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#Oct 5th# Strawberry&coconut tart

Whoops, the topic today might seem too simple? 


My 2014 didn't really start as I wished, too much hustle and bustle to handle; some changes to life. According to Chinese Lunar Calendar, it is actually the year of horse, which is my year. I know it doesn't really make sense, but I'm supposed to be super unlucky in this year. I don't really believe in such sayings, but I did taste it quite a bit- all those frustrations and desperations did exist.
Don't really want to dig into that. But things are changing. Life seems to be back on track now, and even better! When now again enjoying the present me, I feel that life does consist of the lucky and the unlucky- just embrace both. 


What never changes is my love for baking when good mood and bad mood both make perfect reason for doing it! The tart is adapted from Pierre Herme's Tarte Mangue Kiwi, only I replaced kiwi and mango to my favorite strawberries~~~
http://indigoseas.blogspot.fr/2014/01/pierre-hermes-tarte-mangue-kiwi.html


#Oct. 5th# is a blissful day, xoxo~~~

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