This (above) is call French Sponge Cake. I liked how it is soft and moist on the inside. This (below) is Iced Green Tea. On the back it has some Korean words that I didn't bother to translate. This (below) is red bean paste bun. My sister loves these. And yes! I bought green tea mochi again. I should've tried another flavor, but the other flavors were chocolate, vanilla, and red bean. My sister bought the red bean flavor so I didn't want to buy it because I thought we can share. XD I still think green tea taste better. I'm not a very big fan of red bean. I tagged along with my parents to visit my aunt who is from my mom's side of the family. We went to Sacramento once again! The whole day we spent there was visiting my mom's relatives. Before we came home, we went to Sea Food City. It's a Filipino supermarket? I'm not sure. But it's fun shopping for food, especially foods that are foreign. These are what my sisters and I bought.
Today, I made stir fried dumplings, but it did not turn out good looking. It tasted good and edible, safe to eat. ㅋㅋㅋ in the picture, it looked like kimchi, but it's not kimchi. It's the dumplings, shredded cabbage, and green onions all stir-fried together with pepper flakes and a little soy sauce and some salt for taste. Honestly, I don't like the taste of soy sauce so I just put a little. Sorry the picture is side ways because I'm blogging using my iPod and I couldn't make it turn the right way.
I want to eat pasta and lasagna because I saw this picture from me2day.
It looked good so it must taste good. I'll try to buy pasta and lasagna or I'll try to make them. I know how to make pasta but I don't know about lasagna. Besides, I saw lasagna at the store ready made and just needed to reheat in the oven or microwave. It looked good. mmm!!
Have you heard the news about Ichihashi Tatsuya who raped and murdered his English teacher? Well if you haven't, it's all over the internet, so you can just search by his name. He is now in Jail and ready to be on trial. Recently, Tatsuya published a book with the help of Publishing house Gentosha about his journey after he refuge from his place. His book is called, " 逮捕されるまで 空白の2年７カ月の記録" translated as "2 Years and 7 Months Before My Arrest" or simply "Until the Arrest". Basically, he wanted to give this book to the victim's family as an expression of "contrition," sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation. However, the family does not accept this book.
Anyways, I just want to share with everyone that I bought the book. I didn't buy it with the intention of following Tatsuya's action. I bought it because I was curious of how he survived and how he got away for 2 years and 7 months. In drama class, I learned that the most entertaining genre is violence, however this book has nothing to do with violence, but I just want to read it because I'm curious. I'm interested in books that tells a true story of someone's life. So I thought I should read this. BUT...it's in Japanese and I don't know Japanese. ㅎ..ㅎ I should've thought about this before buying it. Since I can't read it, I'll just keep it and learn Japanese until I can read and understand it, which that'd be like forever. Or ask someone who can read Japanese and translate it for me. Here are some inside previews of the book if you were curious (its in order).
I liked how he said in the page, "The things I owned ended up owing me. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom." And what interested me was that after 2 years and 7 months when he was asked for his name at the train station and he finally uses his real name.
BTW, if you want to order the book, you can order it from gentosha.co.jp if you live in Japan or if you live outside of Japan you can order the book from Amazon Japan. I managed to order it on Amazon Japan because there is an English section. BUT the shipping is very expensive! I think I bought my copy of the book for $50? Yes, it's very expensive.
If you want to view the Japanese investigation about Ichihashi Tatsuya you can watch this YouTube video, but there's no subtitles. For the next part, click on the title in the video to take you to YouTube so that you can see the other parts.
This is the video of his pictures before and after his arrest. (He kind of look like Vanness Wu.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwSDft1-V_8&feature=related
This video was in the elevator that caught him on tape (probably during his refuge).
And this video is MAD crazy reporters. Tatsuya coming out of the building with police.
*sigh* I feel sympathy for him (if I were to be in his shoes). And I wonder what happened to his parents or family.
It's a whitening product!! Yes I bought it, but not because I wanted to be white or anything to be Caucasian-like. I bought it because I have discolored skin patch (uneven skin tone) and my skin are whitish yellow like ummm pale peach? idk. I needed a product to even out my skin tone, so I bought this. Don't misunderstand me. :( LOL Anyways I got it in the mail today and I was so shocked!!!! Actually not really. ㅋㅋㅋ I just thought the product was so small and I feel that I got ripped off. I bought it for $17 and I hope that since it's small, it should work well/effectively. I think that thing only last for a day or two if I put too much of it. *huh* Damn I should've read the description before I buy it because I was debating on whether I should get this one or that one. The other one must have been better. Anyways...this is the product. It's so small like the size of my pinkie finger. Has anyone tried it before? Does it work? Tell me if you have. btw I used my sister's new camera. It's better than mine.
This was delicious! I always eat this when I'm super hungry and 시간이 없어요 (or just lazy to cook). btw I made that at home, not at a restaurant. But I think it would taste better at a restaurant that specialize in 짜장면. Mine was just decent. ㅋㅋㅋ Anyways, I hope everyone had a great meal. If you haven't eat, I hope you eat something that makes you happy. Btw donate money or food to organizations that feed the homeless. That's a good deed. This year my resolution was to donate and help out volunteering, I haven't forget that. So help the world out. Peace!
Damn! Don't you hate it when You have a soar thoat and your neck and back aches. Well im aching and it hurts so much. My eyes are burning. I don't think i can even speak right. I'm so stressed right now. I think I'm sick. I hate being sick. Anyways, I hope everyone is well. Don't get sick like me. *sigh* I'm super hungry!!!!
This (below) is red bean paste bun. My sister loves these.
And yes! I bought green tea mochi again. I should've tried another flavor, but the other flavors were chocolate, vanilla, and red bean. My sister bought the red bean flavor so I didn't want to buy it because I thought we can share. XD I still think green tea taste better. I'm not a very big fan of red bean.
