[E|C] Cooking 07/24/2014

Pork chops + Daikon soup + Daikon salad 

煎豬排＋蘿蔔湯＋蘿蔔絲沙拉

Unlike other hardworking housewives, I usually just throw things together...since I've cut the daikon (radish), I'd like to use it up if I can - this is the reason that there's daikon in the soup, and daikon in the salad lol I am glad that my hubby doesn't care about this :D

我煮飯就是把冰箱有的東西拿出來隨意組合，但既然蘿蔔都切了，免不了想把它一次用完，這也是知所以蘿蔔會出現在湯裡也出現在沙拉了!

[E|C] Cooking 07/22/2014

This blog will be in English & Chinese :D 

這篇就中英一起寫嘍！中文在英文後喔！

Fried pork chop, some Asian Vegetables, and egg & onion over rice. I guess you can't see the egg & onion from the photo lol 

I like cooking in winter and only winter...it's just way too hot for me to do anything at home. Even playing violin/piano feels like a lot of work in summer. 

In general, I don't deep fried food because I do not like the smell at home...but once in a while, I feel like having some fried pork chops, and today is the day for that!!! I like my fried pork chops because I don't actually put thick batter on, and I make sure I removed excess oil before the food is served :) 

[Daily Food] 7/20 to 7/22/2014

I don't even know why I wanted to do this, but I'm for sure taking weird photo everyday lol

Top to bottom: 

• Minion is checking out my coffee
• I drink coke in a bowl
• I play with candies before eating them (Smarties & Skittles)

[C] 復古

我：車子窗戶再下雨過後髒到往外看都有種復古的感覺 （笑）…

我媽冷冷的回我：就是窗戶很髒而已，還講那麼好聽 

XD

[Daily Food] - 07/18/2014

It was a long day at work, and I did not get to eat lunch.

星期五真是短暫的難熬 - 短暫是因為我很忙，忙到連午餐都沒吃。

These poor bear got eaten by me.

我只好把這些可憐的小熊吃了。

Thanks for them that I was able to survive through the day!

好險有他們我才沒餓死！

[E] No Solution

I am not exactly happy - I guess this is why: I spend 40 hours a week to get $, but I am not really contribute to the society besides some donation I make sometimes. How can I find a balance point to be able to pay off my mortgage and work on something that's meaningful/helpful to others?! I just can't find the answer. 

I need to find my spirit back...

[C] 搬家？！

人如果有一個念頭，持續不斷地想起，那我想，這件事就算不現在做，遲早也會做。我想搬離這裡，幾個月前也差一點搬離了這裡。

這是個神奇的城市，有不太貴的房價、方便的機場、不高的犯罪率、我們住的地方學區也很讚、我也有認識的朋友，但這一切還是偶爾會被瘋狂的保守封氣壓過。

西雅圖很好，除了很常很常的陰天。
舊金山也很好，除了很高很高的房價。
芝加哥聽說也不錯，除了冬天非常的冷。

[E] H A P P Y

!!!I DO NOT HAVE BRACES ANYMORE!!!

I know I mentioned this few days ago, but I just can't help it to mention that again! Feel so good!

I wish this happened before my trip to San Francisco!

[C] 失去

上週末的旅行，在進機場海關沒多久後，我發現我背包上的小藍人不見了。

原本這篇網誌不是要記錄這件事的，只是剛好在我選的照片上無意間看到他的身影，想說就提一下。其實我也不清楚他的名字是什麼？！角色是什麼？！我姐早我兩年來美國唸書，第一次回台灣時帶給我的其中一個禮物就是這個小藍人。他有拉鍊，可以做零錢包或是筆袋，也可以像我一樣就掛在包包上當裝飾。我一直都沒有用他，但是他漂洋過海到了台灣，又漂洋過海的跟我到了美國。我搬了十次家，他也都好好的跟著我，不知不覺，就十來年了呢！

[E] Off Braces!

SO HAPPY
After 23 months & 1 day, the orthodontist finally took off my braces!!! I wasn't too excited at the appointment because I was a little bit afraid that he's going to change his mind. I'm glad that did not happen.

I only used left side to eat while I had braces because it was easier for me to clean one side than clean everywhere, especially while I was at work or outside of my own house. Right now, I'm trying to change that one-sided eating habit. I am so happy that I don't have to carefully clean each teeth after every meal.

[C] 小旅行之舊金山

在換了工作沒什麼假期的狀況下，我們排了三天兩夜的舊金山之旅。認識我們的人都知道，我們並不是“計劃派”的，通常決定了定點後，到了才決定做些什麼。這次的旅行我們去了日本城、中國城、兩間不同的科博館、海生館、亞州文物館外，我們還搭了一小時的渡輪，也吃了不少好吃的東西。

[E] I left my heart at San Francisco!

I haven't blogged for few days because I did not have my computer with me while I was out of town. It's July 4th long weekend...since I don't have much vacation time, we went on a mini-vacation for 3 days 2 nights at San Francisco. We left our home on 7/4 morning, and came back on 7/6 late afternoon.

[C]週末提早到了!

去年的國慶日，我在我家後院望著不到兩公里外的的公園在放的國慶煙火。我沒有太愛人潮，能和心愛的人在家後遠觀看煙火，對我來說是很幸福的事。

今天工作好忙好忙，我有點想要抱怨，但是想想就算了！尤其在收拾包包離開辦公室時，我對自己說I'm glad it's done! 明天的我要開開心心的去西岸的海邊度假三天！希望回來時，我充滿新的能量！

[E] Spotify!

Almost forgot to blog today. I now share an office with two other people; since everyone listens to own music, I also do so. I've started to use Spotify for few weeks, and it's been A-W-E-S-O-M-E! It not only gets me exposed to some songs that I potentially would like, but also gives me less commercial time like regular radio.

[C] 2014半年

你說什麼？！2014已經過了一半了？！

時間過得好快，我慢慢得忘了很多事，而且不只是在台灣的成長過程。偶爾我發現，很多大學的細節並沒有在腦中長存！明明大學時常常經過的街道，我那天在Google Map上找那條街的名字找了好久。為了健忘的我，來個2014上半年流水賬好了：