Summer Fruits

These are the one thing I like about summer. Summer used to be my favorite season as a kid and now I'm complaining on how hot and humid it is. I feel so old hating on summer.

My current fruit obsession is the plum. That's why I didn't even let Fuchiko pose with it.

Dim Sum

We had dimsum for our weekend brunch!

 shumai

 sticky rice in banana leaves (some kind of huuuge leaf)

beef chow foon

 monkey picked oolong tea

 

We ended up ordering 3 more dishes, but of course forgot to take pictures!

Meet Mei Xiang!

We finally got to meet Mei Xiang the Panda and she was very much enjoying her bamboo lunch.

 We also saw old Simba bathing in the sun.

 and Tigger...not bouncing around for once!

Succulents

 We bought a succulent plant last year but ruined it as we were playing with a ball. The ball (by the way two adults were playing with a ball inside the home) landed on top of the succulents and all the petals/leaves went flying.  I read somewhere online that succulents are very easy to grow, so to test it out I just planted what was leftover in another pot.

They do grow well!! But not exactly how I wanted. Am I supposed to cut off that long stem and re-plant it?

This one came from a small leaf. Very cool!

Morning Coffee

A little help with my morning coffee.

determination

NANA

I feel like a cheeseball writing about manga, but a couple of days ago, I started reading nana again and realized how entertaining manga is! Having learned Japanese a couple of years ago, the english translations seem very unnatural, but nevertheless it is a guilty pleasure.

These two girls with the same name, Nana, end up living together in Tokyo, and so the story goes. It has been also made into a movie starring Nakashima Mika and and Miyazaki Aoi.