對一雙鞋子的感情

你們有沒有試過東西雖然壞了，雖然不能再用了還是不舍得把它們丟了？可能是一個特別的人送你的，也可能是在一個特別時段收到的，買到的。總之，就是對你來說是有意義的。發現有時候在莫一時段對你來說很重要的東西，有可能在一年兩年后，時過境遷，那原本很重要很有意義的東西突然又變得不再是那麼有意義和重要了。人吶，就是那麼復雜，被感情包袱著。哈哈。

去年的夏天，和媽媽姐姐去了西安玩。家人在身邊的時候真的很快樂。尤其是在爸媽的身邊，自然而然的就會變成爸媽的小孩了。那時候媽媽一直像小時候那樣想買好吃的給我們，買好玩的東西給我們。*幸福* 她從不買自己的東西。手信永遠是一大包一小包的食物。媽媽呀，就是媽媽。哈哈哈。在西安的時候，我們在逛街，看到路旁有個老媽媽在賣手工藤做的鞋子。我停下來看了一看，媽媽就把鞋子買下來送給我了。感動。我回家就穿上了。那是一雙在家裡穿的鞋子。我很珍惜它，因為是媽媽買的，也因為是那位老媽媽做的。差不多一年了，鞋子開始破了，歪了，但是我還是穿著它。我還是沒把它丟了。不過，我怕它們最后一根支柱（看下面的圖就懂了）斷了，就真的不能穿了，所以我昨天買了另外一雙來備用。我。。。還是不舍得把媽媽的愛丟了~~

媽媽的愛心鞋子

kettle story

Havent been updating my blog for very lOooooooong time...i can feel that i'm being missed *blush* not much has happened since the last time i updated my blog and today...well, mayb something did happen, just that i couldnt remember what they are...oh dear, sign of old age.. haha... i want to welcome a new addition to my home...a new electric kettle :) it was like love at first sight..i know how sad that is, falling in love with a kettle instead of a human being..seriously, that's another old sign :p

oh well, the other day, i saw the news abt this guy going to Korea and he boiled water but got serious burnt because the kettle broke into half when he lifted it...kinda reminded me of my kettle at home.....steel base and plastic body...hoo hoo..actually, before i saw the news, i thought of getting a full stainless steel one because it's healthier...i found i always like to procrastinate until something pushes me to do it...hahaha.well, the news is a good motivation...

pls welcome my white "jiu yang" kettle...white plastic cover to deceive people but stainless steel body...the best thing i like abt it is, it is not that expensive...gosh, another sign of old age..hehe :)

grocery shopping spree~~

That day, there was an agriculture fair somewhere close to my home...i heard many times from my colleague before how great it was...basically, people will bring their the homeland specialties around china to one big location in Shanghai....wow, the thought of getting everything in just one location attracted me...hey, is that "convenience" that attracted me or 想占便宜啊？i think it was BOTH!! Coz i wanted to try to get some specialties from one location for CNY for my family and i was hoping to find something worthwhile :p before i went, i did a lot of mental planning in my head...i should go early in the morning to avoid crowd, i would find specialties i wanted and buy buy buy...so i left home at 930am...in HK, this would be too early for people but not in Shanghai...i thought i was smart enough to come early and bring a big recycle bag...but, the aunties and uncles here outdo me...they brought their trolleys instead *sweat*!!! aaarrrgghhh...it was sOOoooo crowded inside and i couldnt see anything but heads...and there was a HUGE human traffic jam...

people pushed, people knocked on you, people just came out from nowhere when you were looking at something at a stall...not only i got to see the specialties around China, i also got to experience buying in Chinese way....i quickly browsed around, found some stuff but not cheap...but i still decided to get something to get my taxi fare worthwhile....hahaha...another thing i learned in the beginning of 2012 is: ditch the thought of 想占便宜because you will be 占便宜...

i found out i paid too much for the yunan mushroom, i found i paid too much for the chinese potato noodle...oh well...everyone has their first time, right? i decided to make a pot of yummilicious hotpot of of them~~ yummy, it was really really really good~~

Life after Xmas and New Year~~

everybody loves Xmas and New Year...i love it too...somehow Dec feels like a slack month because many people go on vacation, and many people put off things thinking they could be done next year (including me)...ahahaha...and somehow, the holiday mood is there even though we still have N days to go before xmas and new year is here...aahhh..i just love it...BUT, i just realize the feeling of "先甜后苦" (AKA sweet first & bitter later)...yup...once New year celebration is over, it seems people have come ALIiiiiiVVVvveeeee~~~~ things starting to swamp in, things put off suddenly become urgent and everybody is chasing....so, for the past two weeks, i had been OT'ing in office till quite late because of my slackness and other people's slackness....life is hard~~~one thing i have learned in the beginning of 2012 is: if you don't resist it, you will accept it...once you accept it, you won't resist it... :p

Princess and the frog

I'm sure all of you have heard of princess and the frog, the princess kissed the frog and the frog turned into a handsome prince and they got married and lived happily ever after..well, who knows in 21st century, there is also a similar story...but it's the updated version...once upon a winter, a princess' skin was getting drier and drier and she decided to find a way to make her skin felt the moist again...she thought and thought and thought, one day, she found HIM on the internet and she fell in love and decided to meet HIM. it seemed he also felt her love and loved her the same and showed up her door a few days later...he said he could make her happy and he really did!!! and they lived happily ever after~~

hehe..it's my version of the princess and the frog story....updated version...who is he, you might wonder...well, he is my air moisture machine...i love it because when i put water in, cool moist comes out from it's ears and the steam makes me feel like i'm in heaven~~ i have decided to use it in summer too...remember how in the hot sun, some cafe use "water" fan to make you feel cool? well, it not only moisturise ur skin in dry winter, it also makes you feel cool in summer...haha.....one stone two birds, just the way i like it~~

I took froggie using my new sony camera that i won during our 2012 annual dinner :) the effect is really good...it will be a pressie for my dad~~lucky dad

Another Year has gone by

today is the last day of 2011...time flies, felt like 2011 just arrived not long ago and now, it's time to say good bye...don't think think we have to face the same thing every year? i remember when i was still in primary school, teachers made us write dates on our exercise books for every lesson we had...i remember how i always wrote the wrong year when the year changed...@_@ so i had to keep reminding myself to not forget to update it every time i put the date down.....hehe...well, after N yrs ago, i started not to have new year resolutions anymore? why? because i COULDNT achive anything i planned for in the beginning of year so i decided to let nature takes its course...hehehe...okie dokie, let me reminisce what i achieved and what had happened in 2011:

1. Left HK which i lived in for the past 5 yrs and moved to Shanghai...
2. Changed a job that i had been doing for the past 3.5 yrs and jumped into a job that i had not done before~~
3. closer to my family and friends

ah...as time passes by, my memory is also getting worse and worse.....i think i have done a lot more but couldnt remember... :p

Jane's home cooked meal~~

when i was back home in Oct, mum cooked many things for me...she made her delicious home-made meal and of coz, nutritious soup known as 炖补...i saw mum put in many good stuff in the soup...red dates, ginseng, expensive lean pork and some which i dono what they are called in English...i felt i had gained back all the lost nutrients for the past months....haha.. this month, i decided to do the same for myself so i called mum for recipe....because i was also sick, so mum asked me to make ginger wine + fried egg for a meal..so i did it obediently too...and i made something unexpectedly because i found 4 potatoes in the fridge @_@ ...made smashed potato with butter and cheese...yummy...really, i stored more nutrients in my body which can keep me warm throughout the winter... :) Love you, mum~~ i should learn more recipes from her next time~~