2011 聖誕巧克力收藏之一

同事卡爾的姊姊從義大利帶來的

Wise words to remember

Molasses Cookie 黑糖餅乾

Molasses是美國的一種液狀黑糖。(參看薑梨餅乾)

Molasses Cookie像是"冬季限定"，多半到了感恩節才開始做，在聖誕節時，屬於家家戶戶都要bake一下的。

今天終於有時間和心情做餅乾了，選了這個想做很久但是都沒有行動的餅乾。這次很認真的用了食譜上的奶油用量! (所以很不健康 XD)

1 1/4 杯麵粉

2 t 小蘇打

1 t 肉桂

3/4 t 薑粉

1/2 t all spice (丁香粉:黑胡椒: 肉豆蔻:肉桂=1:1:1:1)

1/2 t clove (丁香粉)

1/4 t 鹽

1/2 杯 奶油

1/3 杯黃糖

1 large egg

1/3 杯 黑糖漿

粉類篩過

奶油和糖打發。加入其他液體類

加入粉類

使用手沾水，製作2.5公分大小球狀，一邊沾糖粉。放置在鋪紙 (parchment paper) 的烤盤上

375 度 10-12 分鐘

沒有照片，已經被大家都吃完了!

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Molasses-Crinkles-231214

Achievement

老闆自從知道我要去到跑華府搖滾馬拉松去跑21公里後問我，你從跑步中得到什麼? 為什麼你要去做那件事? (Why do you do it? What do you get from it?)

我跟他說，這是我在一切生活和未來不確定中，讓自己維持清醒的方法 (maintain my sanity)。從跑步中獲得成就，告訴自己：如果我可以每週進行四天跑步訓練，每次至少跑五公里，維持18週，那我應該可以繼續在不知道未來在之下走下去。

那就是我的感覺。每當我到了臉書後就會有點depress。朋友們都有正當的工作 (工作，不是房子 etc)，可我還在寫期末報告。

我真的不知道自己的未來在哪裡...

Apple crisp 蘋果酥

美國蘋果據說百百種。那天買了麥金塔和羅馬蘋果，做了蘋果酥。聽說要做好吃的蘋果派(等蘋果甜點)就是買種都用一顆。

Macintosh Apple x 2
Rome Apple x 2
Vanilla 1/4 teaspoon
Sugar 1/4 c
Lime juice
Nutmeg 1/4 t
Cinnamon 1/2 t
Jiffy pie crust mix 1 1/2
Oats 1 c
Egg 1

400F 15 min, 375F 25 min
Core and slice apple thin. Toss with sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, lime juice, with apple.
Mix oats, jiffy mix and egg. It will look crumble. Pour apple into glass dish, spread crumble over them. Bake.crumble

June 8

No morning meeting
Weed cleaning not thorough

June 9

Intern edu session is not schedules at a regular time.

Finish weeding and need to call for next assignment.

Are doing nothing.

The income from member shares support the operation of the farm, including salaries and other overheads. The manager makes less than 15000 per year. Intern makes 500 per month.

Anything with seeds is fruit. Peas, cucumber, pumpkin...

Beans are planted after rain when the soil is crumble yet not chunk.

Plants are vulnerable when it is watered. So too much water is bad

Peas need to picked everyday. The plants will produce more.

June 8

Weeding

Snow peas like cold temperature so the weeds are fine because they create shades.

Garlic scapes: garlic forms cloves after the scapes are cut. The scape are two weeks per season.
Idea for cooking garlic scapes: stir fry with bacon for pasta.

Management
Differences in standards make text communication inefficient. The manager text jobs of the day. But the interns have different standards and so they weed thoroughly than needed. As a result, the beds was used for direct seeding which was not the original plan.

No water irigation and so water by hands. Will is broken and not fixed, at least two weeks.

The board do not do strategic planning.

貪食

飲食的節奏亂了。無論是巧克力或垃圾食物或點心...這是ㄧ個很遭糟糕的墮落。

最近開始運動，體力變不好了。肌耐力和肺功能都退步了。退步很快，進步很難。

克制自己的慾望，不要貪吃了。

論文啤酒

Hoegaarden, Belgian wheat beer.
Sunday afternoon...ah,

胡亂寫了垃圾。根據小綠眼的說法，有寫總比沒有好。

November chill

這週我已經做了三件迷糊事了。
我先是將要寄到美國境內的信隨包裹寄回太台灣，接著寄信前沒有將開口封起來，最後記錯上課時間所以坐在寒風中ㄧ小時等老公。

照片為傍晚校園景

瀕臨絕種巧克力

中午和同事吃午餐，他太太準備甜點給我。這是公平交易的可可製作黑巧克力，非常黑，些微甜。好吃!

No impatience please

You don't get to be impatience with me. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever. I deserve to be respected, including being treated with patience. Go sign up for something else if you don't want to. Seriously, not joking.

Wedding cake

今天上課Politics of Health,老師給我ㄧ個經驚喜!她準備了杯蛋糕慶祝我結婚了。

旁邊的酒瓶是香檳蠟燭。

Yoga under the sky

今天的瑜珈課在學生活動中心/餐廳前上課。我們在棚內但路過的人都很好奇 。在天空下的瑜珈經驗很棒，像是被活化(liberating) .

A new adventure

A new phone. A new experience

The season

I feel vulnerable and I am not particularly well. I don't know what's wrong, maybe it is the season. I long for the sunny days when the warmth of the air cheer me up. The sense of security from the I don't know what. October is a brutal season.

I have been in this state of mind for four days. Experience tell me that why the mood comes, all I can do is wait. Patience is time, time is patience. I can only wait for it to pass by.

複製過去的錯誤

今天下班時新來的上海人問我有沒有做一個project，還有負責哪部分。我問他是什麼緣故他要問我。他說老闆要他修正總編輯給的一些評論。

總編輯要他改的是圖表中的顏色。這些圖表很多都是我做的，所以對於這些錯誤我很在意。我發現這些錯誤的造成是因為我使用上一年的圖表格式，只修改其中的數據。上一年的人到底怎麼畫錯顏色的我不知道，但是顯然複製過去的代價就是複製錯誤。我心情很不好。這固然不全部是我的錯，因為也是老闆叫我修改數據的，但也顯示自己不夠細心。

不過說真的，我看了很久還是覺得那顏色長的一樣。

驚魂記

因為小綠眼要到城裡工作，但是家裡只有一台車，所以我們要開始一起通勤的生活。今天我們6點就起床了，因為要準備早餐、午餐和洗澡。突然在6:20，我聽到敲門聲。那麼早有人敲門是很不尋常，我想大概是自己聽錯了，於是不以為意。

過了不久，門鈴響了。

小綠眼和我看了對方，我心想，大概是有人找錯門了，所以就不予理會。過了幾分鐘，門鈴又響了。這時我開始覺得很恐怖! 是壞人嗎? 美國郊區人在自家被謀殺的電影情節在腦中閃過。大門的位置剛好可以看到廚房的動靜；外面天還很黑，廚房的燈是亮的，我們看不到對方，對方卻看得到我們。我拿起無線電話，我問小綠眼說，我們該打給警察嗎，這種算是emergency嗎?我走到餐廳，發現車門口停了一台車，車燈是亮的。我心想：歐，這個人是針對我們這戶，我該怎麼辦? 這樣應該qualify emergency吧? 警察來不及來怎麼辦?! 總總嚇死人的念頭閃過。

我於是撥了911，這可是我人生中第一次撥打911。警察問我的地址，他問我車子的顏色、特徵。我回警察說，外面那麼黑，我看不出來啊! 警察問我對方的特徵，我說從家裡看不見，只知道是中年男子。警察說，如果對方離開你再撥打回來。於是電話就結束了。

對方還在外面，警察又沒說他們會不會來。我只好期待又patrol car會過來。

這時，這個男子又走進大門敲了門 (我實在快被嚇死了)。小綠眼說要上樓，我說大門旁的窗戶看得到屋內。過了不久，小綠眼說，對方已經遠離大門了。我們彎下腰，迅速地跑上樓，從客房的窗戶往外看。外面的男子帶了帽子，穿白色長褲，看起來180公分高。門鈴又響了，我對小綠眼說：我們忘記帶刀子上樓了。

過不久，警察來了。他下車後用手電筒照了那位男子，接著敲大門。我們去開門，警察問：這個人說要和彼得去打高爾夫球，他說他沒有找錯房子，你們認識彼得嗎?

我說彼得是我們的室友，但是他去狄斯耐樂園玩了。那位男子走過來，一聽他說話，神秘男子的身分終於真相大白：锵锵，原來是賣我們的房子的仲介。

他當然沒有找錯房子，因為房子是他賣出的阿。

警察在臨走前開玩笑一番 (實為抱怨，小綠眼說)，警察說：你看這人一身高爾夫球打扮 (心中os：我又不打高爾夫，哪知道裝扮阿)，又開BMW (心中os: 誰看得到那是BMW阿，更何況壞人也可以開BMW阿)，他長得哪像壞人阿??? (心中又os：壞人臉上又不寫 - 我是壞人，請遠離我)。

驚魂記於是在一陣警察抱怨，仲介無辜，我們嚇死中結束。

A Journey About to Begin

In about 9 hours, my roommate will drop me off at the train station; I will hopefully arrive at NYC at noon. For lunch, I plan to eat Pepeye's. They say it is better than KFC (no, I don't think KFC is good at all...). I'll then take Subway E toward JFK airport. It should take an hour. The flight is at 4:45 p.m., so I at least have to arrive by 2:45. This means I have to leave NYC Penn Station by 1:30.

I am so nervous.

This is probably the real me. I may seem "tough" (my boss has been describing me as the "tough sister" lately), but the inside, I am jello... indecisive...can't even decide what I should wear on the plane (Haha).

I will land in L.A. and wait for four hours. I can't decide whether I should go try "in-and-out." It is famous for the burgers...but I don't feel like burgers...maybe I'll ask the Taxi driver to do a drive-through...Honestly, I rather sit in a bar and drink Margarita. Booz...so me.

At 1 a.m., I will board the flight. It is a many hours flight, five movies maybe?

I am packed, I have schedule a breakfast date with my aunt. We'll have 蘿蔔絲餅 with 7-11 coffee. Such an interesting combination, but so me. There is just a tiny problem, I have no idea where my grandmother used to buy that.

I think I will go shop for bra and shoes after that...Problem again, I have no money. My aunt owes me about 2 grands, but the items I purchased for her is at my husband's place...Urg...

The truth is I am VERY nervous. This seems so surreal. I booked my tickets in January and tomorrow is the day...Tomorrow, I will being the journey and I don't feel prepare. Ah....

It is absolutely understandable if you have no idea what on earth I am talking about. I don't think that was English at all.