The birth of Christ is to be celebrated by Christians every day.
Taiwanese Ben and his Korean wife posed for a picture with us in front of Sarang church.
12-29-2013
Nikkor 24mm f2.8 on Nikon D5100
Monday, December 30, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Christmas Worship Service
9 a.m. 12-25-2013 Sarang Church
Nikkor 24mm legendary f2.8
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f1.8
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f1.8
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f1.8
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f1.8
Nikkor 24mm legendary f2.8
Nikkor 24mm legendary f2.8
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f1.8
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f1.8
Nikkor 35mm AF-S f1.8
on Nikon D5100
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
At the Getty Center
The Getty Garden
The Getty Garden
The moon was up.
Sunset on Los Angeles
FRW 405
FRW 405
In the cable car decending from the Getty Center
It looks like the Japanese mother was with her twin.
Nikon D5100 w/24mm Nikkor legendary f2.8 and 35mm AF-S f1.8
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Arise 2013 Sarang Church
5 A.M 12-9-2013 Arise 2013 Sarang Church
5 A.M. Sermon by Reverend Dr. Min Joshua Chung from Champaign, Illinois
http://cfchome.org/
Praying and worshiping
Healthy simple breakfast served at Sarang
Enjoying breakfast
Nikon D5100 w/35mm AF-S f1.8
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Coffee Making
Roasting started with Ethiopian dry-processed green coffee bean
Sea salt roasted coffee using the wok. Heat needs to be properly controlled. High heat may result in a sour taste because high heat burns the surface of the bean. Low heat with prolonged roasting may produce over-dried bean with depleted coffee aroma, giving a 'flat' boring taste.
This is just before French roast.
Natural gravity dripping coffee making style. Many exotic styles such as vacuum brewing or French press all have their shortcomings. With vacuum brewing, water passing through coffee powder is at the boiling pt., 5 degree above the ideal 95 degree C. Vacuum brewing makes hotter coffee but a 'flat' boring taste because much aroma is depleted (vaporized).
Starbucks cannot afford to do this because it is time consuming. Their practice is water required for the amount of roasted bean is poured into the powder all at once. This is like making a big cup of tea in one batch. Connoisseur tea drinkers don't do that. Sogo in Taipei adopts this natural gravity dripping style and also uses Japanese Hario coffee dripper and grinder except you don't see all the insulation around the dripper and the cup. Their staff are not chemical engineers, haha.
The kettle on the stove is receiving a low heat just enough to make tiny water bubbles. The water temperature translates to about 95 degree C.
Friends who drank this coffee all said the coffee is DIFFERENT (than Starbucks). Good taste cannot be described by words.
Nikon D5100 w/35mm AF-S f1.8
Monday, December 9, 2013
Early Oriental Medicine Christmas Party
Chinese steamed dumpling and fried thin flour bread
from Arcadia 'Great Chef' (picture taken on 12-08-2013)
Early Christmas Party for Oriental Medicine Practitioners 12-07-2013
Andrew
花比人嬌
'Silent Night' and 'Molihua' were played by the violins, guitar and Chinese violin
Dr. Amy Zhang， Dr. 陳大方 (南加州針灸公會會長)，Dr. 傅（主人）
醉翁之意在於花
California licensed acupuncturists
Dr. Hong, Taiwan gynecologist and California acupuncturist (right), Dr. Zhang Xu, California acupuncturist and 乒pong高手 (middle)
Guitarist's Mom
Nikon D5100 w/35mm AF-S f1.8
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