About yesterday (Sunday Feb 28, 2010)

I was so tired from cleaning the house for the entire day. Felt like I didn't even sit down until dinner time, which was around 7:15 pm.

After I finished Core around 9 am, I showered, had some breakfast then did the first load of laundry (washing the bed sheets & blankets).

I ate lunch around noon then took out the first batch of laundry, did the second batch and started the house cleaning (from wiping the furniture and windows, bottom to upper floors), on and off with the laundry ( had to run the comforter in the dryer twice, made the bed etc). By the time I was done, it was about 4:30 pm which was the time for me to start the dinner.

I decided to make Skinless Chicken Dumplings, which simply mean I made the dumpling filling without the skin. I cut up the whole chicken, skinned it, removed the bones and minced the meat with my butcher knife - what an arm workouts. I made a chicken soup stock from the bones.

I mixed the minced chicken meat with minced shiitake mushrooms, minced dried shrimps, chopped green onions, minced garlic, and chopped cabbages. For the seasoning, I used soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, white pepper, cooking wine, sugar, brown sugar, and 1 egg. After everything mixed evenly, I shaped into a ball, made only about 6 as my plate can accommodate. I steamed the meatballs roughly around 25 minutes. It turned out pretty good.