Mooncakes!
These are Chinese mooncakes. They are a traditional treat that people eat for the mid-autumn festival, also known as the moon festival. On the day of the festival the moon was a big round disc in the sky. The green mooncakes are made of green tea and egg, the orange are Chinese dates and egg, while the white contained an unknown meat (I didn't eat the white ones but the others were delicious).
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. ... [read more] Blog: More sparrow please, but hold the milk
Date: September 27th 2008
Firstly I should apologize for not having updated this blog in a couple of weeks. As we all know when things get very busy in one part of your life (especially work), you start sacrificing time you would have otherwise spent engaging in personal activities - whether it's spending time with loved ones, exercise or....writing in blogs. The last four weeks were primarily spent working - both in "im ... read more
Date: September 27th 2008
Firstly I should apologize for not having updated this blog in a couple of weeks. As we all know when things get very busy in one part of your life (especially work), you start sacrificing time you would have otherwise spent engaging in personal activities - whether it's spending time with loved ones, exercise or....writing in blogs. The last four weeks were primarily spent working - both in "im ... read more
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