The touching beats

My poor girl is recovering from a seasonal flu. Just got out of the hospital a few days ago, during the return visit to the doctor, she found some noise in YL's heart. Straight away she put us to the list for next day heart ultra sound.

That night was hard. YL was suspected to have PDA and I recovered I have MVP when I was 16. I could not sleep but googled all night on PDA.

The next day YL seem nervous after I told her we were going to the hospital for a further check up on her heart. However she acted brave and followed all instructions by the nurse. No tears and no nos. I could not be less proud. The result came out immediately. She is perfectly normal!!

The ultra sound made her heart so clear in my sights. For a moment I felt like crying. The valves move like waving hands with the heartbeat as if they are celebrating life. Seeing this reminds me of the first time I saw YL in the ultrasound. The same touch has come back alive. Thank the almighty Buddha or whoever it is for this healthy darling girl in my life. She brings so much love and laughters to the family and fulfills me as a woman.

I'm so grateful.

To celebrate good news, we went out for high tea!! Every moment with you is golden.

A long day home

Finally we are heading back Hong Kong, a city so called home in the passed three years.

We just settled everything in China and will be staying there after we return from Australia.

Used to hate HK for its crowds. But I guess I will miss the shopping days a little. Well, I won't get bored as recently taobao has become my new found paradise.

[Travel] Spring in China

Too late for this post as the flowers were blooming while my Internet was down.

Sakura and cherry blossom are everywhere here in suzhou.

We enjoyed our ride but the park was huge to find the way out. A one hour rental was increased to 1.5 hour. The day was completed after a good night foot massage. Thanks to that, china is my heaven.

[Veggie Kitchen] zucchini pasta with Parmesan and goat cheese

With the spreading of H7N9 in China, it is wise to have lots of veggies and fruits to boost up your immune system.

Say bye bye to chicken and ducks. The pigs are not even safe due to the recent dead pig news in china. Let's feel connected with Mother Earth by eating plants.

Chopped zucchini, onion, tomato, seasons with Italian mixed herbs and himalaya rose salt , topped with your favorite cheese. Here you go, a happy healthy meal.

To true liberation!

This is the place of happiness and laughters every Sunday dated back to my childhood that is also my daughter's now.

The big M always fills me up with guilts since I became an adult. Most health concerned parents nowadays tend to avoid going there, so am I when I'm in Hk or anywhere else other than china. But here in kunshan, the big M is the place with promising food. Safe food, bright space, friendly service and somehow a sense of liberty.

[Veggie Kitchen] Oriental Chestnut Rice

Here is something easy for the lazy saturday afternoon. Chop the veggies and pan fried them with seasoning until light brown. Toss them with rice, water, soy sauce, sesame oil to the rice cooker.
Within half an hour, ta da! The dinner is ready!

Recipe
Red peper - 1/2 cup
Onion - 1/2 cup
Mushroom - 1/3 cup
Chestnuts - Pre water boiled
Rice - 1 cup
Garlic - little
Carrots - little  
White pepper powered - little
Sesame oil - 1 tea spoon
Soy sauce - 2 tea spoon

If the kids are choosy, you use pumpkin instead of chestnuts. Both of them contain good carbs.

[Tea for the day] Detox Tea from Just Herb

According to Chinese herbalism, Spring is the time for detoxify. If any of us can make the most of this season by sleeping before 11pm, a healthy year is promised.  Too bad it is already 1am for me. As believed by Chinese traditional medicine, 11pm - 1 am is the time when all the blood goes to liver.  Liver is one of the key organs to produce blood and cleans the toxins.

Just Herbs is a Taiwanese brand, their herbal tea uses the imported herbs from the German company, Martin Bauer GmbH & Co.  which is the expert for tea, extracts and botanicals. You can find out more here. Just Herbs have some interesting stuff, I use a lot of their aromatherapy products for meditation and healing purpose.