Thoughts beyond my life & my travel - Bel

It is a Chinese tradition to buy brand new clothes and shoes for the Chinese New Year, especially for kids. I bought this new clothes for my "kid". She still looks the best in purple, but she looks fresh and spirited in blue!

The moment of truth about the onion wine I made. After the "wine tasting" session this Sunday, I decided not to make another bottle. Well, I like red wine, I like onions. They just do not make a good pairing. It's totally fine for drinking it, but the taste is a bit exotic for enjoyment. Good try!

I haven't seen this movie but the storyline inspired me to read the story of Mark O'Brien, a disabled writer who was paralyzed from neck to his legs and survived on an iron lung. Despite his disability, he was always curious about his sensual feeling and decided to look for his first intimacy encounter at the age of 38. It took great courage to make the first step. For Mark, it was more difficult as he needed to ask his helpers and friends to make all the arrangement. Though he was nervous, he had a strong mind to make it happen. It was a life-changing experience for him, but his disability was so severe that he could hardly find an encounter with someone whom he liked. It was an eye-opening trip when reading his story written by himself. He exposed his feeling in front of everybody with no fear. His body was so fragile and his mind was strong, yet vulnerable emotionally. After all, disabled people are human beings. They have needs and emotions like us. They need access...

After fighting cold for a few years, I felt like a reborn today. No better than feeling healthy and relaxed! I tried out another recipe that was at the back of my mind long time ago. Again, it's very simple, and I made some modifications since I didn't have a couple of things at the kitchen. But it still came out surprisingly delicious. Try it out! You can just pan fry the ribs on each side slightly. Add onions, cabbage and potatoes after that, then tomato paste and chicken broth. Cook it for over half an hour at least. You then add kidney beans and tomatoes. I added some red wine before it served and enjoy that with spaghetti and a glass of red wine. It tastes fantastic! It r eally made my day, especially on a Sunday.

I love red wine and I love onions, so I started to have a thought to follow this simple recipe when I read it in a newspaper one day. Don't be shocked! It's called "onion wine" but it's just simply putting sliced onions in a bottle of red wine for 8 days. First, you peel off the outer skin, slice it into 8 pieces. Then put it in a jar filled with red wine for 8 days. It's done! Take the onions out, and you can enjoy around 50ml onion wine every day. The portion is 3 red onions for a bottle of red wine, or 2 red onions for 500ml. I bought a 900ml jar today and 2 onions. But I realized that the onions were so big and filled up the jar already, so I put 1.5 onions with around 400 ml red wine. Now I have to wait till next weekend to see what happens. The onion wine is an ancient Chinese recipe that is said to be good for sleep, eye sight and frequent urinating, etc. I don't know whether it works but it won't harm! So stay tuned! I'll g...

It was the first work day in 2013 but I chose to take a day off. It happened to be a scary day to start with as the electricity was off till around lunch time, due to the maintenance work. I charged my macbook and had some hot water prepared overnight. I got food that I don't need to cook. I know it's not the end of the world but I felt I was "physically isolated" as I couldn't went down to the street easily. As a matter of fact, I was lucky that I was connected to a virtual world by means of internet via personal hotspot. But I still felt a "loss" without the magic of electricity and heat. It was quite a miserable feeling and you do not feel people care if you're alone or you are sick at all. It felt like days before I realized that the electricity was back. I probably need a stronger mind set if it's the end of the world instead of just a power off.