~HoW tO EnJoY YouR KiWi FrUiT~

B L O G   T I M E ~!!!

I was so happy that my last post was one of the best of the week... LALALA~ [=. =]...
Okay, I will keep myself working on it. Thank you!

As everybody knows, fruits are super good for us. They can make us look healthier and strengthen our bodies. 

 Especially kiwi fruit, it's one of my favorite in the world. Its abundance of vitamin A,B,C,D,E,F,G.....Z(whatever... well, i am not kidding, they really have something called vitamin K..  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruit  click this link and check it out...) keeps you away from getting seasoning flu( especially in spring, you will get flu easily! ) 

But many people have no idea how to eat a kiwi fruit, the fuzzy kiwi skin have troubled many people.  Well, then let me introduce my way to eat a kiwi ^_^

STEP 1

Of course,, you have to buy some kiwi fruit from the market.

              [also, there's a tip for you when you want to ripen your kiwi: put the kiwi in a zip bag with some apples and leave then in room temperature for one day.]

STEP 2

 Prepare a bowl of water(make sure you can immerse the kiwi with water). a teaspoon of salt.

Dissolve the salt in the water and put the kiwi fruit in the water. 

Wait for 10-15 minutes...

Before                                                                                            After                   

STEP 3

GET A FRUIT KNIF AND CUT THE KIWI FRUIT INTO HALF

------------------------JUST LIKE THIS

STEP 4

Then,, welcome to the high-tech part,,

all you need is a spoon.. (just a normal one)


put the spoon in between the peel and the pulp of the kiwi 

like this---------------------------

spin the spoon (keep the spoon in between the peel and the pulp)

see..? -------------

this way you can take the whole pulp out of the skin EASILY..

and you are not wasting it!! 

(not like when you are using a peeler, you always get only half of the kiwi..T^T..)

STEP 5

ENJOY YOUR KIWI FRUIT!~~!!!

You can put it in your yogurt, eat it with honey, whip cream, 

put it on top of your waffle, make it a fruit salad.....

But I personally just like to eat it by itself,

sweet enough, sour enough

***no extra calories no worry***

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How To Make Fortune Cookie Notes

People who want some special idea of Valentine's gift please come look at here :)

It is Valentine's Day!!! I am so excited :) Did everyone have a great day with your friends?  

Was anybody having hard time thinking of something special to give to your friends? Well, many people can't come out of the idea of what to give to their friends on Valentine's Day. Nowadays, people prefer those gifts that can be kept for a long time than the simple chocolate candies (plus, sweets are not really good for your health). Then what should we do?

 Dingdingdingding~!!! I have a super good idea for you! To make a FORTUNE COOKIE NOTE is the best choice for your next Valentine. 

This FORTUNE COOKIE NOTE helps you express your love for your friends on Valentine's Day perfectly. And, of course, it's made of your love! You can write whatever you want to say to your friends without being embarrassed that sometimes it's hard to say how much you love a person directly. It's super easy to make and I am pretty sure that it would turn out very well.

Then, let's get started!

First, these are the things that you will need: Several pieces of nice paper, tape, scissors, notes

STEP 1:
Draw a circle on a paper and cut it out. The size of the circle can be variable (I just used my water bottle to draw the circle) .

Also, you can use some other kind of scissors to cut a cuter circle :)

Finished circles

STEP 2:
Write or print a note and cut it in a rectangle shape. (the note should be little bit longer than the diameter of the circle, and the width of the note should not be over 1/4 of the diameter.)

STEP 3:
Fold the circle to half, but don't pinch it too hard. Then you put the note in it.

STEP 4:
Fold the semi-circle with the note into half again, (don't pinch it too hard...).

STEP 5:
Then you put a little bit of the tape on the edge of the circle. This time you can pinch it  super hard, or maybe you can say you are showing how much you put your heart into it... ... =. =

FINISH!!

It is easy, isn't it? Now you know how to make the fortune cookie notes, do you feel like to make a box of them to your best friend? Then just do it! I am sure that he/she will be really happy to receive such a gift from you.

You are welcome to comment on this post, and let me know if I should explain the procedure more clearly.

BLOG REVIEW

I chose three blogs which focus on Chinese culture.

- http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/Chinese-Culture

I like this blog a lot. When I first open this web site, a red background poped into my eyes and what I feel is, this is so Chinese!! It's called the Beijinger's Blog, so it's easy to tell that is a blog about Chinese things. It introduces things about Chinese culture, especially it's a blog that is open to the foreigners and it's in English.

The posts in this blog are all about Chinese traditional festival, Chinese food, and some other things about China, so basically, this blog focus on it's theme very well and it does a great job introducing our culture to the foreigners.

I like how the author put his words into different small paragraphs, it makes the articles easier to read. In some ways, it catches the readers' interests better! Also, the author uses many pictures on the posts, that makes the blog more fun. The blog focus on almost everything about China, for example, it introduces Chinese culture, it has some recipe for Chinese dishes, and it also introduces some of the famous people in China. I feel like myself totally agree with the information on the blog, and I also learn a lot things from the site even though me myself is a Chinese.

- http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/category/china-stuff/chinese-culture/

This is also a blog about China. The name of the blog is "Lost Laowai", which is a pretty interesting name that the writer uses the informal "Chinglish"(a language that combine Chinese and English). It's easy to tell that the writter of the blog is a Chinese, and wants to introduce our culture to people who wants to know about China. The blog is in English, so it also provides a very good opportunities for the foreigners. 

The blog not only talkes about the Chinese culture, also some other things about China, such as arts and entertainments, travel information, and also some lessons to learn Chinese. It almost covers every field about China. 

LIke other good bloggers do, the writer does put articles into small paragraphs, and this makes the blog easier for readers to read. Also, pictures in one of the most important elements in a blog, the writer uses many pictures and explain things in a conciser way. 

Also, I noticed that the people who comment on the blog are most foreigners, it seems that they do learn a lot things about China from this blog and they do enjoy it. So I think the writer is satisfied about it.

- http://blogs.transparent.com/chinese/

This blog is a little different from those two above, it focus on teaching people to learn Chinese. The background of the blog is white, so it looks very clean and it's easy for people to find some information that they want. 

Videos are the main parts in this blog. The writer is very smart, because a video actually works better than pictures to help people learn Chinese, so that you can know the exact pronunciation of the Chinese words. Also it has many vocabularies with the Chinese "pingyin" on it, when you know about the "pingyin", you will know how to pronounce a Chinese word easily. 

There are many articles which also introduced some Chinese traditional culture, and there are some explanations by the hard words. The writer didn't put all the words together on the same line, instead, he put it in different paragraphs and it's easy for people to read.

Many people shared those posts on twitter and Facebook, which means  there are many people like this blog and it does help them learn Chinese very well. It's a good way to spread Chinese culture through blog since people from different countries and different cultures and learn or know more about China. We do expect a blending with multiple cultures so that we can communicate with each other and share about our own.