Not funny at all

Today I planned on posting something funny and witty, some thoughts I have been carrying around since New Year.

Now that a nuclear melt down in Japan is likely to happen – one power plant's cooling system runs only on batteries, due to the earthquake. Those batteries will last only a couple more hours and I don't feel funny nor witty right now. Maybe the area around the power plant will be lucky ... but still, it is almost bizarre: building so many nuclear power plants in most instable region on the whole world.

What really upsets me are the people, mostly US citizens, who twitter, while waiting for the big tidal wave to hit Hawaii as if the catastrophy were some amusement-theme park :-/
This lust for something bad to happen is disturbing. Without the media I would know nothing about all this and enjoy a nice, sunny and warm weekend.

The weekend will be sunny and warm. Hopefully nice, too.

New Arrival and a Sunday Review

I can't remember if it was me asking Mr Paula to take a photo or if Mr Paula sensed my excitement?

I am pointing towards the filling the processor prepared for the cabbage leaves
(cabbage leave: right bottom corner of the photo).

Above the mixer you see the blender that came with the mixer and how well the large blender fits into the shelf (Yes, the shelf I just cleared from un-used recipes. As if the blender was made for the shelf or vice versa).

Some quick and easy berry-icecream, right before I pushed the button.

I am so glad I bought the white version, can't stand black kitchen devices at all. Truth is, Mr Paula bought it. But he was on my side: "In Black? No way!"

I might need a new label. Kitchen? Food? Then proably every second posting would be labeled with "Food".

PS: I am wondering if shelf is the proper word for this piece of kitchen-furniture. Would it be "storage rack"?

EDIT - Sunday Review

Last sunday (the morning I cooked dim sums), Mr Paula and I visited Friend B at the convention centre. The idea was to bring along the lunch package and take a tour. Our worklifes are so different from this ...

So many people! It was as busy as High Street before Christmas.

Interesting conference room

Last day of the convention, legs are getting tired.

The location

The take-in/away.
The dim sums were still warm when we arrived, covered with pillows, wrapped in towels.

Sneak Preview - Justified

Actions like this (below) justify the investment (above)

Dim sum preperation on sunday morning.
The blue tray/lid has no meaning, there was not enough space on the wooden board.

Before steaming, bed of kaffa lime leaves

After steaming:

The whole kitchen was filled with the scent of lime.
You can tell the difference between greenish (fresh) and brownish (already steamed) leaves.

As you can tell from the steel-steam-tray: I don't buy everything I might need, like bamboo-steam-baskets. I love it, when things work out in various ways.