Mon Meilleur Ami

This year has come to an end in such away... really appreciate having been a health and peaceful year, and appreciate the people around.

Do you have friends that can ask for help at 3AM.....It is a sentence from this French movie Mon Meilleur Ami ( My best freind ). Feeling terrified for something that has never been pointed out. I always thought friends are the people you are happy to be with, and never expected to get help and take this as a purpose of having friends. Indeed, there is the moment that you need to ask for help.

Used to see the surrounded people when they need to borrow money, their friends run away. Also used to hear that someone needs the neighbor to look after the house, unexpectedly, the neighbor moved away for personal own future. Often people said friends are better than brotherhood......

My grandma often told me how you want others to treat you, first you have to take a look to see how you treat others.

I think not all friends can treat us nice, usually from the TV news we see people got harmed by intimate friends. No matter what it is important to choice the right people to be our friends :)

Happy New Year 2009!! Thanks to everyone who visited here and Best Wishes to all of you!

Bienvenue chez les Chtis 2008

A French movie called "Bienvenue chez les Chtis 2008", unexpectedly the movie is very much entertaining and fascinating. In the first 3 minutes, the impression from the cast was that they are not beautiful enough, but then their actings were excellent!

Enjoy this movie as it has well organized storyline and tight plots. This movie is not just the movie that requires no heavy thinking to worth a few giggles, but it goes into the memory like a keepsake and remember to watch this film again someday.

Toward the end of year, I am thankful and feeling lucky to have job and have comedy to watch.
At the same time, thank my big boss, my colleagues and all for the Xmas gift from them!

During the current economy recession, thank many people around!!

tada......here it is...

My colleagues are taking holidays earlier, and I prepared some afternoon tea for celebrating Xmas in advance :-)

In our busy world, the simplest human reactions are often the most rewarding, pause and smile at friends :-)

Every Xmas I receive Panettone which looks like a big bread, though with 7 days away, tada.....here it is :-)

Hark, seesaw!

It will be Xmas after 10 days!! This year, Xmas shopping included my own part :-) for the reason that I saw these beautiful coat. It is rosy pink with champagne color, my favorite one.

I dislike brilliant clothes, light color dresses always rank the top of my selection. This year I bought less clothes compare to the past years, rather, I spent more on the camera lenses and food dining.

Like seesaw, it is financially reasonable and equal when one has spent more so the rest have to be spent less. Without doubt, learn to control myself is the most essential step.

Better not to spent money :-)

I saw my grandpa and my Dad put the........

Put some Xmas decorations on the tree, stocking is the first :-) When I was little, I had believed all those presents were from Santa Claus, untill one night I saw my grandpa and my Dad put the gifts into the stocking, and up to now I still hang up the stocking:-) Though I have been far away from home.

Santa Claus better stop by at my house!!!

Thyme Zaatar

I love Mediterranean food very much. Onion, carrot, olive oil, garlic.....are my favorite. When dining outside Mediterranean restaurant would rank top of my preference.

Thyme Zaatar is my most favorite baked bread. Collected some information about making Thyme Zaatar, and had finally baked once by myself :-)

It resulted very nice taste with crispy, but through out the precedures, it was pretty tiring and long on massage flour :-) .....Combine the flour, salt and make a well in the center and pour in the olive oil, then mixing with hand until the mixture cleans the bowl and has come together into a slightly sticky dough...it was pretty tiring and long on massage flour :-)

Very nice taste with crispy :-)

Very nice taste with crispy :-)

I'm not a good cook, but I'm happy to make the Thyme Zaatar :-)

Before & after

This basket is old and some top parts have little worn out, it is such a pity to throw it away, so I got a piece of Xmas fabric to cover it in a simple way, I feel the new appearance has brought the basket a new life.