2008 Christmas Dinner

*Roasted Turkey*

Ingredients: young turkey, potato, celery, salt, black pepper and stuffing (see below)
Stuffing: carrot, celery, mushroom, cranberry, Kraft's turkey stuffing


1. stuffed raw turkey


2. roasting turkey in the oven

3. a well-done turkey

4. go cut it


5. smells and tastes so great

Eating roasted turkey on Christmas day is a tradition in many western countries. This year we tried to celebrate Christmas in this way. Although it is our first time to roast a whole turkey, I have to say that it is a big success! Young turkey meat is so tender and juicy. And when I ate it companying a cup of famous Canada ice wine, so awesome!!!!!!!!!

*Chinese Hot Pot*

Ingredients: chicken broth, Bok Choy, Shanghai Bok Choy, shrimp, lamb slices, Beef slices, frozen Toufu, tender Toufu, dried fried Toufu, luncheon meat, Szechuan potato noodle, pork meatball, cuttlefish meatball, dipping sauce.

Hot pot is one of my favorite chinese cuisines. There are many styles of hot pot from various regions in China. I prefer Beijing style Hot Pot the most since I was born and grew up there. Hot pot is quite popular from North to South in China. One reason is because it is a perfect choice for many people, no matter the whole family or a group of friends, sitting together around the pot and enjoying. It makes everyone happy and warm especially in winter season. Another reason is that we can put any easily-cooked food in the pot as we like. Therefore anyone can find his/her likes in the pot, even the pickiest person! :)

Fall, Harvest, Color 2 (October 4)

Pumpkin king, they are real!

Fall, Harvest, Color 1 (October 4)

Fireworks Show on New Year Eve (December 31)

I went to parliament again on the last day of 2007, with one of my roommates and a friend from Beijing. It was a big day for that not only would 2007 become the past and would we embrace the come of a new year, but also Ottawa, the capital city of Canada, was celebrating its 150th anniversary. It was 150 Years for Ottawa after being named Canada's capital city.

Fireworks began at 7pm, so we went there at about 6:30pm from my home by walking. Many people with their family and friends were strolling at Parliament hill and nearby places. Some folks carring their telephoto cameras and tripods arrived there quite early, so that they could take spots for a better shooting angle. I also brought my tripod there. Here an advice is that if you want to take picture of night scenery and fireworks, tripod is a must, or the picture would blur a lot and those details can be hardly recognized.

We were fairly enjoying the fireworks show and it lasted around 30 min. After that, we entered Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa's premier business hotel, for a while and watched some Christmas trees and its beautiful interior decorations. After standing outside for a long time in a cold winter day, I warmed up and finally recovered in the hotel. Felt so good!

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Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel

in the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel