Salted Eggs with Pumpkin

Are we getting richer?'Tis a rather confusing question on some aspect .Decades ago my parents would never consider eating vegetables a higher

class diet than animal products. Meat was the most rarely seen food on dinner table that could only be discovered as an ingredient,if not the main ingredient,wrapped in dumplings during Spring Festival.Eggs,as well as dairy,were limited only to pregnant women.

Nowadays,however,our complaints o

n food supply grows even stronger. Especially with the mounting inflation. Price of food has already become a common topic among housewives.

To the contrary,we are no longer anxious of meat,what

makes us so anxious is the price of vegetables.Good vegetable is more expensive than meat and eggs,milk is the same price as mineral water.So I tend to admit that fast food store represents real food values on market--chicken is the cheapest.

My parents' dream of eating meat has come true.

Does that mean we are wealthier in front of our dishes? Not quite so. Because it's OK for our human to be a vegan,but we can't live without those

edible plants!

A healthy diet is always a luxury.

The other day I saw salted eggs on sale in a supe

rmarket:6 duck eggs for 3RMB,though cracked and probably not very fresh. Arriving home,I saw my mother forgot to use the squash which she bought specially for pumpkin congee for dinner. Naturally comes the idea of "Salted Egg wi

th Pumpkin".

"Salted Egg Yolk with Pumpkin"is renown for its deliciousness and simpleness. So do not follow my recipes which made this dish neither delicious nor health. For those responsible cookers,see the recommendation.

Salted Egg with Pumpkin(failure version)

Ingredients:

Pumpkin(I used squash): 300g its peel and seeds removed,cut into slices

6 Salted eggs: mashed

vegetable oil

Method:

heat the oil in a stir-fry pan,put in the pumpkin slices,cook until soften(edges begin to burn slightly),take out;

heat the remaining oil,put in the eggs,stir-fry until bubbles;

put in the cooked pumpkin,combine well.

Recommendations:

Use 3-4 salted egg yolks to 300g pumpkin, put in some cooking wine for smother taste;you can add a little salt if not salty enough.

For this particular dinner, my tricky squash dish goes perfectly well with my mother's tricky white congee. It's more or less going back to those old days which we were eating preserved vegetable. It was a pity. Well,time changes everything.

philosophy

This is my grandma. In this picture, you do not see a tunnel linking from her kidney to a plastic irine bag.

Thank you grandma, for finally taking that operation.

She said easily, cheerfully: “Now I don’t have to worry about finding a toilet when going anywhere.”

Were I in her shoes, I confess, I would not have that courage to keep living. But I may have to, like her.

If only standing on my own, death is the best solution to all my pain through living, and it cancels all my responsibilities, denies all my faults. Selfishly my own life is the heaviest burden I’m loath to carry.

Nevertheless I fear death. I fear the leaving of anyone who can help me, support me so I can shift my duty or punishment to a scapegoat. Selfishly how precious are their lives to me!

The purpose of life is not complex. We all live for those who love us. “I can’t live without you” is more than lyrics, is the real relationship among human spices.

The decision of survive is more or less the virtue of prudence?

Speaking of prudence, I remember my friend’s dairy.

When I was 25,I met a 30-year-old man. He said he found someone worth loving, and smiled to me.

I felt an umbrella over my head, I followed him when going out together, wearing what he considered fit, eating what he considered yummy…

But we didn’t last, he said there was something missing between us.

When I grew up to 29, I realise that I’ve always been looking for someone like him. Someone who is thoughtful, considerate and most importantly, has his own point of view.

I caught up with my 29, whereas fell behind his 30.

If only he could meet me of today…

He’s got his family…

I replied to her: you are fortunate than me.

When I was 14, I took all my father’s words as nonsense. I never ask for him until a rescue is beyond my capability. Then he comes: “Don’t worry, leave it to me.”

When I grew up to 24, His every prediction became true, including my regret.

I realise I’ve always for a wise man like him.

He is no longer giving me any guidance however I wish he would,

For me, there is no second one like him, never.

As for you, If there comes a 35, what would you do?

Silly thoughts

This is something I'll always remember:

As you know, the general election left no party able to command a majority in the House of Commons.

I said I would do all that I could to ensure a strong, stable and principled government was formed, able to tackle Britain's economic and political challenges effectively.

My constitutional duty is to make sure that a government can be formed following last Thursday's general election.

I have informed the Queen's private secretary that it is my intention to tender my resignation to the Queen.

In the event that the Queen accepts, I shall advise her to invite the leader of the Opposition to form a government.

I wish the next prime minister well as he makes the important choices for the future.

Only those that have held the office of prime minister can understand the full weight of its responsibilities and its great capacity for good.

I have been privileged to learn much about the very best in human nature and a fair amount too about its frailties, including my own.

Above all, it was a privilege to serve. And yes, I loved the job not for its prestige, its titles and its ceremony - which I do not love at all. No, I loved the job for its potential to make this country I love fairer, more tolerant, more green, more democratic, more prosperous and more just – truly a greater Britain.

In the face of many challenges in a few short years, challenges up to and including the global financial meltdown, I have always strived to serve, to do my best in the interest of Britain, its values and its people.

And let me add one thing also. I will always admire the courage I have seen in our armed forces.

And now that the political season is over, let me stress that having shaken their hands and looked into their eyes, our troops represent all that is best in out country and I will never forget all those who have died in honour and whose families today live in grief.

My resignation as leader of the Labour party will take effect immediately. And in this hour I want to thank all my colleagues, ministers, Members of Parliament. And I want to thank above all my staff, who have been friends as well as brilliant servants of the country.

Above all, I want to thank Sarah for her unwavering support as well as her love, and for her own service to our country.

I thank my sons John and Fraser for the love and joy they bring to our lives.

And as I leave the second most important job I could ever hold, I cherish even more the first – as a husband and father.

Thank you and goodbye.

I'm not qualified to give any comments.I'm not in any way related to UK,nor do I have know much about politics.

But it's true! Playing this again and again,my eyes began to swell.

I find it hard to explain my favour on Labour,certainly not merely a result from being a BBC listener.

Mr. Brown have done a good job,but he was coming at a bad time. Under such crisis,I can imagine,I may also want a change if I'm not satisfied with my current life,but I don't think any other politician can do better.

I'd better not say much,leave to to the British.It has nothing to do with me whoever sits in No.10.

Struggling to be back

My desktop on Mac Air

desktop picture taken by Quecksilber(myself)@Xi'an Botanical Garden

It's so nice to see these vivid colours,familiar layout from which I've been banned for years.I'm still behind this firewall set by our dear government.My proxy account is not yet stable. For instance,I can launch YouTube but cannot play a video;on a particular site,some of the buttons on the page don't work,and the broken links change when reload,or I get an error page after refreshing. This is why it took me hours to sign up on twitter:"create account"didn't work!

As for surfing,apart from the speed and instability of my connection,what is most painful to me is I couldn't see the pictures,especially those beautiful ones taken by individuals. They are replaced by a question mark!

All I should be grateful for is:I'm able to type some new words here.

'Tis a start... Hopefully it's not illegal:)

Being an ordinary user and an ordinary Chinese who is no insider of internet affairs.My view of this censorship is"a big joke",if not too extreme;waste of money,waste of energy,waste of time;and provides another handle for the hostile western world.

At least it's useless.GFW bans foreign communication sites and Taiwan sites.Is there any benefit for our people?This method is somewhat the style of 1970's. Blocking the nation from innovative tech and ideas. Its initial purpose,to prevent people from something they don't want to be seen?I say,the majority don't feel troubled by this GFW,or even don't know what Internet censorship is. They won't notice any"negative information"whether there's censor or not. For those ambitious activists,GFW still don't work because it's too easy to break! Moreover,what it bans is something we need to know. Isn't it a government's duty to help its residents recognise how the nation stands in the entire world?

In the interior,the censors made a long list of "sensitive words". Of cause,the content is kept secret. That is to say,for example,if I type Jiang Zemin on Google and press enter,then I'm unable to reconnect Google within 5 minutes or so. The banned words are more of a fun topic to net users. When someone discover a banned word or phrase,he announces it as a joke. Rumors behind this word spread even more popular.

I'm not complaining,nor am I unsatisfied with anything. It's China. No politics is perfect. We can only pick the better. Honestly speaking,there's no big human rights problem to the Chinese people. The western world is taking things on their culture,that make sense,to us,is a bigger joke!