Day106 - 06302020

Exactly half the year has pasted!

The fallen banana leaves that I trimmed from the next door neighbor seems attracted to fruit flies/flies. How about the live ones? I don't know because we don't have any banana plant. But I do know that the fruit flies are attracted to the ripe bananas.

The kids will all the takeout foods, but not mine. Well, sometimes they do.
Pray that they will be able and will to care others more. For example, me! 

Tired of doing everything, well almost everything in the house. Can be frustrating sometimes.


When an apple drop on you, what do you learn from it? Me, I eat it!
When you see ants working hard carrying their food what do see from it? I busily smashed it!
Ants come into your house If there are cracks. This morning I tried to kill the ants as much as I can. As I used the mop and I thought that kill the queen ant and the ants actually bring the dead back to the nest (must be, where else?). But why is the queen ant out and why do the ants bring the dead back? And didn't sweep the dead down damn!

Wasp, bee, moth, butterfly, ant, cockroach, earthworm, spider, fly, mosquito, earwig, Lazard, grasshopper, ladybug and maybe more that I found in our area.

Hurt myself with the same kitchen tool, 4-Sided Grater. It's hurting not just physically, but why it has to happen again that is even painful! I was slicing potatoes for me wanted to make potato chips. Signed! Every time I got hurt and said to myself at least that I have a normal platelet count.

Day105 - 06292020

First time walked around outside besides our yard.

This morning right after checked out I remembered that I forgot to get the milk before checking out which I normally do. Quickly putting the grocery to the car, then went back to the store for the milk, which was the main purpose for today's shopping.

I should make Lemon Curd Trifle with Fresh Berry for 4th of July. And I want to make the angel cake and whipped cream myself too.

Harvested some of the kidney beans. It's amazing that from a single seed can become a hundred.

There are a lot of plants that I want to plant potato is one of them.

Day104 - 06282020 Sunday

Start to weeding again here and there.

Is it called edmame or soybean plant?
"Edamame /ˌɛdəˈmɑːmeɪ/ is a preparation of immature soybeans in the pod, found in cuisines with origins in East Asia."
For a long time I thought it is edamame plant.
I buried the fail sprouting soybeans as the fertilizer. Most of it didn't sprout. I didn't bury it too deep intentionally. Because the ones that did sprout can still have the chance to grow into plants and it did.
I want to try to sprouting the soybean again. I will adjust some of the ways that I did. By soaking it for a longer time and rid of the skin for it as possible and spread it only one single layer for sprouting. The reason why I want to rid of the skin for it because I found that the soybeans' skins are thinker (if compare to mung beans) and harder to fall off by itself and this will hinder it to sprout. And why only single layer, the soybean sprouts are very fragile (again if compare to mung beans) by this way I won't break the sprouts accidentally while I rinse it with water twice a day. On second thought the cause of failure of sprouting maybe the quality of the soybean is bad!

My kids are not really appropriate the garden or plants that I've grown. Are most of kids like that? Are they too young to appreciate the nature? Or they are too busy to pay attention to it?

Day103 - 06272020

Almost the end of June. That means half the year's gone!

A sweet dream pleasant conversation with young one when he was little. I missed their childhood.

Thumb joint pain in my left hand, especially when woke up in the morning. Often time we don't pay much attention about some minor hurt about ourselves till it's worse. When the pain subdued then we completely forget about it!
Also, I have the trigger finger from filing folders at work on my middle finger of right hand. I should call it the filing finger.
Stand tall after you fall and learn something from it. If not the first time at least the second before the injured become more serious!
Posture! Posture! Posture! When you use your hands to pull or push, you should distribute a balanced force for all five fingers altogether otherwise one of the fingers will be injured eventually.
"If you have eachother, fight together.”

I wondered why our next door neighbors banana tree never bear any banana!? The leaves over grown onto our yard, then I thought I should save some of the leaves for cooking usage as I trimmed them. Therefore, I did.

Payed my home insurance by phone after I hung up I realized that it didn't even ask my policy number, unlike any other company. It did ask what year and month were I born. So that's another way to this auto payment now.

Day102 - 06262020

I am wondering how boyfriend and girlfriend maintain their relationship during self quarantine. It is like long distance relationships.

Yesterday I made the super smoothie for kids. There were banana, kiwis, raspberry, yogurt, papaya, candy lemon and milk. It looked purple to me, but my older one said it was orange and the young one said it was pink. Interesting!

Made 粽子 today. One day off; I thought today was 25th, The Dragon Boat Festival. It tasted really delicious. Only this time I tried to use the black glutinous rice and it is not as sticky as the white one. So when I unwrapped the 粽子 when still hot it fell away! I didn't know the fact about this black sticky rice until bought and went to google how to cook it. Next time I will know. However, if you wait until it cool down it is fine. Another thing was that I forgot to cook the rice with either the sauce that I cooked the pork and mushroom for the 粽子 or the Braised Beef Shank that I cooked the other day. Reluctantly, I seasoned the rice with some salt and grounded white pepper.

Next project, steamed buns. 

Friday!

Day101 - 06252020

Did a lot of cooking today. Tomorrow will be the 粽子 making day. Guess we have to exercise harder after having those yummy food.
Taiwanese Braised Beef Shank with frozen tofu, it is good! But I sliced the beef shank way too thick that was not good I was too lazy. 
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I baked 韭油大餅 instead of 蔥油大餅 because lately our scallions didn't grow very well. I used black sesame instead of white sesame because I couldn't buy the kind of white sesame that I wanted. And in the end, I realized that I forgot the grease the baking pans. It was terrible! Part of almost each pieces were stocked to the pan.
A new way to add liquid/dry ingredients into dry ingredients without touch the measuring spoon. Used the spoon to make a shape onto it first, then pour the ingredients into that spot.
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Got an unwanted, broken grill from the across neighbor. I want to turn it into a planter. I cannot wait to turn it into something useful and beautiful!

Finally, I got to have the silicon brush at Aldi and the glass measuring cup with cover from Albertsons. That means more baking to come, watch out!

Day100 - 06242020

The one hundredth day, should I celebrate for it!? I don't think so!
I don't want to go back to work!!!
I don't want to near anywhere with crowds of people!!!
Hardly talked to any people besides family members.

Expecting harvesting the edamame plants in around three months.

On Friday I used the self-checkout the first time at Albertsons unwillingly, didn't like it. They didn't sanitize the keypads and the counters after every usage. Unlike the cashier checkout, it has the shield and they sanitize the conveyor after every usage. That's not right!

Friday is the dragon boat festival, should I make the 粽子 tomorrow or the day after!?

There are bills needed to be paid; utility, home insurance, Internet, car registration and credit card, that's no fun!

When the postman was here all the neighborhoods dogs barked. But when the coyote was wondering around there was silence. So barking means friendly, warning or bored!?

The first female pumpkin flower should bloom tomorrow, I saved one newly bloom male flower to manually pollinate for it just in case.

Memories

Take as many pictures as possible for your kids instead of videos. And I prefer the physical print out photos. Those precious moments you can easily flip through. No equipment is needed.

Some toys and stuffs I still keep them.

My older one has a sensitive taste buds.
The young one is earthquake sensitive.
I am sensitive to smells.

Day99 - 06232020

Another ordinary day; picture taking, writing, posting, studying, reading, eating, cooking, cleaning, planting, watering, exercising and more.

Drive my older one to and from work.

Tomorrow need shop more ingredients for the 粽子. Make sesame bread with the vegetables from our backyard. Tomatoes, onion, garlic, pseudo-ginseng, leek, sweet potato leaves, scallions, wolfberry, lettuce, Convolvulus.

And I found the female flower for the pumpkin. Anticipating for it.

Day98 - 06222020

Make oatmeal cookies with coconut and sesame. I used the fresh coconut flesh extracted from the coconut shell after we drank the coconut water.

I am glad that I didn't buy the bread maker machine. It is convenient I guess, but not necessary. I do need some Bakeware though. Like a pastry brush, big glass measure cup and such.

Need to buy more sugar.

Want to make 粽子 for the 端午節 Dragon Boat Festival. It's a lot of work, but since I have more time now. I should do it again!

Day97 - 06212020 Sunday

Each year before 4th of July it is always some small fireworks here and there. My younger one said "of course, got to use the old ones before you buy some new ones". Really!?

Made some bread tasted good, but not so good looking so I didn't take any picture of it.
Next time I will try again.

Day96 - 06202020

Since no cook Saturday it becomes my fun day with food; baking and such.

Made candy lemon.
Note, using a saucepan, cook l mm thick lemon slice with sugar and water one cup of each in medium high until the lemon is translucent. Don't cut the lemon too thin.

Made cookie bowl. 
Note, press firmly and use something on the top of to prevent the bottom puff out.
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Crave a cantaloupe basket.
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Seeing people ate at the restaurant and both the waiter/waitress and the customer were wearing masks. It's weird, but it's a must. For me, I rather take out and eat at home.

Day95 - 06192020

Forgot my rule of cutting board two days in a row.

Once upon a time I started soybean sprouting, the end.
I am sure next time, I will be more skilled on sprouting.

Made 麥仔煎 not succeed!
Made pizza the dough not raised.
They were still edible and tasted fine.
Tomorrow I should check all the remaining yeasts.
Planted some vegetables in the soil from the supermarket.

Day94 - 06182020

You need to burn 7,700 calories in order to lose 1 kilogram.
That's to say I walked one mile per day it will burn around 65 calories. If I walked two miles per day, then it will take a little bit less than two months to burn enough calories for each kilogram I am trying to lose. So if I eat 130 calories less of food per day on top of the daily walk. I can lose 1 kilogram in less than a month!

Yesterday in the middle of the night I was awoken by itching all over my body. I didn't turn on the light to check. When I scratched I could feel there were bumps all over me except my face and my arms. I checked the time and it was around 2 am. I was fairly desperate and I tossed and turned but could not get back to sleep. Then I tried to figure out in my mind about what's going on with those itchy bumps. First guess, of course, was some bug bites. Could it be the article that I read before bedtime about the ticks!? Or is the mosquitos!? Or instead could I have been having an allergic reaction to the food that I ate for dinner or maybe the leftovers were not fresh. But it felt like bumps on my skin, not rashes. I tried to pray and I almost gave up for it was so uncomfortable and I was so mad. Still tried very hard  to keep on praying for whatever things or people that came to my mind. Then I don't know when I finally fell asleep. I woke up around 7am, all the itching and bumps were gone. I wondered when happened to me earlier.

Yesterday I texted one of my coworkers, but so far she didn't reply me. Kind of worried for her. She has some health problems. Pray for her condition.

Pumped the gas today. 

Make believe

Heated up some leftover dishes from yesterday and the day before plus today's. Six or is it seven different dishes on the plate? Imagine I am eating at the buffet restaurant.
Sometimes you just need a little bit of imagination and creativity to have fun.
After this pandemic and everything, I wonder how many businesses will gone forever!

Day93 - 06172020

Adult day health center, worrying! 回不去了!

Day 2 for my soybean sprouting, please be successful!
It is growing, but super slow.

Today alone got rid of couples of the Yellowjackets and its nests. I forgot to take the picture of it so I am hundred percent sure it is the Yellowjackets. One thing that I can sure it is not honeybee. And I understand this kind of insect can rid of some pests. But I am worried that it will sting us by chance. 

Want make sesame brioche.

06172020 Devotion

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2SbmS99dG0

Good morning brothers and sisters, this is Alice from HarvestLA. Today is Wednesday, June 17th, 2020. We are going to study God's words of Deuteronomy today. 

Let's pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we praise You and we love You, please help us know You more and listen to You, in Jesus's name we pray Amen!

Let's read today's bible verses. Deuteronomy 31:30-32:14 The Song of Moses 30 And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel: 32 Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth. 2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants. 3 I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! 4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. 5 They are corrupt and not his children; to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation. 6 Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you? 7 Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you. 8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel. 9 For the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance. 10 In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye, 11 like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft. 12 The Lord alone led him; no foreign god was with him. 13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from the flinty crag, 14 with curds and milk from herd and flock and with fattened lambs and goats, with choice rams of Bashan and the finest kernels of wheat. You drank the foaming blood of the grape.

The book of Deuteronomy is a retelling of God's Law, how God rescued Israel from Egypt, the relationship with them. And in the song of Moses, is actually the last day of his life, God told him to pass on the baton to the next generation's leader Joshua for Israelites. Again, it repeats once more how God's Grace has been present from the beginning. Informs them about the consequences if they turn their face away from God. God is almighty, He can make things right just like so, yet He gives them free will. They are like rebellious children, walking away from God's Mercy! How foolish and unwise that they didn't choose life over death and the blessing over the curse. True freedom is choosing not to do the things that you shouldn't do! In Hebrews 12:11No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Recalling my life before knowing Jesus, I rely on myself for everything. I never thought I should depends on any gods. Even after I baptised I ran away from God when everything and my life seemed perfect. I alone is good enough, I thought. I lost the faith, I lost the identity as God's child. But when I returned to Him, He forgave me. God has never given up on us even we sinned. 

Let's pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we praise You and we love You, thank You for Your faithfulness and unfailing love, in Jesus's name we pray Amen! Until next time, bye!

Day92 - 06162020

Made a French savory cake with Chinese yam, homegrown sweet potato leaves, homegrown tomatoes and cheese.

Baked flounder with celery, lemon zest and sour cream sauce.

Chinese yam cake with walnuts, dates and black sesame on the top, smells really good.

Next project cookie cups.

If the place that you live in have a serious pandemic and if you stay it will be a big chance that you will die of it. And if you run away to another place there will a chance you will survive but also a big chance that you may carry the disease with you and give it to the people where you run to. What will you do!? Stay or run away!?

Day91 - 06152020

If you post a video or blog in your own personal account. And if the content is not quite right. People will judge you alone. On the contrary, you have it in the public channel, e.g. church. Then the audience or readers may challenge the whole community that you are representing.

My first batch of soybean sprout growing had officially been terminated. I buried them as the fertilizer. Today I started another batch which was the remaining soybean from the same pack. This tom I will be more careful hoping it grows as expecting.

I know when the neighbors are doing the laundry by the smell of the detergent. Yes! I hate that smell, I don't use detergent for clothes and dishes.

Another way to repurpose egg carton; object counting.
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Watermelon 
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Poke Ball
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Day90 - 06142020 Sunday

I am the woman with no patience, especially when I cooked pancakes. Today I finally at the very end of my cooking I got a perfect one. If you are good at cooking then you know that you should cook it in medium high heat and use the spatula to flip the pancakes. Which I have done wrong and didn't follow these rules for the past of my cooking. I cooked with high heat and used a spoon.

When I was in elementary the teacher pointed me to be the one to attend reciting competition. I thought that was the breakthrough of my life. But it never happened. Later the teacher changed her mind to my classmate instead without any explanation. 

Mask

Friday when we went shopping at Target. Before entering the shop two Hispanic men passing us without masks on pretending cough and joking something like the wearing the masks. We were just ignored them while maintaining social distancing. They were only making themselves look stupid! What the two pieces of shit, smelly, disgusting!

Day89 - 06132020

I remembered when I was little I used to stay in the kitchen watching my mom cooking. Then I myself cooking in the kitchen. And then I am now watching my kids cooking in the kitchen. It's a life cycle.

Tomorrow make candy lemon, maybe.

I don't understand why people always want their privacy so badly, but cannot not keep whatever they are playing music or movie or TV for themselves! That is really annoying. And as I know they all have young children. Terrible! 

The DIY Fly Trap that I made, trapped 8 flies the first day. But only trapped one today, I wondered why?

The soybean sprouts I that I grow is kind of slow. Today is the second day. Yesterday I found that the soybean that I bought was Imported from China. I wondered if they had some special treatment to prevent them spoiled or grow!?

Jokes of the day

My older one made some vegetarian taco.
Me: There is no meat in it!?
Son: Yeah! That's the point?
Me: What's the point?
Son: Vegetarian, no meat, that's the point!?
Me: Yeah! NO ME, only you!

Me: How many tacos do you have!?
Son: Two!? What? Is that too much!?
Me: Exactly! That's TWO much!

Me: This taco is a fusion food. 
Son: How!?
See! Taco, Mexican, pasta sauce, Italian, Ramen, Japanese, and then eating by the Taiwanese!
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Day88 - 06122020

It's getting hotter and it makes harder to take care the plants.
I felt like I lost my patience.

敵暗我明 
It is obvious that you can see and where the policeman. But for the police they cannot know where and who is the dangerous one! Maybe that is why some police acting irritating. They feel unsafe and dangerous. Certainly that's no excuse for acting brutal or over reacting.

Made a DIY Fly Trap and it works! I am just curious why not all the flies will get into the trap?  Can tell the danger or learn from its companions?
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So miss the bull brand barbecue sauce 沙茶醬 from Taiwan bought one the other day. Today I made barbecue sauce lotus root. This was also the first time that I cooked with barbecue sauce.

Many the first time things happened during this pandemic.

Since we have a lemon tree and it grows the lemon year round. Also, it has a lot of health benefits. I am going to find out what I can do with it. Like candy lemon, lemon curd etc.

Day87 - 06112020

Some people look lively this second, then the very next second she/he is gone forever.
Every second is a new story.

Made a pumpkin kidney bean milk, it tasted ok. I only added a little bit of sugar, if add a some more sugar, I am sure it will make a big difference.
And remember to always wash the skin of the pumpkin or potato or yam and such thoroughly. Because it has a whole lot of nutrients plus fiber in it, consume them altogether.

I cooked lentil curry the other day and here is the nutrition fact of it.
https://www.lentils.org/health-nutrition/nutritional-information/
This web also has the recipes for it, will check out and try them for sure.

Dropped my phone on the cement floor and it had a bit crack, sad!

Day86 - 06102020

Last night before bedtime, I went to the restroom, saw a big cockroach. Both me and the cockroach jump guess it was a mutual we were scared of each other. And of course I smashed it. The other day a saw a medium size one, but didn't get to catch it. Is this the one that ran away the other day!?

Found the fly swat I thought that the flies carried it away. The mission does not complete, I lost count of how many flies had been swatted by now.

Yesterday was so hot some of my plants looks like dying, pray for it. I should have paid more attention about it!

Soaked soybeans preparing for growing sprouts.

Day85 - 06092020

Made banana kidney bean milk shake with yogurt, delicious!

Made lentil curry, it tasted good. But my younger one had a nose bleed today. This could be one of the triggers on top of the hot dry weather. Quickly I gave him the fresh coconut juice that I bought the other day and it worked. The bleeding stopped almost right after.

Three layer steamer, does it sound high efficiency to you? It is, however, the bicolor pumpkin purple yam coconut sticky rice cakes that I steamed. The top layer one came out just fine yet the second and the third ones because the water drop from the layer top of it, it came out a bit off! The water drop in the center before it sets, it became watery instead of firm. Next time find a to cover it when steam it. Complementary Colors: The Beauty of Contradiction. Yellow and purple contract to each other.

Video do taping is no easy job! I didn't remember how many times I have been re-tape myself, a hundred times, maybe. And it's only for around five minute recording. My cell phone battery was around a little bit more than 20% left and I thought that should be enough! It winded up I need to take a big break to recharge it!
As someone not a professional and has no experience I had been working hard on preparing; rewriting and had my older to proof read it. Endless reciting and recording to get the final video.
台上一分鐘台下十年功 One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.

Day84 - 06082020

So many flies. It's like I just finished one round of swatting it. The next second more flies came.

My 空心菜 Water Convolvulus growing doesn't look very well, worrying!
And the split pea sprouting, failed, well, not 100 percent, but almost.
The pruning for bird of paradise is done for now.
Made a back supporter using the old pillow case stuffed with old torn clothes, looking good!

I am all ready to make the sticky rice dish.

Tomorrow I am going to record the video for devotion.

Day83 - 06072020 Sunday

One year maturer today!
Birthday day greetings from company, happy!
I understand that is automatically sent out and they basically want my money.
Still, I appreciate them.
And there is a lot more of congregations for my birthday than ever. Some of them, they are just my friends' friends. I didn't even know them. The year of 2020 is an unforgettable year! Good and bad.

The birthday, a child of God was born, a mom's suffering and joy.
A mom's birthday wish, kids' safety and healthy!
When a baby girl was born. Some said, congratulations, it's a girl. For someone longing for a boy said seriously another girl!

I came to America almost 26 years ago!

Got the flesh out of the coconut getting ready for my next project. Bicolor pumpkin purple yam sticky rice cake.

Swat the fly is the best exercise for the eyes.

The kidney bean pods and tomatoes.
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The simplest way the hardest to achieve.
The safest place is the most dangerous place.
Do some dance central exercise, have a fun time with my older one.

Day82 - 06062020

Oh! My! Tomorrow I will be one year maturer!

Yung Ho, terrible restaurant. Today we wait for almost an hour to get our take out lunch!

Our cooking oil and sugar ran faster than ever!? 

I tend to post a lot both on my Facebook and blog. Of course I want people to notice me, but mostly these are my precious memories. There will one I won't remember anything! I like the way that Facebook always pop up the postings that I post before, sweet moments!

Day81 - 06052020

I only wear socks at home. Wear my kids' old shoes in the yard. looks like I won't buy another pair of new shoes for a long time.

Had video recording for the daily devotion to see how's it? Not bad, but still need more practice.

Yesterday the weather forecast said it will rain the coming Saturday. And it drizzled a bit in the afternoon. I thought we would have two days' of rain. Then I checked the weather forecast again, it said tomorrow will be cloudy. I was all ready for the rain, I have all my containers out waiting to be filled!

Read a touching real life story from the bicycling magazine. A recipient got a heart transplant from the donor who had a Incent right on his birthday. And he wished for a new heart!

Picked some roses (today), make a cake (tomorrow) and a bowl of noodles with egg (birthday date) is the must for a special one's birthday like me.

Day80 - 06042020

The middle finger on my right hand has a serious problem.
It's most likely the trigger finger.
It seems to get worse lately. But last night after I was done some arm exercises holding with two pounds dumbbell each hand with my favorite music from the K-Love radio channel on. To my surprise the pain and stiffness one the middle finger was gone like 50%! I will definitely continue to do it!

One swat two flies.

At five different weeds that has similar flower and leaves, if only you look closer.
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Picture from left to right.
The first one, Cat' Ear, the third one, Dandelion, other than maybe is Canada Thistle, Smooth Hawksbeard. Need to do more search for it.

Anticipating for the 空心菜 water Convolvulus to grow from grocery bought stems.
There are some roots growing now.

The soya putting is set after overnight in the fridge.

Composting becomes my essential routine.

Day79 - 06032020

These are on my shopping lists purple yam, pumpkin, cheesecloth, barbecue sauce, Lavender, shredded coconut, coconuts, cornstarch, brownie rice, toilet paper.
Today I only got toilet paper.

Yesterday a sudden sharp pain in my inner thigh, it went on and off couples of times throughout the day. So I only did some simple exercise on the upper body by sitting. I am ok today, I probably hurt myself by either didn't warm up before exercise and/or not exercise property.

Our center is not going to reopen anytime soon! Our center is not going to reopen anytime soon! Why do I say that twice in a row!? First one because of the pandemic! The second one because of the protesting!

Tried to make some soya pudding using gelatin, it didn't seem set!? Need to find a way to fix it! I will put it in the fridge overnight for now, maybe it will be set by then!

My young one made pancakes, yum!

Job title: Fly Swatter.

There was an earthquake in the evening, it was like around two hours drive from us and everyone felt it but me.
Probably because I was outside busy swatting flies!

Day78 - 06022020

Writing about my thoughts has become my essential daily routine.

i cooked the bean sprouts, but it tastes funny, with a bit of bitterness. I did expose the bean sprouts to light couples of minutes each time while thoroughly washing and draining the water.

And the following is are the facts about the bitter taste that I found.

"Why do sprouts taste bitter? For bean sprouts, you can try eating the sprout when the root shoot is still short, around the length of the soaked seed. In addition, be careful to discard any husks when rinsing, as these contribute to bitterness, particularly with mung beans."
That totally makes sense now, I never want to waste anything if I could, so I didn't discard the husks. Next time I will take away the husks, but save it separately so I that we still can consume it later on with the sprouts.

Thorough research ahead of time is a must! There is no shortcut if you want it the way it should be!

Cutting board, cutting order. 

You have cheese, fruits, meat, vegetables that don't need to be washed, vegetables that have been washed and garlic on hand. Do you cut the cheese first, then the fruit, the garlic, the meat, the washed vegetables and the unwashed vegetables. By this order you only need to wash the cutting board once. Trust me the cutting board will be very easy to be cleaned by going in this order.

I always clean the cutting board thoroughly after each use. Also, I dry it either with the residual heat from the stove/oven or both right after I am done cooking. Therefore, I never bother to have the separate cutting boards for raw and cooked foods.

I bought a pair of garden scissors last week.

Hope the protest will end soon peacefully!

With this curfew thing, the night becomes quiet.

Day77 - 06012020

Day three of my mung bean sprouting, they are tiny, cute! I should give them another, maybe two or three days before consuming them.

Near further project, two layers shredded coconut pumpkin purple potato sticky rice cake. That is a long name!

Flies swat is an excellent eye hand coordination training.
Also a physically exercise.

Which way is more efficient and easier; buy a plant or grow your own from the seeds?

Occasionally found trash, dog poop, chewing gum, cigarette bud on the sidewalk. So to say people who exercise and raise dog are terrible people. Is that a too quick conclude!?

Discover a function on my touch screen iPad. Double click the upper case key, it will let you type upper case letters continually.

The year 2020 change my thought when I look at a person, is he or she carries the virus,!? Horrifying!

As the protest thing is getting serious now we have the curfew. This really gets on my nerves!