HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET 46!

Today is the day my mother turns 46. No one ever believes that she is because of her 

young heart and lack of wrinkles in her face. But those aren't the only reasons that make 

her young. It is the people in her life who love her. We are the ones who help keep her 

strong and willful and remind her to be awesome.

So I want to wish my mom a very happy birthday and I hope you reading this too! I love 

you mom! ♥♥

Last night at work Mabel asked me what do I want for my birthday present?
None of any materialistic present could be better and more precious than the above quote Mabel wrote on her Facebook! She really has helped me to phrase what I would like to say to the people who love me and help keep me strong and willful! Thank you my daughters, my cousins, my friends for being the rare and amazing people in my life!

Every year on this day, I will miss my parents the most. I miss my biological parents whom brought me to this world but never gave me the chance to get to know them. I miss my adoptive parents who brought me up with lots of love and cares. I miss all the birthday parties my mother planned and held for me when I was a little girl. I miss all the delicious food she prepared and cooked for the parties, and I miss guests who came and enjoyed themselves with joy and satisfactory.

Wishing myself:  Happy Birthday and stay strong for at least another 35 years so that my kids don't have to worry and take too much care of me when I am getting older. The best present I can give my girls is trying to stay healthy, happy and young ^-^ right?

Wishing you all have a great day too! As long as you are happy and appreciate what you have in life and be grateful, everyday can be/is your birthday!

转眼又是中秋了

今夜的月色让我不禁思乡了。

或许我该说是因为那精装的红到刺眼的， 和那突破传统的，配合着柔柔的浅白蓝色的两盒月饼 (要谢谢我的妯娌Marie和她老公的礼物)。。。

是因为亲朋戚友在面子书上的祝语和来自家乡的WeChat和Whatspp的祝福。。。

是因为昨夜，一位刚认识不久,住在哥德堡的马来西亚朋友给我的惊喜(她在电话的另一边为我弹了许美静的城里的月光)。。。

这一切的一切，都让我今天整个上午无法集中精神上课。脑海中看到的，是去年我在马来西亚过中秋时的热闹的情景，缅怀的是去年中秋的月光会上，和Sunny,还有丽莎和她女儿一起提灯笼时按捺不住的喜悦和兴奋！

虽然今晚的月亮特别圆，却圆不了我思乡的心，虽然桌上的月饼特别甜，却甜不到我寂寞的心。虽然我的灯笼微照着我的客厅，却照不亮我的心。

可是我还是感恩:

今晚有机会欣赏月光，有月饼吃，有人想念我，就像我想念他们一样。。不管你们身在何处，祝福你们，也祝福我。。。

中秋节快乐！

每颗心上某一个地方  总有个记忆挥不散   

每个深夜某一个地方   总有着最深的思量

世间万千的变幻  爱把有情的人分两端  

心若知道灵犀的方向  那怕不能够朝夕相伴

城里的月光把梦照亮  请温暖他心房  

看透了人间聚散  能不能多点快乐片段

城里的月光把梦照亮  请守护它身旁  

若有一天能重逢  让幸福撒满整个夜晚

A Great September day

What a beautiful morning to start a school day at 8 a.m. Passed by Liseberg and saw the sun opened up the sky to shine on The Liseberg Wheels.

After school I had this thought. Instead of going home, I took a bus to Fiskebäck. A place I cannot afford to stay nearby but I can enjoy the view and the quietness. It was cloudy at the wharf but the temperature was around 17c, not that bad.

I was enjoying the pasta salad with prawns with this great view..what more could I ask for?

One of the luxury yacht at the wharf. The owner put an adorable owl sitting on the top of it. I had that moment at the first sign..thought it was real!

One of the homework - reading Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eyes. I couldn't stop myself to open pages after pages later after reading the first paragraph.

There was this moment I stopped and took a deep breathe in order to feel the words in the book. I looked up and saw this again. The sky slightly opened up the clouds and shone on the sea. Like the words in the book opened up my heart.

Just when everyone thought that summer was over because it was raining heavily last week, the weather forecast cheered everyone up since Monday. Let's hope that summer's last grep to hold onto the sun is strong enough to get us through this week and perhaps stay for another week or two. 

Happy Birthday Clause Debussy

I always wish I could play piano. My parents couldn't afford to send me piano classes when I was a little girl. I always admire people who know how to turn a piano alive.

Yesterday was Clause Debussy's 151 years old birthday. I came home from work at 2 a.m. After 3 hours of karaoke with heavy rock songs, the tinnitus started to bug me in my ears! Debussy's music always calm me down...

Debussy plays Debussy: "Reflets dans l'eau"

CLAUDE DEBUSSY: CLAIR DE LUNE

Debussy: Arabesque I (1888)

Hope his music can help to relax your stressful mind..... Have a great day!

WOK & OVEN - soul therapy tools

I am not very good in sharing recipe actually. I always admire those food bloggers who have patience and talent. How do they manage to cook, bake at the same time take photos? How much time do they put into their blog? It really takes such en big effort to do and maintain it! I am only good in sharing photos on Facebook (fastest way to show off....hehehe) . Recently I have friends complained about this. Stop posting all food photos on Facebook, you make people slobbering, they said. Hmm... is it a complement or a complain?

I am not promising anything about this though because I do have other friends who like to see them. I will still post up my food photos according to that day's mood.

Last night after spending three hours with baking, at the same time taking photos during the process, I found it so tiring but FUN! The best part was, my baking turned up well and tasted good too! This really gave me the confidence to have a crazy idea... why not start writing another blog, just about my cooking and baking, for fun and sharing? 

Well, I don't have the best system camera to take perfect and beautiful photos like you read on the food magazine, or like those professional food bloggers. I don't have nice plates to put up my presentation. I don't know how to make the layout of my blog look inviting. What I have is my PASSION and TOUCH for food, do you think this is enough? 

The following photos here have been taken at different (trust me I have many more and you don't want me to put them up here all at the same time). I will try to write them in detail into this new blog later.

So, here is my new blog www.woknoven.blogspot.se.  The first recipe revealed what I had been up to late at night in the kitchen yesterday. :)

Ku Chai kuih with homemade chili sauce

Quick lunch - Salad with grilled salmon

Rhubarb cake

Supper - Noodle with chicken

Swedish breakfast with my tomatoes from my balcony

Last night's rhubarb muffins

Last night's almond cake with lemon & raisin

了解我自己

最近好玩在面子书上跟随一个叫天枰座蜜语的粉丝面。我把几段搬过来这里好好分析我自己一下。因为很多周围的人最近一直在叫我改变。要先了解自己的缺点，然后才能该。可是有些天生的性格能该吗？


"天秤座就像是天秤一样，每件事情都想做到平衡，可是有些事情必须取舍，所以你的天秤总是在犹豫不决，总是徘徊在人生无数的选择之中，这让你非常的苦脑，有的时候放下这种平衡，把自己内心最重要的想法表达出来就好了。"

对了，我就是找不到那个平衡点，我总是难无法做决定，所以到现在我还在原地踏步，我还是活在我的苦恼中。不过我已在为这个苦恼找个适合的出路了。

"天秤座的软肋:脾气有点大，表面温和到别人误以为很好欺负，其实内心脾气大的可怕；性格矛盾分裂，自尊超强；现实了，认真，看问题太透；孤独，缺乏安全感，自闭，忧郁；爱太深，比较容易受伤，受伤就选择逃避；喜欢乱想，想太多，爱纠结，超倔强。"

难怪我那么爱胡思乱想，常常自相矛盾，越想头脑就越打结。

"因为是天秤。所以很会吃醋，不论是对喜欢的人还是好朋友。 不太喜欢说话，但有话说的时候又说不停。 因为是天秤。希望平衡，却又如此矛盾。 因为是天秤。即使很累了，却仍紧绷着神经逗别人开心。 因为是天秤，所以很重感情，若在天秤的心里有段刻骨铭心的感情，一辈子都不会忘记的。"

要我忘记曾经爱过我和我曾经爱过的人是不容易的，是被重感情的脑神经牵系着，没办法！

"天秤基本上是个很痛苦的人。表面上总是很有活力，很快乐的样子，可是没人的时候他们又总是很忧伤。天秤总会被一种莫名的悲伤笼罩，他们不会让别人发现。天秤座的人很怕被伤害怕被抛弃，也怕带给别人伤害和不快乐，只能自己硬挺着一切。所以天秤很神经质、精神脆弱、容易感伤。"

所以我就适合做服务客户的行业，因为我我有活力和快乐的baby face， 让客人看到我就开心。不管我工作当天怎么个不开心，客人看到的还是我灿烂的笑容。幸好这个性格还可以给我找到个差事。不然我就只能当花瓶了。

"天秤不温柔、天秤脾气不好、 天秤容易生气、天秤容易吃醋、天秤容易心痛、天秤容易胡思乱想、天秤很任性、天秤生气时不想说话、天秤开心了会傻笑、天秤受委屈会放在心里、天秤在乎了就想被你知道、 天秤喜欢在伤心的时听伤心的歌、天秤喜欢在开心的时和在乎的人分享。"

同意全部的说法除了天枰不温柔。我不够温柔吗？等一下写完后我会去照妖镜子一下。

"亲爱的天秤：有一天你将破蛹而出，成长得比人们期待的还要美丽，但这个过程会很痛，会很辛苦，有时候还会觉得灰心。面对着汹涌而来的现实觉得自己渺小无力。但这，也是生命的一部分。做好现在你能做的，然后，一切都会好的。我们都将孤独地长大，不要害怕。"

说到我心里去了。。。

"天秤座的人都真性情，爱恨分明，总是口是心非。如果吵架，没有多想，一定下一句话说的比对方更狠，更没有退路，然后不知道得意个什么。要命的自尊，喜欢简简单单就好，不喜欢世俗，一根筋想问题。开心时候什么都能丢一边,不开心时候一句话也不愿意说。可是我爱这个星座，下辈子还要做秤子."


如果我老公能够了解一点点我这种神经兮兮的性情，那么他就不必整天说不明白我了，但是

他从不尝试去捉摸我这个不稳定的性格，所以他永远也不会明白我。而我也是一样不明白，为什么他还是要继续跟一个他不想去了解的女人我在一起。希望他下辈子不要再遇到我，因为我下辈子还要做秤子。

LOL

"I will save you but I have to go and brush my teeth first."

How many excuses can people come up with everyday?

I can think of two at the moment..out of my experiences :) :)

"I would have sex with you but let me finish watching "Sex in the city" first."

" OK Ok I am coming for dinner mom but let me die first." (Take a good guess what the kids were doing?)

I will add more later when I think of something. Or if you have any good one, please share it here :)