Homebrew

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中秋賞蛋黃酥和蔥餅

講了幾年，終於終於在中秋節做了蛋黃酥。


自製的紅豆餡少去了市售的油膩和甜膩。剛剛好的味道配上鹹鴨蛋，唯一美中不足的是鴨蛋不夠鹹 嗚嗚...另有蔥餅很多個(好懷念台大附近的蔥餅阿)

貓與大象

My dear sister loves elephants and I love her. And thus when I started the animal collection of knits, elephant was the first mammal selected. 

The cat was for a friend's 7 years old daughter. I asked her to choose the color and she picked light yellow and light green. When I first saw that, I thought - uh-hum, okay. As I knitted, I realized she has a fabulous taste for colors and they matched well. I also realized, ever more deeply, that children's view of world and imagination are unlimited. The girl reminded me to stay imaginative - don't limit myself to the colors that I see. Color is art.

Daughter and mom

I feel awful being so inpatient at my mom. I get irritated and annoyed. Today, she first tried to tell me about nutrition, then she started discussing about Costco membership. The Costco's concept of international membership. The sentence that really ticked me off was - but sth should be sth sth.

Oh dear...

I used to have this sth should sth idea about the world, like my mother. Everyone around me, from my boss to strangers, kept on teaching me that - No, the world is not like that. There is no should. The world is as is.

I also learnt that the should  brings frustrations and disappointments. Knowing that the world isn't a matter of should made me a better and happier person.

I ended up telling my mom to deal this when the time comes and no need to spend time on things this trivial for the future.

I still feel awful.

Join Love - Sky blue infinite scarf for mom

Join Love is a long cowl (loop scarf) using simple lace pattern. It was knitted flat and used kitchener stitch to join the ends, making the scarf seamless and an infinite loop. The yarn is a fingering weight, 100% cotton.

My sister and I went shopping for yarn. It was a hot day. We dragged our luggage and maneuvered around Taipei train station. Our train was around 1:30 pm back to Taitung and we had about one hour to find the yarn shops. We had planned to make a summer hat (with brim) for my mom. Since my sister doesn't knit (and has no interest of learning), we decided on - 有錢出錢，有力出力。

I have vast interests in crafts - sewing, knitting, pottery, etc. My sister, on the other hand, is only interested in crafts that's related to math and medicine (i.e., cut paper of specific triangles using math formulas, and surgeries). 

We finally decided on a light blue yarn.

I attempted to make the hat but gave up in the end. The yarn was too thin and lack the proper structure for a nice summer hat. Then a while back, I ran into the lace pattern. Half way through the project, I decided to make the scarf into a long cowl. I called the scarf Join Love, because this is a joint effort of my sister and I, in a loop, to my mom.

The finished project is 19*120 cm. Used 60 grams (165 meters) of yarn.

焦慮指數破表

移民局動作超慢在審核工作證申請，面對公司人資部的詢問工作證事宜，讓我極度焦慮。

這樣的焦慮感使得專注力下降，做什麼事都沒有精神。想要寫得好幾篇網誌:國家公園遊記、釀啤酒日記等，都沒有進展。

連躺在地上滾的心情都沒有。