Ingrients

Weeks ago, I found some snacks at home; Twin Dragon Almond Cookies with artificial color, 和風麻糬 has preservative in the ingredients and 手信坊鳳梨酥 with no ingredients that I can found anywhere.

And obviously, I was not the one who bought them.

One day I was bored and not in quite good mood, so I ate them all.

Lemon picking

The other day I tried to trim and pick the lemons to share with friends, I fell.

Thank God that I was not hurt much or got any cut from it, just shocked from the fall.

Realize that I’m getting older; well this was not the first time that I had this feeling, pray God to have good use of my strength and everything from Him.

Worship

First time worship in English congregation two weeks ago.

Couple hours before dawn at that Sunday morning, I was awaked from my tongue hurt; I prayed and memorized the lyrics in my mind.

I prayed for my tongue particularly, because I knew that the hurt will definitely hinder my singing and the pain was gone after I finished rehearse those three worship songs silently.

O praise the name 

Lord I need you

Holy spirit

ANIMAL COOKIES

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 1/2 cups Unbleached All-Purpose Wheat Flour

1 cup finely ground rolled oats

I meant to make the animal shape cookies, but just too lazy to do so, therefore I had the regular normal round shape of cookies instead.

It tastes good, and it's also the first time, I use my one-year-old Nutri Ninja Auto-iQ Blender to grind the rolled oats and now I know that I can and I’ll make good use of it.

Winter

Start from two weeks ago, it’s like the winter finally visiting California and I cooked the first pot of famous oxtail soup, this truly warms us up.

First "TIME"

This is the first time that I be able to finish one issue in 2 hours.

Real life stories, drug addiction, are the low price and accessibility of prescription painkillers to blame on high abuse and misuse of it?

James 4:7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

芝麻糊 Black sesame walnut soup

Ingredients
黑芝麻 + 核桃仁 + 糯米 + 黑糖
Black sesame seed + walnut + glutinous rice + brown sugar

How
1. Bake three of the main ingredients; black sesame seed, walnut and glutinous rice until lightly brown, cool down, grind them separately.

2. Mix them all up including the brown sugar as you desire and add hot water, mix well.

中醫中藥理論認為，黑芝麻具有補肝腎、潤五臟、益氣力、長肌肉、填腦髓的作用，可用於治療肝腎精血不足所致的眩暈、鬚髮早白、腰膝酸軟、四肢乏力、步履艱難、五臟虛損、皮燥發枯、腸燥便秘等病症，在烏髮養顏方面的功效，更是有口皆碑。核桃中的磷脂，對腦神經有良好保健作用。核桃油含有不飽和脂肪酸，有防治動脈硬化的功效。

Tie a tie

The other day I tried to help my younger one to tie the tie before he went off to the performance.

I forgot how to tie a tie; I was panic because the time was running out.

And I even forgot Google is my best friend.

That was close!

International Frozen Yogurt Day

No picture to show you for we all miss free happy day this year.

Getty Museum

 I see two people back to back.

What do you see in this picture?

Dancing in the sunset

Dancer, beautiful!

Told you, no more question after this!

Yellow cab

These are the two sets of business phone numbers that I spot the other day on the freeway.

xxx-222-2222 

xxx-444-4444

Interesting, and suppose the second one's owner must not be a Chinese.

oatmeal-nut-muffins

The other day I made some oatmeal-nut-muffins in the cake's shape, meaning I baked it spreading onto the bakeware as one piece then cut them into pieces afterward.

The oatmeal-nut-muffins simply say its ingredients, wheat flour, oatmeal, brown sugar, nuts, liquid oil and baking power.

As always, I cut the sugar and oil in half.

And I cannot believe that I forget to save the actual amount that I used for each ingredient.

Also from my older one's comment; mom, it tastes so good, I cannot believe that you actually make them as you usual change the ingredients.

Chinese sausage

At church's Chinese New Year’s special event; there were booths of traditional food selling and free games to play, a friend wanted to treat me the Chinese sausage.

Since I don't normally eat that and also I was full from the box lunch so I said no to her.

And then she said how about for your children.

Again, I try let the kids eat less processed foods as possible but I know if they do get chance to pick their own food, they'll get something like Chinese sausage to eat.

So I said to her, I believed that they'll buy it for themselves.

Well, no surprised, the younger one did buy one.

And as for the older one, he didn't get to look around the booths and a friend of mine actually bought the Chinese sausage for his son and my son.