Girls' fun in the kitchen

There is nothing more boring than cooking alone, there's nothing more exciting than cooking with your sister. With Lily visiting, I suddenly become a big fan of the oven.

With the mid-autumn festival coming, I got the idea of DIY moon cakes with Lily.
We got the red beans paste from the Young's and felt all ready for the cakes. Things went all well except that the cakes takes much longer to be done. Here's picture of the cakes after 1.5 hours in the oven



Ok, the moon cake adventure wasn't that great of a success, but we sisters aren't that easy to be defeated.

Today, a day before lily's birthday, we made another try with birthday cake.
Here's how the final product look like



That's what we call skill!

Sisterhood of the travelling pants

Finally, after 4 years living apart in different continents, Lily and I reunited in Pittsburgh. See how happy we are!

A site a day

Accidentally discovered that MSN has enabled academic search (academic live). Immediately liked it. The big draw? ----Bibtex function! However, the site is still beta,a little bit buggy.
But this is the direction to go! yo!

Sponge Find: Amazing New York Public Library Digital Gallery

Ok. I know I get distracted easily. I meant to blog for an exciting finding on the web, and then lost track when went to check the original website for correct spelling. Anyway, I mangaged to surf back.//grin.

"Yahoo Pick" mentioned this:


New York Public Library Digital Gallery
The screenshotNew York Public Library has digitized over 480,000 images in its collections just so you can save your airline ticket money and stay home. The collections contain maps, illuminated manuscripts, photographs, illustrations, and even menus. Standing in the center of a library full of treasures can bring out feelings of excitement and wonder—but also overwhelming paralysis. Where to start? Here's a list of seven things you shouldn't miss:

1. African American history
2. Early prints and photos of Asia and the Pacific Rim
3. Cigarette cards
4. New York City theater marquees
5. Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts
6. Cyanotypes of British algae
7. Uncle Walt's manuscripts

My favorate out of them all, old menus!
The american cuisine hasn't changed that much.