Confusion: a state of mental uncertainty
-Marriam-Webster Thesuarus
Maybe I am tired after playing squash 4 days in a row and staying up late at night, I am losing focus at work and at my 5th day of squash. I needed to take off from work early and not playing well at squash. Shamik and I went out to have a burger and beer after the game. I wanted to crave some hard protein. But still, I feel like not knowing what to do or what I am doing.
Acient Harmonies; Paul Klee 1925.I looked up bensbargains.net from time to time. They have feeds of good deals of all kinds all the time. I ran into an ad for the Reebok Pump Preseason in black one day. They were on a huge sale from an online store: $19.99 from $99.99 with free shipping. I didn't think twice to order. Not only because it was a nice pair of shoes on a great deal, it was also the opening sentence of the post Bensbargains had put it: Back to the 80's for those pumps your parents never bought for you?
Indeed. I wanted to have those in my teens when I didn't have the bucks to buy them. But even now, I won't buy them for $99.99. $19.99 with free shipping? I didn't even blink but clicked "Buy it".
p.s. I have just checked the online store and they only have 2 sizes left and have marked the price back up to $49.99 already.
p.p.s. Now on my feet, they remind me of Darth Vader's suit.
I ordered a Canon G9 from Amazon.com and got it today. I have tried it out only briefly but I am already having fun with its PhotoStitch software. Take a few overlapping picture and open them in the software, which stitches the photos together magically in one click. It is a miracle. It not only adjusts the levels and brightness of the photos automatically, it also bends the pictures to fit them together. You can still see the seams if you look closely at the picture, but it is far too easy to take long panorama. This is a stitch of 4 pictures I took on the top of the trail we took last month in Conway.
Last night I made fried rice out of the leftover turkey for the house. I cut the turkey breast into small pieces, marinated them with soy sauce, little bit of the turkey broth Yvette made from the bones and fleshes, and some tandoori masala I bought a few years back. Then I warmed the meat up over medium heat and diced some long beans and fried them with eggs. After the rice is done, I mixed the rice with a few spoonful of turkey broth over medium heat. The rice turned out fantastic, and the meat was very tasty. Yvette and Sophie said the same.
Tonight I came home and found that Yvette had filtered the broth and put it inside the fridge. It looked like a bowl of chicken oil. I was planning to make some noodles, and so I decided to make myself a turkey broth noodle. I boiled some water and added a small spoonful of the chilled turkey broth. I tasted it and added more and some salt. When the noodle is done, I just drained the water and added the broth. Bravo.
The best part of the turkey dinner turned out to be the meat left from the broth. Man.. they are so tasty. Yvette added carrot and celery and onion to make the broth. I simply heat the meat and vegetable up in the microwave. The carrot and celery had absorbed the juice and the meat had been practically marinated in its own juice for over a day and then simmered for another day. They tasted darn good.
A traditional family meal is not only about what dishes to make and how they are made, it is also about how you turn the leftovers into more enjoyable meals.
Yvette put together a fat traditional Thanksgiving dinner last night. We had 12 people, a pumpkin pie, an apple pie topped with crumples, a cheese cake, 2 banana cakes, one beer bread, dozens of rolls, salad, sweet potato, mashed potato, stuffing and a 22-lbs turkey from a local butcher. That was a big feast. We spent 2 hours at the table and only finished half of the turkey and leftovers of all kind. We lit the fireplace and sat at the couch, chattering and drinking wine and champagne till almost midnight.
As a part of the tradition, we woke up today all eating pumpkin pie and apple pie for breakfast. Then I had a full turkey meal for lunch. Yvette made a broth out of the bones and loosen meat. We won't be needing to cook for at least 3 days.
Tofukey is the funniest thing I heard today. It is probably the BEST thing vegetarians can get to not feel being left out of the crowd. The legend says it is a turkey carved out of a piece of tofu. I don't know how big that piece of tofu can be, nor it is really carved out of a piece of tofu, but these American vegetarians are closing to give in to the lust of meat. The good news is, we Hong Kong people have for ages fake roast duck, fake pork, fake beef and even fake abalone all made with soy beans and flavorings (artificial, of course). You only need to import them and have fun.
p.s. I tried to just get a glimpse of this elusive tofukey in google but in vain. It seems to be manufacturers out there making them, but they provide no picture of any.
I must be staying too long in the lab. Not only I was stockpiling with sardines and ham and cheese and scones, today I had a very strong urge to drink some MilliQ water from the bottle.
By the way, the sardines in olive oil by this Norwegian King Oscar taste dame good.
People who say things other do not think of are wise; those who do things other do not dare to do are brave.
Alexey Leonov, March 18, 1965, the first person to walk in space
I am not a huge Star Wars fans (I don't have Star Wars poster all over my bedroom), but it seems I have 2 posts in a row about Star Wars.
In Wii you can finally swing a light saber. It is coming in NDS also. Too bad it does not come in PC anymore.
