After Rupture of Ligaments (ACL & MCL) in ski

Apart from the pain at the very beginning, the feeling of ligaments rupture is rather weird than painful: a dangling leg which does not listen to my brain, but always announces its existence by making walking difficult. A more unexpected trouble was a psychology depress feeling which lasted for the entire 2nd week. 

Three castles in Southest England: Bodiam, Leeds and Dover

Bodiam and Leeds castles are both in water: Bodiam is elegant; Leeds has a large park. Dover is a real castle, for war.

My footprints on English towns along eastsouth coast-line

The towns along the east-south coast-line in England have different features. My impression on them and selected photos.

Chinese restaurants in West: be serious before "authentic"

When complaining about the bad taste of some Chinese restaurants in the west, people usually refereed the reason to be "not authentic”. But I think whether the dish is “authentic” is not the most crucial thing for tasting. It is non-sense to discuss about "authentic" before the restaurants take cooking seriously. 

For instance, almost all the Chinese buffets I have tried in USA do not have a serious chief. They only cook the ingredients to be eatable and then mix in some sweet-sour sauce. Sweet-sour Chicken, sweet-sour pork, sweet-sour beef, etc... Every dish tastes sweet-sour, how possiblely can they taste good? The problem is their attitude of cooking, rather than that the receipt has been revised after Chinese food entered into USA.