Before & After

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.

Heart of the window

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.

Tomato rice with grandparents

From childhood, had seen my grandfather ate tomatoes everyday. To the fruits that is not sweet, I was not fond of it.

In order to have me to eat tomato, grandma made different tomato combinations with other food. She would make a hole in tomato, inside put in rice and meat or fruits.

All relatives and friends said grandfather's skin was tight and bright, without wrinkles, just like a tomato. At that moment grandfater was already nearly 70 years old.


Remember in that time had grown some tomatoes in yard. Grandfather would use tree branches to support.

Now, when see tomatoes will think of grandfather, will buy some tomatoes back home to make salads or as decoration. My favorite is to put ice cream inside tomato as grandfather had always done in summer.

In the dream also hoped to have a tomato plant in a pot.

Little flower's colorful spirit

Found some little flowers grow at corners.

Those little flowers continue to grow by cutting. Cut a little and soon would grow a plant.

Some weed have flowers as have shown from the camera are also beautiful in their own special way.

Every time when see the colorful life of little flowers, will feel that people should have the will and spirit to grow firmly like those little flowers by the give surrounded environment.

Bougainvilleas. Last longer

Last year, this bougainvilleas' fragmental stem almost broke apart, what had left was just a few thin wood pieces, as if the wind could blow apart and away.

In that time its height was only approximately 120cm. When it was bought back it got red flowers, afterwards only leaves can be seen.

Friends suggested to trim and not to water much.
Methods had been tried, not bloom as ever was.

Its stem almost apart, only left it next to a big trunk as the back.

Gradually, it started to grow and climb.

Though it isn't a neat trim vine, which needs help if it is to grow against a trellis and over a pergola using strong plant ties at intervals.

Now I just let it climb up and over other plants using curved vine.

Its vivid life in air, sun and water made me very impressed from all the way it lives.

Black squid fettuccine

Italian black squid fettuccine, just as its name it is made of squid and smells a bit of squid, it's the fettuccine I'm really fond of.

Lastnight cooked this squid fettuccine, without knowing why I've been wanted to eat this for some quite time.

For the people who love aesthetic Italian food, cooking pasta needs to prepare tomato sauce, dcciughe, noce moscata, parmigiano-reggiano, capperi, olive nere, garlic, oil...and chilli.

And me, only desire to eat olive oil, garlic, seafood, and fettuccine. Overall 15 minutes, cooking while frying seafood, very quick, a simple dinner.

Capperi and olive nere are my favorites Italian tastes. Next time when I cook pasta, will put in these two ingredients.

This time just only cost U.S.$ 4.0, much cheaper than ordering this dish outside, in additon could add in my favorite ingredients, I love it.

Home-made Salmon steak and Norway dream

Always eat salmon in restaurant or hotel, after recent inflation, I would buy a piece of samon as fish steak, which has always been the plan in my mind.

On Sunday, went to the market and bought some salmon, vegetables and fruits.

Fried both sides of salmon into golden yellow color, it smelled great, after a while put mushroom in together.

Has always been wanted to learn cooking, learn some Italian food, Thai food, Lebanese food. Other than the time factor, tuition fee isn't cheap at all, thus it has postponed. Could be only self-teach and self-develop. :)

In UAE, met Mr/s. Gjerde, very nice Norwegian, they asked me if I know about Norway. Their asking made me very happy bucause Scandinavia is the place I've expect to go as I took Scandinavian Airline from BKK to SIN several times during business Asian trips, I didn't want to get down the plane, rather I prefer to take long flight directly to Norway. As I replied Mr/s. Gjerde that I like Norwegian salmon very much, they were happily laughed.

My weekend's mushroom soup

Saw champignon mushrooms in market. Although can't be compared with the big fresh ones in the U.S., should be a nice thing to buy some back home to make mushroom soup.

Put up a piece of my favorite table cloth that has lace border, which was bought years ago in Taichung, Taiwan. Walked passed a street vendor and saw this flowery table cloth, for the rush of time, was unable to place an order for curtain and bedsheet.

This small piece of flowery cloth accompanied me to several countries due to the migrate of work. Let it and thick mushroom soup stay with me through a weekend.

An easy way to cook for me is to put in leek as the soup base and some flour with little milk. Lastly, put in mushroom slices, cream and black pepper.

Home is where the heart is, travel through many countries, there are always unforgettable things found in the luggages.

Home-made food V.S. Inflation

Everyday, financial news is all about economy faces downward slide, from the still-slumping mortgage in the U.S. to the escalating consumer price in Asia, money seems continued to shrink. Price for food also increased.
To comfort myself, it is a lucky thing to have work, should fill out myself more meaningful. For to walk further, home-made food is more healthy and save money, should reduce the chance to dine out, instead, cook more often at home, good health is the most important. For to have good health, everyday must eat several colorful food.

Here, mix green pepper, yellow pepper, red pepper, orange pepper, tomatoes, corns, zucchini, broccolis, red carrots, onions as soup.

With salad, I add in some almonds, raisins, and Turkish dried figs, which have a lot of crunchy seeds, they are delicious, nutritious, I like dried figs very much and figs contents amino acids, vitamins, offer amounts of calcium.

Hope colorful vegetables can be like a colorful life, bring in brilliance and wellness, and share these with the bloggers that have visited my webpages.