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Welcome, Baby A.

  On Baby A's birthday, the c-section surgery went as planned. I walked into the OR around 9:30am and was pushed out around 2 hours later. W was instructed to wait outside while the team was getting me prepared for anesthesia. He then got invited to come in and sat next to me while the team worked on getting Baby A out of me 😂. W was a good DJ and Baby A was born while Taylor Swift's Shake It Off was being played. So...did I feel any pain during this life-changing surgery? No, I didn't. I had a spinal block. I never felt any type of pain during the surgery. Getting the anesthesia injected - however - was the most uncomfortable part of the surgery. There was a lot of pressure. I felt my back being pulled or pushed, or something. It just felt very uncomfortable, not painful, but very uncomfortable. It was also hard to try leaning toward the source of that uncomfortableness. Learning to relax while being uncomfortable was a very hard thing to do. But it was necessary. Once it...
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Pecan Pie Without Corn Syrup (無玉米糖漿的核桃派)

I wanted to bake a pie for this year's Thanksgiving. I love Pecan Pie so it wasn't long before I decided to try make one. Upon Googling the recipe, I saw many recipes and I was shocked to see the amount of corn syrup normally used. I knew this is a sweet pie, but I didn't know that much sugar had to be added! Then, I came across a pecan pie recipe WITHOUT corn syrup from Spend With Pennies and immediately decided that was it! It's super easy and the ingredients are easy to find (most people probably already have most in their home). I only had to get brown sugar and pecans. 準備菜單的時候就想著要為今年感恩節烤個派. 我很愛河桃派 所以很快就決定了這次的派. 在Google上找食譜的時候, 看到了好多食譜 也同時嚇了一跳 原來這個派通常會用那麼多的玉米糖漿! 本就知道這個派滿甜的, 但以前不曉得原來會使用那麼多的糖! 後來, 看到了一個不使用玉米糖漿的和桃派食譜, 我馬上就決定了 就是這個派! 作法很簡單 食材也很普遍(大部分人大概家裡已有大部分食材了). 我只有需要另外買黑糖跟核桃. Here's a link to the original recipe (原食譜連結): https://www.spendwithpennies.com/easy-pecan-pie/  I followed the majority of the instructions on Spend With Pennies so I won't list out the...
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Happy Thanksgiving! 感恩節快樂!

  Happy Thanksgiving! Wow, it's already this time of the year! 2020 has brought ups and downs for us, but overall it's a good year for us. We're grateful for being healthy and no job loss despite the pandemic much of this country (and many other parts of the world) is experiencing. With the US being the #1 country in reported cases and deaths, it's almost always saddening to check the news because everyday we see and hear more about stories surrounding COVID-19. Over the years, we haven't had Thanksgiving dinner on actual Thanksgiving Day because Black Friday shopping usually began around dinner time on Thanksgiving Day so we had "Thanksgiving lunch" or "Thanksgiving Eve's dinner" instead. I think the last time we had our Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving Day was in 2009...? (if my memory is correct then oh man that's been way more than a decade! Back then our Black Friday shopping began around midnight on Thanksgiving Day and lasted th...
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[Korea 2018] Spicy Chicken & Seafood @ Yoogane Myeongdong

For our very first dinner in Korea, we went to a table-grill restaurant "Yoogane" in Myeongdong. We actually walked past it a few times while still looking around for different options, then we picked this restaurant. I remember while looking at their menu just outside of the restaurant, we saw many people speaking in Korean heading in and out of the restaurant which led us thinking "oh maybe it's a place enjoyed by locals! Let's give it a shot!"  韓國的第一個晚餐, 我們去了一家叫做"Yoogane"的餐廳, 是那種桌上有瓦斯爐在自己桌上煮的餐廳. 其實一開始還經過這家餐廳幾次, 當時還在看看旁邊還有什麼別的晚餐選擇, 然後選了這家. 還記得那時在餐廳外面看菜單時, 看到不少說韓文的客人進進出出, 那時就想 "喔! 或許當地人也滿喜歡這家　那我們就試試吧" Their menu was multi-lingual, which was convenient for non-Korean speakers! It's got Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese plus pictures for most items.  他們的菜單有著多國語言, 很方便! 韓文, 英文, 日文, 中文, 且大多附圖片所以不會韓文的客人點菜其實滿方便的！ There was also this "side dishes bar" and a "fruit bar" for customers to help themselves.  有小菜區, 跟水果區, 是...
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[Korea 2018] Street food in Myeongdong

One of the things we looked forward to, even before buying the plane tickets, was to try street food in Korea! During this trip, we tried several popular street food and Korean snacks in markets, food courts, and pop-ups on the side of the streets in Seoul and Busan. My personal favorite place to "hunt" and enjoy these, no doubt, was the street in front of our hotel in Myeong-dong ! That street was filled with food stalls and carts! It reminded me so much of the scenes and vibes of night markets that I enjoyed so very much growing up in Taiwan. And and and, so so so many delicious-smelling-looking things to try! Things I couldn't even pronounce but got so pulled into LOL! 在買機票之前, 其中一件我們兩個都期待的事情 就是嘗試各種路邊攤小吃! 這趟旅行中, 我們在首爾和釜山的市場, 美食街, 路邊試了各式各樣的路邊小吃. 而我個人最喜歡尋找小吃的地方 無庸置疑的就是當時位於 明洞的飯店前面的那條街 ! 那條街充滿了一大堆的小吃攤! 有讓我回憶起小時候在台灣長大時 很愛的夜市場景和夜市的氣氛! 還有還有, 真的是超多看起來美味又可口的東西, 叫不出名字 但對我超有吸引力 哈哈. Getting swamped by food stalls, and immerse ourselves in the local culture and flavors of local eat...
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Blue Thai Milk Tea (藍色泰式奶茶)

Those that are close to me would know I like Thai Milk Tea! It's one of my favorite drinks to order at restaurants and bubble tea places 🍵 Recently I ordered a bag of Thai tea from Raming on Amazon. I chose this particular brand because it claims to use organic tea leaves, no food coloring (so no artificial bright orange color), and blends with organic butterfly pea flowers that creates naturally-blue Thai tea.   與我相處久的人會知道我很喜歡泰式奶茶! 可說是我在餐廳和茶飲店最愛點的飲料. 最近, 我在Amazon網站上買了一包來自Raming品牌的泰國茶葉. 我選了這家品牌是因為他們宣稱使用有機茶葉, 沒用人工色素(泡出來的茶就不會有很假的亮橘色), 跟使用有機的花使泡出的茶有股天然的藍色 I've made a few batches of Thai milk tea using this bag. I am a bit disappointed with the brand (explained below), but I still make this tea at home. Also, every time I open the tea bag, it just smells so good! To be honest...I think it smells better than its' taste... 我用這包茶葉已經泡了幾次茶. 其實我對這品牌有些失望(以下會解釋), 但還是繼續在家泡這個茶. 而且, 每次打開袋子都覺得好香! 說實話, 我認為聞起來比喝起來還香... I use this Hario dripper to make it. It's small and each pour yields...
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