Comic: In the kitchen
Sep. 4th, 2016 10:19 pm
This conversation happened some years ago when I was still living with my parents! Happy father's day, Dad. I miss you and these silly conversations.
This conversation happened some years ago when I was still living with my parents! Happy father's day, Dad. I miss you and these silly conversations.
My friend
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zorana is looking for fans of colour to interview for her PhD - it's an interesting project, and more information is at the link!She sez:
I'm basically trying to record non-white experiences of fandom and hoping to show that there's a whole range of ways in which people deal with these highly flawed texts that we love, as well as how that's reflected in fan work and fandom communities. I want to show that we've always been here, whether as lurkers, creators, beta-readers or what have you. That there is no one way or "right way" to approach issues of race in fandom but it is and always has been something that impacts our experiences in a whole host of ways.
short story rec
Mar. 23rd, 2014 10:05 pmI quite enjoyed J.Y.L. Koh's The Three-Dimensional Yellow Man and its Australian setting. Hat tip to my sister for linking me!
not in love with "Analogue: A Hate Story"
Dec. 26th, 2013 08:27 pmHuh. I just finished Analogue: A Hate Story, and although I wanted to like this game, it just leaves me feeling disappointed and iffy.
It is a visual novel that reminds me of a dating-sim type game with the semi-moving character images, text-based dialogue and logs, and choices/interactions that lead to multiple endings. I liked some things but didn't like it overall because of lack of nuanced representation and racism.
( spoilers )
It is a visual novel that reminds me of a dating-sim type game with the semi-moving character images, text-based dialogue and logs, and choices/interactions that lead to multiple endings. I liked some things but didn't like it overall because of lack of nuanced representation and racism.
( spoilers )
happy things
Sep. 25th, 2013 08:30 pmIt's been a while! I just haven't had much motivation to write or do much lately. My knitting has stalled (sorry Dad, your vest will have to wait!), my job has been go go go, and dance is slowly consuming my free time. I've been loving reading everyone's happy things lately, and it's time I went back to making such lists.
+ Learning tango has been awesome for the last four months. It leaves me buzzing, even the challenging technique class yesterday! We've started training for a competition (first prize gets a trip to Buenos Aires!) - it's highly unlikely that I'd end up competing, but I'm just happy if my dancing gets better by a few notches.
+ Alex was listless and ill, and after a course of antibiotics and slowly trying to get more nutrients in his diet, he's back to his usual noisy self! I'm having fun giving him new fruits and veges to eat. His hands down favourite is cooked pumpkin, which gets smeared all over his facial feathers.
+ Watching Sleepy Hollow with J and catching up with Elementary with my sister. Awesome women of colour with their white male sidekicks ftw?
+ Managing to fill in my eyebrows evenly!
+ At last, an Australian-centric social justice/media/fandom blog: No Award, run byyiduiqie and her friend.
+ This song:
If there's no love, then I'll wait
I'm gonna blow a fuse
Even if I'm betrayed, still
It's not like I'm giving up!
One chance
I'll pull it out and bet it all
I won't let it end like this!
+ These songs involving stringed instruments:
(I don't know any songs by One Direction - but this cover sounded good!)
+ Learning tango has been awesome for the last four months. It leaves me buzzing, even the challenging technique class yesterday! We've started training for a competition (first prize gets a trip to Buenos Aires!) - it's highly unlikely that I'd end up competing, but I'm just happy if my dancing gets better by a few notches.
+ Alex was listless and ill, and after a course of antibiotics and slowly trying to get more nutrients in his diet, he's back to his usual noisy self! I'm having fun giving him new fruits and veges to eat. His hands down favourite is cooked pumpkin, which gets smeared all over his facial feathers.
+ Watching Sleepy Hollow with J and catching up with Elementary with my sister. Awesome women of colour with their white male sidekicks ftw?
+ Managing to fill in my eyebrows evenly!
+ At last, an Australian-centric social justice/media/fandom blog: No Award, run by
yiduiqie and her friend. + This song:
If there's no love, then I'll wait
I'm gonna blow a fuse
Even if I'm betrayed, still
It's not like I'm giving up!
One chance
I'll pull it out and bet it all
I won't let it end like this!
+ These songs involving stringed instruments:
(I don't know any songs by One Direction - but this cover sounded good!)
I can't stop making these cookies! They outstrip Western-style peanut cookies: the ones that often require peanut butter, a criss-cross fork indentation on top, and to cream together butter and sugar which I just can't be bothered to do. Huāshēng bǐng are initially a little crunchy, then crumble and melt in your mouth. They are also not too sweet and highly addictive. I sought out the recipe so I could make a jarful for Mum, who likes peanuts in anything, only to find that Dad really liked them too (and probably ate more of them than Mum).
Effort/accessibility: Requires kneading and shaping dough with hands - lots of rolling the dough into balls. Dirties one wok/pan (but you can skip that step), food processor, measuring cups/spoons, and one mixing bowl. This recipe is vegetarian but not vegan - for the latter I think one could omit the egg wash and replace the butter with additional peanut oil or another vegetable shortening.
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我已经写过我的中秋节；现在我要写我的新年，好吗?
今年我没有买新衣服，可是我剪头发。除夕我们去爸爸妈妈的家吃年夜饭。我们吃鱼生，烤鸭，烧肉，饺子，鸡肉，和火锅。都很好吃！ 当晚我拉肚子...不好玩。我们家在打麻将，我只能躺着。爸爸说，＂你应该打麻将，这样就不会只想着肚子痛。＂ 他说的对；打麻将有效！
隔天，我去教会然后去君仪（我的中文老师也是我的朋友）的家，吃晚餐。 她的妈妈做饭，牛肉面和豆腐！我最喜欢。下午我们打麻将。 我自摸得很多；很奇怪。 和我的朋友打麻将，好玩！
I've already written about my Mid-Autumn Festival; now I'm going to write about my Chinese New Year, okay?
This year I didn't buy new clothes, but I did have a hair cut. On chuxi, we went to my parents' house for a reunion dinner. We ate yee sang, roast duck, siew yok, dumplings, chicken, and steamboat. It was all delicious! That night I had diarrhea...not fun. While I was lying down, my family were playing mahjong. Dad said, "You should play mahjong, otherwise you will be concentrating on the stomach pain." What he said was right; playing mahjong was effective!
The next day, I went to church and had lunch at Jada's (my Mandarin teacher and friend) house. Her mum made lunch, beef noodles and tofu! I really liked it. That afternoon, we played mahjong. I won by zi mo [self-draw] a lot; very weird! Playing mahjong with my friends is really fun!
今年我没有买新衣服，可是我剪头发。除夕我们去爸爸妈妈的家吃年夜饭。我们吃鱼生，烤鸭，烧肉，饺子，鸡肉，和火锅。都很好吃！ 当晚我拉肚子...不好玩。我们家在打麻将，我只能躺着。爸爸说，＂你应该打麻将，这样就不会只想着肚子痛。＂ 他说的对；打麻将有效！
隔天，我去教会然后去君仪（我的中文老师也是我的朋友）的家，吃晚餐。 她的妈妈做饭，牛肉面和豆腐！我最喜欢。下午我们打麻将。 我自摸得很多；很奇怪。 和我的朋友打麻将，好玩！
I've already written about my Mid-Autumn Festival; now I'm going to write about my Chinese New Year, okay?
This year I didn't buy new clothes, but I did have a hair cut. On chuxi, we went to my parents' house for a reunion dinner. We ate yee sang, roast duck, siew yok, dumplings, chicken, and steamboat. It was all delicious! That night I had diarrhea...not fun. While I was lying down, my family were playing mahjong. Dad said, "You should play mahjong, otherwise you will be concentrating on the stomach pain." What he said was right; playing mahjong was effective!
The next day, I went to church and had lunch at Jada's (my Mandarin teacher and friend) house. Her mum made lunch, beef noodles and tofu! I really liked it. That afternoon, we played mahjong. I won by zi mo [self-draw] a lot; very weird! Playing mahjong with my friends is really fun!
things read and watched
Feb. 5th, 2013 09:19 pm♠ Taymiya Zaman writes about Not talking about Pakistan, which brought tears to my eyes and defied being encapsulated in a grab quote when I tried.
♠ Babakiueria (1986), a satire on Australian colonialism that is so on point.
♠ Filipino drama series Amaya with English subs. I had bookmarked this a little while ago and have chewed through about 15 episodes. It features the Prophecies Are Always Right trope and in that sense I feel like I am always hoping for comeuppance that feels so far away? But I enjoy the pre-colonial setting, the costumes, and the occasional singing.
♠ Lizzie Bennet Diaries - I wished so much more from this show and have not got it (e.g., more Charlotte Lu, a more cohesive narrative, a sparkling and likeable Lizzie Bennet, more Charlotte Lu...). Of late, the emotional abuse was difficult to watch, and the victim blaming is really problematic. =\
♠ Upbeat, colorful teasers for Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek (Dramabeans) really caught my eye... I really like it when couples in romcom dramas have synergy in their professional lives and respect each others' talents. <3333
♠ Babakiueria (1986), a satire on Australian colonialism that is so on point.
♠ Filipino drama series Amaya with English subs. I had bookmarked this a little while ago and have chewed through about 15 episodes. It features the Prophecies Are Always Right trope and in that sense I feel like I am always hoping for comeuppance that feels so far away? But I enjoy the pre-colonial setting, the costumes, and the occasional singing.
♠ Lizzie Bennet Diaries - I wished so much more from this show and have not got it (e.g., more Charlotte Lu, a more cohesive narrative, a sparkling and likeable Lizzie Bennet, more Charlotte Lu...). Of late, the emotional abuse was difficult to watch, and the victim blaming is really problematic. =\
♠ Upbeat, colorful teasers for Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek (Dramabeans) really caught my eye... I really like it when couples in romcom dramas have synergy in their professional lives and respect each others' talents. <3333
Below is a description of my job, using the only the thousand most common words in English. I used the Up-Goer Five Text Editor, and saw this via nanila, who wrote about being a super cool spacecraft engineer!
Words I could not use: therapy, behaviour, feelings, emotions, shame, test, diagnosis, assessment.
nanila, who wrote about being a super cool spacecraft engineer!People come to talk to me about their problems. They could be grown-ups or children. They could be feeling all kinds of things: sad, worried, angry, confused, hurt, or bad. They might have problems with their family, friends, and work. I listen to them a lot. I ask them questions about themselves, like how long they have had their problem, what they do about it, their situation, their family, and the things they did in the past. We work together to change the way they feel by changing the way they see and do things in their life. They might go home and try to think and do new things, and then they come back to tell me how it went.
Sometimes we laugh about the things we talk about, sometimes it is hard work to talk, and sometimes there are tears. I help people feel the hurts they were not allowed to feel before, and when this comes out people feel much better over time. I help them tell their stories to help the pain go away.
I have learned how to give a name to the set of things that people are thinking and doing when they don't feel good -- and this is usually a name that makes sense to doctors and other people who could help them. Some people like to know the name as it helps them feel less alone and that their problems were real after all, and some people don't like to know because they think it might make other people think worse of them. The name doesn't really matter though; what matters is that they are hurting somewhere and they want it to stop. Sometimes I get people to answer questions or do some games so I can see what they might have trouble doing in their life. Once we know the bits they have trouble with, we can come up with ways to do things better and to feel better.
I work in a place that lets people talk to me for free. I think this is important because getting this sort of help should not be just for people who can pay for it. Doing this job is hard work because I have to think on my feet a lot, and people often have very sad stories that leave my heart hurting. But this work makes people feel good, and that makes me feel warm and full of hope.
Words I could not use: therapy, behaviour, feelings, emotions, shame, test, diagnosis, assessment.
Yuletide 2012 recs
Jan. 1st, 2013 01:15 pmI spent the last few days perusing the Yuletide fic collection. It was a bit decadent really - about 40 degrees outside, air conditioning inside, and me on the couch wrapped up in a blanket because my feet were cold. I enjoyed the following:
( Fandoms: Calvin and Hobbes/Hobbes and Bacon; Cowboy Bebop; Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio - Pú Sônglíng; Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin; Hatoful Boyfriend; Portal; Discworld - Terry Pratchett; Spirited Away; Princess Tutu; xkcd )
( Fandoms: Calvin and Hobbes/Hobbes and Bacon; Cowboy Bebop; Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio - Pú Sônglíng; Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin; Hatoful Boyfriend; Portal; Discworld - Terry Pratchett; Spirited Away; Princess Tutu; xkcd )
notes on no-churn ice creams
Sep. 29th, 2012 12:03 pmI was doing some delicious research and thought I'd share for other lazy ice-cream makers out there.
This is the recipe that kicked off my slight obsession: No churn strawberry cheesecake ice-cream. I've found that passionfruit pulp makes a very good replacement. I've also made the following cheese-less versions for pregnant friends:
600 ml double cream (yet to see if just whipping cream will suffice)
A guesstimated half-can of condensed milk (the can was 400g)
340g can of passionfruit pulp / strawberries prepared as in the above recipe
Using an electric mixer with a whisk attachment, whip the cream and condensed milk together until it forms peaks. Put it into a lidded container and swirl in the passionfruit pulp/strawberries. Freeze for 6-8 hours. Makes a bit less than 2 litres of tangy ice cream.
Untried recipes
Mango and saffron swirl ice cream - it got me when it said it tastes exactly like a Mango & Cream Weis bar. THEY ARE AMAZING, and for me bring back memories of eating them outside Cafe Ela after Intro to Social Work. And oh wow, I just found this recipe: Frozen mango bars
No churn vegan chocolate coconut ice cream - except this requires some hand-churning, which I am too lazy to do
Almond Joy icecream (coconut + almond)
No churn bitter orange ice cream
Creamy lemon ice cream
No churn mint chocolate chip ice cream - Artificial mint flavour is not my favourite in ice cream, but maybe this will be different
Easy honey ice cream with burnt toffee popcorn
Could be modified into a no-churn recipe maybe
Black sesame ice cream - I'm a total sucker for black sesame flavour. Maybe a similar sort of thing can be done with matcha powder, or an Earl Grey tea infusion (with a bit of lemon juice added!).
This is the recipe that kicked off my slight obsession: No churn strawberry cheesecake ice-cream. I've found that passionfruit pulp makes a very good replacement. I've also made the following cheese-less versions for pregnant friends:
600 ml double cream (yet to see if just whipping cream will suffice)
A guesstimated half-can of condensed milk (the can was 400g)
340g can of passionfruit pulp / strawberries prepared as in the above recipe
Using an electric mixer with a whisk attachment, whip the cream and condensed milk together until it forms peaks. Put it into a lidded container and swirl in the passionfruit pulp/strawberries. Freeze for 6-8 hours. Makes a bit less than 2 litres of tangy ice cream.
Untried recipes
Mango and saffron swirl ice cream - it got me when it said it tastes exactly like a Mango & Cream Weis bar. THEY ARE AMAZING, and for me bring back memories of eating them outside Cafe Ela after Intro to Social Work. And oh wow, I just found this recipe: Frozen mango bars
No churn vegan chocolate coconut ice cream - except this requires some hand-churning, which I am too lazy to do
Almond Joy icecream (coconut + almond)
No churn bitter orange ice cream
Creamy lemon ice cream
No churn mint chocolate chip ice cream - Artificial mint flavour is not my favourite in ice cream, but maybe this will be different
Easy honey ice cream with burnt toffee popcorn
Could be modified into a no-churn recipe maybe
Black sesame ice cream - I'm a total sucker for black sesame flavour. Maybe a similar sort of thing can be done with matcha powder, or an Earl Grey tea infusion (with a bit of lemon juice added!).
skip beat fanfic rec
Sep. 28th, 2012 09:54 pmFive Times Kyoko Did Not Expect Fannish Shipping Explosions, in which Kyoko gets cast in adaptations of popular works, hits all my meta/crossover buttons, and makes me laugh a lot.
kitchenware meme
Sep. 24th, 2012 08:05 pm(via inkstone)
Bold the ones you have and use at least once a year, italicize the ones you have and don't use, strike through the ones you have had but got rid of.
I use most of the cookware I own; there's just no space in my unit to keep unused things (including ornaments; I hate them). From where I'm sitting I can see an electric frypan -- a wedding gift -- that I do not use very often; I could buy some Korean-style meat cuts and change that though. >_> Of the above, the two most important things are the rice cooker and the breadmaker, both of which are used several times a week.
Also, I learned what cookie presses and banana stands are. Who knew.
inkstone)Bold the ones you have and use at least once a year, italicize the ones you have and don't use, strike through the ones you have had but got rid of.
I wonder how many pasta machines, breadmakers, juicers, blenders, deep fat fryers, egg boilers, melon ballers, sandwich makers, pastry brushes, cheese knives, electric woks, miniature salad spinners, griddle pans, jam funnels, meat thermometers, filleting knives, egg poachers, cake stands, garlic presses, margarita glasses, tea strainers, bamboo steamers, pizza stones, coffee grinders, milk frothers, piping bags, banana stands, fluted pastry wheels, tagine dishes, conical strainers, rice cookers, steam cookers, pressure cookers, slow cookers, spaetzle makers, cookie presses, gravy strainers, double boilers (bains marie), sukiyaki stoves, food processors, ice cream makers, takoyaki makers, and fondue sets languish dustily at the back of the nation's cupboards.
I use most of the cookware I own; there's just no space in my unit to keep unused things (including ornaments; I hate them). From where I'm sitting I can see an electric frypan -- a wedding gift -- that I do not use very often; I could buy some Korean-style meat cuts and change that though. >_> Of the above, the two most important things are the rice cooker and the breadmaker, both of which are used several times a week.
Also, I learned what cookie presses and banana stands are. Who knew.
mixed-bag links
Sep. 4th, 2012 08:18 pm♠ The name and the face by Juliana Qian.
I nearly teared up with this article. FYI - The author talks about the streaming of Asian languages into "background speakers" and "X as a second language" in her state's tertiary entrance exams, while non-Asian languages only have one stream. I checked out my home state's curriculum; we offers less languages, but same streaming (unsure about the criteria for "background" speakers; seeing as the Chinese entrance exams' syllabus derives from the east coast, it may be similar to what Qian outlines in her article).
♠ Claudia Kishi: My Asian-American female role model of the '90s by Yumi Sakugawa. Image-heavy as it's a comic! Love it! Unlike the author, as a young'un I really paid attention to Trini Kwan AKA Yellow Ranger. *_*
♠ So last year I started playing a demo of Hatoful Boyfriend, a pigeon-dating sim. The route that I played through was entirely sad and I didn't expect it! S kindly linked me to someone's hilarious playthrough of different story routes in the demo and a few story routes in the full game (WARNING for hilarity and time-suck). I am seriously considering buying the full game because the quality of the writing is AWESOME.
♠ Brutal Knitting (TW: disturbing imagery), a Tumblr of Tracy Widdess's knitted scifi-inspired monster masks.
♠ I don't know if other people ever wondered how to re-pot orchids and how you should cut back the stalk, but if you do: RePot Me.com's repotting clinic. I bought a phalaenopsis orchid a few months ago for my office; orchids are my favourite flower but maaaan I'm a bit worried that I'm going to kill it!
This face and this name give rise to assumptions about access to culture I haven’t always had. At other times, I stubbornly refused to learn: speaking Chinese is only cool or impressive when you’re not Chinese. As a child I was dismissive – why bother when I already have the name and the face?
For years I was embarrassed to speak Chinese in public. It might be urbane for Kevin Rudd, but people might think I couldn’t speak English. Like many non-Indigenous people of colour, I used language to legitimise my presence in this country. I offered my Australian accent like an excuse for my face. The accent is crucial; more important than any other measure of linguistic competence, it offers immediate protection. But this is only for the bearer, the soon-to-be-disillusioned offspring of adult migrants whose voices were stuck in another country. My generation was promised equality after assimilation; mostly, we sold our parents out.
I nearly teared up with this article. FYI - The author talks about the streaming of Asian languages into "background speakers" and "X as a second language" in her state's tertiary entrance exams, while non-Asian languages only have one stream. I checked out my home state's curriculum; we offers less languages, but same streaming (unsure about the criteria for "background" speakers; seeing as the Chinese entrance exams' syllabus derives from the east coast, it may be similar to what Qian outlines in her article).
♠ Claudia Kishi: My Asian-American female role model of the '90s by Yumi Sakugawa. Image-heavy as it's a comic! Love it! Unlike the author, as a young'un I really paid attention to Trini Kwan AKA Yellow Ranger. *_*
♠ So last year I started playing a demo of Hatoful Boyfriend, a pigeon-dating sim. The route that I played through was entirely sad and I didn't expect it! S kindly linked me to someone's hilarious playthrough of different story routes in the demo and a few story routes in the full game (WARNING for hilarity and time-suck). I am seriously considering buying the full game because the quality of the writing is AWESOME.
♠ Brutal Knitting (TW: disturbing imagery), a Tumblr of Tracy Widdess's knitted scifi-inspired monster masks.
♠ I don't know if other people ever wondered how to re-pot orchids and how you should cut back the stalk, but if you do: RePot Me.com's repotting clinic. I bought a phalaenopsis orchid a few months ago for my office; orchids are my favourite flower but maaaan I'm a bit worried that I'm going to kill it!
