Happy Birthday to me :D

It's my birthday~ yep~ celebrate 25 years of my life. Celebrated by having 1 exam (mid-term final), 1 writing essay (that I totally did not answer in full sentences...)...and 4 hours of sleep.

However, we got some family friends visit from China this week, and they took me out to Taste of Texas (#1 steakhouse in TX!) and I got to celebrate a special day with mom and dad. House complimentary birthday dessert for myself~ I am not a chocolate person...but it's their signature dessert...and their staff even had a camera to take down the special moment. I did some post photo editing...friends had pointed out it was such a good capture of my mom's smile...it's the smile from the bottom of her heart. There's a saying in Chinese "your birthday it's your mom's most painful memory"...;p because your mom gave birth on that day. So it is really the celebration for mom.

Anyway, it was a quiet and sweet birthday. I truly enjoyed it. I am heading out to Corpus Christi to visit my corps buddies~ taking K-nut with me as well! It's gonna be a great spring break.


PS: hope my birthday wishes all come true this year!~~~~

you don't have to be able to read Chinese to understand this...

I was at library studying last night...of course goofing off on the computer...came across this advertisement on someone's blog. Because I don't have the ear phone, so I was just watching the ad silently...I am not kidding you, I broke out into tears at the end of the ad. You don't have to be able to read the words on the ad (but it basically said it's from a true story)...the story in the ads:
63 year old grandma is going to visit her daughter who just recently gave birth to her grandchild in Venezuela. But she doesn't speak any Spanish, nor English...She flew from Taiwan to United States, then to Venezuela. At her destination, the security searched her purse and found out a bag of Chinese herbs (which...funny enough, sounds like pod in English...I truly doubt that she is speaking English, and they might not intend to make it sound that way. Just a side note, lol). It turns out that the herb is what she brought for her daughter, but the homeland security guys was ruthless on questioning her, and threat to imprison her because the "illegal drugs"...She is just a mom! A mom who cares for her child, who flight 20,000 miles over a period of 3 days, over 3 countries...just so she can go see her own child. What really gets me is that she totally remind me of my own mother...but it will be a long story if I keep writing.

Don't blame me if I haven't warn you...this is going to make you cry...
I would recommend to silence the video first, you will be amazed on how powerful just the images, pictures speaks thousands words.

The narrator at the end asked how did she do it, and the phrase poped out "tenacious, courage, and love"...AWWWWWWW



At another date, I want to post the true story where the idea of this ad comes from...be on the look out for that soon...

I am going to CHINA~~~!!!

So finally I have heard the "yes" from the International Center for Veterinary Service in Beijing, China...From the time I turned in my resume (that was last November)...it took them almost 3 months to finish contacting all my references, and conduct two phone interviews with me personally...finding a common time with 14 hr. difference is a challenge, but what's more challenging is to catch a Chinese boss when they really don't understand your urgency of e-mailing...that i will explain later...

But now it's confirmed that I will go to China for the month of May-early July...I need to start making my shopping list ;p Need new contacts, new glasses, cooking books, and lots of (cute) writing utensils! hmmm...and if I have the money, I am thinking about getting a new cellphone (ie: LG BL40 that just came out Dec of last year...) The more I watch the trailer, the more excited and determined to get this phone. I need one that can check e-mail and compatible with Verizon because 4th year will need that ability to check for transfer e-mails early in the morning (imagine getting up at 4a to turn on your comp, wait for it to get started, and log on the internet...a true "nightmare").

While I am in China, there's also the possibility of me getting to volunteer in a Hong Kong clinic...but right now I haven't really looked into it yet because I have been waiting on ICVS's confirmation...starting next week, I am gonna start sending mass e-mail to clinics in HongKong (they tend to have more western vets, AND EQUINE vets). My roommate from the corps is getting married at the end of May IN THAILAND (SAMUI island)...I might go stop by to witness that....beach resort! WHOOP~

Anyway, this is an super exciting news, enjoy the youtube video of LG BL40 ^^

Omu Rice & Fried Rice!!!

This is simple and easy~ Omu Rice came from Japanese combining "Omelette" and "Rice. I will post pic if I successfully reproduce it and will share my recipe with everyone soon!!!




Fried Rice...you know, it is probably one of the hardest dish to make because you have to make sure every single rice is covered by egg. Trick is to freeze your rice the night before so every single piece of rice can be easily separated...

5 min speed make-up tricks!

This is exactly for me! a lazy person's paradise...
Za True white day protector (combine moisturizer + whitening + sunscreen!)
Za skin beauty two way foundation (moisturizing + hyaluronic acid )

Make up lesson~

This one is specifically for the puffy eye ladies, but I like the color and i just want a place to put it so whenever I am ready to put on make ups, I can come back and refer to it and get the products ;p

Creamy Crab/Ham soup!

Start at 3:00 to the end



Continues to 1:30 of this one...


This is one of my fav TV shows at the moment, they invite Taiwan celebrities to the show and they will cook on the show, the hosts include two 5 star restaurant chefs (plus two professional host aka celebrities). For the most part, it's hard to cook what's on the show because 1)material is hard to find here, 2)they are pro at what they do and it's too complicated for me...but this one is different, it is creamy crab plus ham soup...and if i can find frozen crab here (not the imitate type), then I am pretty confident that I can reproduce the soup...

I will try to post more of the show as I see the practicality within it...hopefully one day you can find pic from my kitchen posted here. Will let you know how it works out :D