Thanksgiving!!

Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for harvest and express gratitude. In United States, it is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November and the day after thanksgiving is usually a holiday, which I wasn't sure until two days before thanksgiving :) People will travel home, turkey will be slaughtered, pumpkins will be a definite meal on table and families will gather to prepare and share a meal together. This reminds me of Chinese New Year reunion dinner. But, it is different in which families actually give thanks at dinner table and the food is definitely way different.

Typical food for thanksgiving will be: Turkey & stuffing & gravy, ham, cranberries sauce, corn fritters, mashed potatoes, green beans, squash, apple pie, pumpkin pie

I wish I took a picture of all the food to show you but you really have to try it to know what I am talking about. The amount of preparations is huge. I am so thankful to experience my first thanksgiving in a very nice & hospitable family. It will be nice to implement thanksgiving back home, to reflect & give thanks, family gatherings & to learn to cook the above.

Songs from Vienna Teng...

There are so many nice songs out there to be discovered. Recently a friend of mine introduced me to a Taiwanese American pianist cum singer-songwriter. She used to be a computer science student, work with Cisco, quit her job to pursue music. I did not fall in love with some of her songs and voice but there is this album which I really like, as a matter of fact, I have been listening to this album everyday. The album is Waking Hour.

AnnieMosesBand

How cool it is to have the whole family playing music & instruments together in a band to worship God!! Yesterday, I went to listen to a band called AnnieMosesBand. As written in its' website, once heard, they will not be forgotten. It is sooooo good. Most of them play strings but all music accompanied by piano, guitar bases & drums. I bought many of their CDs, hoping to give a few as Christmas gifts. I definitely have became a fan of them :)
Visit AnnieMosesBand at http://anniemosesband.com

I realised I have been ignorant to lots of things, issues, etc.

Seriously, I have been quite ignorant on a lot of things, knowledge and issues. There are so many things that in the past, I have become ignorant to but now, I would like to know more about these things. Knowledge and wisdom has no end but once you stop pursuing, that is an end. I guess this could be my next topic on my blog.

I guess my ignorant does not limit to knowledge alone, it also transcend to issues too. Sometimes, the things/tiny issues that do not concern me at that moment, I will take no notice or ignore the issues. But, when it is pressing hard at my 'door' later on, I regretted ignoring them at the first place.

Enthusiasm.....

Well, by now, I am pretty sure most people in the world know that America has its' new president. I am definitely not going to write about the new president for I do not know him and I am not a citizen of the country. Neither am I going to write about their policies and my opinions on them or compare America with my country.

But, one thing I would like to write about is the enthusiasm I see in people of America in voting. Both young and old, people of all races staying in America, regardless of which policies they against or for, all of them has one thing in common. They want their voices to be heard and they believe that their votes will make a difference. Though some people are indecisive of which president to choose, most people whom I asked voted, some lined up in long queues to vote, employers encouraged their workers to take time out of office to vote. This year America made history regardless the choices they made. One thing I am amazed that people of America has come to put aside their differences; races, skin colour, and age to choose their president.