Change

"I've been afraid of changing cause I have built my life around you

But time makes you bolder

Children get older

I'm getting older, too"

This lyrics makes me think of my career...

Pumpkin Fun

Autumn has arrived the harvest time of year has just begun. Followed by boxes and boxes of apples, it's time to have fun with all the fresh pumpkins and squash!

There are so many ways to be creative with this beautiful colour, hard shell, and full of flavour veggies.

Here are some past recipes I tried to share with all of you.

Have fun curving, cooking, baking with your pumpkins!

Rissotto in Pumpkin dish casserole

Pumpkin Pie: Recipe

Double layer Pumpkin Cheesecake: Recipe

and the best I've tried this year... Pumpkin crème brûlée!!! (recipe)

It was a big hit on the Thanksgiving night this year, but unfortunately... I forgot to take a picture! But it's so good that I will soon make it another time so the pictures will be posted soon! Keep exploring!

Time to Paella!!

My first time to try out Paella because the difficulty on ingredients search.

One of the most important magic spice for Paella is Saffron. I searched entire grocery store and got lucky to meet the spice vendor who was just displayed the newly ordered spices. So I ordered Spanish Saffron from him but I should've asked the price first really. It's well known as the world's most expensive spice regarding the price per weight unit. A little bit of Saffron can cost 7-10 CAD. Although you may find the non-Spanish ones in Asian market or in a lot of Fusion recipes, they just use more turmeric instead.

The 2nd task is to find the right rice for it. Since I NEVER saw it in the grocery store, plus as a proud big rice-eater for over 30 years, I don't believe I need to order the special 'Paella' rice online to make it right.

Therefore, after viewing several Paella recipes online, I decide to give this a try with creativities and guts to substitute lots ingredients and alert the cooking time by 'sense'... um...must be a rice-eater thing ;)

I will have to make it again some time before posting a recipe but here are some pictures and reference website to share first in case some of you have been waiting for a homemade Paella for ages. :)

Enjoy~

Recipes online for reference

深夜... 與麻木自己的把戲周旋，又再次地....厭倦了、膩了.... 生活是在尋找著什麼刺激，還是再尋找著什麼熟悉...什麼可以依附著就不再空虛的熟悉...

---with Music "Looking back" by Kerry Muzzey

Ideas and Insprirations

Inspiring stories of life:

1. Kurt (Chris Colfer) from Glee

He went for audition for a character in wheelchair (Arty) but turned out he's so special that the crew not only hired him but created a whole new character specially for him.

2. Andy Serkis who played Caesar in the rise of the planet of apes. He also played Gollum in the lord of the ring and King Kong which he spent 3 months in forest to observe monkeys. He became an expert actor for motion capture techniques.

and....

a Catch 22 example: Being a photographer for living!! :)

批R

應該是快樂的日子...怎麼沒有開心的感覺...

我應該努力讓自己開心...不管開心的來源是什麼...

人就以這個方向認真努力就對了...加油吧~

人生

30歲的五月，體驗了人生的豐富，喜怒哀樂都用上了...

5/6 拿到了人生第一棟房子的鑰匙

5/7 第一次在台灣以外的地方考試 (IELTS)

5/14 搬進了我們的第一個'家'

5/23 好朋友從台灣來訪，Nancy的第一趟加拿大之旅

5/25 好友Apan的女兒出生了

5/27 得知考試分數沒達到預期...

5/28 Fifi 走了...

5/31 zu驗孕, 發現小寶懷上了

六月，又是嶄新的月份... 晚上和著紅酒來複習一下慾望城市吧...

(可惜Nancy來的時候沒有電視，不然就應該這樣過~)