writing them again. The years go by so fast.



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Two Beds And A Coffee Machine

And she takes another step.
Slowly she opens the door.
Check that he is sleeping.
Pick up all the broken glass
and furniture on the floor.
Been up half the night screaming now.
It's time to get away.
Pack up the kids in the car.
Another bruise to try and hide.
Another alibi to write.

Another ditch in the road.
You keep moving.
Another stop sign.
You keep moving on.
And the years go by so fast.
Wonder how lever made it through.

And there are children to think of.
Baby's asleep in the backseat.
Wonder how they'll ever make it through this living nightmare.
But the mind is an amazing thing.
Full of candy dreams and neew toys and another cheap hotel.
Two beds and a coffee machine.
But there are groceries to buy.
And she knows she'll have to go home.

Another ditch in the road.
You keep moving.
Another stop sign.
You keep moving on.
And the years go by so fast.
Wonder how I ever made it through.

Another bruise to try and hide.
Another alibi to write.
Another lonely highway in the black of night.
But there's hope in the darkness.
You know you're going to make it.

Another ditch in the road.
Keep moving.
Another step sign.
You keep moving on.
And the years go by so fast.
Silent fortress built to last.
Wonder how I ever made it.

un...............

101cookbook

This is the tagline of 101cookbook blog:

When you own over 100 cookbooks, it is time to stop buying, and start cooking.

I like this line, it points out a good suggestion, learning must go along with pratising.

In Chinese, there's an old story tells this theory similary. In BC 256, a young boy was good at the strategy analysis on paper, and could talk well, seemed better than his father who was already a famous excellent general, so the king sent him to the front line of the war, but he failed in every battle. This story is called "be an armchair strategist" (纸上谈兵）

Beyond - band 0624

Beyond is a sunshine band from Hongkong, four boy member born in 1960s.

It's a pity that one of the member huangjiaqiang who was the soul of the band passed away by a mistake in the performance in 1993. Beyond continue rocking after that.

I don't know the band well, but I love all of their songs I heard, "earth", "mother","true love","wide sea and broaden sky", ... all of the lyrics are very healthy, while a lot of songs just focus on the love between two guys, their songs sing the love and care to the enviorment, the nature, the human beings, and the world. Their songs can help one raise his head while he is down, no time for sorrow, dear, go on.

Thinker

'It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err' - Mahatma Gandhi

I copy it from Anna's blog, I like it and think so. I repect people who leave a room to others and who just provide what he have but don't force other's decision. That's the stuff can catch my heart.

It reminds me of some words by LAOZI.

He was a thinker in ancient China, thousands of years older than Gandhi. They are both peace lover, I think.


Chinese:
老子：「道德经」：第四十三章

　　天下之至柔，驰骋天下之至坚。

　　无有入无间，吾是以知无为之有益。

　　不言之教，无为之益，天下希及之。

English
　　Chapter 43

　　The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest；that which has no（substantial）existence enters where there is no crevice. I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing（with a purpose）。

　　There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words，and the advantage arising from non-action.