bad week....

crappy week. i got yelled at again (and a 3rd written warning via email) at work for my attitude and doing dumb shit and being cocky. this time, when my bosses were gone, i took it upon myself to move my desk. i dont feel like giving the excuse why (actually i totally do, but im thinking that i shouldn't and just accept that it was stupid and that nobody told me to do so).... this sucks becaue i think i'm gonna end the month with a really good sales number....

onto something else...so mel got pink eye this week, and then got sick directly afterwards... so she's sniffling behind me and there's a million tissues and nasty wet washcloths (warm compresses) everywhere. of course everytime she gets sick, we make jook soup. so here's a recipe for a lazy saturday afternoon:

need: jasmine rice, chicken stock, garlic, ginger, scallion, cilantro, pork, eggs
*note, melenie says her mom never uses garlic in the soup but i personally like to...

1) cook some jasmine rice in a pot or rice cooker. (1 cup of rice, 2 cups water)
2) while the rice is cooking, dice ginger and garlic and cilantro and scallions and chop up pork breakfast sausage or ground pork (on separate cutting board, but you should know that already)
3) when rice is almost done, saute pork w/ ginger and garlic in a non stick soup pot.
4) when pork is almost cooked, add a lot of chicken stock. bring to a boil.
5) rice should be done. add that to pork in soup pot.
6) add greens
7) simmer for 2-3 mins.
8) crack an egg or two in the soup. stir it up. the eggs will cook really quick in the soup.
8) eat quick before rice soaks up all the chicken stock. if this happens, add water. add salt and pepper to taste, as well as pickled ground thai chilis peppers.

enjoy mel's favorite thai soup. the thai version of chicken soup or my matzah ball soup... this is also called congee in vietnamese or chinese restaurants. here is a pic of congee that we got in hong kong:


what else...so we've had jeannie and chris's car and didnt take advantage of the situation and actually go somewhere... we're off to go water her 1 million plants in a little bit...its hot here this weekend...then off to costco...again, guys, thank you for the car and costco card! monique and her bro christian are coming in a week or so... mel is off all next week... i'm out.

p!