Thank You For The Tag, It's Been A While Since The Last Tag Game!

Thank you for the tag, it's been a while since the last tag game!

Last song: Annie you save me by Graffiti6

Favourite color: Red

Currently watching: The mystery of the Third Planet. This was one of my childhood movies growing up, an animated soviet cartoon set in the future about a girl named Alisa who travels with her zoologist dad looking for new animal species around different galaxies, and their adventures.

Spicy/savoury/sweet: Savoury, but I also like sweet if it's not too sweet.

Current obsession: Polish. My uni language association is offering polish classes this term and I decided to try it out, as I initially thought that my ukranian would help, but turns out that chinese is more useful? I guess the tones help with the pronunciation and help make more sense, so I guess i'll see how this goes.

Tagging: @dearest-lula, @gwendolynlerman, @anna--studies but no pressure!

tag game!

ty @peachiehambo :D Last song: GoodBand - 他們說我是沒有用的年輕人

Favourite color: Red or black

Currently watching: Genuinely can't remember the last time I watched a TV show

Spicy/savoury/sweet: Usually sweet, but since I switched to OMAD my sugar cravings have gone down so much! So maybe savoury?

Current obsession: My beloved son Tofu who is a wonderful bundle of anxiety and hatred for humanity; honey black tea from 水巷茶弄; this cute app called Finch that helps a bit with self-care

Tagging: @thiswinterheart + @gdlavzo + @effervescentwoman + @slavic-roots-western-mind + anyone who wants to join in, no pressure~

Breakfast foods in China

Since arriving in China my typical breakfast has changed quite a lot (hello baozi and mung bean paste!) so I decided to explore some common local breakfast foods eaten in China!

包子 - Bāozi (my love) These have been an almost consistent (excluding the lunar new year when the canteens and most cafes and restaurants closed) staple of my breakfast ever since I arrived in China. They come with several fillings such as veggie, pork, seafood etc. and they can cooked in different ways such as being steamed, fried etc. Here's a more in-depth post about the types of dumplings and bāo.

粥 - Porridge (zhōu) I sometimes have porridge for lunch instead and it's a really filling meal. I get the Century Egg Congee with Chicken - 皮蛋瘦肉粥 (Pídàn shòu ròu zhōu) and it's one of my all time favourite meals.

煎饼 - Egg pancake (jiānbing) Popular also as a street food, this is a thin crepe type pancake with an egg, veggie, spice, sauce and sometimes meat filling. The actual filling varies as you can customize what veggies and spice level you'd like and whether or not you want meat.

热干面 - Hot and dry noodles (règānmiàn) I honestly had no idea about this dishes existence until a while ago, probably because it's a regional dish originating from Wuhan which is kind of far away from my location. These are spicy and dried noodles which are actually eaten without a broth unlike many other noodles. They seem pretty interesting so if anyone tried them before do share your experience!

桂林米粉 - Guilin Rice noodles (guìlín mĭfĕn) This appears to be another regional dish from Guilin, Guanxi as I had no idea that this was a also a pretty popular breakfast dish. Apparently it's not the noodles but rather the broth that they're cooked in that makes them special, with the actual recepie varying across the region. Someone should do a long weekend trip vlog (pondering on this) to Guilin where they just go from store to store trying these noodles and trying to determine the differences.

葱油饼 - Scallion oil pancake (cōngyŏubĭng) A tasty but heavy-ish pancake imo. These pancakes are cooked with scallions (green onion) and pan-fried to give it that crispy and chewy texture. Very tasty, but it's a little too heavy on the oil for me so I save these pancakes for special occasions instead.

豆浆油条 - Soy milk and deep-fried dough sticks (dòujiāng yóutiáo) I have tried the dough sticks, and I have tried soya milk but separately so far. The dough sticks are these long deep-friend dough sticks, reminding me slightly of breadsticks but more lighter and chewier.

茶鸡蛋 - Tea eggs (chájīdàn) I adore these, my canteen serves them along with regular eggs for breakfast and the tea eggs are usually the first to go. They actually don't really involve tea, instead these eggs are cooked in a mixture of chinese five-spice powder (pepper, cloves, cinnamon, star anise and fennel seeds), soy sauce, and black tea leaves, although some recipes leave out the tea leaves. They have a relatively strong smell so I usually grab some for breakfast on the weekends or in the canteen at lunch if there are any leftover after breakfast. They are also quite cheap, one egg is around 2 yuan so around 0.30 euro, making them a pretty filling and affordable breakfast food.

If there are any other common or specific breakfast foods that you know of, do share them please as I love trying out new things!

Thank you for the tag @ghiblilesb! My name is kind of long, so here are several recommendations!

Second Chance by Peter Bjorn and John

Les Voiles (Christine Remix) by Poom

Annie You Save Me by Graffiti6

Volcano Girls by Veruca Salt

I Remember You by Juri Pootsman

Changing by The Airborne Toxic Events-

Rival by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

O@sis by 2Z

Old Yellow Bricks by Arctic Monkeys

Tiny Dancer by Elton John

Shine on me by HIT-5

Worthy by Jacob Banks

Everybody wants to rule the world by Tears for Fears

Superfly by The DNC (ft.Yoni)

The Journey Home by Suld

Excuse me by B.A.P

Rain Down by Robin Loxley

Nothing by Tesla Boy

My Hulunboir by Nine Treasures

Innocent by Our Lady Peace (A banger imo)

Ninety by Pomepeya

Different from the Outside by Denniyah

Tagging: @study-with-aura, @thelastneuron,@ros3ybabe, @dearest-lula, @wandering-whisperer, (no pressure!) and anyone else who wants to join in!

url song title game, tagged by nobody but I am bored and I want to do this again with different songs!

g - guāng 光 (enno cheng)

h - head cut (siouxsie and the banshees)

i - i saw a light (bat for lashes)

b - bedroom hymns (florence + the machine)

l - liân-hue khong-hīng sin jiám ài 蓮花空行身染愛 (collage)

i - i go to sleep (the pretenders)

l - lullaby (the cure)

e - eden (hooverphonic)

s - simon says 大風吹 (no party for cao dong)

b - blue monday (new order)

tagging: @gdlavzo + @slavic-roots-western-mind + @akitabite + @effervescentwoman + @sunandmoon-sonatas + anyone else who sees this so I can check out your music ~

*boops your nose* send this to ten blogs you think are lovely and deserve a boop on the nose <3

aww thank you!!

Indonesian Landscapes by Abdullah Suriosubroto

Slow sunny afternoons were created for drinking matcha bubble tea and reading english literature in the park