Recent content by misa.j

Cold noodle salad with sesame dressing This dish requires almost no cooking. It's super easy and good in the summer when you don't have a big appetite. It was very popular when I took it to a BBQ party the other day, I think the colors caught people's eyes. <Ingredients> for 4 servings...

I like the idea of it, but I think it's very difficult to enoforce. Some people chew on tobacco which sometimes more disgusting than smoking cigarettes, and there is no law on that.

Yeah, I just did, and I couldn't believe what people in Sierra Leone have been going through. It was a great movie by the way, I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it. I was so clueless about this before I saw the movie, and it became one of those sad discoveries that I thought people...

I have wondered once where and how diamonds came to the market, not that I like them or anything but just out of curiosity. The kind low in quality, used for industrial purposes can be made from carbon, but the most pure diamonds for luxurious jewellry are mined by the laborers in the fields...

That, I would be concerned about than actual cell phone devices as those antennas can beam out high voltage of energy, and it definitely is not good to live close by. It seems like a good idea to prevent young children from using the cell phones.

I'm with you Kinsao, and I am more interested in why a person does what he/she does than what the job brings to them. I think most people who have jobs that require a certain degree of commitment do care and have a passion in what they do, but if I see someone with a high profile job do what...

Street food vendors are great place to get local foods fast and cheap. One of my fond memories from Japan is that whenever I went to a festival, I just had to buy as much food as possible at the vendors that were lined up on both sides of the street. They also have vendors that are on the street...

Or, completely switch to renewable energy sources, wind power, solar energy, water, biomass, etc. from fossile fuel. I mean, pretty much everthing on earth relies on solar, so why not use its energy which is so powerful that you don't even need a heater in the room where the sunlight hits. I...

I've heard about this, apparently, the site in the US has made over hundreds of millions in real doller! But, virtual embassy sounds like it could be a helpful world for those who will be traveling. The concept I vaguely can grasp doesn't seem particularly new with so many video games, just like...

I'm really spoiled by living where I live right now, so I would definitely have a hard time adjusting had I have to move to a new place. I don't think I can ever live in a place with these problems, although I did live in NYC and Albany, which is like an armpit of New York state with gangs and...

Cows!! :D I think people give their cows beer in Japan. It's kind of gross, though. Too bad the beer is non-alcoholic. I think our mighty precious doggies deserve to lose control sometimes.

Talking about coniferous trees, climate change is effecting on the trees in the mountains. The warm temperatures are pushing the alpine zones higher up towards the summit; as the tempratures continue to raise, the alpine plants and animals will have nowhere to go. In the Adirondack high peaks...

During the past 40 years, close to 20% of the Amazon rain forest has been cut down; this figure does not include selective logging, which is not as obviouse as clear cuts and would have raised the figure. Brazil holds about 30% of Earth's remaining tropical rainforest, which produces roughly 20%...

Mashed Potato Pancakes with Pureed Spinach Sauce I made this one the other day because I had some left over mashed potatoes. Left over mashed potatoes Cream or Half & Half Olive oil Fresh spinach 2/1 cup chicken stock Salt & freshly ground black pepper Microwave the mashed potatoes just to...

Oops sorry, I didn't mean to drift. Thanks for your insight. Europe seems much more foreigner friendly in terms of being involved in politics. I can't even vote at my local elections until I become a US citizen.