今天公司8点半开早会，我万分痛苦的爬起来，按照昨天的想法，穿了桃红色的衬衫和灰色的薄呢背心裙。等电梯的时候见到了同事，照样寒暄几句。他说：你今天有dress up啊。其实我穿着长大衣，他就看见我的丝袜靴子，看不见我的其他打扮――当然这也可以推理出我穿了裙子而不是长裤。这也就罢了，他好死不死的加上一句：平时你都打扮得很casual的。
什么嘛，虽然我天天都是衬衫黑长裤黑袜子黑皮鞋，但是每件衬衫长裤也都是熨过的，也不算便宜，恐怕比50%的男同事打扮得还整齐些。平底皮鞋也并不邋遢。这也算是casual？我恨得在刷卡进门的时候，还跟在他背后嘀咕：you guys，看见女生穿裙子高跟鞋就叫做dress up啦？
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顺便说一句：今天staff meeting的余兴节目是派红包。（主持者是一个越南人和一个印度人）一百多份印有“恭喜发财”的红包里有5张彩票。幸运儿如果中大奖的话必须和全公司分享――除非有人能中了大奖继续兢兢业业不声不响地在公司工作半年以上....
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secret santa
现在说这个话题过季了，不过之前一直懒得写下来。我新进的公司圣诞除了派对，还有个传统的secret santa活动――很多人可能已经知道怎么玩儿了，不过还是让我
灌水---又是西班牙语
灌水---又是西班牙语
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Once my daughter received an envelope with a $20 bill in it at her birthday party. On the thank-you note, instead of the usual " Thank you for your necklace, it matches with all my outfits, I love it!", I wrote (for my daughter) something like:" Thank you for your gift, it matches with all my wishes, I love it!".花差花差小将军 wrote:Everytime such terrible things happen to me I always ask why could't they just give me cash
Honestly, I love cash. I have a Starbucks gift card stashed in my purse for god knows how long, never have the time, mood and right company to actually use it, too bad they don't serve alcohol.
I prefer gift than cash. But I am so picky about gift, my friends perfer to give me cash than gift.... To settle the difference I give out wishlist...but gifts on the list don't make me as happy as unexpected gifts....such is life.
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I am very hard to impress (I learned) so people usually give me multiple gifts hoping I won't return them all. Usually I would like every one out of three. Some even have developed the habit of hiding some backup gifts in case I don't like any. That's why I say cash is the best, if you want to make it look better, give me Amex cash checks 
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helenClaire wrote:Once my daughter received an envelope with a $20 bill in it at her birthday party. On the thank-you note, instead of the usual " Thank you for your necklace, it matches with all my outfits, I love it!", I wrote (for my daughter) something like:" Thank you for your gift, it matches with all my wishes, I love it!".
she has inexpensive wishes still 乡音无改鬓毛衰
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Amex gift checks look even better.花差花差小将军 wrote:if you want to make it look better, give me Amex cash checks
This last summer when I was in China visiting my parents, my brother dragged me aside one day and said:"Since you're here, why don't we re-calculate the date by lunar calendar, round up the years and celebrate Mom' birthday tomorrow?" I was caught in surprise, so I stuffed the red envelope with all the Ben Franklin bills I had at that time. I'm lucky that giving cash suits traditional Chinese custom well.
Is this Moby Dick? Ah, drool. When I was working for the company in Bethesda, there's a Moby Dick across the street, which I visited a lot.
The yogurt soda is called Doogh. It's an acquired taste even for me. Kind of weird. Yogurt-y but not sweet with a lot of bubbles.
The rice is my vice. Cooked in oil and salt seasoned with saffron and served with a little butter. Ugh. Very fattening, but to me it's so addictive.
I don't know there's a difference between Persian and Iranian. As far as I know (mostly info from my previous coworker, an Iranian beauty) there isn't any difference.
The bread is nice too, but my teeth are weak and so I prefer the Indian naan. Chewy.
The stews are lengthy and labor intensive to make, which is why there's only 1 special a day. If this is indeed Moby Dick, you have to try their Thursday special (I know, I've eaten there way too many times) -- chichen marinated in lemon juice and saffron and baked to buttery tenderness. That's my favorite of their specials.
Of all the Iranian stews, my very favorite dish is Fessenjan. It's beef or chicken slowly cooked in a thick brown sauce made from ground pomegranate and walnut. Sooooo rich and fat. It's sweet, sour, nutty ... Yum... Unfortunately the only restaurant that I know that serves it recently closed down. Moby Dick does not sell it. The defunct restaurant used to have this mouth-watering roasted leg of lamb...
Like Indian buffet, I can't eat Iranian food too often. But the variety is somewhat limited.
The yogurt soda is called Doogh. It's an acquired taste even for me. Kind of weird. Yogurt-y but not sweet with a lot of bubbles.
The rice is my vice. Cooked in oil and salt seasoned with saffron and served with a little butter. Ugh. Very fattening, but to me it's so addictive.
I don't know there's a difference between Persian and Iranian. As far as I know (mostly info from my previous coworker, an Iranian beauty) there isn't any difference.
The bread is nice too, but my teeth are weak and so I prefer the Indian naan. Chewy.
The stews are lengthy and labor intensive to make, which is why there's only 1 special a day. If this is indeed Moby Dick, you have to try their Thursday special (I know, I've eaten there way too many times) -- chichen marinated in lemon juice and saffron and baked to buttery tenderness. That's my favorite of their specials.
Of all the Iranian stews, my very favorite dish is Fessenjan. It's beef or chicken slowly cooked in a thick brown sauce made from ground pomegranate and walnut. Sooooo rich and fat. It's sweet, sour, nutty ... Yum... Unfortunately the only restaurant that I know that serves it recently closed down. Moby Dick does not sell it. The defunct restaurant used to have this mouth-watering roasted leg of lamb...
Like Indian buffet, I can't eat Iranian food too often. But the variety is somewhat limited.
. 现在IRANIAN在美国日子也更不好过了, 也不排除有些人故意拉开距离的说. 我必需要跳出来，我们去过好几次Gaithersburg那个moby dick's kabob, 很好吃，双双特别喜欢他家的米饭，称之为“yellow 饭饭”，面饼也好吃，他们跟它叫面包的好象，热乎乎地端上来，我都不用蘸那个白色酸酸的dip source就能吃2块儿。我们每次就点那个羊肉串和牛肉香肠，牛肉香肠给两根配米饭，香肠里面有点碎洋葱，很香，双双都能吃不少。
对了，Gaithersburg那个是在个shopping center里面，离shady grove hospital很近，除了这个还有chipole (就是那个号称用all natural ingredient的墨西哥快餐），taipei tokoyo中式快餐卖巨便宜的sushi。
对了，Gaithersburg那个是在个shopping center里面，离shady grove hospital很近，除了这个还有chipole (就是那个号称用all natural ingredient的墨西哥快餐），taipei tokoyo中式快餐卖巨便宜的sushi。
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我最近吃了一家阿富汗餐馆. 是某人土尔其同事推荐的. 据说弯曲很多阿富汗人, 觉得应该正宗. 去了有点失望. 菜单很单一, 主菜就是烤肉,炖肉, 一份一磅左右. 特菜是烧烤羊排, 完全美国式, 还没我烤的好. 倒是炖肉加很多香料有点特色. 米饭和大饼还不错. 大饼厚厚的有劲道. 饮料甜点看来看去都是酸奶做的, 算了.
我有点不明白, 点的KABAK上来就是几大块烤肉, 加切开的厚饼. 好象在法国吃北非人做的是孜然羊肉片, 加蔬菜, 卷在薄饼里. 不知道哪个才是正宗的. 我有点疑心这家不正宗, 坐的满满的都是白人, 几个东亚人. 装修倒漂亮,很多美丽的手工织毯.
不过如果我给非华人推荐中餐馆也不会推荐真正正宗的.
我有点不明白, 点的KABAK上来就是几大块烤肉, 加切开的厚饼. 好象在法国吃北非人做的是孜然羊肉片, 加蔬菜, 卷在薄饼里. 不知道哪个才是正宗的. 我有点疑心这家不正宗, 坐的满满的都是白人, 几个东亚人. 装修倒漂亮,很多美丽的手工织毯.
不过如果我给非华人推荐中餐馆也不会推荐真正正宗的.
餐馆还是要推荐正宗的，吃过正宗的人都不喜欢非正宗的中国菜了。特别是中国式的清炒蔬菜，很多人都深深地被shock了：清炒西兰花，白菜熬豆腐原来可以这么好吃。
小爱现在比中国人还势利地对都柏林的Chinese takeaway不屑一顾，而且学着只进另一种语言和英文兼备的异国餐馆。如果不是，他就疑心这间店是专骗白人的。
爱尔兰的中餐外卖还真多，连他家乡的小镇都有两家，算上一间fish and chips，就是整个小镇的快餐资源了。
小爱现在比中国人还势利地对都柏林的Chinese takeaway不屑一顾，而且学着只进另一种语言和英文兼备的异国餐馆。如果不是，他就疑心这间店是专骗白人的。
爱尔兰的中餐外卖还真多，连他家乡的小镇都有两家，算上一间fish and chips，就是整个小镇的快餐资源了。
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海鲜饭的做法比较特别。
需要的材料有海鲜（我们用的就是超市里买来的混合海鲜，也可以自己搭配，个人认为一定要有虾仁，青口，鱿鱼才好吃），洋葱，鸡汤，橄榄油，大米，藏红花粉（英国也应该有卖，我的是去年去西班牙旅行的时候在当地超市里买的 ）。
首先要准备一锅鸡汤待用，可以是用鸡腿自己煮出来的也可以用chicken stock煮出来的。
1。小半颗洋葱切成小粒，用橄榄油（多放一点油因为之后要放很多米进去不然会糊掉）在锅内爆香，放入海鲜翻炒。
2。海鲜略炒之后放入大米，注意，是干的大米，生的哈。翻炒，让大米和橄榄油还有海鲜充分混合。
3。倒入一些鸡汤，搅拌，转小火，让大米在鸡汤里慢慢的煮。重复这个过程，就是说见到米饭把鸡汤吸收进去了就再加鸡汤，一直加，像煮粥一样的让米饭一直保持浸泡在鸡汤里的状态。这个过程要很久，要有耐心，一直注意来回翻动米饭以免糊底。这个过程中可以按口味加盐。
4。米饭差不多熟了的时候用一点鸡汤加藏红花粉搅匀，倒入米饭中，开大火一边搅拌一边收汁，差不多粘稠的时候后就关火，要有一点点汤粘粘的状态才好吃。好了，大功告成，开吃
ps,我在西班牙的时候吃了n家餐厅的海鲜饭，好吃是好吃，但是一个共同点就是--咸 所有餐厅做出来的海鲜饭都很咸，不知道是海鲜饭本来就是很咸的还是西班牙人的口味太重 。自己做的海鲜饭就不会有这个问题，因为盐的分量是自己控制的，建议一边加盐一边品尝一下以确定合适的咸度。
藏红花粉类似于食用色素，它就是使西班牙海鲜饭变黄的秘密，个人认为对口味不会有什么影响，但是对海鲜饭的成色来说是非常非常重要的。毕竟不黄的话就不算正宗的海鲜饭了，所以还是强烈建议大家能买到的话就一定要用。
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