Archive for February, 2008

Heartful for romantic

February 24, 2008 · Filed under Colorful spirit, Love, Tranquility, Valentine's day, flower, food, gift, health, home-made, recipes · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Thyme is my favorite food plant which

has the aromatic smell that I like.

Wrap around the thyme pot by a piece of fabric that has

small pink flowers on,

this Valentine’s gift forthwith turns to be more dainty.

Leave it by the window balcony, sunset light,

again the life fills in different color.

This year Valentine’s Day has away,

wondering Valentine’s day has actualized how many couples.

This thyme pot and vegetables accompany me and home.

Beautiful apples facilitate thyme to be more brisk.

Sometimes, it’s not compulsory to buy romantics deliberately.

Just add some imaginations into life, there will be

some little amazement and hilarity happened to be

 found in many little things.

Cut a beautiful pumpkin into a heart shape.

Make heart-shaped cookies,

put small hearts together for myself.

Love ourselves as well as cherish ourselves,

give ourselves a little exhilaration.

Let our heart fills by colors evermore,

with cheerfulness and ardency.

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Fish & Lantern v.s.Chinese New Year

February 20, 2008 · Filed under China, Colorful spirit, food, health, home-made, new year., recipes · Tagged , , , , , , , , ,


The word “fish” in Chinese pronunciation is

the same as the word “surplus”. 
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To gain safety and luck, Chinese people especially during

the new year will speak of good words and 

get red envelope from the adult. 

Fish is every family must eat on new year’s eve,

it symbolizes the coming new year will be better.

This is the sea bass with salt and pepper,

steamed for 10 minutes, and then put on

some lemon slices, chili, green onion,

coriander, pepper, with few garlic thin slices.


Seasoned and mix with red snapper,

this is the fish I made often.
Put into boiling water for several minutes, seasoned and mixed with lime leaves, lime juice,

salt, pepper, chili.Salmon with onion and capperi is my most frequent favorite dish.

Year ends with ample surplus is just a saying,

a good saying with a fish can bring people the power.

In the same time with this Chinese New Year,

I also through the fish pronunciation to wish all

the bloggers a very ample surplus year,

good health with good fortune,

and wish all the Chinese friends

a very happy Chinese Lantern Festival,

which is a Chinese traditional festival.

It celebrates on the fifteenth day of the first month

according to Chinese lunar calendar, after this day,

previous year is over, new prospects are coming.

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100% Valentine!

February 16, 2008 · Filed under Colorful spirit, Love, Tranquility, Valentine's day, food, gift · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

Spending Valentine’s Day alone? Can condition self with a nourishing facial mask,

 

moreover with singing and eating gourmet without disturbing. 

2 people spend Valentine’s Day together.

Dearly love each other, could do anything romantic

as they like, just remember don’t argue.

3 people spend Valentine’s Day together.

One of them has to rush in order to have time for two special dates.

Or married couple with a kid,

3 people are more busy to have Valentine’s Day together.

4 people spend Valentine’s Day together.

Having parents or children in the family are warm .

Havind a bunch of relatives and

friends together party celebrating Valentine’s Day,

it’s a kind of happiness.

No matter you are alone or celebrate Valentine’s Day

together with lots of people, remember, be happy!!

Wishing all the bloggers all the happiness on Feb.14.

I also wish myself a happy Valentine’s Day :)

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Send Me No Flowers, Valentine!

February 14, 2008 · Filed under Colorful spirit, Love, Tranquility, Valentine's day, flower, gift · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,


Valentine’s Day is coming.

Businessmen think of all kinds of strategies to

promote flowers, dinners, and romantic resorts to stay.

Lovers, husband and wife, friends, and families,
 on this day will wish each other a happy Valentine’s Day.


I love flowers very very much,

but don’t send me flowers on Valentine’s Day.
Flowers are distinctively beautiful and gorgeous on Valentine’s Day,  

as well as extremely expensive.

The petals blacken and the flowers wither in 2 days,

such a pity to see the money to be thrown into the trash can.

A little box of sage or thyme,

give me a rosemary pot, or

a plant will make me very happy.

At least within 3 months these plants

still exist and I can remember by seeing them.

One friend’s husband bought a big flower bouquet

before the sunset on Valentine’s Day and

asked to deliver immediately to his wife’s office.

His wife and her colleagues saw the flowers were drying up,

knowing her husband’s frugal habit and this

bouquet must had been given 30% discount.

The more she realized, the more she got upset,

so on her way back home she threw the flowers away.

The same scene happened for several friends,

and they felt they didn’t receive good enough

attention from either boyfriend or husband.

No flowers nor diamonds, I can’t see too small diamond,

I dare not to receive too big ones,

better let me choose the diamond by myself! :)

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Before & After

February 10, 2008 · Filed under Architecture, Before & After, Colorful spirit, new year. · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

A basket of vegetable and garlic bulbs in this sunset corner.

This is a corner of the house which has been lived for 11 years.

The polite and gentle landlords always want to spice up this

stripping corner to make it fresh and

new under not much renovation budget.

Under budget constraints,

I suggested only to remove previous loose paint and

old impurities from the wall surface, repair the gap, and

paint by emulsion paint. After changed to blue color,

isn’t it look nicer?

Hang soaps with faucet,

so it won’t be alone under the sun and wind blows, and

let water sprinkling can to be a guest as well.

Replace by a basket of organic liquid hand soap

if like it to add in more colors to this corner.

Keep the small scale soaps in a box and squeeze

into any shape, let it drip dry under the sun,

it will be another soap bar.

Hang the liquid soap here,

will be no longer black and white.

A little change made in life creates a energetic spirit.

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Heart of the window

February 7, 2008 · Filed under Colorful spirit, Tranquility, flower, food, health · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,


Everyone has a window inside the heart.

Like to sit by the window, ponder and eat, see the cars come by,

see people’s tiny figures moving as look from above.

Like to have large plate-glass windows at home.

In the day time, just pull out the curtains and

golden brimming sunshine will touch the house.

During the sunset,

pull back the curtains and there’s a plenty of

warmth filled the house.

Window, everyone has a window inside the heart, either big or small, either sunny or rainy,

depends on the environment and mood. Once, watching computers while eating, flavors are just the same as the computer monitor signals.

After returning back to eat by the window,

suddenly realize there’s a big bright sky outside the window.

Eating with myself is a happy thing which

has been learned gradually when in a place where has to eat alone.

Let thinking to become slow, empty the mind for free,

and not to worry much, just taste the food slowly and

comprehend beyond to open the window of the heart.

Don’t let too many people and things

crowd in the window of the heart.

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