Good news!

Today my coworker at work shared a piece of good news with me and I'm so happy for her! ^___^ Looking back from a year ago, I thank God for giving me the opportunity to be promoted to a different position at work and during the training period I got to meet many new coworkers and over the year, develop some good friendships. It's great to see my coworker pass her review and sharing the news with me.

Everything is possible for him who believes. Mark 9:23

Macarons

Happy Sunday! Lately I been into making macarons! It's not that easy to make. First time I made it, the cookies turn out all wrinkly and it wouldn't rise up and turn out to be a hard almond cookies. Second time I made it, it was all good, but it's not a circle shape but turn out to be an oval shape and the shells are too thin, but taste good. Third time making it,  it was a success, all the cookies turn out nice and perfect, no cracks. Then this weekend I tried to make macarons again with different food coloring and after taking it out of the oven, 1/3 of them are perfect, but the rest have cracked shells. Hum..I wonder why the shells cracked? Trying to think what i did differently compare to the time I got all the shells perfect? Today I attempted to make it again, but some are cracked and some are good looking. It's hard to be consistent when making Macarons. I guess i have to try to make it a couple more times and experiment with the folding of the meringue and almond meal mixture. Anyway, it was fun making macarons and sharing it with my friends!

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:09

Lumix 25mm...

Happy Saturday! I got up really early today, at 8 am, I guess the soju really knock me out yesterday night. Guess in a way it was good thing, because I had a really good sleep, therefore I didn't need to snooze or sleep until noon to get up. (^__^)

Anyway as promised from my last post, today I will post some pictures I took with the lumix 25mm lens my friend lend me to use. Last weekend I had the opportunity to go to Healdsburg with my sister and brother in law to pick up some wines from Soda Rock and Williamson. Then afterwards we went to get some coffee beans from Flying Goat Coffee. I heard from my friend that she read an article, Flying Goat Coffee is among the top ten coffees. It was convincing enough for me to buy a bag of each flavor coffee bean. Coffee is addictive! At first I only drink coffee during work days, now I even drink it on the weekends, good thing or bad, I'm not sure. Then for dinner we went to BACHI, the pizza there was delicious! So simple ingredients yet so bold in taste. For the main course I had the seafood risotto, very good as well. Then we had tiramisu for dessert. After dinner I was so FULL, as always I tell myself, next time I'm not going to eat so much, lol. But you know... when dinner time comes, I easily order more than I can finish.

That's it for now, have a great weekend!

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:12

Hachi...

Good morning and I'm so happy it's Saturday! This morning I woke up and watched a really good movie called "Hachi" it's about a loyal dog that goes back to the train station everyday after his owner passed away. I think I read or heard the story about Hachi long time ago, but cannot recalled where I read it or heard it from, but when I saw the movie I was so excited to watch it. When I finished watching the movie, I want a dog! I will consider having a dog when I get my own place.  It's a great movie, so watch it when you have a chance.

Today it's nice and sunny, my friend lend me her new lumix 25mm lens, I can't wait to go outside to shot some photos to test out the lens. I will post some photos taken with the lumix 25mm lens next time.

Anyway, time to get ready and head out, wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

These fresh figs are pretty good, very sweet! I tried to make myself eat fresh fruits everyday!


We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19

Bun Rieu...

This weekend I had attempted to make Bun Rieu, after three attempts, I think I finally master the version I like. It was quite easy to make. I ate Bun Rieu as a late night snack on Friday night, then I realized that I forgot to put the fish sauce and the egg, but it still taste pretty good and that was my first attempt. Then on Saturday afternoon, I want to make it again, this time I remember to add the egg and the fish sauce, it taste better, but I think it would be better if I added some spiciness to it. Therefore today I decided to cook it again and this time I added the jalapeno to the recipe and it taste really good (in my opionion). ^___^ . Practice makes perfect! I also made pickled cucumber, so good! I love Persian cucumbers!

Lately I thought to myself about things that happened in my life and come to realized that history repeats itself in  my life and I think I have to reflect on my actions to learn from my mistakes and hopefully not let history repeat itself.

Enjoying coffee this afternoon to wake myself up

Pairing my coffee with some pecan tarts

Got the noodle ready, waiting for the soup...

Added the soup w/delicious ingredients ^__^

Added the green onions and mint leaves, ready to be serve

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3

Fresh Dahlia Flowers

My friend brought me a bunch of fresh and pretty Dahlia flowers from the public market in Seattle and I would like to share it's beauty. ^__^

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Proverbs 16:24

Zucchini Bread

Today woke up and nothing plan for the day, so decided to bake something and while going through the recipes, finally decided to make zucchini bread. Last year my coworker bake some and gave me some to try and I really like it. The recipe was easy to follow and it came out to be pretty good. My mom tried it and she likes it. Next time I will attempt to make macaroons, but first need to find a good recipe.

Commit to the Lord whatever you do and your plans will succeed. Proverbs 16:3