Sunday, January 29, 2017

Chinese New Year, Chor 2!!

今天做水饺!!!

华人新年对我来说,就是一个吃个不停的节日,所以这几天都一直在吃~!

大家说要在新年期间聚一聚,尝一尝我们的华人食物,但顾虑人多,准备时间,还有地方的问题,所以决定用比较简单的方式解决这一餐。那就做水饺吧!

很久没有做水饺,想说让大家有参与感,于是我们先去买食材,把肉馅,和其他馅料都准备好,然后让他们自己加想要加的馅料,自己包自己的饺子。
简单教了大家怎么包饺子,过后就让他们自由发挥了!大家都很努力包饺子,也越包越兴奋,结果包了好多的饺子,而我们也努力地煮,完成大家的饺子,挺有成就感的~!

原本想要弄汤圆,无奈我买错了面粉,结果失败告终,但幸亏买了冰淇淋,呵~~~

下次再尝试!但对于饺子成功还是蛮安慰的~
似乎这几天都在厨房忙着,终于体会到每次聚餐时,奶奶在厨房里一个人准备一桌子的菜,还真不简单啊~~

但我经过这几天在厨房里像在训练场打拼训练后,似乎练得一手好菜,接下来的兴趣应该是下厨了!哈哈哈哈,回国后,等着瞧吧!!!
Let's make dumplings!!!!

Chinese New Year basically is  'nonstop eating' holiday for me, so these few days I keep eating~

My friends suggested we should meet up and celebrate Chinese New Year together,
and try Chinese foods, but with limited time, a number of people, and the location problem,
so we decided to use the simplest way to cook, which is making dumpling!!!!

It had been a long time since my last dumpling making, but I think that would be fun if everyone can participate and try it together.
So we went to Asian Market and Walmart to get all the food ingredients, and prepared the dumpling fillings, 
so that everyone can choose their own fillings and wrap their own dumplings.
I taught them how to wrap dumpling, and let them try their own, it went well!
I think they love it, hahahah.... in the end, we had a lot of dumplings!
Helped to cook the dumplings, feeling satisfied!!!

At first, I'm planning to cook Chinese Sticky Rice Ball as dessert, but failed because I bought the wrong flour. Luckily we still have ice-cream as dessert!!

I'm going to try again next time!
Anyway, I'm still happy for the successful dumpling making!!
Seems like these few days keep cooking in the kitchen, and understand my grandma's feeling every time she has to cook alone and prepare all the meals during all the festivals. Isn't easy~~~

I was well trained these few days in the kitchen, and able to cook lots of food, cooking going to be my next hobby, hahahah.....
I'm going to cook more!!!

29th January 2017 record

Chinese New Year, Chor 1!

妈呀!我竟然学做面条!!!

我的中国朋友,彭玥的家乡在兰州,几乎每一户人家自己每餐的面条,都是自己手工拉的。
好厉害,结果第二天早上起床后,就跟着她,学怎么和面,做面条,好费功夫和时间,几乎是一根一根的拉,才弄出一碗面。
这面来得真不易啊~~~~

由于肚子饿,老师先弄了煎饺子给我们吃,吃了面条,还有蛋糕和冰淇淋吃。
好喜欢教授家的猫咪,毛茸茸的,很可爱。
感觉住这里真的挺棒的!!
就这样子,又待了一天,傍晚,吃了教授自己炸的狮子头,多玩一场桌游后她才送我们回家。
感觉自己来美国后,会做好多的食物了~
呵!挺自豪啊~!
28th January 2017 record


除夕夜!!!!!

除夕夜怎么可以少了大餐呢?!?!
忙着忙着,似乎都忘了除夕夜这回事,也根本没想该怎么过。
无意间被拉去中文课参观,结果和中文教授见面,一聊起来,越聊越开心,结果我和两个中国朋友一起被请去她家过除夕夜,顺便在她家过夜。我原以为她只是说说而已,没想到是真的!

星期五傍晚,她过来接我们,一起去买食材,然后回她家一起做饭!她的两个侄女长得好漂亮,像混血儿,但说得一口流利的中文。大家一起在厨房里忙着准备,轮流炒菜,好不容易八点左右,终于弄好一桌子的菜!

有清蒸鳟鱼,炒青菜,麻婆豆腐,炒牛排,炒茄子,蛋卷,可乐鸡,还有木耳炒肉。

教授的老公和女儿也回来一起吃饭,由于她老公第二天一早要上班,于是他很早就回房睡觉了。而她女儿长得像华人,却不会说普通话。她酷酷的,但人挺棒,我们一起喝红酒,一起聊天,还有很好吃的红豆汤圆当夜宵!!
超级无敌幸福!!

吃饱后,一起玩桌游,看戏,直到2点,才睡觉。*教授真的很young哦!*

第一次一个人过除夕夜,虽然身在异乡,但并不孤单!
27th January 2017 record

提早过年!!!


被教授邀请去一个餐厅和他们的华人员工一起提早庆祝新年,因为他们当晚煮的基本上都是正宗华人餐,她知道我会很喜欢,美食啊,怎么会不喜欢?!呵~我真的很喜欢!!!

我们必须等他们先关门,然后晚上9:30才开始我们的晚餐。好饿啊,但是看到海鲜,北京鸭,炒青菜,炒年糕, 肉丸汤等等,一切都值得了,真的兴奋不已啊!!!!

老板是从福建过来的,有些员工说广东话,有些说普通话,好熟悉的感觉,太棒了!!!而且我们还认识一个男生是来自中国新疆的,不说我们还以为他是外国人,真的长得好像外国人,他一开口说中文吓了我们一跳。

有机会认识我教授的妈妈,她是日本人,八十多岁,但很可爱,她问我们来自哪里,问我们的名字,问我马来文,问我们的食物等等,好喜欢她!她说要邀请我们去她的家做客!呵~~~

从9:30吃到11:00pm,撑死我了~~~~
但吃到思念的味道,真的很开心!!!
25th January 2017 record

American Chinese food

Simple lunch after church service together with my friends, 
learning about Chinese culture, and taught them how to use chopsticks!!!
simple is the best!!!
22th January 2017

Monday, January 23, 2017

Part of College Life #11

When you are waiting for your rice to cook patiently in your dorm..... 

Visit Asian Market in Charlotte

Spend our Saturday morning visit Asian Market in Charlotte, so excited and happy!!!
Listened to Chinese New Year songs, found lot's of snacks and drinks, and able to eat the food I missed so much!!!
Too happy~~~~ hahahahha
Stayed there for an hour, and brought something home.
Short trip but fun~!!!

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Card

Received a lovely card from my cellgroup members from Malaysia....
Awww..... I them so much!!!!

19th January 2017

Friday, January 20, 2017

战友

数算恩典永远不嫌多

在睡觉前和小小视讯,超级开心,因为聊了好多的经历的事情,
像是被差派到不同地方的宣教士,面对在信仰上的挑战与难题,却依然要坚守着信仰
有战友的鼓励与提醒,其实真的感到无比的感恩。
继续加油吧!!!



Yes, food again~

Vivian decided to come to my room and cook again, and I was planning to eat dinner with Autumn,
so in the end, we cooked and Autumn joined us and ate in my dorm......
and my roommate wants to try too, so this became a small group of food party, 
with two Korean noodles, vegetable, crab stick, and chicken that fed 4 person full.
Proud to see Autumn try to eat noodles with chopsticks, isn't that cool!??! hahaahahahahahha
Simple yet great!
19th January 2017

Random Sing-along session

Finally meet Carlos, a friend of mine that I met in Winter Conference.
He's a senior in music major, and I'm so proud to witness him play piano and sing.
Muahahahaha......
This was so random, suddenly decided to walk in there and see him practice,
he showed me pipe piano (this is super cool~~~ ) and I and had a sing-along session with him.
Guess what, it was 10pm......but fun!!! hahahahah


17th January 2017

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Steamboat gathering!!!!

Sometimes, I do believe that food connects people.....!!!!
hahahahaha
Cooking steamboat together with friends in my dorm is one of my bucket list to do while studying in US!!!!
Meet the girl from China, Vivian, and talked about cooking some food in our dorm, in the end, we host a small gathering here.
Steamboat/ hot pot is always the best to eat during winter, Vivian brought most of the ingredients and ChenLin 
came early to help us up in preparing. Our small gathering starts at 6pm, slowly eating and chatting, this is 
really an International gathering, we have King from Thailand and Laos but born in Hickory, we have Santiago 
from Argentina, Brittany who claims herself as Italian but born here(she has 1/4 German and Italian blood 
from her grandparents), Vivian and Chenlin from China, and me from Malaysia. Isn't that cool?! 

Non-stop eating, yes, that's Chinese steamboat/ hot pot culture, we have tong yam soup paste, but Vivian 
and ChenLin said it's not spicy enough, so they add some spicy sauce in it, and I really love it~  Played 
card game, but mostly chatting, and our party end at 9pm, and thanks some of them helped to clean the room. 
Planning to cook more Chinese food while they are still here, hahahahha.....so exciting!!