夏季没有小龙虾配啤酒的夜晚，不值得出门。
炎炎夏日，约上三五好友，啤酒毛豆小龙虾，让人欲罢不能。似乎小龙虾和夏季密不可分，首选的夜宵必须是麻辣小龙虾。@victory622 小骚年说麻辣小龙虾是他每回国的动力，而麻辣小龙虾恰好是我的拿手菜！这周在老家，因为国缘酒请了马郁来给我们献唱，所以有机会在老家秀秀厨艺！
原料：龙虾3斤。
调料：姜、蒜、葱、干红辣椒、香叶、花椒、小茴香，青椒。
小龙虾是我外公已经撒网捉来送我的，很鲜活的。我不去虾线，小龙虾去玩虾线，肉肉会很松散。直接刷干净腹部头部，跑得透亮。
最近玩抖音上瘾，完美主义上身，青椒都得切出花的形状。
就问你美不美？
刷干净的小龙虾沥水，等待下锅。
放入食用油，加生姜洋葱炝锅，然后倒入小龙虾。 Continue Reading
三虾面是苏州的面点小吃。色泽鲜艳，面条柔韧滑爽，汤浓味鲜。所谓”三虾”，即虾籽、虾脑、虾仁，它们是虾身上最宝贵的东西。
舌尖上的中国2，推荐的裕兴记的三虾面，前天刷抖音，刷到老板在拌面，今天专门跑到景德路来吃面拍视频。他家店里不光有三虾面，还有松茸面，枫镇大肉面，都很出名。最贵的是三虾面，98元/碗。
老板姓朱，扎了一个小辫子，很有个性，在抖音上有几十万粉丝。 Continue Reading
天气晴好，在圆融天幕下，金鸡湖畔吃创意菜。丑牛未羊酉鸡 ，以此命名大概是因为店内菜品主打牛羊鸡。装修偏日系，不过原谅我最终也没有吃出这家是什么菜系，或者此乃创意菜系！ Continue Reading
I went to the Suzhou shopping village to buy new bags and skirts for the coming summer last weekend. Bicester shopping village is translated to “奕欧来” in Chinese. “奕” refers to a brilliant, radiant, affluent, rich, and wealthy in Chinese; “欧” literally means “Europe”, that is to say, the brand, service, and shopping environment are inspired from Europe; “奕” and “欧来” are used together to represent “elegant and luxury styles from Europe”. The word “来” also means “come with me.” It is a welcome and invitation among friends.
The Bicester shopping villages are carefully built by a great company named “Value Retail”. And this company has invited 11 distinctive shopping destinations in Europe and China. I loving shopping there because I am attracted by its luxurious and beautiful shopping environment, but also get discount, and extraordinary customer services. It has body guide at every corner to keep us feel safe and help the guest to find the right brand location as the whole shopping center is quite large.
The shopping village brings together the world’s most famous fashion and lifestyle brands to attract visitors in Suzhou.
This shopping village is highly integrated with the local history, culture, and environment. Lets take Suzhou village for an example. It is located beside the beautiful Yangcheng Lake peninsula. From the photos I taken, you could see that the Outlet blends original Venetian elements and distinctive Chinese elements in its design. The architectural style is basically inspired by the features of the Marco Polo era. It has a traditional water garden,which is peaceful and at ease.
The shopping village is ultimate destination for more than 100 international fashion and lifestyle brand boutiques. It takes place interactive art exhibitions throughout the year so that guests can enjoy different pleasures every time they shop.
Besides the Outlets in Suzhou, The company opened 9 large shopping villages in Europe. To trace back to the first shopping village, it begins in London, and this quickly spreads to Barcelona, Paris, Frankfurt… Continue Reading
旺山夜景绮丽迷人，
千家灯火不夜村，
天上星、水中月、人间灯，天地一色，恍如梦境。
灯火洒溪水，把溪水照耀得恍如白昼，分辨不清何处是水，何处是岸？
April has always been one of my favorite months of the year, not only because it is Spring here and everything is so fresh and clean, but also the delicious food from the farmhouse. When I was little girl, my cousin and I spent countless days with my grandma at the countryside, playing in the rural field, and having fun when catching bees, dragonflies, and butterflies. When I was on vacation from School, we didn’t own cars, only bicycles. I tried every way possible to ask someone’s else to carry me to my grandma’s house. It was so nice!
四月一直是一年中我最喜欢的月份之一，不仅因为四月是春天，一切都是那么清新和干净，而且还有很多农家的美味。当我还是个小女孩的时候，我和表弟表妹会乡下奶奶家玩好多天天，和一帮熊孩子们一起在捉蜜蜂、蜻蜓和蝴蝶，爬树划船无所不能。当我们学校放假时，我想尽一切办法蹭别人的车带我到外婆家去。那会我们没有汽车，只有自行车，也没有太多的污染，一切都很纯净美好。
I spent my last Valentine’s day at Wangshan with Ethan. And now we were here to spend a quiet and peaceful night together, watching the moon, stars, and listening to the sound from nature like the the croaking of frogs. I have been with Ethan for 14 years. We fall in love when I was sophomore. We have met each other at high school. At the time, we are forbidden to think about dating, only study harder and harder. But Ethan always bring me his favourite sweeties and milk. I remember one day, he gave me a bag of pure milk.Then I opened the bag with my month, and asked him for a straw. He said there’s no straw, and picked up that milk bag and drink directly. I thought he was intended to do that.
今天跟Ethan一起自驾到了旺山，准备在这里度过一个宁静的夜晚，赏月亮，看星星，听着蛙鸣蝉叫。我俩上次过来是去年的情人节。话说我和Ethan相恋到结婚已经第14个年头。大二的时候，开始谈恋爱，毕业之后相约到同一个城市工作，然后结婚。我们在高中相识。当时，我们明令禁止谈恋爱，父母和老师只会让我们更加努力地学习。但Ethan总是给我带来他最喜欢的糖果和牛奶。我记得有一天，他给了我一袋纯牛奶，然后我用我的牙齿咬开了袋子，向他要吸管。他老神在在的直接拿起牛奶袋喝，这算不算第一次间接kiss。我一直觉得他是故意那样做的！
近期碰到奇葩事了，友人圈子里的事情。
压抑不住我一颗八卦的心，赶紧动手写出来，大家一起发表感想。
去年，因为工作的原因，我接触到了政府在北京的外设单位，从总经理到总监再到我这位朋友，经过一年的时间基本都熟悉，都成为朋友，有的还经常相约。
先介绍下故事的主人公背景:
X君是这家单位的总监，负责的项目跟我有关，但一直处于对接，朋友圈点点赞的样子，所以印象中觉得此人只是还行。
Q姐是这个项目里，联系我的助教，年轻但社会，中层社会家庭的女孩子，有些叛逆，不拘小节，爱夜生活，玩得大。
Z君，小年轻，从外形到谈吐，只有一个词可以形容——屌丝青年。
G姐，海龟。中层知识分子家庭，独居，无所畏惧。
T姐，已婚小少妇。身材倍儿好，家庭普通。
故事还要从前段时间Q姐辞职说起。 Continue Reading
十年可见春去秋来，
百年可证生老病死，
千年可叹王朝更替，
万年可见斗转星移。
凡人如果用一天的视野，去窥探百万年的天地，是否就如同井底之蛙。
Ten years can see the changes of four seasons,
One hundred years can see the birth, old, illness and death of one’s life,
The millennium year can see the prosperity and defeat of a dynasty,
Ten thousand years can see the whole world moving around from A to Z.
If mortals use the vision of a day to snoop into the world for millions of years, it is like a frog in the bottom of the well.
昨天看《天行九歌》，这一段反复看了三遍，面对千古一帝嬴政，韩非子不卑不亢地说出这么一番“知春秋，晓古今，悉生死”的辩证法，果然很韩非子。
Yesterday I watched “The Skywalking Nine Songs”. I watched this part over and over again. When Han Feizi faced the questions from the eternal king of his era, he uttered the truth of life. “Knowing the Spring and Autumn, Divining the Ancient, Seeing the Present, Observing Birth and Death”. I was attracted by his great thoughts.
When I was taking photos of the green leaves at the tree branches, the soft wind was whipping my cheeks. I realized that Spring has arrived, though the weather is still quite cold in Suzhou. I think Spring is the most beautiful season here.
当我在狂拍树梢上的红花绿叶时，柔软的风在拂动我的脸颊。尽管天气还是很寒冷，春姑娘原来已经早早到来了，春天是四季里最美的季节。
There’s something a little magical when cooking for your loved ones at the weekends. The Frog Meat Fish Head Hotpot is quite popular, and my favorite restaurant is too far way, and there is no place to park my car. Last weekend, I am trying how to make frog head hot pot at home? The main material is Frog and fish head. The frog tastes tender and smooth, with fish soup. The soup is delicious, quite spicy but not dry. High-temperature boiled fish head mixed with the frog, they make each other become more delicious.
苏城最近刮起了一阵美蛙鱼头风，不过老天桥蛙炉火锅真心难停车，资深吃货周末在家琢磨怎么自制美蛙鱼头火锅，有没有人要来拜师学艺？美蛙鱼头火锅的主要材料是花鲢鱼头跟牛蛙，牛蛙入口细嫩爽滑，加上鱼汤，锅底鲜香，辣而不燥。高温火煮后的鱼头去除腥味，味道恰好能与美蛙的鲜味融合在一起，鱼头的鲜味也可以让美蛙变得更加鲜美。蛙肉和鱼肉都属于性味偏凉的食物，真正的好吃不上火。
Raw Materials:
原材料：
Fish head, bullfrog, mushrooms, and potatoes
鱼头，去皮牛蛙，香菇，土豆
The new year holiday is over, which left me a lot of work to do. I am crazy busy this week. But when I am thinking about what I have been up to, there is nothing. I only found 1000+ photos in my camera.That is a truth that I have spent time visiting around and taking pictures during the holiday.
新年假期结束了，假期给我留下了很多很多没有做完的工作，所以这周超级超级忙。但是回头想想自己大概做了哪些，似乎什么都没有。庆幸的是，假期里我拍了很多照片。
Until I work my way to sort out and pick some pictures to post, I’ll just post a few from the last few days. We just got back from my hometown, where we spent 7 days to celebrating the Chinese new year. Lots of fun with our family & friends! It was also fun seeing a few relatives and eating delicious food. If you are from some places nearby, my hometown is a good place to visit.
在我把这些照片归类整理之前，我只会在最近几天游玩的一些照片。我刚从家乡回来，在那里度过了7天，庆祝中国新年。与我们的家人和老朋友一起庆祝新年，有很多乐趣，最起码拿到了很多大红包！也拍了一些老家的风光，蓝天白云，草儿青青，牛儿哞哞。
We had a super fun when we were running around the Shantang Street. I have went through a few pictures and I a, excited to share today. The city I live is so beautiful. The pictures surprised us all.
我们在绕着美丽的山塘街上跑了一圈。小家碧玉的苏城真心太美丽了。
I went on a girls trip with @veronicazhu and @sunnyjolly. They are my two besties that I worked with. Now it’s hard to find a time where we can all get together since now we are not work at the same place anymore. So we are aiming for at least once a month. I love them. I feel the time with them is super quick. I wish the time could slow up.
我与@veronicazhu和@sunnyjolly一起的不带老公参加的聚会。她们俩都是我的中国好闺蜜。现在很难找到一个时间聚会，因为现在我们不在同一个地方工作。所以我们计划每个月至少要聚会一次。
I have taken more pictures at the sunset I want to share then tomorrow. Hope you will like them.
我还拍了很多山塘街夕阳西下的照片，明天会分享。希望你会喜欢他们。
“The osmanthus is the ultimate beauty of the things.” The city flower of Suzhou is sweet-scented osmanthus, which is a symbol of friendship, good fortune and happiness. Suzhou is known as “Garden City”, as the old saying goes, “Chinese garden is unparelled under heaven; Suzhou garden is unparelled in Jiangnan(south of the lower reaches of the Yangze River)”. There are many scenes named after osmanthus in Lingering Garden, Wang Shi Yuan, and Ou Garden. That is so called “rebuild heaven and earth within several meters”.
“物之美者，招摇之桂。”
苏州的市花是桂花，苏州人称之为木樨花，是友好、吉祥和幸福的象征。苏州素有“园林之城”之称，俗话说“江南园林甲天下，苏州园林甲江南”，留园的”闻木樨香轩”，网师园的”小山丛桂轩”，耦园的”樨廊”，以桂点景，咫尺之内再造乾坤。
Unfortunately, there is no osmanthus in Suzhou city this the cold winter. But the plum trees begin to blossom. In Chinese tradition, plum flower is a spiritual symbol of strong and noble characters, which encourages our generations go through difficulty, and create a better life and civilization. Our ancestors are bearing up well against all misfortunes like the plum flowers blossom in the freezing winter.
不幸的是，这个寒冷的冬天苏州市没有桂花。但梅树开始盛开。在中国传统中，梅花是强壮高尚人物的精神象征，鼓励我们的后代走出困境，创造美好的生活和文明。国人就像冬天盛开的梅花，抵御一切不幸，一步步走出绝境。
Plum Blossom’s Fragrance Comes from the Bitter Cold Three Parts
梅花香自苦寒来
There are two versions of Plum Blossom God in our Folk legend. One is poet Lin Kui in the Northern Song Dynasty, who secluded in a lonely mountain beside the West Lake. The other one is said to be Liu Mengmei in the Peony Pavilion of Ming Dynasty. In his dream, he met Du Liniang under the plum tree.
梅花花神有两种说法，一说是北宋诗人林逋，他隐居于西湖孤山，终生不仕。一说是明代戏曲牡丹亭中柳梦梅，在梦中，他在梅花树下遇见为情而死的杜丽娘，其后杜丽娘还魂与柳梦相结合，成就一段曲折姻缘。
