Friday, October 22, 2010

Cannot wait......

Xiao found an online recipe and made steamed walleye for dinner. It tasted surprisingly delicious :P



My recent life has been a little stressful with endless projects at work and an upcoming exam. >_< (I even have trouble falling asleep at night, kinda painful...) Sometimes buying new clothes is a good way for decompression (especially hearing some compliments from others when you wear it the first time ;)







Time flies? Let it fly faster!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Beautiful Fall Color

We just realized how close the U of M arboretum was from our house. It's just around the corner in a 10-minute walking distance. The fall color is too beautiful to miss. So we gotta go there to walk into the picture-like scene before it's too late.









Only spent less than an hour there due to Xiao's busy schedule. Hope we'll have a chance to come back again to enjoy it before winter...

Friday, October 1, 2010

A trip & a dream...

It was good to be away from work for a seminar in another city for a week. Rain and I tried a couple of Korean restaurants and a few others there. The Korean grill was pretty yummy. A bad news wat that I put on 3 pounds during such a short time period. It's just too easy for my body to gain weight, not mentioning I went to the hotel's fitness center to run on a treadmill for 30+ minutes at a speed of 6 mph every night when I was there. Obviously, for me, sweating like a pig on a treadmill wouldn't offset the big cals from delicious dinners. So bad >_<

The other night I had a dream and grandma was in it again. She and I were making dumplings together. We were sitting side by side and chatting. Every minute of being with her felt so cozy and happy. Suddenly, she stood up, approached to the window and asked me to finish wrapping the last few dumplings. I thought grandma must be tired and hungry, so I just lowered my head to focus on getting the work done quick. After I got it finished and raised my head, I only saw the clear windows. Grandma had disappeared. I woke up and felt so sad T_T...... Wish I could be with her.