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I got the chills all day yesterday and was fearful of getting sick again. After a day of shivering I finally recalled a recipe my mom’s friend taught me.  A few years ago my mom suddenly fell ill and I was panicking since she never got sick. I made her this ginger rock sugar tea and it worked very well for her. I have since used it on myself every time I felt the first sign of the chills. I wanted to share this with everyone and keep this in my notes so I won’t forget again.

This tea is tasty and warms you up quickly. I sip the tea in bed and sleep the bug off after I finish the tea.

Ingredients:

• Ginger, 3-5 slices with skin peeled
• Rock sugar to taste

Directions:

Peel and slice ginger. You can add more if you can handle the heat.

Heat a clean pot with medium heat for a few minutes. No oil needed.

Stir or flip the ginger slices over continuously, like flipping pancakes.

You want to dry it out. The key is to make sure the ginger does not burn. If it burns you may have a sore throat after you drink it. It takes a few minutes, if you notice the ginger burning lower the heat and lift the pot from the stove to cool it off.

Once the ginger is dry, pour 1.5 cups of water into the pot.

Raise the heat and bring the mixture to a boil. Lower the heat to a slow simmer and simmer for 15mins.

Add rock sugar according to your own taste.

Once the rock sugar has melted pour in to cup and sip while it’s still hot.

This set of Chinese vocabularies is a collection of inspirations from my December posts labeled under Inspired by. Play around with the settings and have fun with these cards. Be inspired as you learn. Enjoy!

战胜自卑的唯一方法
就是自強
千万不要在別人
没看不起你之前
就失看不起自己

Translations:
“The only way to overcome self inferiority, is to strive for self-improvement. Do not in any circumstances look down on yourself in advance before others have not even considered to look down upon you.”

~ Inspiration from
Title: 女相 / Nv Xiang, Female Prime Minister – Ep 45, TV version
Genre: Period drama, romance

By being aware of how we can be our own worst critic, we can diminish or eliminate unsettled internal battles.

自強 zì qiáng, strive to become stronger / strive for self-improvement

Focus on improving your weakness for yourself, not for others. Creating lowly thoughts about oneself that were of nonexistence in other’s minds, is in fact, self-abuse. Love yourself, make yourself into the person you’d be proud of.

Study Materials

CLICK to study Chinese pinyin and character flashcards: Quotes & inspirations from December, 2013

1) Find the seams on both pant leg and cut them open. After seams are open you can poke your scissors through the hole.

2) Loosely wrap elastic around leg. Add enough to tie a double knot. Cut two pieces the same length.

3) Using a safety-pin thread the elastic through the hole. Make sure the tail end of the elastic stays outside the hole. Pull elastic out, remove safety-pin and tie the elastic. Stuff the knot inside the hole.

4) Sew the hole together with same color thread, tie knot when finished and cut off excess thread. Repeat all steps for the other pant leg.