Pikapika20's Blog

Day 98 of 365 December 24, 2009

I love the artsy shots of people’s eyes and how gorgeous the blue and green eyes can be. As for me, I have brown eyes, but they do light up a bit in the sunlight. I took this picture while driving out in the sun (and got plenty of puzzled looks I’m sure).  I was at a stoplight OF COURSE, but craning my neck sideways and trying to hold the camera in front of me without losing the light. In Photoshop I created two layers and desaturated the skin, then I erased at different opacities to get the right look on the iris. I also cloned away my unruly eyebrows.

Brown eyes are beautiful too!

Dinner? err.. it was congee. DELISH! ^_^ here’s a recipe:

1. In a pot, boil 1 cup rice with 1 slice of ginger, a couple of smashed cloves of garlic, and 4 cups of water and/or chicken stock.
2. Let the combination simmer on and off for an hour or so. Keep adding liquid as it reduces. Also be sure to stir so that the bottom doesn’t stick or burn.
3. When the congee is thick, the liquid milky and the rice fully cooked (kernels exploded!), add slices of raw chicken. Cook for another 10 minutes or so, until the chicken is cooked.
4. That’s it! Enjoy with pickled olive leaves or dried meat shavings.