How many hard-boiled eggs could the giant Goliath eat on an empty stomach?
Clue-Look more closely at some of the words and what they actually mean. Look at the end of the sentence.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Mascarpone Cheese Sweet Fruit Dip Recipe
Here's the recipe to a fruit dip that tastes really good! If you don't believe me, ask Qian Yi!
Recipe:
Ingredients:
-1 cup of Mascarpone cheese
-2 tablespoons of Honey
-1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
-2 tablespoons of Heavy Cream
-the seeds scraped from 1 Vanilla Bean
Directions:
-Mix everything together.
-If you like a harder dip, then just mix it until everything is just combined.
If you want a more fluffy sauce/dip, then whip the heavy cream separately
and mix it in the other ingredients. You might also need to put more heavy
cream. It will be lighter/softer.
Recipe:
Ingredients:
-1 cup of Mascarpone cheese
-2 tablespoons of Honey
-1/2 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract
-2 tablespoons of Heavy Cream
-the seeds scraped from 1 Vanilla Bean
Directions:
-Mix everything together.
-If you like a harder dip, then just mix it until everything is just combined.
If you want a more fluffy sauce/dip, then whip the heavy cream separately
and mix it in the other ingredients. You might also need to put more heavy
cream. It will be lighter/softer.
Miller P.T.A. Reflections
So you might have been wondering what the P.T.A Reflection is. Some other schools might do it as well. Anyway, P=Parent, T=Teacher, and A=Aid (or Association, I forgot). I don't really know what Parent Teacher Aid/Association is, but the P.T.A. Reflection is a contest. Every year, they host a contest where there's a theme and you can enter things that are related to the theme. Different things you could enter are:
-Visual Arts (drawings, paintings, etc.)
-Photography (that's what I did!)
-Musical Composition (compose a song and play it)
-Film (an iMovie/skit/video)
-Literature (poems, stories, etc.)
-Dance Choreography (choreograph a dance and perform)
This year, the theme was, "Beauty is..." and our entries had to relate to something that we thought was beautiful. Last year, the theme was, "Wow!" and the people had to enter things that make people say, "Wow!" :P Haha.
So I entered something into photography this year. (I didn't do it last year.) I took a picture of the smoke from burning Tibetan incense. The incense is really pretty but is really hard to take due to the background color and because it moves around all the time. The moment at which the smoke is at a really cool pattern only lasts for a split second, so it's also really hard to capture.
But the thing I'm trying to get at is that I got in to the next level! This first level is only between people at my school, and they choose four entries from each category. The next level would be the P.T.A. Council Level (between more schools), then the P.T.A. District Level (all of the schools from the Santa Clara County), then the P.T.A. State Level, and lastly the P.T.A. National Level. For me, getting past the school level is already really good for me because I'm personally not very good at taking pictures. :P
Does anyone else go to a school that participates in the P.T.A. Reflections? If so, then tell me about it! I'm interested!
-Visual Arts (drawings, paintings, etc.)
-Photography (that's what I did!)
-Musical Composition (compose a song and play it)
-Film (an iMovie/skit/video)
-Literature (poems, stories, etc.)
-Dance Choreography (choreograph a dance and perform)
This year, the theme was, "Beauty is..." and our entries had to relate to something that we thought was beautiful. Last year, the theme was, "Wow!" and the people had to enter things that make people say, "Wow!" :P Haha.
So I entered something into photography this year. (I didn't do it last year.) I took a picture of the smoke from burning Tibetan incense. The incense is really pretty but is really hard to take due to the background color and because it moves around all the time. The moment at which the smoke is at a really cool pattern only lasts for a split second, so it's also really hard to capture.
But the thing I'm trying to get at is that I got in to the next level! This first level is only between people at my school, and they choose four entries from each category. The next level would be the P.T.A. Council Level (between more schools), then the P.T.A. District Level (all of the schools from the Santa Clara County), then the P.T.A. State Level, and lastly the P.T.A. National Level. For me, getting past the school level is already really good for me because I'm personally not very good at taking pictures. :P
Does anyone else go to a school that participates in the P.T.A. Reflections? If so, then tell me about it! I'm interested!
Dinner (October 29, 2009)
Yesterday, two of our family's friends came over to our house for dinner! One was Uncle Kenneth (with his wife and son that's in kindergarten) and the other was Uncle Francis and his wife. I had a pretty good time playing with the little kid! His name is Ina or something (I don't know how to spell it.)
Anyway, we had a lot of food there, since it's a dinner with so many people. My mom made pasta, deep fried shrimp wrapped with spring roll wrappers, salad, and deviled eggs. Uncle Francis brought a whole plate of roast beef. After I finished eating, I went to play with Ina. First, I was really bored, but then I decided to teach him how to do log rolls and forward rolls. I also taught him how to draw a pig and a person. His parents were talking about how they were really stressed out because he had to do a book report. I was like, "Who does book reports when they're only kindergarteners!" He even has to include the beginning, middle, end, plot, and those kinds of other stuff. He goes to Collins Elementary, but I never knew that that school was so hard!
Anyways, after my brothers finished eating, they started to play Badminton using their hands as rackets and the ghost (that looks kind of like a birdie) that I made out of paper for Halloween as the birdie. So sad, Ina got excited and tore it apart. Then for the sheet of paper that I gave him to draw on, he crumpled it and used to play soccer with my brothers! But that's ok! I bet he just doesn't know much (yet). After, he wanted to play Chess, so I played against him. That game of Chess was a little unfair. He kept on moving the pawn backwards to capture my chess pieces when pawns are only aloud to move forwards and forwards-diagonal to capture. Whatever, at least he's just a little kid so I don't mind. It was pretty interesting to play with him!
Then, we had dessert, and I actually ate it! Uncle Kenneth brought a coffee cake, and my parents bought a birthday/Halloween cake. It was supposed to be my birthday cake for me since it was my birthday yesterday, but it's also a Halloween cake because it was shaped like a pumpkin. It was covered with fondant, and the stem of the pumpkin was also made of fondant. It was the first time I ate fondant, or even saw it and touched it in real life! It was fun to squish, but didn't taste too good. Now I know how much fun those professional cake decorating people have when they're covering cakes and making little sculptures from fondant!
So that was basically what happened to me during that night. :)
Anyway, we had a lot of food there, since it's a dinner with so many people. My mom made pasta, deep fried shrimp wrapped with spring roll wrappers, salad, and deviled eggs. Uncle Francis brought a whole plate of roast beef. After I finished eating, I went to play with Ina. First, I was really bored, but then I decided to teach him how to do log rolls and forward rolls. I also taught him how to draw a pig and a person. His parents were talking about how they were really stressed out because he had to do a book report. I was like, "Who does book reports when they're only kindergarteners!" He even has to include the beginning, middle, end, plot, and those kinds of other stuff. He goes to Collins Elementary, but I never knew that that school was so hard!
Anyways, after my brothers finished eating, they started to play Badminton using their hands as rackets and the ghost (that looks kind of like a birdie) that I made out of paper for Halloween as the birdie. So sad, Ina got excited and tore it apart. Then for the sheet of paper that I gave him to draw on, he crumpled it and used to play soccer with my brothers! But that's ok! I bet he just doesn't know much (yet). After, he wanted to play Chess, so I played against him. That game of Chess was a little unfair. He kept on moving the pawn backwards to capture my chess pieces when pawns are only aloud to move forwards and forwards-diagonal to capture. Whatever, at least he's just a little kid so I don't mind. It was pretty interesting to play with him!
Then, we had dessert, and I actually ate it! Uncle Kenneth brought a coffee cake, and my parents bought a birthday/Halloween cake. It was supposed to be my birthday cake for me since it was my birthday yesterday, but it's also a Halloween cake because it was shaped like a pumpkin. It was covered with fondant, and the stem of the pumpkin was also made of fondant. It was the first time I ate fondant, or even saw it and touched it in real life! It was fun to squish, but didn't taste too good. Now I know how much fun those professional cake decorating people have when they're covering cakes and making little sculptures from fondant!
So that was basically what happened to me during that night. :)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Riddle!
What is it that floats on the water,
is lighter than a feather,
yet a thousand men can't lift it?
Answer: a bubble
is lighter than a feather,
yet a thousand men can't lift it?
Answer: a bubble
Monday, October 26, 2009
Riddles and Jokes
I was reading Qian Yi and Rhea's blogs and I think the little riddles are a pretty good idea! I have a book full of riddles and jokes so I'll try to post one whenever I can. Some of them might be a little lame though, but that's just a little warning for you guys... :P
So here goes:
I am neither in the house, nor out of the house, but I am still part of the house. What am I?
Answer: a window or door
So here goes:
I am neither in the house, nor out of the house, but I am still part of the house. What am I?
Answer: a window or door
Sunday, October 25, 2009
C.P.Y.O. Opening Concert
Yesterday was the C.P.Y.O Opening Concert at West Valley College. (C.P.Y.O.=California Philharmonic Youth Orchestra) There are two groups, the Associate group and the Senior group. I'm in Associate, and my two brothers are in Senior.
The Associate group played all 4 movements of the Mozart Symphony #25 in g minor and the Senior group played the Finlandia Overture by Sibelius, the Dvorak Cello Concerto in b minor (1st movement), and all 4 movements of the New World Symphony in e minor also by Dvorak.
The Mozart Symphony #25 is so boring! Since I play the French Horn, I never get the melody in that song. And because I don't have the melody, it's easier to get lost so I messed up a bit on the last part of the 1st movement. :P So that was really boring. It's not really fair because my brothers in the Senior group gets to play fun songs. Well, I guess they get to play fun songs because they're better. :(
Well, if anyone plays an instrument like:
-violin/viola -bassoon
-cello -french horn
-flute -bass/double bass
-clarinet -percussion
-oboe -trombone
-tuba -trumpet
and other stuff, you can join C.P.Y.O. so I won't be so bored! Just kidding. But I think that joining orchestras (doesn't matter which one) is a good experience for everyone, especially for wind players who play in bands at school because it's good to have experience playing with strings, not only with other winds.
The Associate group played all 4 movements of the Mozart Symphony #25 in g minor and the Senior group played the Finlandia Overture by Sibelius, the Dvorak Cello Concerto in b minor (1st movement), and all 4 movements of the New World Symphony in e minor also by Dvorak.
The Mozart Symphony #25 is so boring! Since I play the French Horn, I never get the melody in that song. And because I don't have the melody, it's easier to get lost so I messed up a bit on the last part of the 1st movement. :P So that was really boring. It's not really fair because my brothers in the Senior group gets to play fun songs. Well, I guess they get to play fun songs because they're better. :(
Well, if anyone plays an instrument like:
-violin/viola -bassoon
-cello -french horn
-flute -bass/double bass
-clarinet -percussion
-oboe -trombone
-tuba -trumpet
and other stuff, you can join C.P.Y.O. so I won't be so bored! Just kidding. But I think that joining orchestras (doesn't matter which one) is a good experience for everyone, especially for wind players who play in bands at school because it's good to have experience playing with strings, not only with other winds.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Halloween
Hello again! What is everyone going to be for Halloween? I don't know what to be yet, so give me suggestions! Don't forget to give me suggestions on where I should go for Christmas too! You can comment on the Christmas ideas on the post below. :) By the way, did you notice that I made all the sentences in the order of the colors of a rainbow?
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet/Purple
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet/Purple
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