cha ye dan

because i was so happy that i got to eat a cha ye dan today, i gave up some sleep to draw this. haha. it was really a wonderful blessing because the night before i had been thinking about cha ye dans nonstop after Peiching told me about Stella, Linus and Robin making cha ye dans in Gotheborg.. and today at the end of bible study, Sandra(from China) whipped out some she had made for Annice (Korean-Canadian). and Annice shared them with us. wah happiness and joy!! my dayandnight-long craving very unexpectedly fulfilled! heh. Thank God for bible study, sandra, annice and cha ye dans. : ]


oke what are cha ye dans?

translated, they are tea-leaf-eggs. hard-boiled eggs that are cracked a little and then further boiled for hours in tea leaves, water and soya sauce and other good stuff that Sandra was describing that i didn't even understand in chinese, will have to see those ingredients before i can identify them... so the happy hard-boiled eggs soak up all the power essence of the tea leaves and soya sauce and end up super tasty happy hard-boiled eggs. commonly eaten for breakfast in China, or eaten anytime anywhere, in Singapore. haha oke actually i think we mostly eat it in chinese tea houses and also at pasar malams. (night markets) and also random stalls along the street.

mrmmms. happy. : ]

the minus something degrees days..

the days have been really cold.. from -1 to -8 degrees here in Lund.. and possibly getting even colder in the next few days..

the snow collector...


snow rooted walls...


first comfort food.. pork and cabbage porridge.. if i can't make good rice, i can certainly still make some decent porridge!


second comfort food...stirfried mushrooms, tomatoes and zucchini tossed in olive oil with pasta.. oke but zucchini tastes kinda weird when cooked so better to just put it in in the end i think..


marta and the risotto.. there's story behind this: i was cycling home today after swedish language class and on the way home in the cold i was just planning out what to cook for dinner and feeling sickish and tired already.. i arrived back at Sparta, parked and locked my bike, and headed straight into my room but soon after Marta was at my door and told me that she had made dinner and i had a share!! wow what a blessing i thought, that was exactly what i needed at that moment. warm, yummy, risotto!! best comfort food ever... thank God for Marta and her wonderful risotto!


satisfaction... mrmm!

gladness and amazingness!! a timely change of flight!! thank God!!

gladness and amazingness!! a timely change of flight!! thank God!!

i had been packing like i was leaving in 4 days and that was really scary and stressful but peiching, a newfoundfriend from industrial engineering whom i will be flying to lund with, msged me just in time at 5pm today to tell me that our flight for the 9th of jan, 1am (which means 8th jan night, has been confirmed!!

just last night my nick line on msn was "all in His own good time", and indeed so! though i was referring to something else when i wrote that.

good good, more time to spend with family, friends, and also to REALLY PACK!