The Making of 菜糕

One day, BlurBlurBear and Monkey went shopping. Suddenly, Monkey jumping joyfully pointing at a box of turnip (sengkuang) dumpling mix. So, both of them return to BlurBlurLand happily with the box of turnip dumping mix, a small turnip, some carrots, and some dried shrimps.

With PoohBear's help, BlurBlurBear and Monkey cut all the ingredients into small pieces. They stir fry the dumpling fillings together with garlic, sesame oil, and soy sauce. The dumpling filling smells really good! (drooling...)

BlurBlurBear decided to prepare the dumpling dough while letting the fillings cool down. The instructions behind the box says pour hot water in the mix. BlurBlurBear wonder if warm water is consider as hot water and started pouring warm water into the flour mix. The mix turn into white milky liquid instead of sticky dough.

After a waiting for a while, the mix is still in liquid form. PoohBear and Monkey looked and BlurBlurBear doubtfully and decided to heat up the milky liquid. The moral of the story is: when the instruction says HOT water don't put warm water.

The dough is finally ready. So three of started making dumplings. This is their first time making turnip dumplings. The dumplings all have unique shape and size.

The dumplings are not ready to eat yet. PoohBear put the dumplings in a big steam pot to cook the dumplings. Tic tac... ti tac... 5 minutes past, the dumpling skin starts turning translucent. Another five minutes past, the dumplings are finally ready.

This is the last one BlurBlurBear made. There's only a little dough left, so BlurBlurBear made a mini dumpling. The dumplings might not look perfect, but it smells really great (grooling... can we start eating NOW?)

Yummy!!! It taste great. Overall, not bad for beginners.

自言自语

某日翻阅某杂志时发现了一篇有趣的报道：“某心理学家建议人们不时进行有意识的自言自语。” 专家认为自言自语是最健康的舒缓精神压力的好方法。自己的声音能令自己镇静、较容易走出阴影，投入社交活动。

大家一起来自言自语吧！

惋惜

曾经可以是无所不谈的好友，却因一方的不耐与轻易放弃而成了今日的普通朋友。
“忠言逆耳”这四个字一次又一次成了放弃的好籍口。从一开始的关怀、担心，到了后来的堂而皇之借用为对方设想的籍口而狠心放手。

“真正的朋友是经得起考验的。”看来真正的友谊从未萌芽。。。

Orange Country

Orange located in South California, United States. Orange preserved many old buildings in its Old Town District that were built prior 1920.

端午节

农历五月初五是端午节，这一天也叫端阳节、五月节、重午、午日、夏节、等等。

关于端午节的由来，众说纷纭，有人说是为了纪念屈原；有人说是为了纪念伍子胥 ；有人说是为了纪念曹娥；有人说端午起源于三代夏至节；有人说端午是恶月恶日驱避，也有人说端午是吴月民族图腾祭说等等。

一般深入民心的说法是：端午节是为了纪念楚國诗人屈原，他在五月初五这天投汨罗江自尽殉国。但许多盛行于世的端午习俗早在此之前即已流传，而且不少都有驱瘟避疫的成分，故此有人推测，端午节源于对恶日（即农历五月，因仲夏瘟疫流行而得名）的禁忌。

端午节最重要的两项活动——赛龙舟和吃粽子，都和龙有关。故也有人推测端午节可能是迎涛神祭图腾的习俗。相传古代中国南方吴越民族自认为是龙的传人，每年五月初五举行祭图腾仪式，以求来年风调雨顺、大丰收。他们把食物裹在树叶里或装在竹子里，投到江里面去。后来他们还有在这天划着独木舟拜访亲朋好友的做法。高兴时就即兴举行独木舟赛，慢慢演变成今天的赛龙舟。

我就说现代的农历五月初五，端午节，是吃粽子的节日。

端午节快乐！