September 19, 2008

• Smooth sailing in Xanga land....

  This may sound a bit odd. 
  But I still get a bit apprehensive and nervous when I subscribe to someone.
    I
  always ask myself, what if they don’t like me? 
  But of course, that's silly.  No one knows who I am. 
  All they see is this picture of a sailboat (or a wonton in my old
  pic).  There’s minimal information in my
  profile.  When I first started, I only
  subscribed to blogs in my blogring (Asian GLBT).  Everyone was brand new to me at that time.  If I liked what I read, then I would quietly subscribe to them. 

  Gradually I started to read blogs from other people who weren't in the same blogring.  I think Jonas was the first straight
  guy I subscribed to.  He was also the
  first Xanga celebrity I subscribed to.  I
  figured with all those comments he gets, he won’t notice me.  I wondered though if he ever felt
  uncomfortable that a gay guy would subscribe to his blog.  But I was pretty sure I wasn't the first gay to subscribe to his blog. He’s always been very polite, pleasant, humorous, good natured and never made it an issue.  Eventually he subscribed to my blog (wow...I thought).  We’ve been exchanging comments back and forth
  since then.   About the only bad thing I can say about Jonas
  is that he’ll never turn down a cupcake.  
  Sorry Jonas… I hope I didn’t embarrass you. 

  There were many others who offered encouragement, a kind word, suggestions and feedback.  One of those that stood out was Kelvin.  If it wasn't for him, I probably would have just plodded along.  I hope I see him back in blog land soon. 

  In fact, no one in Xanga has made my
  race or sexual orientation an issue.  I’ve
  only had one hate comment from some angry person ages ago but that was it.  I wonder if I’ve been simply fortunate or if
  everyone pretty well has had a pretty good experience so far.  Maybe Xanga is doing something right? How's your experience in Xanga so far?

  Now for some pics…

  This pear tree isn't from some farm.  It's from my bf's backyard.  I don't know what they feed that tree but it was just overflowing with pears.

  I think this is commonly referred to as fuzzy melon.  They've got three growing in their backyard. It remindedme of my mom's garden.  This was one of her favorite vegetables to grow.

  The clouds looked a bit scary on Sunday afternoon.

  French toast with maple syrup from the farmer's market.  Mmmm.... of course, it cooled off by the time I finished taking the pictures.
  

  I've been trying to make this dish.  It's minced pork with salted duck egg.  I can't seem to get the texture of the pork right.  It's still "rough".  But the flavor is starting to get close to how my mom made it. 
  

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