Here we come, Cancun~~ Quick Update for Day 1

This morning before leaving for IAH, CW brought me to Chinatown to see a doctor because my face and neck are pain due to the injury in my mouth. This last minute decision made our morning extremely hectic and rush and also make me very very tired and sleepy now ( I guess it is because I was too tensed the whole day). Yet I am very thankful that my dear hubby was very patient this morning and we got to the airport just in time~~

Although I can fall asleep any second right now, still I have to share some of the pictures we took today. It was extremely beautiful~~ The ocean view is breathtaking.. oh! by the way, we attended the baby sea turtle release this evening…too bad that we couldn’t take the pictures of them because we were not allowed to use the flash light. They are just tooooo cute!! There are abt 100 turtles released into the wild ocean today, but according to the hotel staff, only one of them can make it all the way to become adult sea turtles...

Here are some pics we wanna share with you~~

Do you see the baby turtles???

To be continued…

Day before Cancun Trip

Some of stuff we do before Cancun Trip…

Picking up all grown veges from our back garden.. distribute it to our neighbors..

Cindy went to shop for some snacks for our trip.. See below what she has bought… Looks to me like we are also ready for Hurricane season..

Also she bought this Biodegradable Sun block which is environmentally friendly sunscreen that lacks the harmful ingredients that are destroying the coral reefs. These sunscreens are biodegradable, meaning they break down naturally in the environment, and eco-friendly, meaning that they minimize damage to the environment.
You can get this at ”WholeFood” Market..

Ready to go!!

Our 1st Anniversary + Honeymoon Trip!! :)

In three more days, Cindy and I will be flying out from Houston to spend our honeymoon and 1st wedding anniversary at Cancun, Mexico!! 

 

Since this is our first time we both travel together and get to spend some personal moment privately, we decided to make it a nice one. We will be spending 4 nights staying at Ritz Carlton Cancun with Club level Ocean View room. Yeah~~

With Tina(Cindy’s cousin) recommendations, we have booked a day trip to Tulum and Hel-ha. Tulum is an archaeological site of the Caribbean coast of Mexico. Ruins correspond to the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, but its foundation dates from the sixth century. After the hearing Tulum then travel to Xel-Ha.

We will also book a day trip to Cozumel for a snorkeling experience at the beautiful coral reef. “Finding Nemo”?? Maybe??

So..  We are ready to go!! Please keep praying for a great weather. Thankyou~~ ^^

We will show you some great pictures when we are back!!

Hummingbirds is coming to town!!

Cindy and I has been putting up couple bird feeders for hummers since April this year. We were hoping to create a great habitat for this cute tiny little creature when they are on their Spring migration, however, due to our trip back to Asia on early May, we don’t really get a chance to have a good observation on whether they are stopping by at our garden.

After coming back from Asia, we have the feeders cleaned up, fill it up with fresh nectar, and get ready to welcome the return of hummers for their Fall migration. At that time, it was end of July, no sign of hummers showing up at our back garden for next couple weeks, not until… 8/15/09 11:40am, when we were walking from the back porch to the garage, Cindy saw a tiny little thing flying around the feeders, yes.. It’s the hummer!! We saw the first hummer of the fall at our back garden, we were really excited!! Then the following day, Cindy saw it again around 7pm.

Anyway.. below is a short video clip I shot during a hummer visiting our back garden.

Fall 2009: First hummer observed on 8/15/09 at 11:40am.

Some quick facts about hummingbirds in Houston:
- Most of the hummingbirds in Houston appear during Spring and Fall season while they are on their migratory way to the South and North.
- One can expect hummers to visit Houston on their Spring migration around first week of April and Fall migration around first week of August.
- Other than a homemade nectar/sugar water, hummingbirds also love flowering plants and small insect.
- From late March to early May, hummers migrate in large numbers from Mexico and Central America through southeast Texas to their breeding grounds in the eastern half of North America and in the eastern portion of the Great Plains. In late July, the ruby-throats begin a return trip to wintering grounds in Latin America, passing through Houston once again in large numbers. But instead of moving through quickly as they do in the spring, they dawdle in our area to build up body fat that fuels their arduous journey south of the border.

Special Home Made Beef Noodle Soup

It was a great experience for me to try out my wife very 1st time cooking of beef noodle soup. When I wikipedia “beef noodle soup”, it shows that beef noodle soup is actually first introduce by the Hui people ( a Chinese Muslim ethnic group) during the Tang Dynasty of China. Mainly, there are two different kind of beef noodles soup, One is the clear broth stewed beef noodles((清燉牛肉麵) where only salt and green onions are used to add flavoring to the beef soup. The other one is called red roasted/braised beef noodles soup(紅燒牛肉麵), where soy sauce and some spices is added to the soup for more intense flavoring. Compare to the clear broth stewed beef noodles, the red roasted beef noodles soup is more popular in Taiwan/China.

Some of the pictures to share below…

At first glance, this is just a typical beef noodle soup, but if you have tasted it, you will know this is a truly home made beef noodle soup, the soup is extremely delicious without the MSG taste after 6 hours Thermos cooked, the beef is very tender as well as the noodle is very Q(springy and smooth).

 

According to Cindy, this is not a hard recipe, everyone can easily try to do it at home.

 

Original Recipe: Provided by Sabrina