春雨里洗過的太陽 - 王力宏

分開之后另一年的春天
記憶也像下雪一樣溶解
那些有你在身邊的影片
呼的一聲飛得老遠老遠

愛在夏天過完之后鎖在秋天
捱過冬天之后的我好了一些
雨后的天上 彩虹出現
撐出一片藍天

我在淋過一場大雨之后的晴朗
那是春雨里洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落 傷得多深
然后忽然看懂云的形狀

If you listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain
那是春雨里洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落 傷得多深
每個呼吸都是新的芬芳

（repeat）

流下的眼淚 留下了智慧
愛情會天亮也一定會黑
世界會等我 它問我冬天過去沒
我在淋過一場大雨之后的晴朗

那是春雨里洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落 傷得多深
然后忽然看懂雨的形狀

If you listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain
那是春雨里洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶著失落 傷得多深
每個呼吸都是新的芬芳
春雨里洗過的太陽

25 Things About Me

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose at least 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)

Another form of chain mail, but hey I am bored so why not. :P

25. I speak French, Spanish, English, Mandarin fluently. I can manage Taiwanese and I am totally hopeless when it comes to my German and Japanese.
24. I love ramen. If I were to chose one dish to last me the rest of my life that would be it.
23. I like sweet things, and got the cavities to prove it. Bubble tea, candy are my kryptonite.
22. I love books. I love reading fiction and mangas.
21. I listen to Chinese songs that are cheesy,;so cheesy that they are embarrassing even to my closest friends.
20. I want to sky dive, except it is too damn expensive and I am too chicken. :P
19. I can't dance to save my life, but love to bop my head to the rhythm anyways.
18. I do a major move (city/continent) every 7 years (on average).
17. I love playing computer games.
16. I wanted to grow up and be an artist. :P
15. Friends are really important to me.
14. The opinion and suggestions from my family matter to me.
13. I wished I could travel for a living and visit fun places.
12. I want to have lots of gadgets, but can't justify buying them.
11. I want to have a garage in my future house so I can have a workshop.
10. I like dark chocolate more than milk chocolate. I absolutely hate white chocolate.
09. I love rain and the smell of it.
08. I want to be able to snowboard and surf all I want without worries.
07. I miss my motorcycle, I need to ride it more often.
06. I dislike dusty places.
05. I am allergic to cats, but I love to play with them.
04. I like cooking things once in a while
03. I am addicted to web comics.
02. I am a Virgo.
01. I love Sarah. <3

Small reminder about runs in NorthStar

Just came back from an awesome trip. A few notes:
- Ax Handle is the best blue run
- never ever Take the East Ridge run -> flat :( ( even if Cat's Face is a crazy nice run)

Sometimes I overthink things

Xkcd said it best with this post. KISS works. The simple (and elegant) solution tends to be the correct one.

Cooking niku-jaga (Japanese braised beef and potatoes)

So, I finally got the itch to cook again. I get it once in a while, when I see a dish I want to eat. :) Today I tried out niku-jaga, a Japanese dish. I saw this recipe when I went to the Nijiya Japanese Market in San Mateo. They had this rack with lots of recipes and this one seemed delicious and easy enough that I decided to get it. :)

Ingredients:
200g of sliced beef (the fattier the better ^^)
2 potatoes (~400g)
1 onion (~200g)
1/2 table spoon of cooking oil
2 cups of dashi stock or water
3 table spoon of sake
3 table spoon of sugar
2 table spoon of mirin
3 table spoon of soy sauce

Directions:

1. Peel and cut potatoes into slightly larger than bite size ( each potato into 8 sizes is a good benchmark).
2. Skin onions and remove the heart. Then cut the onion in half slices.
3. Slice the beef in bite sizes.
4. Heat the oil in a pan and then take it out of the heat.
5. Coat the slices of beef with the oil.

6. Put the pan back to medium heat and stir fry the beef. Make sure the pieces don't stick to each other with chopsticks.
7. When the beef changes color, add onions and potatoes and stir fry.

8. Add dashi stock (or water) , basically enough to cover everything.
9. Bring everything to a boil and remove any scums that floats to the surface.
10. Add the sake, sugar, mirin and soy sauce in that order.

11. Bring everything to a boil, reduce the heat slightly and cover it.
12. When the liquid is reduced to one third, and flip everything (so that everything is coated).
13. Tilt the pan to a size and reduce all the sauce.
14. Spread everything on a pan to cool.
15. Serve with rice. :)

Cooking wasn't too hard, eating it was even easier. ^^ A few comments, mirin sauce is a sweet cooking sauce used in teriyaki. It has a nice taste to it, make sure not to add too much, or it will over power everything. Dashi stock is the base flavor in miso soup. :) I substituted sake with Chinese cooking rice wine and it turned out not bad.

没有如果-梁静茹

如果我说 爱我没有如果
错过就过 你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口
那爱是不是有一点弱

如果我说 爱我没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么 还怕什么
快牵起我的手

有人说
世界上最遥远的距离不是生与死
而是我就站在你面前
你却不知道我爱你

我常说
如果人类连爱一个人都被自己绑住
那世界末日已来到
不需要等到地球毁灭掉的那天

如果我说 爱我没有如果
错过就过你是不是会难过
若如果拿来当借口
那爱是不是有一点弱

如果我说爱没有如果
真的爱我就放手一搏
还想什么 还怕什么
快牵起我的手

Another cute song with an equally cute MV. :) She has an interesting name too ;)