Follow me: cooking

Cooking is a basic skill in our daily life, at the same time, it is also my hobby. As a hobby, I am always fond of try some new styles of cooking methods. Some of them are very delicious and I can share with you here. Let’s begin from the easiest way: stir-fried rice. First, you should prepare all the ingredients before you turn on the oven: two eggs, a lot of green onion and ginger, a small tomato, each piece of cumber and green pepper, some barbecued pork ham and white rice. Second, cut the green onion and ginger in small chunks, and dice the tomato, cumber, pepper and ham. Third, while you turn the oven, put 10ml oil into the pot (wok) and wait about 3 minutes to heat the oil. Then put into green onions and gingers, but not too much. At the same time, break and mash the two eggs and also put them into the pot and toss them. Forth, put the ham and all the vegetables and white rice to the pot and toss again until they are well mixed. Then lid the pot for about 2 minutes and then open again and sprinkle with sugar, salt, chopped spring onion as well. At last, remove the pot from heat. If you are also interested in cooking, try to follow the 5 steps with me and I hope you will also enjoy the delicious Chinese style cook.

The coming days

This week is maybe the most busy week in the semster. We have 3 quizs and the mid-term exam is coming soon from wednesday to friday. Acually, it is also the due dates of so many assignments. what is more, for me, I have to work about 20 hours this week. I can not image how busy I will in the coming several days. keep reviewing, studying, working...
Luckily, the great reading week, is also coming soon. We have a 9 days' vocation. Just like the others I have also planned, having a trip to banff, going skiing to sunnysides, trying to find another part-time job out of campus if possible, having several parties and so on.
In order to enjoy ourselves next week, I have to work hard and do my best in the exams. I am looking forward to the coming reading week and also best wish to the mid term exam.

Happy Chinese new year

Spring festival is the other name of the chinese new year. It is the most important festivals in chinese eyes, just like Christmas day in the western countries.
It is a pity that we don't have a hloiday for it in my University. However, we asked for an absence and celebrate it. It was the first time for us to celebrate the spring featival without our family. Compared with the feelings in my home country, I had some different experiences. I found that celebrate it with my classmates were also so interesting. In order to follow the calendar of China, because of the 15 hours' time differences, we got up so early this morning (4:30am). Then we begun to cook together and make dumplings. Although the dumplings looked not beautiful (it was also our first time to make dumpling), luckily, they tasted quite good. At the same time we saw the Spring Festival Gala Evening, we were saying, laughing, eatting and enjoying all the time.
It was very tried but very happy for me. I will never forget the special spring festival!

About Academic Writing

Of all the two weeks’ English academic writing training, I find that it is quite different between Chinese and English writing. It is a little difficult for me to change from Chinese writing styles to English academic writing because they have different forms, habits and thinking styles. However, I have to try my best to change and learn by using English forms, habits even thinking styles. English academic writing requires us a very serious form. It contains a wh-question listing, a brainstorming, an outline, and the final draft. Every one of them has also a serious of specific requirement, such as outline, we have to write a hook to attract the readers at first and then try to narrow our topics from a general introduction to a specific examples. The next step is about the thesis, the sentence must contains a subject, a verb, a object and some reasons which are going refer to in the main body paragraphs. Although it is so complicated, actually, to write a good academic essay is not very difficult. I just have to follow its forms and add my own topics and examples, it will be finished.