Men and sports are just inseparable, aren't they? While I'm typing this, there is a Testosterone Central happening within my house. Gaz and his male buddies are playing the NBA game on the Wii tonight. If they're not on the basketball court, they're in the house playing simulated games. When we're out for dinner catching up they talk about sports and which team won what.
Instead of sports, wouldn't it be good if men and say, housework become inseparable? I can just imagine me and the inseparable bliss if that happens. Imagine if your man told you this 'But I can't watch the telly just yet, I have to clean the toilet and weed the garden before I can sit back and relax!'. What a buzz!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Dewey
I've been reading a pretty interesting book on a library cat, Dewey Readmore Books. Do We Read More Books. Got it? In a small town in Iowa, a kitten was thrown into the library book return chute to freeze to its death. Miraculously, it clung on to life and for the next 19 years enriched the lives of all those who encountered it and inspired those who kept news of it from afar.
We all know what happens in the end... well, I cried. There's a picutre of him on the cover of the book, he's just so darned cute! For kitty lovers out there, you'll find this book interesting.
'You've no doubt noticed the strings on a fresh ear of corn. Those are the silks. Each one is connected to a particular spot on the ear. The spot grows a kernel only if that particular string is fertilized by pollen. The ear is made piece by piece, one kernel at a time. For an ear of corn to be whole, every silk must be fertilized. That's the way Dewey operated. He won hearts day by day, one person at a time. He never left anyone out or took anyone for granted. If you were receptive, he was there for you. If you weren't receptive, he worked to bring you around.'
'Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat who Touched the World' by Vicki Myron
We all know what happens in the end... well, I cried. There's a picutre of him on the cover of the book, he's just so darned cute! For kitty lovers out there, you'll find this book interesting.
'You've no doubt noticed the strings on a fresh ear of corn. Those are the silks. Each one is connected to a particular spot on the ear. The spot grows a kernel only if that particular string is fertilized by pollen. The ear is made piece by piece, one kernel at a time. For an ear of corn to be whole, every silk must be fertilized. That's the way Dewey operated. He won hearts day by day, one person at a time. He never left anyone out or took anyone for granted. If you were receptive, he was there for you. If you weren't receptive, he worked to bring you around.'
'Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat who Touched the World' by Vicki Myron
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Happy Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is undoubtedly one of my favourite Chinese festivals, after the Chinese New Year. The latter one gets both money and good food, while for the former one gets... rice dumplings! Rice dumplings or bak chang in Hokkien or zong zi in Mandarin is one of my favourite foods. It is compact, and has all the necessary ingredients for a complete meal - meat, rice, veges (beans) and egg. Some people may think that glutinous rice is too filling, but the quantity of rice in a normal triangle shaped bak change is just right.
Luckily bak changs are available all year round, not just during the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that bak changs came to be because during the The Three Kingdoms era, a well known poet was so admired by the people that when he drowned himself the villagers threw lumps of rice into the river to feed the fishes so they would not gnaw at his body.
For me, it means a good feast of a rice dumpling, even two or three!
Luckily bak changs are available all year round, not just during the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that bak changs came to be because during the The Three Kingdoms era, a well known poet was so admired by the people that when he drowned himself the villagers threw lumps of rice into the river to feed the fishes so they would not gnaw at his body.
For me, it means a good feast of a rice dumpling, even two or three!
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