Grace的進修雜記:)

Thanks for those take care packages from my amazing friends!

One of my friend knows that I catch a cold during spring break; therefore, I receive a bag of food and fruit from her.

This company not only support us in technical, but also feed us some surprising gifts.

I want to say thanks to Thorlabs.

Time flies by so fast. It is week 10 in winter term.

The Chinese Lantern Festival is a celebration of the last day of the lunar New Year on the Chinese lunisolar calendar.

I got the material to make my own Lantern, but I don't want to put a candle inside the paper lantern; therefore, I use a flashlight to shine the lamp.

Most of the time we eat Rice Krispies as breakfast, but this time we use it to make cookies.
Here comes the recipe,
3 tbs of butter and 4 cups of Marshmallows are put into a mixing bowl.

If you want to see different kinds of ducks and geese, you have to come to Crystal Spring Rhododendron Garden.
The ducks and the geese are more than comfortable with you and entertaining--lots of baby geese right now.
When my landlord mentioned about Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, I didn't pay attention until I ride my bike and explore this place.

Today is Friday the 13th, but I want to say "Thanks God, it's Friday!
I'm excited to have a free palm reading from Portland State Thai Student Organization!
According to what Mariel Martin got from my palm, I have a box there, which means that people enjoy to read what I am writing now. Well, I am not always have interesting things to post here. So I don't know if my readers like it or not.

There is a food carts area in my neighbor. When I use yelp to read the reviews from customers, I find BukiPDX is a Japanese andTaiwanese Food Trucks.

I order Takoyaki and Tea Egg to take home in a rainy day.

I got a surprising gift today. I want to say thanks to my dear friends.
It was a long story that happened last year, and I wanted to keep it short here.
One of my friend told me that she wanted to send me a postcard, but I didn't fly home during the break.

Since I have long time not to fly home, one of my friends gave me a pineapple pastry. The taste is quite acidic, but it is balanced out by the sweet.

Thanks my dear!You make my day!

Recipe, 1 cup butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 egg, and 1 teaspoon almond extract or vanilla.
Heat oven to 400 Fahrenheit.
If the butter is not soft in the room temperature, you can use microwave to make it soft in ten seconds.

I like to eat spaghetti with the traditional sauce, and The Old Spaghetti Factory is one of my favorites.

There are two awards on the wall so we knows that we are in the right place.

Thanks all for the wonderful year 2014 !

I had good and hard time last year, and I need much more good time for the following year!

After Thanksgiving Day, you will hear a lot of Christmas song in different places, and my favorite one is Last Christmas.

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Recipe: 1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg - separated, 2 cups flour, and 1 tsp vanilla.
The following is how we make Danish Toffee Cookies:
We put one cup butter into microwave for 10 seconds before mixing butter and sugar together.