Soondooboo jjigae (Soft tofu stew) Recipe
Ingredients:
1 pack soon doo boo (soft tofu)*
8 small clams - cleaned, 4 oz pork (or beef) - sliced
1/4 cup kimchi - roughly chopped, 1 red hot chili - sliced
2 green hot chilies - sliced, 2 green onions - sliced
1 egg york, 1 tbsp go choogaroo (Korean chili powder)
1 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 tsp minced garlic, 1/2 tsp juice of ginger
1 tsp soy sauce, 1/2 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp sae woo jeot (salted shrimp)**
3 cups water
(*It is in a tube, different from square package soft tofu in a Korean super market.)
(**Salt can be used.)
Marinade pork with ginger juice, soy sauce, sesame oil and minced garlic.In a pot, add vegetable oil and saute pork. Add go choo ga roo (Korean chili powder), keep stir. Add water and kimchi, bring to a boil. Scoop in soon doo boo with a spoon. Reduce heat, add sae woo jeot (salted shrimp). Add chillies, green onions and clams. Cook for a minute or so. Finish with egg york in the center and a dash of sesame oil. Serve with rice.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Journal 14
The purpose of cosmetic surgery is to enhance a person's appearance, but is cosmetic surgery really make a person to have an ideal body.
Maybe if a person are unhappy with a part of appearance, cosmetic surgery can wemove, reduce, enhance or reshape that body part. For many people, this ability to change an unwanted feature also improves emotional well-being by improving self-esteem. However, it also costs a lot, some have big risks, and it takes a long recovery time for some people.
Therefore, I believe that ecercise make people to have an ideal body.
First, exercise improves people's mood. people feel stress very often nowadays. Workout at gym or 30 to 60 minutes jogging or walking can help people calm down. Exercise makes people feel happier and more relaxed than before worked out. exercise even reduces the feelings of depression. So if work out regularly, people look better.
Second, exercise helps to managing weight. When people exercise, people burn calories. I suggest that do jogging or intense exercise because those intense exercises can halp to burn calories, and it burns more fats in the future than normal exercise. Once the burned calories are greater than intake, people will lose weight.
What is ideal body? It is very tough question, so there is no appropriate answer. It is dependent on individuals how to think about it.
Maybe if a person are unhappy with a part of appearance, cosmetic surgery can wemove, reduce, enhance or reshape that body part. For many people, this ability to change an unwanted feature also improves emotional well-being by improving self-esteem. However, it also costs a lot, some have big risks, and it takes a long recovery time for some people.
Therefore, I believe that ecercise make people to have an ideal body.
First, exercise improves people's mood. people feel stress very often nowadays. Workout at gym or 30 to 60 minutes jogging or walking can help people calm down. Exercise makes people feel happier and more relaxed than before worked out. exercise even reduces the feelings of depression. So if work out regularly, people look better.
Second, exercise helps to managing weight. When people exercise, people burn calories. I suggest that do jogging or intense exercise because those intense exercises can halp to burn calories, and it burns more fats in the future than normal exercise. Once the burned calories are greater than intake, people will lose weight.
What is ideal body? It is very tough question, so there is no appropriate answer. It is dependent on individuals how to think about it.
Journal 13
Easter activity
March 12th was the Easter day, so ALP managed coloring eggs and hunting eggs activity last Friday afternoon. Fortunately, we discussed about Easter day during our iBT TOEFL class just before go to the ALP activity, so I understood why do Americans celebrate this day.
Easter day is a memorial day of the resurrection of Jesus. According to the Bible, Jesus was revived from death after three days, so Christians celebrate his revival on Easter day. Easter is the first Sunday after Paschal full moon, and rabbit is symbol of Easter like Santa Claus is symbol of Christmas. Coloring eggs and hunting eggs are common events for Easter. Well, ALP also prepared egg coloring and hunting for students. I colored one egg which was colored blue with some drawing and my boyfriend’s nickname, and I also hunted about 8 eggs. It was an enjoyable activity.
Patrick’s Day, Easter Day, and Halloween are traditional holidays in America. I would like to know more about traditional events to understand more American culture and to adjust this new countr
March 12th was the Easter day, so ALP managed coloring eggs and hunting eggs activity last Friday afternoon. Fortunately, we discussed about Easter day during our iBT TOEFL class just before go to the ALP activity, so I understood why do Americans celebrate this day.
Easter day is a memorial day of the resurrection of Jesus. According to the Bible, Jesus was revived from death after three days, so Christians celebrate his revival on Easter day. Easter is the first Sunday after Paschal full moon, and rabbit is symbol of Easter like Santa Claus is symbol of Christmas. Coloring eggs and hunting eggs are common events for Easter. Well, ALP also prepared egg coloring and hunting for students. I colored one egg which was colored blue with some drawing and my boyfriend’s nickname, and I also hunted about 8 eggs. It was an enjoyable activity.
Patrick’s Day, Easter Day, and Halloween are traditional holidays in America. I would like to know more about traditional events to understand more American culture and to adjust this new countr
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Journal12
Dating is good for a couple to know each other better. For a long time, usually men ask women go out for a date, and it doesn't metter with different country, different culture, and different people. Boys ask girls out is very familiar for people, however, girls should ask boys out nowadays.
Historycally and traditionally, boys ask girls out was social norm, so girls expected boys to ask them out. If a girl asks boy out, she may feel uncomfortable; however that doesn't mean she shouldn't do it. Because sociaty has moved to more equal rights between sexes as such women increased their presence in business, politics, and social media, women today seem as being just as competent as men in this function, now that girls emphasize to be equal with men, girls should ask boys out.
Girls also think that if they ask boys out, they will pay for the date, and many girls just don't want to pay for a date. But, many men are shy or they don't understand women very well, therefore, if a woman has inerests in a men she may miss the opportunities to meet him if she doesn't take the initiative.
Girls ask boys out is a social vague nowadays because of the gender equality, and it is very
necessary to grip happiness and love for girls by themselves.
Historycally and traditionally, boys ask girls out was social norm, so girls expected boys to ask them out. If a girl asks boy out, she may feel uncomfortable; however that doesn't mean she shouldn't do it. Because sociaty has moved to more equal rights between sexes as such women increased their presence in business, politics, and social media, women today seem as being just as competent as men in this function, now that girls emphasize to be equal with men, girls should ask boys out.
Girls also think that if they ask boys out, they will pay for the date, and many girls just don't want to pay for a date. But, many men are shy or they don't understand women very well, therefore, if a woman has inerests in a men she may miss the opportunities to meet him if she doesn't take the initiative.
Girls ask boys out is a social vague nowadays because of the gender equality, and it is very
necessary to grip happiness and love for girls by themselves.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Journal11
I wated for the spring break because I felt very tired since we took midtern exam. My body and my brain needed to take a rest. Maybe some of classmates were making a great trip plan before hand, but I didn't plan to go any where, and I just spent a normal week.
Therefore, I've been to Pasadena downtown on Friday. I usually take Friday night off to relax myself. My boyfriend and I went to the old downtown Pasadena, and ate at a Japanese restaurant which is called Kabuki. The restaurant serves Sushi, Sashimi, and some other traditional Japanese food such as Yaki dori, Tempura, and Nikuzaga. I ordered Hamachi Sashi and CA Roll, and my boy friend ordered some Sushi and Albacore Roll. We enjoyed our meal with ASAHI beer which was recalled my memory in Japan. When was in Japan, I used to drink ASAHI beer. After dinner, we went around the old downtown, and I saw a lot of stores which are good for people to window-shopping in the Colarado Blvd. There are different kind of stores and different kind of brands to enjoy.
We had fun in the Pasadena, then we went to bar like all the time.
Therefore, I've been to Pasadena downtown on Friday. I usually take Friday night off to relax myself. My boyfriend and I went to the old downtown Pasadena, and ate at a Japanese restaurant which is called Kabuki. The restaurant serves Sushi, Sashimi, and some other traditional Japanese food such as Yaki dori, Tempura, and Nikuzaga. I ordered Hamachi Sashi and CA Roll, and my boy friend ordered some Sushi and Albacore Roll. We enjoyed our meal with ASAHI beer which was recalled my memory in Japan. When was in Japan, I used to drink ASAHI beer. After dinner, we went around the old downtown, and I saw a lot of stores which are good for people to window-shopping in the Colarado Blvd. There are different kind of stores and different kind of brands to enjoy.
We had fun in the Pasadena, then we went to bar like all the time.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Journal10
It was Saturday, but I forgot the date. I remember that the weather was nice for us to play around in the Magic Mountain. I really liked that ALP organized this trip for us. They provided three buses, and some instructors and ALP officers came with us and be our guides.
We left campus at 10AM, and we arrived at Magic Mountain about 11:30AM. Then we rode on trams and went to the entrance of Six flags. We divided several groups, and each group was guided either a instructor nor a ALP officer. I was with instructor Lance and Jimmy.
The first I rode on was the Tatsu-green roller coaster(I’m not sure the color). It was my first rime to ride a roller coaster that I have to stand on it. Tatsu was very fast and runs 62 miles per hour, but it was not that scary, so I felt just fun.
The second I rode on was Bumper Car. I thought it just for kids, but because of Lance’s suggestion, we decided to ride it. We bounced and slamed into eachother, and we acted like little kids, especially Lance was driving crazily(hahaha). After the Bumper Car, I felt that I back to the childhood, probably we won’t have much chance to drive Bumpercar in our life. I was very happy for rode on it.
The next I’ve tried Revolution-white roller coaster and Viper’s-red roller coaster. These two roller coaster were same as other amusement just coiling several times. The best exiting roller coaster in Six flags was the X2. I heard the company spent $10 million on it.
We waited almost two hours to ride on X2, but I can say it was worthiest roller coaster that I wait for two hours for it. Common roller coasters have sits, so people will just sit down on the sits, but X2 we were laying on it while it was rotating and the sits were moving 360 degrees. Some times we will feel that we are going to falling to the ground, and the feeling is really horrible but exiting.
Because we had to leave there 4:30PM, we didn’t have enough time to try all of the roller coaster. Any ways, it was a wonderful place for me, I had a lot of fun there, and I will go there again to try that I haven’t ridden roller coasters.
We left campus at 10AM, and we arrived at Magic Mountain about 11:30AM. Then we rode on trams and went to the entrance of Six flags. We divided several groups, and each group was guided either a instructor nor a ALP officer. I was with instructor Lance and Jimmy.
The first I rode on was the Tatsu-green roller coaster(I’m not sure the color). It was my first rime to ride a roller coaster that I have to stand on it. Tatsu was very fast and runs 62 miles per hour, but it was not that scary, so I felt just fun.
The second I rode on was Bumper Car. I thought it just for kids, but because of Lance’s suggestion, we decided to ride it. We bounced and slamed into eachother, and we acted like little kids, especially Lance was driving crazily(hahaha). After the Bumper Car, I felt that I back to the childhood, probably we won’t have much chance to drive Bumpercar in our life. I was very happy for rode on it.
The next I’ve tried Revolution-white roller coaster and Viper’s-red roller coaster. These two roller coaster were same as other amusement just coiling several times. The best exiting roller coaster in Six flags was the X2. I heard the company spent $10 million on it.
We waited almost two hours to ride on X2, but I can say it was worthiest roller coaster that I wait for two hours for it. Common roller coasters have sits, so people will just sit down on the sits, but X2 we were laying on it while it was rotating and the sits were moving 360 degrees. Some times we will feel that we are going to falling to the ground, and the feeling is really horrible but exiting.
Because we had to leave there 4:30PM, we didn’t have enough time to try all of the roller coaster. Any ways, it was a wonderful place for me, I had a lot of fun there, and I will go there again to try that I haven’t ridden roller coasters.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Journal9
Ma name is Xena, from Jilin province China. I like to stay in new place and meet new people and to learn new cultures. Therefore I came to U.S.A, and I'm going to stay here for a long time.
I found that America is very interesting place. It is similar with China because both country have a lot of ethnic groups. For example, China has 56 different ethnic groups, and America has 60 different racial combinations for non-Hispanics and another 60 for Hispanics. I'm really interested in American culture, but it is very hard to define, so I'm studying the language now, then I'm going to figure out that what is American culture?
Describing a person is not hard, but describing self is very hard. I can say that I'm a goal-oriented person, but I like to receive other people's judgments. It might be negative, but I will accept some advices to improve myself.
I found that America is very interesting place. It is similar with China because both country have a lot of ethnic groups. For example, China has 56 different ethnic groups, and America has 60 different racial combinations for non-Hispanics and another 60 for Hispanics. I'm really interested in American culture, but it is very hard to define, so I'm studying the language now, then I'm going to figure out that what is American culture?
Describing a person is not hard, but describing self is very hard. I can say that I'm a goal-oriented person, but I like to receive other people's judgments. It might be negative, but I will accept some advices to improve myself.
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