Big LUnch

I was supposed to eat alone today as I'm learning how to. There I met some people at work, since it's a pretty good place to eat, it's not difficult to figure out they would eat there too. The guys were asking me if I wanted to eat with them, it was quite a struggle but then I decided to eat with them.
They were surprised how much I ate for lunch. My original plan was just to order one rice noodles soup and suddenly I noticed that on another table there were people ordering some small sidedish, it gave me the urge to do that too so I ordered some. I am always crazy about those little things. They first stew the food with soy sauce and leave it cool so that the flavor can get in. Once a customer has ordered, they heat the food with the special sauce then slice or dice to mouth-bite size, then drizzle the special sauce with green onions and voila! Hmm so yummy!

The rice noodle soup is also a must for me. I used to eat that a lot when I was in college, it's quite affordable and filling. I always have an extra egg and mix the yolk in my soup with a lot of chilli sauce. It's my own flavor, I like my soup look different from others but tasty at the same time! And I love the chewy texture of the rice noodles which are perfect for me since I have big teeth aha.
I asked one of the co-workers to take my pictures, thinking I could post it on my blog, so here they are, they are taken with my crappy camera from my cell though. The quality is really poor, it's the only thing I'm not satisfied with. Besides that everything's fine, I have no problem with the touch screen since I'm smart lol.

Night night. xoxo

at night

It was a great night.♥

I need my shopping theropy

I'm not a happy indivisual.
My dad recently learned how to text so I suggested that he could text me and talked about things we might not be able to talk in person. And now I feel regreted.
He started to text me nonsense and it gave me a difficult time. I don't know where he got all those negative thoughts but it really bothers me a lot. He's sinking in his own little miserable world and refuse our aids. I cried when I first got his text, didn't know what to do. I even forwarded his text to mom and mom was angry about it. I guess he's just lonely, I'm sure he is. The idea of communicating in another way so that I won't lose my temper and confront him. Texting him is a good way to calm myself down as I need to think what to say. But now I don't know.
My brother says he's got too much free time, need to keep him busy with something else. My brother once brought him a DVD player so that he could watch movies sometimes but he said no. It's not like we didn't try, we've tried what we could do but he just closed himself up.
Yesterday I spent a whole morning getting ready for a meeting and spent a whole afternoon being in one, had one class after work and then back home. And now I have to deal with him. Sometimes I just want to slap him and wake him up, and tell him to get real. My friends have been telling me that parents are sometimes like kids, they need attention too. But he's way too much.

Sigh.

i miss this

I was checking some of the old photos from last year and I found these. I was in Taipei and this place was near where Ken used to live. The first time when we went there it was a bit old and soon after they renovated it to a smaller but more delicate place. It was my first time trying the rice porridge with sugar. At first I refused to try it but Ken insisted I try it. It was actually pretty good! And I fell in love with it ever since. And the beef roll... hmm, with slices of beef and some green onions with sweet flour paste, with cucumber slices and other stuffing, it was really good but rather expensive.

I think this kind of cuisines are from North East China, where people eat a lot of noodles and other food made of flour, such as meat buns, or with red beans stuffing, green beans, or sesame. They have other dishes too, like kung pao chicken, sweet and sour fish, like the other Chinese cuisine. I really dig this!

The photos remind me of that period of time that it only took you 5 minutes walk and there you could enjoy such delicacy. I'm trying to find the similar things here, but they are not as good. I showed these photos to my cousin who lives in Taipei and he promised me that he would take me to this kind of restaurant if I go visit them. Also there are several good restaurants too, for Beijing Roast Duck and the Japanese ones. I need to arrange my trip to Taipei soon!

Night night xoxo