Exploring the downtown Phoenix.

He made my day. ; ))

Romanian kid. He is so handsome and cute, and I could not hold myself keep taking pictures of him. hahaha.

Today is quite contented and interesting. I hung out with Monika and her high school friends. I already miss her! I always enjoy chatting with her. She is such an amazing girl that I have ever met. Sometimes you are just blessed with meeting people who have common thoughts and do the same things as you like. It's God's blessing.

Before exploring downtown Phoenix in the afternoon, Monika's dad taught me how to ride on a motorcycle. Yet it was too bad that I could not ride it because my feet could barely touch the ground. Haiz I was kind of disappointed but it's okie. I can learn it when I go back to Malaysia someday. In fact, the bikes here are not like Malaysia's bikes, they are mostly sport bikes and other kinds of bikes with big size. Unfortunately I'M TOO SHORT!

Best Pizza in Phoenix- Pizzeria Bianco.

Marinara- Tomato sauce, Oregano, and Garlic.

Wiseguy- Wood Roasted Onion, House Smoked Mozzarella, and Fennel Sausages.

Monika and Adam

Best Coffee in Phoenix- Royal at the market.

Cappuccino

Melrose Vintage in Phoenix.

Monika, Adam, and I visited 3 of the "365 best things to do in Phoenix."

Basically you can find more pictures and details on my facebook's photo albums.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150282405569882.382965.773444881

It was fun yet tired. Can you imagine walking under 45'C? You know how hot it was?

He is Sean.

Sean made pasta for us. ; )

Game time!

We were playing RISK.

End of today. I have one more week of class, and it's my turn to leave here.

p/s: Life still goes on no matter what.

waitin' for the right man.

I love you.

p/s: It is a simple sentence yet it has the deepest meaning.

I have learnt to cook Korean food.

We went to have dimsum with Younghwa and her mom at Mekong Plaza.

After the dimsum, we went to Asiana Market to buy the Korean ingredients.

My aunt and I went to my dearest Younghwa's apartment to learn how to cook some traditional korean food with her mom. So now it's my turn to write down all the recipes and share with you guys! Haha.. I guess I can be a decent Korean wife! So the next thing that I should learn is knowing how to speak Korean? I know some Korean words actually, but that is not good enough for me to communicate with Korean. By the way, I want to especially thank to Younghwa and her mom. Her mom is so lovely and kind. Although she can't speak and understand English, we still could make it. Of course Younghwa is our translator, and she was busy to help us to translate English to Korean, and vice versa.

Below are the Korean ingredients:

corn syrup

sesame oil

soy sauce

Chili sauce

red pepper powder

First Korean dish:

Noodles (Jaop Chae)

leek (long green onions)

This is the noodles- Korean Vermicell

1) cut onions and leeks into slices and immerse the noodles into water for around 5 minutes.

2) cook spinach and mushroom with water

3) put oil into wok

4) stir-fry sliced carrot and put a little bit salt, and then add sliced onions and leeks

5) squeeze the cooked spinach to make the water comes out, and put salt and sesame

6) cut the cooked mushrooms into slices and stir-fry the sliced mushrooms

7) mix STEP 4,5, and 6 with a big bowl

8) put the noodles into boiled water and cook for 5 minutes

* please don't cover the wok

9) wash the cooked noodles with cold water

10) cook the cold noodles with soy sauce (half cup), corn syrup (2-3 table spoons), olive oil (1-2 table spoons), brown sugar (2 table spoons), and garlic (1 table spoon) with high heat until no water

11) add sesame and sesame oil (to make it smell good), and mix the noodles with the big bowl (STEP 7)

Second Korean dish:

Kimchi soup with pork and tofu.

1) cut pork into square

Kimchi

2) put kimchi, square pork, sliced onions, sliced leeks, sliced mushrooms, chili pepper powder into a wok with water

3) cook it until the water boils

4) put 3 table spoons of garlic

5) change to medium heat

small shrimp

6)* put 3-4 table spoons of small shrimps

7) add 2 table spoons of brown sugar

8) add sliced soft tofu

small fish powder

9)* add 2 table spoons of small fish powder

Third Korean dish:

Rice Cake (Ta Bo Ki)

rice cake

fish cake

seaweed on the left and small fish on the right.

1) cook seaweed and small fish with water to make broth

2) put 7-8 table spoons of chili sauce and 1 table spoon of garlic into the broth (STEP 1)

3) after a while, put 3 table spoons of corn syrup and 2-3 table spoons of brown sugar

4) add sliced onions, leeks, fish cakes, and rice cakes

5) cook it till the liquid becomes sticky

Fourth Korean dish:

Tuna Rice

Tuna

1) mix the cooked rice with tuna and seaweed

2) add a little bit salt

3) put sesame on top

Fifth Korean dish:

Marinated spicy beef (Tew Ji Bul Go Gi)

1) put the sliced beef into a big bowl and mix it with chili sauce, red pepper powder, black pepper, soy sauce, corn syrup, sliced onions, sliced leeks, garlic (more), brown sugar (more), and sesame.

my aunt and Younghwa's mom

It was so fun and we were all enjoyed. Thank you so much for teaching us the Korean food! Kam sa ha mi ta ; )

p/s: Cooking is one of my enjoyments.