Stolen bike Vancouver

My husband, Michael's bike (Kona Sutra 2006) has been stolen, here is the info for the bike, let us know if you spot the bike in the city.

http://alice-and-michael.blogspot.ca/2012/06/stolen-kona-sutra-2006.html

I am thankful

I am thankful for the build-a-bear post card that Andre and Deb got us.

I am thankful that the sound of rain is so pleasant.

I am thankful that I spent a relaxing evening with Bear at home.

I am thankful

I am thankful to have this delicious green tea Joanne gave us when she visited last Xmas.

I am thankful that we had tasty hotpot last night.

I am thankful that bear took me out for a nice bike ride.

I am grateful

I am grateful that I finally biked from 1st ave to 12th ave without stopping.

I am grateful that we had delicious ramen for dinner.

I am thankful bear went to buy bubble tea for me last night.

My Gratitude

I am thankful that we had a fun camping trip at golden ears.

I am grateful that I have finally experienced hiking in the rain.

I am thankful that we got lots of pineapple cakes from Andre and Deb.

I am thankful

I am thankful that I found an interesting book to read (book name: before i go to sleep).

I am thankful my friend found me reliable and is not afraid to ask me for help.

I am thankful that I didn't hurt myself when I fell down yesterday, although I lost my bubble tea and scraped the book

My gratitude

I am grateful for the delicious steak salad we had for dinner.

I am grateful that my manager is always very reasonable.

I am thankful that I found an interesting knitting pattern for making a grocery shopping bag.

I am grateful

I am grateful that there is a park right behind our building.

I am thankful that Conny drove me all the way to Burnaby for shaved ice.

I am thankful that Bear shares a lot of house work.

I am thankful

I am thankful for the fun outdoor climbing session at Squamish.

I am thankful that I had a very delicious latte.

I am grateful for the beautiful view along sea to sky high way

I am thankful

I am thankful to find a nice place to stay at Squamish.

I appreciate the beautiful view at Cheakamus Lake.

I am grateful that Bear and I share a lot of common interests.

My gratitudes

I am grateful for the relaxing yoga class.

I am grateful that bear and I spent some time playing a board game.

I am grateful that conny's cat JJ enjoyed my company.

I am thankful...

I am thankful that I have a stable job.

I am thankful that my arm has finally recovered enough that I can start climbing again.

I am grateful that internet is so easily accessible, which brings me the chance to learn new knowledge anytime

I am grateful

I am grateful that I had an job interview that allowed me to rethink about improving my skills.

I am grateful that I had a good time chatting and hanging out with Kathy and Conny.

I am grateful that I had a apricot ale that tasted so good!

Thank you!

Thank you bear for ironing my clothes for me.

Thank you my warm and cozy bed for providing me good night sleep.

Thank you my beautiful and comfy shoes, I feel great wearing them today.

Thanks to...

I am grateful Cora made it to Richmond, it is one of my favourite restaurants in Ontario

I am thankful for the nice 40km bike ride we did today

I am thankful to live in a most of time messy but absolutely cozy home

My gratitudes...

I am grateful that it turned out to be a nice day although the weather forecast predicted otherwise.

I am thankful that my awesome friend Steph always shows interests in the things I do.

I appreciate the delicious lamb chop and lentil salad dinner we had.

I am thankful...

I am thankful that I have a lovely car that takes me to places (or can be eaten, see picture)

I appreciate that we can easily find reasonably priced delicious sushi in this city

I am grateful to have a friend Conny who not only celebrates happy moment with me but we support each other all the time

Gratitude Journal

Conny and I decided to start gratitude journal together as it is one of the very effective ways to keep one happy.

what we will do is to write down 3 things that we are thankful for then share with each other second day. I found photos often speak a lot of emotion for me so I decide I will also add photos to my journal.

If you are interested in doing gratitude journal and also like to share with me please do so, email me your blog post or just email me directly :)

This is the entry from yesterday:

I am thankful that I have a very loving husband who often times likes to have fun with me.

I am thankful that I found an enjoyable hobby, knitting. Finishing knitting projects is very rewarding for me.

I am thankful that I have lots of good friends who I enjoy spending time together.

Duck Legs

Friday night I made duck confit with venetian style pasta with pan fried baby arugula on the side. The lemon zest venetian style pasta went really well with the duck.

Cooking is just like conducting chemistry experiment in the kitchen.

Rock Climbing LongDong

Our Taiwan trip was awesome.  Rock climbing in LongDong and hiking YuShan made this trip home quite different from before.

This trip was planned around our friend Paul and Irene's wedding on April 7th in Taichung.  I am not a super big fan in spending all my vacation time visiting home, I usually spaced my visit to Taiwan for at least 2 years.  This trip was an exception because of the wedding.  Since it was just not long ago Bear and I first visited Taiwan together, this trip we focused on doing different things.

The part I enjoyed the most was rock climbing in LongDong.  LongDong is on the north east shore of Taiwan.  Tons and tons of beautiful sandstone formation right along the ocean.  Just the view along is amazing, climbing and enjoying the view at the same time made this place 100% my favourite for this trip.

We found most of info from this website.  We were lucky to be there for the new guide book release and met and author.

Valentine's Day Dinner at home

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I am testing this mobile posting option. It's a bit too time consuming to upload photos from my phone to my computer then post them on my blog (given how slow my computer is). Ok, I mean given how lazy I am...

Here is our valentine's day home made dinner

We followed a new cookbook I acquired during my business trip in Kingston. Why did I go all the way there to buy a cookbook, given how lazy I am? This special cookbook is called "chez piggy cookbook" and chez piggy is one of my favourite restaurants when I was still a Kingston resident. Don't get me wrong, it is still one of my favourite, but it is just a bit far to get to, and even harder to have a chance to share this wonderful place with my loved ones, so I decided that I should bring this special memory of my university life home with me to share with everyone. Hopefully I can master all the dishes in the cookbook and be able to share that with all of you wherever I go.

So the first guinea pig of course is...
oops I mean the first person I would share things with is of course Bear :)

So here is our valentine's day chez piggy meal at Vancouver home

Review of 2011

I know it's new year, I should be setting goals, but I think I need to give myself a bit of confident boost plus reality checks before I can sit down and set some realistic goals.

I think the best way is to do a brief review on what I have done in 2011:

1. Planned a wedding
2. Married a bear
3. travelled to Croatia
4. travelled to Italy
5. learned to ski
6. knitted my first pair of socks
7. knitted my first two hats
8. learned a bit of Croatian
9. lead climb a super easy route outdoor
10.went to Banff
11.set up our first Xmas tree
12.went for my first Helicopter ride
13.tried uphill skiing
14.learned to make bread

hmm...that's it...seems like I didn't do much on the intellectual side...

Anyone cares to share what they have accomplished last year?