A sea lily takes a walk at the bottom of the ocean.
Cool video.
Dog fails to bite man
From theguardian: Buster the dog sacked for being too friendly.
Not such an uncommon occurence. One of my parents’ current surrogate children (read: dogs) is an ex-police dog. (One of our neighbours down the street is an ex-police dog trainer, and now runs a shelter for unwanted dogs.) It is a source of pride for the family; Benjo is introduced to every curious onlooker as our failed narco dog. He’s remarkably well-behaved, and has yet to run away from home, sleep on the streets or steal to feed his habit…
co co nut
Young coconut decapitated.
Revered author Ba Jin dies aged 100
From theguardian: Revered author Ba Jin dies aged 100
‘s a good age to go, though sad that he suffered from Parkinson’s.
家 (Family) was such a seminal work, even a banana like me read it. Took me forever though… (almost 6 months)
co co nut
Young coconut decapitated.
crack of spinach
The West LA Farmers’ Market is a relatively new market, held every Sunday morning. I love the atmosphere: everyone’s friendly and there’s always some music playing, whether it’s taped music for folk to dance to or some live jazz (which is just the thing for Sunday morning).
crack of spinach
The West LA Farmers’ Market is a relatively new market, held every Sunday morning. I love the atmosphere: everyone’s friendly and there’s always some music playing, whether it’s taped music for folk to dance to or some live jazz (which is just the thing for Sunday morning).
Cherry tomatoes and stringy pasta are my favourite quick dinner standby. While cooking up whatever dried pasta you have in, heat up a small amount of olive oil in a pan, add the toms, brown them, allowing some of them to burst, and mix in the pasta. Enjoy this highly unhealthy meal with a glass of vino.
chrysanthemum tea
I love chrysanthemum tea, but I don’t like the kind that comes in sachets. My main gripe with them is that they’re usually too sugary. So when I saw bags of flowers in a Chinese herb shop in Monterey Park, I just could not resist. To make this cup of tea, I packed the inner glass sleeve of my new fancy tea mug with dried flowers and topped it up with boiling water. If you have a sweet tooth, I’d recommend a small amount of honey (preferably one that doesn’t have too intense a flavour).
dim sum
A lor mai bao from NBC Seafood in Monterey Park, LA, a speciality of the restaurant. Lor mai (eight-treasure glutinous rice) is usually wrapped in leaves and steamed. This version has it wrapped in dumpling skin, which changes the eating experience from attempts at picking up lumps of sticky rice and rushing it to the mouth before it falls apart, to being piggish and stuffing the whole thing into an open gob.
akatsuki ra-ra-ra 