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Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Winter, the best season to have nutrients

Once I declared that I am leaving for Hong Kong soon. Parents started to bomb me with daily soups-fish, pig feet, duck, bone... It is said that in Chinese "Winter is the best season to have nutrients". To be frank, I have never cared so much about this sort of things. I am healthy enough.

But when I left my former job, all the people around have described me unacceptably thin. And I have always been the odd one of the family, such as never blush after drinking alcohol, always with cold hands and feet. Therefore, as the first step I have been asked to take 2 times per day "donkey skin powder"- called "E Jiao" in Chinese, a kind of Chinese medicine is considered to do good to women. As to the reason I don't know but I suppose it can work out somehow. At least now I have occasionally reddish face after a cup of red wine. The most important is that I believe I look better with rosy face instead of pale one. The only problem is its smell and taste, really awful. :-(

Then a small accident happened. I was almost faint in a bus after I got a local anesthetic in the Dental Office. And my mum was completely frightened. So she started to prepare big soups with some Chinese medicines inside.

Yesterday, once more, I have been requested to drink "Danggui water"- another thing does good to women. Hehe. It sounds not so bad to be a Chinese woman.

That's how my first nutritious Winter is going on. Luckily I haven't put on weight yet.

Now got to go and drink my awful Donkey skin powder soup...

by gattomatto 10:01 PM                             (1) comments