Wander With Alice

So it's a pretty special day for me today...it's my Birthday! Yay! It's exciting to be a year older, but I'm getting to that age where I don't really care too much about celebrating my birthday anymore. It's just another day of my life, and seriously I rather not get older. That being said, there is one birthday wish I would like to come true more than anything in the world and that is have one whole year, all 365 days of it to be drama-free! This 2015 has been nothing but drama and problems month after month for me. Once one problem dies down a little, another springs up in its place and frankly, I AM SICK OF IT!  Usually my average year is pretty chill with one or two minor-problems...but this year was a major melt-down. It has really tested my mental-state, my physical-state, and my financial-state. I am just ready to rest because I am tired. So if "Birthday Wishes" are real and if they do come true, if it is truly what you want and r...

Feast 1: Day Before Chinese New Year This is what I walked home to after work on Thursday. A great big feast! Chinese New Year is like Christmas in my family. My mom cooked for half the day to create this feast of nine dishes and a soup dish for four people. It was delicious.  I wasn't able to make it for the actual day of Lunar New Year, but I know that my mom makes this dish of mixed vegetables (no meat) for lunch on that day. I am sorry that I missed it, but I had to work. Maybe next year I can just take this day off, so I can enjoy that meal too. However, I was able to enjoy feast #2 at my uncle's, who is a chef. His restaurant is located in Mountain View, called China Cafe . Here is his menu for the day. The menu is impressive, right? Well check out the table. Yum! I admit, I indulged myself quite a bit the last few days, but it was so worth it. Next week there will be another feast at my mom's where everyone comes to gather there, so...