**** HAPPY NEW YEAR *****

~ HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 ~

On windy days...

Having oolong tea

Sweet oranges

Dry banana chips and raisins


2 more days left till New 2011.

New Year Resolutions?

*家书抵万金*

*A letter from home is worth ten thousand pieces of gold*

A Christmas card from my family.

Sun - snow delight

Frozen art on my window.

More photos from the first snow last week. The snow is gone now, or frozen at some places.

Happy Holidays

Merry Christmas to those celebrating it today. The Orthodox Christmas I celebrate is on 7th January.

****Wishing you warm and joyful time with your beloved ones.****
***Happy Holidays***
**Have a blessed Christmas**

The first SNOW

Whoo hoooo...The first snow..But there was freezing wind as well. Anyhow, I did enjoyed a lot.

The eclipse or not, the moon was gorgeous

A lamp post with lunar rays...

I'm not sure if we were supposed to see the lunar eclipse on this side of the world, but tonight the full moon was really wonderful.

Icy nature at sunset

A ray of hope

A tree of endurance

tea time...

Having some nice tea when outside is so cold.

and lemon tea...

The rivers and lakes in park are frozen..it's actually quite dangerous to walk on the this ice..

frozen reflections...

Sky guidance

Which way should I go? Don't ask me, ask the sky.

Skywatch Friday

Well I'm on a diet, I guess

I miss Macedonian food. My mom cooking, tasty cheese, fresh-baked pies, delicious bread and proper CHOCOLATE.







Today I had one of those bad days when I really miss home food. The meals that I had today were awful. Don't get me wrong I love Chinese food, but today I just picked the wrong dishes. The lunch was in our canteen, it looked good, so I picked that one. And that's it, just LOOKED good. Grhhh.

The dinner - ahhh. I went to the other canteen, the girl at the counter misheard me (I hate when this happens), so I got something else. It was too late to change it, cos the canteen was closing, so I threw it away. Again. I feel bad when throwing food. What could have I done? I tried it , but it was tasteless.

Went to the local shop, bought some small pies, and yogurt. Oh, the yogurt is sweet in China. I don't like it at all. I want real SOUR one.



Well, I can always say, I'm on a diet. I don't need too much food, right?!

A local wedding custom

Click to see a better view.

Double Happiness 喜 喜 is a Chinese symbol that is used for Chinese wedding decoration.
The Chinese symbol is composed of two Chinese characters for Happiness 喜 (xi). It is called Double Happiness.


The local custom in Tianjin is that a single 喜 decoration is put on the bride's home meaning her family is not 'double' happy since she left her parents.

So the picture I took, probably, is groom's home. :)

Visit Guest Heart Thursday to see enjoy more random hearts.

a morning surprise

I got my first Christmas tree.

When I woke up this morning I saw a wonderful gift from Mother nature.

Lovely white Christmas tree.
Thank you so much.

Isn't it amazing?

P.s. It's freezing outside.

praying for warm days...(or possibly snow)

Having warm green tea these freezing days...