That was 07 Jan, 2004. The second time I went to San francisco to attend the 20th Macworld. That’s the second time I met Steve Jobs.
He looked much older than two years before, He just underwent a big surgery to remove an islet cell tumor from his pancreas several months ago.

Apple announced a new iPod shuffle last Wednesday. It’s the first product which wasn’t introduced by Steve Jobs since his return to Apple 12 years ago.
Steve Jobs had to leave Apple because his bad health condition this January. We were told that he will be back on the job at the end of June. Even though I heard too much bad news about his health these days, I still pray for him. I hope it will be Steve Jobs who introduce Apple iPhone Nano to us in June!

Hot pot (火锅) was not invented by Chinese people, But it’s very popular in China, specially in SiChuan. You can find many big hot pot reastaurants in Chengdu, which offer hundends people enjoy red hot pot together, That’s really HOT scene.
But my favorite is a kind of mini hot pot, offered by some small and quiet restaurants. Or you can make it at home.

It’s Valentine’s Day today, But I want talk about another kind of love, It’s love from parents.
Wonton(馄饨) is a kind of traditional Chinese food. We can buy wonton easily from supermarkets, Or enjoy them easily at restaurants, But my parents insist on making wonton for me before I leave. They know their wonton is the kind I love most.

I always love to see these typical country houses of Mianzhu, With Chinese new year painting on the wall.
Though some of these houses were hurt badly because of WenChuan earthquake, But most of them were repaired and repainted for the new spring festival.

Century egg(皮蛋 in Chinese) is a kind of tradional Chinese food. It has a lot of interesting English names such as century egg, hundred-year egg,Or thousand-year egg, Because foreigner think it should take long time to compelte the process of transforming.
But we call it pine-patterned egg, Do you notice the pine patterns in the white of the egg?

Chinese Lantern Festival is coming on 9 Feb,2009. It’s the first full moon day of the Chinese lunar year. It’s also considered as the end of the Chinese New year. According to Chinese traditon, We will eat Tangyuan (汤圆 in Chinese, Also called Yuanxiao in English) together with family members on Lantern Festival and Winter Solstice Festival.
Do you love Tangyuan too? And Do you know how to make them?

Are you always feel exciting to post the best of your photos? Are you always eager to share your opinions with your online friends? Are you always glad to give the feedback to your readers? Are you glad to make more blogger friends online?
Yeah, Thanks God I am. And I have so many passionate blogger friends!

2009 MianZhu New Year painting festival is opened during new spring festival. So you can find some New year painting markets at MianZhu. Influenced by WenChuan earthquake, The market seems not busy as I hope. But it better for strolling around.

I visited MianZhu the day before yesterday.
There were 11,117 people died & 80% houses collapsed at Mianzhu because of 512 WenChuan Earthquake. More than half a million people there lost their homes, Including my parents and neighbors.
Let’s see how they celebrate their first new spring festival after earthquake at their temporary home. SiChuan people are so tough and optimistic.

Mount Emei(峨眉山 in Chinese) locates at Sichuan province of Western China. It’s one of the Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of China, And was nominated as the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.
I almost forgot all the details about my Mount Emei tour many years ago. But when my father gave me this cup of green tea, I recognized it at once: It’s “ZhuYeQing” (竹叶青 in Chinese)!

It’s still cold, But According to Chinese traditional calendar, spring is coming.
My father took these photos in some parks of Chengdu. Yeah, They do not belong to this cold season, But they come ahead of schedule to inform us a colorful spring is coming after a happy New Spring Festival.