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I’ve been gone for a while...

So I’ve been gone for a hot minute...but I’m finally back! I just came back from a trip to California and am currently supposed to be writing another research paper and I just want to sleep. I arrived today at around 7:10 am and felt super sluggish the whole day and desperately need sleep. An update on that last research paper, I got a 45/50 and my conclusion was fine actually, funny huh? That yarn I was splitting was too much work so I just bought the weight of yarn I needed instead and use that yarn for something else. I started a project for an artist I follow on TIkTok and Instagram, Umeboi and it involves making lei’s at home and sending them to him. He explained how the actual piece of art isn’t just lei’s, but also the connection you have with the people you have with people around you. I’m super excited and have already made one to send and am planning on making at least two more. Anyways that is all for now... I hope to be back again tomorrow but here is what I ate while in California. I LOVE poki bowls. It was a pickled ginger, red onion, and cucumber mixed with spicy miso and soy sauce. Topped with two scoops of marinated tuna and one scoop of ahi tuna, edamame beans, pineapple, pickled ginger, spring onions all on a base of white jasmine rice. Oh! and I had peach green tea limeade, but it was not very great as the bowl.

Till tomorrow! - JMS

#pokibowl #researchpaper

Day 6 and Finished research paper

Hello fellow people! I am writing to LIVE from my home, in my room, on my bed. Today has been a headache and I was nearly on the verge of another mental breakdown this week. The thing is I didn’t have any time to that because I had a research paper due. I finally finished it too! It has been a tough few weeks and I am so ready for this week to end. Also I did horrible on my bio exam, I thought I knew what was up because I studied, apparently I had not studied enough.

In other news I have done nothing today, except for writing that research paper which had a very weak conclusion, but my brain was melting so I just turned it in. Today has been on of the most uneventful days of this week, when I say I didn’t do anything but read scientific article after scientific article, I really mean it. Also I was gifted some yarn, I really enjoy knitting, and am currently working on splitting the thread to make a really cool beagle paw print cowl. I’ll let you know how it goes and when I finish splitting my yarn. Until then goodnight!

Day 5 and First Day of Spring!

Happy first day of spring! It’s finally spring and I didn’t know for a while haha. I was doing looking for an article on google and I saw the logo for today and it was spring themed. I thought to myself “No way it’s the first day of spring!”. Apparently, March 19th is the first day of spring! I was studying for my exam tomorrow on genetics, inheritance, meiosis and mitosis. Super cool stuff, but kind of boring when reading so much about it. I didn’t do any cooking today, which is quite nice! I dedicated today to studying and writing my research paper. I was also able to make a flower arrangement for a family friend who just had a surgery. So I guess I’ll give you a recipe for a flower arrangement hehe

Flower arrangement

----------Flowers needed--------

-2 Gerber daisies

-3 Carnations

-2 Stock

-2 china aster stems

-2 yellow daisy stems

- 2 hypericum stems

-1 mini hydrangea

-5 small stems of salal

^^^^^^^^Tools^^^^^^^^

-Scissors or floral knife

-Pruners

-Vase

-Cold water

-Flower food

-Optional: clear tape

*********Steps**********

1. Prep your water in vase, add flower food (if you don’t have any or none came with bouquet, use one tablespoon of sugar and 5 drops of bleach)

2. Prep your flowers make sure to strip off all leaves on stems that will be submerged in water, cut stem at a 45 degree angle. Also crush the first 1/2 inch of the salal so it drinks the water quickly.

3. This is when you can use the tape grid, however tape restricts the amount of stems you can use in the arrangement. I like to make a skeleton or frame for my arrangement. Use the salal to make a collar on the vase, make sure to cross the stems this will hold flowers in place.

4. Fill any gaps with the salal stems, make sure to place in opposite corners.

5. Find your tallest point this should not be below 1/2 the size of the vase nor taller than 1 1/2 the vase size. We are going for a shorter arrangement so lets aim for 1/2

6. Use one carnation to be in the middle to mark the tallest point and a place to fill around

7. Use a hydrangea, place a little lower than the carnation and make sure to place into vase at a 45 degree angle, this is vital to our final shape.

8. Imagine a triangle in our circle and use the hydrangea being one of the points, now place the other two gerbera daisies in the two remaining points at the same height as the hydrangea, facing outwards.

9. Now fill holes with stems of stock, china asters, daisies and carnations. Avoid putting the same flower next to each other. The shape should be a dome.

Tip: change water every 2-3 days to avoid flowers from rotting.

Day 4 and Logarithms

Hello, my favorite people! Today has been a nightmare, I’ve been doing homework all day, luckily I had a few friends help me with my homework. I’m currently doing logs, natural logs and e. If you don’t know what that means yet, then don’t look it up because it is a thing of nightmares. I’ve completed almost all of the worksheets, I have a few problems that I should be able to solve quickly. Tomorrow I will dedicate to finishing my research paper just to make sure I can get it proof read before the due date. This Friday I have my module 5 biology exam and I need to watch video on genetics and traits to catch up!

In other news, my mom made kimchi fried rice with my homemade kimchi. However, it didn’t taste as great as mine (not to brag at all). You see, she used to work at Sunny Teriyaki in Burlington in front of the 7/11. Anyways, she learned how to cook japanese style fried rice, completely different from korean fried rice. Anyways here is a Jovanny approved kimchi fried rice recipe ( I’m not sure if I’m just super tired, but that sentence I just typed made me laugh):

Kimchi Fried Rice

““““““““Ingredients”“““““““

1/2 medium onion diced

4 green onions cut into rings

8 garlic cloves minced (5 minced and 3 chopped width-wise for toppings)

3 tablespoons of sesame oil

3 tablespoons of vegetable oil (2 for fried rice and one for egg)

1 egg

korean pepper flakes (gochugaru)

pepper

garlic salt or sea salt

1/2 pound of pork belly or bacon as a last resort

sea weed strips

mozzarella cheese

2 cups cooked rice

1 cup of chopped sour kimchi

1/4 cup of kimchi water

sesame seeds to serve

````````utensils/tools````````

nonstick pan

spatula

measuring cup

tablespoon

spatula

serving bowl

scissors

............Steps.............

Cook pork belly or bacon (if you go down the bacon route try to use a thicker cut, thin strips work well too, but we want a similar texture)

With the oil from meat add a bit of vegetable oil, add garlic and onions.

After about 20 second at medium heat, add kimchi and fry for a minute or two

Add cooked rice and mix in quickly, you may add in meat at this moment, however I would wait a little longer.

After about 2 minutes or so, check your fried rice for flavor and moisture. If rice is too dry, pour some kimchi water from kimchi bottle to moisten. This is the step to salt or add pepper flakes if you want your rice spicier.

Turn heat off and add sesame oil (we do this because sesame oil produces smoke at lower temperatures than most oils and we don’t want to choke on smoke(( like when a Hispanic mother toasts dried peppers on the stove :0)) Flatten out on pan and let rest for 2 minutes, this will create crunchy rice on the bottom, if you don’t like crunchy rice just skip this.

In a separate pan cook egg sunny side up, take seaweed and cut up over fried rice and serve yourself, add cheese to your liking or completely omit.

Enjoy!

Unfortunately, I don’t have any pictures for this, but I hope y’all get the idea. Tag me on instagram if you make it! @jojosantamaria24

Day 3 and Just Dance

Good (very late) evening! I am currently listening to international ballads (a pretty good playlist on spotify) and falling asleep. Today has been quite a day, I may or may have not broken social distancing to visit a friend and ask for help on my math final review. I was able to get my questions answered even though we both struggled a bit at the beginning. I also took a short break to play Just Dance and I completely forgot how much fun it is to play on the Wii. I also got quite a bit of a workout right before bed...haha. I also helped a friend cook spaghetti? I’m not 100% sure what it was, the noodles were macaroni elbows and the meat was similar to ground beef, but tasted way better than regular beef. There was also no tomato sauce, just tomato paste.

Recipe for tomato beef macaroni:

‘’’’’’’’’’Ingredients’’’’’’’’’

-1 bag of “La Moderna” macaroni (any brand should be fine, just make sure its around 200 grams)

-1/3 pound ground beef, unseasoned

-3 cloves of garlic, minced

-1/2 small onion, diced

-2 tablespoons of tomato paste

- 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper, garlic salt, and cayenne pepper

-1 tablespoon of oil (doesn’t matter too much which kind)

- 1 tablespoon of MSG* containing product (knorr chicken bouillon could work just take into account when adding garlic salt)

^^^^^^Tools/utensils^^^^^^

-table/teaspoon to measure

-sauce pan

-pot to cook pasta

-slotted spoon

-spatula

*******Steps******

1) Start by boiling enough water to fill pot halfway, then add a pinch of salt and pasta, start timer for 11 minutes, check often. (Tip: if water starts boiling over just add a bit of cold water and it should settle down.)

2) Get started on meat, in sauce pan heat oil at medium heat and when sizzling add onion and garlic, mixing in oil for about 20 seconds or slightly brown. Add meat and cook for 9 minutes adding one tablespoon of tomato paste at 6 minute mark and one at the end. (When you cook meat there should be some water at the bottom of sauce pan, mix tomato paste here to make mixing easier)

3) Once pasta is done, with the slotted spoon, mix into sauce pan meat. Then add condiments slowly, ( you may not need all the seasoning, it depends on your what you think tastes good) Keep mixing until well incorporated.

4) Serve and enjoy!

*MSG is not bad for you, in fact its a derivative of seaweed that has the umami flavor MSG gives. Unfortunately, there is too much bad science behind the effects of MSG that I would rather not get into it here, unless y’all want to hear the background. I’ll save you the trouble.

Day 2 and finals prep

Hello friends!! I am currently listening to music and attempting to finish a math review packet for an exam on Thursday morning. I am exhausted and I with no meetings I forget what day of the week it is...haha. I would love for this week to end already or just hit fast forward. I have really enjoyed the nice weather lately, although I haven’t had time to step outside, the weather is very much adequate. I can’t wait for flowers to start blooming I personally love when tulips start blooming outdoors and the fields are filled with color, especially yellow tulips!

In other news, as many of you may know I like to enjoy a good tiktok every now and then. Recently, on my FYP I got a recipe for macau style coffee or simply fluffy coffee. The first time I made it I did’t like it because it calls for 2 tablespoons of instant coffee and it was quite bitter. However, I have finessed the recipe into something I enjoy drinking. The recipe is as follows:

~~~~~~Ingredients~~~~~

-1 Tablespoon of instant coffee (any brand is fine, I’ve been using a cinnamon flavored instant coffee. The original recipe calls for 2 tablespoons so adjust to your liking)

-1 Tablespoon of raw cane sugar (white sugar is also fine, the raw cane sugar requires less and tastes WAYYYY better)

- 2 or 3 Tablespoons of hot water

-ice for cup

-milk (I am using almond because I can’t handle regular milk #lactoseintolerant)

`````````Tools/equipment```````

-Whisk (I use a hand held mixer attachment, it’s smaller and easier to handle)

-cup or mug

- small whisking bowl or cup

-tablespoon

--------Steps----------

1) Place dry ingredients in whisking bowl/cup and add the tablespoons of hot water.

2) Whisk like your life depends on it! I’ve noticed the smaller your mixing vessel it the faster it gets to the consistency we want. (The technique I use is the one used to make Mexican hot chocolate, place whisk between palms and whisk vigorously) You’ll know you’re done when you the mixture is fluffy and has semi stiff peaks.

3) In the cup you are serving in fill halfway with ice. Add milk to just a little about the halfway point.

5) Take a tablespoon of mixture and mix in.

6) Take the rest of fluffy coffee and place on top of cup with milk, do not mix.

7) If there is room left in the cup fill with more milk. (Peep me listening to a lecture on phenotypes and genotypes in pea plants)

8) Enjoy your macau style coffee!

Let me know if you try this out! I’d like to know your thoughts on it or any advice for a better cup of coffee! Until the I’ll be doing homework... ;)

Day 1 of this blog and Sunday 3/15/20

Hey peeps! I am currently listening to a podcast and relaxing after doing homework all day #collegelife. I am so ready for this quarter to end. The funny thing is that I assumed my college would close down because there was a suspected case of you already know what. Fortunately, the student was negative and fine, even though the other two colleges and universities had already closed. Anyways, I’ve been pretty much doing homework all day and listening to music.

In other news, I’m writing a research paper for my biology class dedicated to juvenile hemochromatosis. If you are asking yourself what is that... or even if you’re not it is the dangerous build up of iron in the blood. Basically, your basal or body cells have DNA, DNA is like a cook book for genes. During this process there are occasionally and very rarely mistakes that are called mutations. When a nucleotide base pairs with an base it shouldn’t pair with. The specific gene that goes through this mutation is the HAMP or Hepcidin antimicrobial peptide. This protein chain is in charge of regulating iron levels in your blood, it either accepts or blocks iron absorption. Without regulation of iron through HAMP the body suffers from too much iron, causing several issues like infections, hepatic and coronary diseases, cancer and ultimately, if undetected, death.

Anyways...on that bright note...I am staying home and haven’t gone out since yesterday and don’t intend on going out much remember to flatten the curve! I’d love to hear what y’all have been up to, especially with all this free time, unless you’re a student in which case I’d love to see what your homework is!

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