Tuesday 29 April 2008

French Toast recipe



This Sunday, you can give a surprise to your mom. Volunteer to help your mom in the kitchen. You could make a breakfast.

Seriously, French toast is the most simple and easy breakfast to make, it is faster too

All you will need is
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
6 slices thick stable bread
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract,
almond extract or rum flavoring

once you have the ingredients, all you have to do is
Beat eggs, milk, salt and extract or flavoring. Dip bread into this mixture. Cook on a greased griddle.
Serve with syrup, jelly or honey.

These are good buttered, sprinkled with a cinnamon-sugar mixture.
So, Can I come over for breakfast this Sunday? Huh?

Tuesday 15 April 2008

Remember to go green on this Earth day



What can one person do to help stop global warming? A lot! Our “carbon footprint” is the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from our normal daily activities. Carbon dioxide contributes to global warming. Leaving the water running while you brush your teeth, having Mom or Dad drive you to school instead of walking and throwing out a paper cup after one use, are bad for the environment.

Here Are 10 Things You Can Do to Help Stop Global Warming:
1.Change a light
Replace a regular bulb with a more energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulb.

2. Drive less
Walk, bike, use public transportation like a subway, bus or even car pool. Talk to your parents about considering a hybrid, or alternative fuel vehicle. And keep your tires inflated properly. It can improve gas mileage by more than 3%.

3. Recycle more
Think before you throw away trash. Recycle instead. Cut down on how much you throw in the trash, which ultimately ends up in a landfill. And be sure to take e-waste, like computers, cell phones and hazardous waste to a special recycling facility.

4. Avoid products with a lot of packaging
When it comes to your shopping habits, consider buying products that are better for the environment or that are made from recycled materials, and have less or no packaging. And when it comes to food, support local farmers markets.

5. Use less hot water
It takes a lot of energy to heat water. Install a low flowing shower head and wash a full load of clothes in cold or warm water.

6. Adjust your thermostat
Moving your thermostat down 2 degrees in winter and up 2 degrees in summer can save a lot of energy. And ask your parents if your local utility company offers alternative power. If so, consider switching.

7. Plant a tree
A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime.

8. Turn off electronic devices
Simply turning off your TV, DVD player, stereo, and unplugging your iPod and cell phone charger when not in use, will save you thousands of pounds of CO2 a year.

9. Spread the word
Talk to your friends, family and school teachers. Teach them what you've learned and make your house and school as green as possible. Think of ways to raise awareness & educate others, create fund-raisers in your local community to make a change.

10. Go Green
Work to make these changes in your daily life so it becomes second nature.

Source: http://www.timeforkids.com/

Saturday 12 April 2008

Jokes for kids


Q: what sound do porcupines make when they kiss?
A: Ouch
Q: what did one fish say to the other?
A: if you keep your mouth closed you will not get caught.

Q: why are fish so smart?
A: because they live in schools.

Q: what is the longest word in the dictionary?
A: the word smiles because there is a mile between each s.

Q: who earns a living driving their customers away?
A: a taxi driver.

Q: what do you get when you cross a dog with an elephant?
A: a very nervous postman.

(by Mathew Curbelo)


Q:What has 5 eyes and is lying on the water?
A:Mississippi River
Q:Which states are good for laughing?
A:Idahohoho, Hohohowaii, Ohahahaio, and Oklahohohoma

Q:Where do the pianists go for vacation?
A:Florida Keys

Q:Where do married women go?
A:Mississippi

Q:What do the blanket say to the bed?
A:You are under cover

Q:What do the little people ride?
A:mini van

Q:What is snake's favorite subject?
A:Hiss - tory

(All from Carol, age 11)

source: http://www.bconnex.net/

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Wednesday 9 April 2008

Have you seen a dog pray?



Well dogs are smarters these day.They have Zen mind, puppy mind, they dont just watch...they imitate too....

At a Zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, even the dog prays.
Mimicking his master, priest Joei Yoshikuni, a 1 1/2-year-old black-and-white Chihuahua named Conan joins in the daily prayers at Naha's Shuri Kannondo temple, sitting up on his hind legs and putting his front paws together before the altar.
It took him only a few days to learn the motions, and now he is the talk of the town.

"Word has spread, and we are getting a lot more tourists," Yoshikuni said Monday.
Yoshikuni said Conan generally goes through his prayer routine at the temple in the capital of Japan's southern Okinawa prefecture (state) without prompting before his morning and evening meals.

"I think he saw me doing it all the time and got the idea to do it, too," Yoshikuni said.

The priest is now trying to teach him how to meditate.
Well, sort of.
"Basically, I am just trying to get him to sit still while I meditate," he explained. "It's not like we can make him cross his legs."

Now do you believe that dog is man's best friend?

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

Tuesday 8 April 2008

Tired of carrying heavy bag of books to school everyday?

There is some one out there who cares for you and is aware that your shoulders pain when you carry weight of heavy books to school every day.

Hewlett-Packard Co, the No.1 seller of personal computers worldwide, said Monday it’s throwing its weight behind a new class of miniaturized laptops

The machines are so new the industry has not settled on a name for low-cost and scaled-down laptops used primarily for surfing the Internet and performing other basic functions like word processing.

Intel has labeled them “netbooks,” and it expects more than 50 million netbooks to be in circulation by 2011.

HP’s foray comes in the form of a new computer called a “Mini-Note” that weighs less than 1.4 kilograms with a screen that measures 22.6 centimeters diagonally.

Now wouldn’t that be nice, just carrying a mini-note to school?

Source: http://www.livemint.com/

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