Out of juice

Acute gastroenteritis, 12 days of work, 7 of them on the night shift, one day of rest in between. I'm ready to fall over any second now. Just need to make it through tomorrow, unless they decide to send me to the flood disaster scene. Not likely. I really want to go - that's where the front line is and where I should be as a reporter. Sigh. We'll see. You never know.

Dad's birthday

Dad had his birthday late June, and on a Friday night after work, Michael and I made our way back to Danshui, barely awake/alive to celebrate. Dad said, "How nice of you guys to come home, and with presents too. Thanks! But you guys watch it. If you don't come back more often, Mom and I are going to take turns having birthdays every two weeks and force you guys to come home and celebrate, WITH PRESENTS." Hee hee.

Mom made her famous beef steak (but salmon for me, which I couldn't even finish half of).

Michael: (who took the rest of my fish back with him)



And me, with the cute pearl bracelet and earrings from Quyen and Daniel:


And us having fun with the night shot function on my camera:





The wanchan's supervising Mom in the kitchen, in front of a fan. Miffy was on the other side.

I love 茶葉蛋 tea eggs

Still recouping, though on the night shift. My liver isn't liking it, but oh well. Still don't have an appetite, but I eat so I can take medicine. Trouble is, I'm only eating a little, and it's not enough energy to keep me going at work. Ah, but I'm trying. Before the bedtime dose tonight, I went to the convenience store downstairs from FTV and bought a tea egg. My, are these great inventions. I love egg, I love tea, and put them together, I have lots of love in my stomach!





Photos from google images :)

Here are recipes of how to make them, in Japanese, Chinese and English