Spreading the batter on the stove evenly with the wooden scraper

The sweet crepe opened up with bananas and chocolate on it

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This White Tiger is one of my favourite animals in the Zoo. I would hardly move my eyes away from its beautiful blue eyes and amazing pattern of vertical brown stripes overlaying its snowy white fur.

This baby deer is as adorable and as gentle as the deers in the "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" cartoon. I can't believe that I could pet a baby deer. I have already started missing her.

Crown Cranes earn its name by its yellowish feathers on the back of their heads.

I was amazed to see how well the parrots spoke to me, and they also performed tricks well.

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I started working at this company a month ago. Everybody in the office has been very busy, so we didn't have a chance to go out for lunch together until last Thursday. My co-workers brought me to the Facing East Restaurant for lunch , a Taiwanese restaurant in downtown Bellevue. It was the first time I ate Taiwanese food after I came to the States

It was a restaurant with traditional Taiwanese decorations. Simple-style Chinese paintings hanging on red walls lighted by tiny dim wall- lamps. Deep brown wooden dining tables and chairs aligned tidily in the room. The menu was stocked with different common Taiwanese noodles, rice, pottage, street foods (like Oyster Pancake 蚵仔煎), tea (like Fruit Tea 水果茶 ) and desserts. The atmosphere reminded me of the days in Macau, when I hung out with my friends in Taiwanese restaurants, drinking bubble tea and eating Taiwanese sandwiches.

We ordered many dishes that filled up the table, including Spiced Pork Stew Over Rice(魯肉飯), Tainan Shrimp Roll(台南蝦捲), Sauted Sliced Lamb in Taiwanese BBQ sauce (沙茶炒羊肉), Broiled Fish with Miso Glaze(味噌烤魚), and Pork Pottage (肉羮). The food were so good and we were all full. We did have a satisfying lunch at Facing East but I was still craving for the Spiced Pork Stew Rice after that meal. I had never been a fan of Taiwanese food. Guess that it is one of the symptoms of being homesick because of the atmosphere of the restaurant.

Instead of going back to the restaurant, I decided to learn how to cook Spiced Pork Stew Rice myself, so I can eat the dish whenever I want. I searched for the recipe on the Internet and immediately bought whole bunch of ingredients the day after. So, the dinner at home on the following day was a delicious Spiced Pork Stew Over Rice. Spicy juicy sauce pork stew on top of steamy hot rice, side with a spicy boiled egg. What a satisfaction!

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早排看志雲飯局訪問憑籍棟篤笑而一舉成名的黃子華. 在舞台上講笑話而大受歡迎的雙聲表演者, 在台下究竟是個怎樣的人呢?有人說每個諧星背後其實都是一個悲劇主人, 究竟黃子華是個天生的幽默者, 還是個在悲劇裏自得其樂的survivor?

黃子華在加拿大阿爾伯塔大學取得哲學學士, 畢業後返港一心希望成為演員，但當年無綫電視的藝員訓練班突然取消，只有編劇訓練班，黃子華希望能藉編劇於電視城工作，再轉為演員。後來他發覺編劇是很難轉型為演員後，輾轉加入了香港話劇團、電台DJ等等。當時他覺得自己演藝生涯一片灰暗, 就在人生的谷底時, 他決定以一場棟篤笑為自己演藝生涯寫上句號, 誰不知因此一舉成名.

在訪問一開始，黃子華便表明自己想當演員的志願和決心:"我希望透過演出不再角色, 而活出各種不同的人生.". 儘管棟篤笑為黃子華帶來財富, 但不改他對演藝的熱誠，黃子華說棟篤笑對他來說只是個支撐自己演藝夢想的金錢源。

黃子華因為錯過演員訓練班而加入篇劇訓練班以加入演藝界，曾擔任工作有代課老師、出入口經理、電台、臨時演員、資料搜集、電視台助導、話劇團演員、電台電視台節目主持、編劇、電影演員，亦是哈痞樂隊（Happy Band）主音........他談及自己的人生低潮時不禁落淚，他笑說：＂原來我還是會流淚的。＂

即使棟篤笑賣得滿場紅，即使台下有上千觀眾為他的笑話而歡聲雷動，黃子華說：＂我從來没有遇過一個明白我的人。＂ 我不知道黃子華是個快樂幽默人，還是個悲劇主人，但他的故事另我想起一句古世格言「謀事在人，成事在天」。「人謀」在前，「天成」在後；人世間有許多事，即使費盡千辛萬苦，結果總是「有心栽花花不開，無心插柳柳成蔭」。無論你的理想是怎樣，在種種環境制約之下，人，總是身不由己的。

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