Lately, since Ted has been so good about sending us our group shots, I thought I'd just post them here! ^_^ It's rare to get group shots from us that are taken with a SLR camera.. ;) Haha.. Usually they are all "zi pai" (自拍) shots.=P
A wide-angle lens was used, hence the slight distortions at the edges of the image.=)
In Holland with the tulips.^_^
At the Tappan "Motel"! Hee.
That night was one of GREAT food!!! Chenli made the most DELICIOUS Shanghai-style 狮子头!!! SO GOOD. I was watching her make it so hopefully I can try to recreate it? HEEHEE! xD And Guo Lu made the most DELICIOUS Sichuan-style 干扁四季豆!!! SO GOOD ALSO. I also tried to steal her cooking secrets. ;) Hahaha. 幸せ!!!～ And I contribued Lime-Honey-Garlic Baked Chicken.=P
cheers *[-witchstone-]*
[music : For Good Wicked OST] [mood : --] [food : RIBS!]
Let me finally blog about CEDAR POINT!! ^_^ We went there on Sunday over Memorial Day Weekend and it was such a fabulous day!
Anyway.. What is Memorial Day all about you might wonder?
From Wikipedia: Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (in 2008 on May 26). Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who perished while in military service to their country. First enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War, it was expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action.
Thanks to that, we got a long weekend!
The entrance to the Cedar Point parking area!!! ^_^ Parking for one day is $10..
The view of Cedar Point with Lake Erie from the road leading to it!!! ^_^ It's pretty ne? And so many rollercoasters!!! xD
According to Wikipedia: Cedar Point is a 364 acre (1.5 km²) amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. It currently holds the world record for most roller coasters with 17, one of them being the world's second tallest and second fastest roller coaster, Top Thrill Dragster, which reaches speeds of 120 mph and a height of 420 feet. Cedar Point is also the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than 200 feet (61 m).
As of 2008 Cedar Point will be the only park in the world with 76 rides, becoming the park with the most rides. The park also has a mile-long white sand beach, two water parks (Soak City and Castaway Bay, an indoor waterpark (which also includes a hotel service), two marinas, several hotels, and "Challenge Park" featuring attractions such as go-karts and miniature golf.
Known as "America's Roller Coast", Cedar Point has been voted "Best Amusement Park in the World" by Amusement Today for the past ten years.
^_^ You definitely know you're in for a good time when you read something like that.. Hahaha.
Cedar Point's mascots are the Peanuts characters and they are all over the park.=) There's a whole area called Camp Snoopy for kids and another called Planet Snoopy! ^_^ They've got Peanuts-themed rides and such. Kawaii!!
When you enter the park, you are absolutely plunged into what you know will be FUN.=) This theme park has everything for everyone, but the main attractions will always be the roller coasters.=) This is a great place for kids, teens and parents.=)
All the girls while waiting in line for our first ride of the day: RAPTOR!
FINALLY! Kevin is SMILING! Hahahaha. While still in line for Raptor.=P
The rides we took: - Raptor (roller coaster) - Blue Streak (roller coaster) - Corkscrew (roller coaster) - Gemini (roller coaster) - Magnum XL-200 (roller coaster) - Mantis (roller coaster) - Millennium Force (roller coaster) - Wicked Twister (roller coaster) - Top Thrill Dragster (roller coaster) - Power Tower (thrill ride) - Snake River Falls (water ride) - Thunder Canyon (water ride) - Cedar Downs Racing Derby (family ride) - Midway Carousel (family ride) - Turnpike Cars (family ride) - Lolli Swing (kids ride)
Want to take in future: - Mean Streak (roller coaster) - Maverick (roller coaster) - Iron Dragon (roller coaster) - Demon Drop (thrill ride)
Hmm. We actually took a shocking number of rides. Hahaha.=P But we didn't manage to fulfill our plan of taking all 17 rollercoasters.=( O well.
After lunch.. ^_^ I was simply fainting from hunger, and was made very dizzy by Raptor because I didn't eat breakfast..
Power Tower!!! It's the type where it ascends rapidly, then drops you.. -_-" Very unexciting though I was really scared at first.
One of the longest lines at the park was at Top Thrill Dragster, the 2nd fastest rollercoaster in the world!!! =D It's a 90 degree ascent, followed by 2 seconds of hanging horror, finished off with a 90 degree descent.=D
Masking our nerves behind beaming faces while we approached the loading area of Top Thrill Dragster..
A view from the bottom, you can see the steepness of the track.O__o! The whole ride was over in 20 seconds, so fast that you can't feel a thing.
Camp Snoopy!! Kawaii ne? xD
A view of the horrible high and steep ascent of Millennium Force!!! Haha.. I kept going, "waittt why is it taking so long to get to the top?! LIHUI!!! xP xP xP" You can see the carriage making the slow climb up..
We conquered it!!! =D This was a FANTASTIC ride.=D =D =D Now I know why it's one of the most popular in the whole park.
The last ride of the day.. The Carousel! =) One of the oldest structures in the park. It's pretty when lit up at night.=)
While in line for the carousel.=)
It was a great day.=) I think we should go back again!! HAHA. If only to ride the roller coasters I didn't get to take the last time..=P And to take the wet rides early in the day so you don't freeze to death at night..=P
cheers *[-witchstone-]*
PS: I've updated my food blog recently! And you can find there our IRON CHEF chronicles!! =D I've just blogged about our SHRIMP BATTLE, next time, it'll be CHERRY TOMATO!!! ^_^
Apparently, this is what my birth date says about me:
10 March 1988 Your date of conception was on or about 18 June 1987 which was a Thursday.
You were born on a Thursday under the astrological sign Pisces. Your Life path number is 3.
Your fortune cookie reads: To love is to forgive.
Life Path Compatibility: You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9. You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 2, 5 & 11. You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 4, 7, 8 & 22.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2447230.5. The golden number for 1988 is 13. The epact number for 1988 is 11. The year 1988 was a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/17/1988 and ending 2/5/1989. You were born in the Chinese year of the Dragon.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Wolf; your plant is Plantain.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Pachons, the first month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 21 AdarI 5748. Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 22 AdarI 5748.
The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.14.15.6 which is 12 baktun 18 katun 14 tun 15 uinal 6 kin
The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Thursday, 21 Rajab 1408 (1408-7-21).
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 3 April 1988. The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 10 April 1988. The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 17 February 1988. The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 22 May 1988. The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 29 May 1988. The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Monday, 12 September 1988. The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Saturday, 2 April 1988. The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 16 February 1988.
As of 5/27/2008 10:26:56 AM EDT You are 20 years old. You are 242 months old. You are 1,055 weeks old. You are 7,383 days old. You are 177,202 hours old. You are 10,632,146 minutes old. You are 637,928,816 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday: Carrie Underwood (1983) Shannon Miller (1977) Prince Edward (1964) Jasmine Guy (1964) Sharon Stone (1958) Osama bin Laden (1957) Kim Campbell (1947) Bob Greene (1947) Chuck Norris (1940) James Earl Ray (1928) Pamela Mason (1918) Bix Beiderbecke (1903)
Top songs of 1988 Roll with It by Steve Winwood Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison One More Try by George Michael Look Away by Chicago Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses Anything for You by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car by Billy Ocean Man In the Mirror by Michael Jackson The Flame by Cheap Trick
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 2.88962818003914 years old. (Life's just a big chewy bone for you!)
Your lucky day is Thursday. Your lucky number is 3 & 7. Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune. Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th. Your opposition sign is Virgo. Your opposition number(s) is 5.
Today is not one of your lucky days!
There are 287 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 21 candles.
Those 21 candles produce 21 BTUs, or 5,292 calories of heat (that's only 5.2920 food Calories!) . You can boil 2.40 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1988 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US. In 1988 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile. In 1988 in the US there were 2,389,000 marriages (9.7%) and 1,183,000 divorces (4.8%) In 1988 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000) In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds. In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1988 the population of Australia was approximately 16,687,082. In 1988 there were approximately 246,193 births in Australia. In 1988 in Australia there were approximately 116,816 marriages and 41,007 divorces. In 1988 in Australia there were approximately 119,866 deaths.
Your birthstone is Aquamarine
The Mystical properties of Aquamarine
Aquamarine is often used to experience love and mercy. It is said to help ease depression and grief.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Jade, Rock Crystal, Bloodstone
Your birth tree is
Weeping Willow, the Melancholy Beautiful but full of melancholy, attractive, very empathic, loves anything beautiful and tasteful, loves to travel, dreamer, restless, capricious, honest, can be influenced but is not easy to live with, demanding, good intuition, suffers in love but finds sometimes an anchoring partner.
There are 212 days till Christmas 2008! There are 225 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were born was waning gibbous.
I'll be posting an update about Cedar Point soon!!! ^_^ I just finished my paper last night so I couldn't do it.. Soon soon. Before my exam comes.=X
cheers *[-witchstone-]*
[music : Keep Tryin' + Prisoner of Love 宇多田 ヒカル + Stigmata Rentrer en Soi + Birth D] [mood : tired] [food : something that isn't filling..]
Jiamin: I can definitely make oyakodon for you.. Haha.. I need to improve it though, by getting a better pan..-_-" Haha.. And yes.. When I wake up in the morning, I kind of just crawl to class.. X__X
After 1 night of success, 1 night of failure and 1 lunch of laziness, we've hit the jackpot tonight with another night of success. ;)
Definition of success: - Food was pretty good despite this being a first attempt. - Food was cooked quickly and with minimal preparation work. - We could eat dinner long before the sun set [ie: we could eat at 7/8 rather than 8/9]!!!
The first night of success:
Featuring my kawaii donburi bowls that I bought on sale in Urban Outfitters, I present to you OYAKODON! [親子丼]
They were surprisingly easy to make [it would have been even easier if I had the right pan but o well.] and I just followed this youtube video:
It is from a series called "cooking with dog". The voiceover is hilarious! =P The recipe is pretty good and I omitted sake [which would probably give a fragrance.. Maybe I should have used shaoxing wine? Haha..] because I didn't have any. I also made more sauce because I received a request..=P
They were really fast to make although the rice presented us with some problems because erm.. I don't really know how to cook Japanese rice.^_^" There are quite a few steps to it, including soaking and draining.. O well. The rice turned out okay after a few rescue attempts.=P
The easy parts of the meal - Cooking the topping for oyakodon - Cutting up the seaweed, spring onions and onions
The hard parts of the meal - Deboning the damn chicken - Saving the rice
The second night of success:
Another simple meal that I came up with on my way home from class.
Garlic and Cherry Tomato Pasta with stir-fried xiaobaicai and Pan-seared Whitefish from Whole Foods.^_^
The pasta was pretty successful even though it was my first time tossing the pasta directly in the pan with the sauce and the fish was really successful despite this being my first time searing fish and second time working with fish in general.=P
The garlic-butter-味噌-mushroom sauce I made to go with the fish! [That's miso by the way, for those who can't read the Japanese..] It was a totally experimental sauce since I couldn't find a recipe online... I just threw stuff into the pan and hoped that my combination of stuff wouldn't turn out too badly. In the end, it was quite a success I must say! Haha.. The mushrooms overpowered the miso a bit so maybe I won't add mushrooms next time but I have to say.. I think the sauce would go great on pasta. ;)
Garlic Butter Miso Mushroom Sauce
No proportions sorry! I just poured stuff into the pan.. Ingredients Butter Minced Garlic Sliced Mushrooms Shiromiso [I guess akamiso would work too but I have no idea] Mirin Black Pepper Soy Sauce Water
Melt butter and then stir-fry the garlic a little before adding the mushrooms. Stir till the mushrooms are almost cooked before putting in the rest of the ingredients. Add water for desired thickness and simmer till your desired texture. Serve with panseared whitefish. [White fish prepared by sprinkling salt and pepper over the fish and then searing it in a pan with oil and a bit of butter.]
The easy parts of the meal - Defrosting and cutting up the fish - Cooking the pasta
The hard parts of the meal - Making the sauce because I was worried it would turn out badly
Ahh. I hope that we can continue our trend of fast and delicious meals in future. I hate wasting time in the kitchen slowly cooking when I can cook and eat quickly before I go study.-_-"
I wish I had money to buy fish more often!!! ^_^ It's a nice treat though! I love Whole Foods!
cheers *[-witchstone-]*
[music : Dreams High and Mighty Color] [mood : ^_^ success!] [food : garlic-cherry tomato pasta with xiaobaicai and seared whitefish with garlic butter miso mushroom sauce]
^_^ I finished my first exam of this semester today so I'm in a good mood.=D [This does not, in any way, reflect upon what I will get for the exam. That sort of information is totally irrelevant in this context.] I'm baking brownies! Yay!
Anyway, today is another BEAUTIFUL day. A bit windy and cold but nevertheless, beautiful!!! ^_^
I took these pictures on another sunny day that was slightly warmer than today.=P But still, they SORT OF recreate what today is like!!! ^_^ I love spring when it isn't raining.=)
The Clock Tower by the MLB and Hill Auditorium!
The Diag when everyone comes out to enjoy the sun!
An afternoon nap under the shady trees.=)
Beautiful tulips are blooming everywhere right now.=) Along with a whole host of other gorgeous spring flowers!
Besides the gorgeous beauty of Ann Arbor's university campus, here are some shots at the absolutely amazing Lake Michigan beach in Holland, Michigan.=)
The pier, at the end are tons of fishermen and people just walking around and enjoying the scenery.=)
Fishermen out in their boat on the lake in the sunset.=) It's almost 9pm by the way, hence the setting sun.
A wide view of the pier.^_^ The sand at the beach is amazingly soft and smooth by the way.. I definitely should go visit Rachel again and play at the beach! ^_^
I'm afraid I'm not doing the scenery much justice with my terribly amateurish shots.. =X I picked the best ones I had already and I still feel that they don't capture the ... awe-inspiring scenes we saw in real life..
Besides scenery in Michigan, we've been cooking for ourselves and have already had several larger gatherings.=D It's fun to cook for a larger number of people [max 6-8 is the best] but the preparation work is tough too.xP Still, I love cooking and despite all the trials and tribulations, have had a few successes! ^_^ Of course, this couldn't be done without the help of my friends and friendly kitchen co-workers! Hehe.
Steamed Minced Pork on top of Fish Tofu.^_^ The minced pork was leftover from our wanton making. Delicious!
Due to requests, custard puffs made with chouquette dough! ^_^ It's basically the same thing but I like my custard puff to be a bit softer than chouquettes.=P I must learn to make the Beard Papa/Zettai Kareshi versions!!! [ie: The crackly-top Japanese version that is huge and filled with the most gorgeously smooth and rich vanilla bean pastry cream.]
Courtesy of Ted, these are just some of the pineapple tarts we made as a thank-you gift to Rachel's family for letting us invade their home once again.^_^ They were delicious by the way, John Yap's family's recipe is fabulous!!! Now, if only I could remember my own family's recipe.. Ahem ahem.
With all this cooking, I am determined to learn all the Cantonese dishes I can remember [or write down] once I get home! ^_^ Especially how to make soup. *coughs* It'll be useful in winter.;) Of course, I also want to learn to make all the Nonya dishes from daiguma! =D =D =D Ahh!! I LOVE COOKING. And eating of course. But nothing can beat the process of creation when a lump of something can turn into something beautiful that will make somebody happy.^_^
Ahh.. The warmth and richness of the chocolate is drifting over here, the smell leaking out of the oven.^_^ The texture of the brownie batter was rather different today from the usual but.. Let's see how it turns out.=)
Anyway, all this spring weather calls for a new template which I will work on.. erm.. soon! ^_^ When I'm not cooking, doing my work or updating the food blog, I will work on it.;)
Since I have been so tardy at posting, I shall do all of the things I've been doing in one fell swoop! ^_^ With the help of my beloved Picasa and laziness, here's a little recap of what I've been doing...
A trip to FRANKENMUTH, Michigan!
We went to Frankenmuth for lunch while continuing to shop at Birch Run!! ^_^ The town is absolutely GORGEOUS in Spring and full of retirees, so you basically have the whole place to yourself.=)
A trip to CHICAGO, Illinois!
We went to Millennium Park, The Art Institute of Chicago, Shedd Aquarium, the Millennium Mile, Navy Pier, the park with Buckingham Fountain... Chicago is beautiful!!! ^_^ You can see more photos on my Facebook.=)
A trip to HOLLAND, Michigan!
Visiting Rachel and going for the annual Tulip Festival has been one of the best weekends ever!! ^_^ We went crazy over tulips, crazy over funfair food [it's so bad but SO good!] and basically had a ton of fun!
We even went to the beach by Lake Michigan.=) It was so beautiful and I was totally awe-inspired by how gorgeous it was in the sunset. [The sun sets at around 8.30-9pm?] There are some good parts about being in a more remote location like Michigan, you're near these beautiful lakes.^_^
All these are selected images. There are tons more on Facebook!
Of course, we haven't just been travelling and having fun.. We've been cooking and eating a lot too!!!
Clockwise from top left: Banana Pan Cake with homemade strawberry sauce, Orange-soy-honey pork ribs, Shrimp Dong Fen, Custard Puffs, Lemon-Garlic-Butter Shrimp, Linguini with tomato sauce, Lapcheong mushroom rice, Steamed Fish Tofu with minced pork topping, homemade wantons.
And this isn't all of it.=P You can see more photos on my Facebook! ^_^
And there's been so many beautiful spring days with gorgeous flowers and whatnot that I haven't been able to resist whipping my camera out at every opportune moment.=)
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous spring flowers!!! ^_^ The weather has been glorious as well, sunny skies and windy days.=) We've had our fair share of rain as well, and the strong winds of Michigan have made my umbrella totally useless.=( I have to comfort myself with the thought that with more rain, come more flowers and fruit! ^_^
Alright. I have an exam coming up. I must study!! *flees* We had laksa for dinner this evening.=) Yummy!
Finally! Another edition of Midweek Men! Let's review the past editions:
Week 1: Hyun Bin (Snow Queen), Daniel Henney (My Name is Kim Sam Soon), Miyavi and Mr Rabbit Week 2: Lelouch (Code Geass), Tom Schilling (NAPOLA), Saga (alice nine.) and Mr Rabbit Week 3: Tachibana Keita (w-inds.), Terashima Nobu (NANA), hyde/HYDE (L'arc~En~Ciel) and Mr Rabbit Week 4: Initial D Special! Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Jay Chou
Who will be featured this week? With the disproportional numbers of Asian men, perhaps it is time to feature someone who is not Asian.=P
So this week will feature an American Music Special! =D
First up is...
Chris Brown! Rachel's future husband [unless Kevvers decides to buck up and get that diamond necklace]!
[from Wikipedia] Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American hip hop, pop and R&B singer-songwriter, dancer, music video director and actor. In late 2005, he released his first studio album, Chris Brown, which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number-one debut single, "Run It!" which was produced by Scott Storch and featured Juelz Santana. The album also produced two other top ten singles: "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" and "Say, Goodbye." Brown’s second studio album, Exclusive was released worldwide in November 2007. It has spawned his second US number one hit, "Kiss Kiss" which was produced by T-Pain, who was also featured in the song . The third single, "With You", has reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and has entered into the top ten in several countries across the world, becoming one of his most successful worldwide releases to date. The second single, "Kiss Kiss", was nominated for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in the category for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.
He has some pretty good music and slick dance moves. ;) Do check out his videos!
Next up!
The lead singer of Maroon 5, Adam Levine! [from Wikipedia] Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is an American singer. Currently, he is the lead singer and guitarist for the pop group Maroon 5.
[from Wikipedia] Maroon 5 is a Grammy Award-winning American pop rock band originating from Los Angeles, California. Comprising five members: Adam Levine (vocals, guitar), James Valentine (guitar, vocals), Jesse Carmichael (keyboards, vocals), Mickey Madden (bass guitar), and Matt Flynn (drums). The band is best known for hit songs including "Harder to Breathe", "This Love", "She Will Be Loved", "Sunday Morning", "Makes Me Wonder", "Wake Up Call", "Won't Go Home Without You", and "If I Never See Your Face Again".
I love Maroon 5's music even if they could be dubbed mainstream.=P
Who's next?
Someone you definitely cannot forget when you're talking about American music! ^_^ Justin Timberlake! [from Wikipedia] Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American pop singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Justin has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award.
Justin Timberlake came to fame as one of the lead singers of pop boy band 'N Sync, whose launch was financed by con man Lou Pearlman. In 2002, he released his debut solo album, Justified, which sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. Timberlake's second solo release, FutureSex/LoveSounds, was released in 2006 with the U.S. number-one hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around... Comes Around". The album also spawned three additional U.S. top twenty hits ("Summer Love", "LoveStoned", and "Until the End of Time") making it the first time a male artist has achieved six top twenty hits from one album since Michael Jackson did so from 1991–1992, with his album Dangerous. As of January 2008, FutureSex/LoveSounds has sold more than 8 million copies. With his first two albums, Timberlake has sold more than 18 million records worldwide alone, as well as more than 50 million copies as one of the two lead singers in NSYNC. He has started a record label called Tennman Records and a fashion label, William Rast.
And my favourite song! xD This is the performance at the Victoria's Secret fashion show.=)
And of course, how can I forget Mr Bunny?
Kawaii!
Okay. I must run. Toodles! cheers *[-witchstone-]*
Seeing as I have a huge backlog of photo posts, allow me to start sharing with you the joys of spring weather! [Of course, it's gloomy and rainy right now, but why think about that when you have sunny days to look forward to?]
A walk to the Diag while they were setting it up for graduation.=) So sunny! Look at everyone! They were in shorts!
And of course, I spotted this totally cute poster!!! ^_^
The sakura are in full bloom!!! ^_^ Okay, most of them are gone since, as you know, sakura have finite lives and remind us of the ephemeral qualities of life. I have more photos but those will be in later posts.^_^
Early spring brings beautiful flowers as well, as you can tell with this gorgeous blue pansy! [At least, I think it's a pansy.] They were planted all around the diag, blue and yellow to represent the school colours during the graduation ceremony.
Cool red flowers.. I have no idea what they are called but I've never seen them before! ^_^ They grow on trees and surround the diag.. and a lot of other places too.
Pretty blue flowers!!! ^_^ They grow in abundance and add this happy bright blue to fields of green grass.
Have you ever seen buds before? I certainly haven't.. Totally fascinating! And these buds have bloomed into the most GORGEOUS flowers ever.=D =D =D
Very interestingly shaped leaves! They look like venus fly trap leaves...
And these gorgeous white flowers are going to burst into bloom soon.^_^
I love spring! Besides the rain, there's absolutely amazing weather. It gets a little warm at times but overall, it's wonderful!!! ^_^ I don't really want to go back to summer...
We just returned from Holland, Michigan yesterday and sadly it rained. But! We did manage to see some beautiful sights on Saturday.=) Wee! And we went shopping since it was raining. HEHE. =D As I will be slowly uploading photos due to school commitments, I apologise for all the delays.
I hope everyone is enjoying this period of spring as much as I am!!! ^_^ Or even more, since I still have to deal with the horror that is school.-_-" But happiness is always around the corner in the form of cooking.=) I currently have ribs happily marinating in the refrigerator!!!
And I want to kill the stupid website that runs the SSA website because I can't post on the editor's blog! Hrmph.
My Emotible!
starry-eyed: filled with such youthful hope and optimism that one's eyes twinkle even when it's dark
Wish List
ie: motivation to save money!
- clothes
- shoes [heels! boots!]
- the perfect tote
- coats/outerwear! [Soïa & Kyo, Burberry...]
- Gackt - nine*nine
- Gackt Photobooks:
1 The Gift The Sixth Day & Seventh Night Tour Document (2004)
2 Crescent Photobook (out of print)
- Cookbooks!
1 Thomas Keller The French Laundry Cookbook
2 The Nobu Cookbook
3 Emily Luchetti A Passion for Desserts
4 Alice Medrich Pure Dessert
- Anime/Manga
1 Rurouni Kenshin
2 xxxHOLiC
3 Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-
- Proficiency at Japanese!
- Learn French for Food!
