Petite Bunny

Calvin and I have been watching this Taiwan drama which made us so addicted. We just can’t go to sleep coz our heart just wanted to know what happen next to their relationship. This drama had put me in tear from the beginning to the end. Well, I just watched half way of the episode but seem like I’ve been tearing a lot. It is bitter sweet stories lines. The whole stories are about their fated to be together. No matter what, they always end up together. I really recommend everyone to watch it.

Good things come to the end. And there no reason why? Maybe it meant to happen. Everyone have a situation where things happen for a sudden and we just so clueless what to deal with it. But there always a light in the end of the tunnel.

But what happen if a person waited so much time to think and do nothing about it? But complained about stuffs. And never listen to any advised as this person asked us what to do? Is this called Stubborn? Should we just give up and move on? There a lot of things I don’t understand in life. And yet, everyone think they the most pity one of all. Come on, everyone go thru what we go thru. Is about us willing to give up on something and wish for a good one to come. And I guess, everyone been always looked at the negatives. And maybe just being selfish and never care about others feeling. The feeling of hates, upset, disappoint, fears and etc.

Why would one person can be so selfish that they never care about pulling others down. A person who actually grow so high and yet because of one person. All of us fall! Is this fair??? I don’t know. In the end who suffer? Not the person who being selfish but the person who trying to help is the one who suffer. Coz the person who being selfish just sit and wait and complaint. Always assume everyone to help.

The reason why, I decided to write this is because I’m so fed up with the person who don’t help themselves. I’m so done with helping out. What will I get in the end??? Nothing! They should have look at the bigger pictures instead of now. I have so much to do, so much to dream, so much to achieve. Maybe, it’s time about ME!

Last weekend, I supposed to go to my friend’s house at Reno. But I can’t make it coz Calvin needed to fly off to Los Angeles on Monday. I don’t want Calvin to be in the rush and get tired for the trip. I knew he’s going to be very tired and busy in LA. So, I understand that.

So, we ended up planning to go to the Barbeque cook off and invited Ivy and her family. It was such a last minutes thing. When we reached there, it kinda not expected. It’s not that huge or a big thing as I thought. Maybe because, it’s was a 2^nd year for this event. But we had a great time together. It’s all about a good company. We had a best barbeque ribs. Soft and tender. The meat just came off from the bone without any hard work.

Let’s the pictures tell it all.

Calvin left for 3 days now. And I’m feeling okay. Way better that before. Maybe because I knew it was just a short trip. He called me more that he usually did this time. And I’m appreciate what he did and we been chatting online at night for couples hours. It was fun. It’s like, back to where we used to be and falling in love once again. Of course, it’s a bit different now. Maybe we both got mature somehow.

I got a SURPRISED yesterday! A surprised from Calvin. I TOTALLY not expected anything from him. I got a flower shipped all the way from San Diego. I can’t believe it. I was so so happy about it. I just can’t explain how I feel when I first saw it. I was so speechless and he called me after I put the flowers together. Gosh, he always does that to me. He made me sad, mad and etc. But in the end, he won my heart back again. I hate him for doing that. It does drive me crazy.

Kangkung is a malay word which refer to water spinach. Belacan mean Shrimp Paste.

I decided to cook this dish is because, we always graving for this dish. It so good and Calvin love it a lot. There no point of ordering in the restaurant all the time when we can try other stuffs. That’s how I decided to made this dish. How can I not know how to cook it when I born in Malaysia, right. I hope the photos tell it all.

Here a little bit of the water spinach history.

Water-spinach (Ipomoea aquatics) is a leaf vegetable native to the tropics which can be encountered in two different varieties. One has a hollow stem and large heart-shaped leaves so that it grows and flourishes in water and spreads over the surface like water-weed. When buying this variety, look for firm stems with green leaves. The second type also needs plenty of water to help it grow, but grows on land rather than in the water. The leaves are darker and thinner. As vegetables, there is hardly anything to choose between the two varieties. Both have a high vitamin C content and a slightly laxative effect. The pretty, bell-shaped white, pink, or red flowers are rarely seen even in the plant’s natural environment. Water spinach is related to the sweet potato and to morning glory.

It us not advisable to store water spinach for any length of time, as the leaves will turn yellow within a few days, and the stems will lose their firmness. As with most other leaf vegetables, water spinach shrinks when cooked and a large bunch of fresh leaves will lose two-thirds of its bulk.

Before cooking, water spinach must be carefully washed and cleaned and the tough tips of the stalks trimmed away. The leaves are separated from the thick stalks, since they do not take the same amount of time to cook. The mild flavor is similar to that of spinach as eaten in the West. Water spinach is blanched and added to salads and soups. It is particularly popular when stir-fried with a strongly-flavored paste of dried chili peppers and dried shrimp.