Breakfast Sandwich Day 2

WOO second day without oatmeal. This time, I decided to add more! I heard from one of my friends from school that adding avocado to bagels was good, so I wanted to try. But turns out that the avocado I had wasn't ripe enough, so I had crunchy avocado chunks instead. The avocado taste isn't extremely strong, especially buried under all these layers, so I really should try again!

Here are the layers from top to bottom:

-Everything bagel I think?
-scrambled (but in one piece) eggs + corn
-two strips of turkey bacon, folded over in order to fit
-diced avocado
-honey almond smear from Einstein Bagel Bros.

Candy from the Island, specifically the Muji store

I brought back these marshmallows from Taiwan. They're from the store Muji, this Japanese store. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THAT STORE AND WANTED TO BUY EVERYTHING FROM IT. They sell stuff that's designed simplistically, but also beautifully. Luckily for my wallet, I did not buy anything except for these marshmallows.

I was REALLY really really tempted to buy these notebooks made from recycled paper, but I have too many. The paper was sooo soft and smooth like a baby's bottom, I rubbed it against my face. Not that I have ever rubbed my face against a baby's bottom and risked getting pooped on.

So now there are a few notebooks in the Taichung Muji with my facial oils on it.. teehee.

But anyway, these strawberry marshmallows are amazing! They're super soft and seemed to be stuffed and fluffed up with air. You can actually hear the tiny air bubbles while you chew.  I am sad they only have Muji in NYC.. but I will enjoy the online store!

Breakfast Bagel Intermission!!

For the past two days, I've been eating breakfast bagels because I've been waking up before the oatmeal cooker gets up! And also because we bought bagels.

So my friend and I at school have a thing for breakfast bagels.. and we go eat them every once in a while. BUT it's quite nice to make your own!

Layers from top to bottom:

-I believe it is an.. everything bagel
-scrambled, but in one piece egg + corn + green onion
-smoked salmon cream cheese spread from Einstein Bros.
-other bagel half

Many Failed Yodas

Been trying to make this origami yoda for my good friend for quite a while, I have.  Many failed attempts, there are. Because of my jet-lag, this morning at three and continued working on it and finally finished!  Tough and it seems that there are many little subtleties that could make it perfect, it was.  The most difficult part to figure out, the hand was. I do some more origami want to!

The diagram and instructional videos, this is where I got.

Many failed yodas here, there are.  

Most complete and best crafted, these two are.  

Orange Yoda

Speak like yoda want to, hmm?  

Steel Cut Oats Adventures

When we returned, we found that my dad had replaced the Country Choice Multigrain Oatmeal with Country Choice Steel Cut Oatmeal. That stuff that you have to cook for half an hour and is very chewy.

My mom: How long do you have to cook this?
Me: Half an hour..
My mom: We're going to starve to death!
Me: yeah, or else the oats are going to be very hard
My mom: We're going to have indigestion!
Me: ... some dangerous oatmeal this is.

-Country Choice Steel Cut Oatmeal

-Some kind of O's cereal

-cinnamon

-Some kind of square cereal

-honey

.. I may be jetlagged..

Leaving the Beautiful Island

So I left Taiwan a few days ago and ate quite a lot in the last few days before leaving. We ate with a lot of people at once and so there was a looooot of food. On the airplane back, I peeked out the window again to see the most beautiful layering of mountains I have ever seen. I don't think my photographs quite capture it, but I tried.

One of the last meals on the island! Some of the dishes were bought
from the market and some were cooked by my family.

so many layers of blue mountains! I did not even +saturation

the very northern edge of the island meeting the sea

Sunrise Spa

My family took a trip to the spa on top of the mountains! It was pretty nice and cool, so the warm water was very warm. After a while, my cousin and I would jump into the cold pool and freeze so much that I could feel my hairs standing up. 

Interesting statue

the view from the spa 

water massage thing

going home