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Jul. 14th, 2006 10:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
piscesdreamsI had dinner with my family this evening. As usual, we went to a Chinese restaurant. My mom, my sister and her family just got back from a month in China. I was suprised at how nice the goodies that they brought back for me was.
One was a Yixing purple clay tea set. I didn't ask for one, as I already have one from my other sister, but she thought I had asked her to get it for me. It's beautiful. It is also good to have a set used only for a specific kind of tea anyway so having more than one is a good thing. So I decided to keep it. :D
The other item was a stamp with my full Chinese name. My sister chose an absolutely beautiful pair of marble in which my name was carved into to use as a stamp. I will have to get some proper red ink for it. The wrong kind of ink can ruin it. I'll be using this stamp to "sign" my artwork and photos. I wasn't expecting these stamps to be anything but a stamp but my sister went above and beyond by picking out the matching stones in which they are made from. The second stamp is a reversed design of the other stamp.
My younger brother only asked for pictures of the terracotta warriors, especially the horses. But they brought back a small statue for him. He was pretty disappointed when he saw my stamps. He asked my mom why I even got two while he didn't get any at all. :P
My sister wanted to get my younger brother one as well but my mom said he probably wouldn't want or use it. Boy, was she ever wrong!
My older brother got a similiar tea set as well. He also got some nice tea leaves. Being an avid tea drinker and tea connoisseur, he was very happy.
One was a Yixing purple clay tea set. I didn't ask for one, as I already have one from my other sister, but she thought I had asked her to get it for me. It's beautiful. It is also good to have a set used only for a specific kind of tea anyway so having more than one is a good thing. So I decided to keep it. :D
The other item was a stamp with my full Chinese name. My sister chose an absolutely beautiful pair of marble in which my name was carved into to use as a stamp. I will have to get some proper red ink for it. The wrong kind of ink can ruin it. I'll be using this stamp to "sign" my artwork and photos. I wasn't expecting these stamps to be anything but a stamp but my sister went above and beyond by picking out the matching stones in which they are made from. The second stamp is a reversed design of the other stamp.
My younger brother only asked for pictures of the terracotta warriors, especially the horses. But they brought back a small statue for him. He was pretty disappointed when he saw my stamps. He asked my mom why I even got two while he didn't get any at all. :P
My sister wanted to get my younger brother one as well but my mom said he probably wouldn't want or use it. Boy, was she ever wrong!
My older brother got a similiar tea set as well. He also got some nice tea leaves. Being an avid tea drinker and tea connoisseur, he was very happy.
