29 May 2012 - Tuesday title: the talking parrot 65 million years ago, there was a couple named "the jollies" because they were very happy and jolly. so when the couple was sleeping suddenly the wife heard a squeak and then she went on to the balcony, she saw two parrots one was blue in colour and the other one was red as blood. so the wife was shocked to see parrots come to her balcony. she woke her husband up, the husband's name was "cie." she said cie, cie wake up, there is something interesting on the balcony. so then, cie woke up, put on his slippers and walked towards the balcony. when he stepped into the balcony, he was shocked to see the two parrots. he asked his wife, what is the interesting thing on the balcony you said??? it is what you said, the parrots. wao...that is an interesting thing you said. and then the wife's name was "kelly." kelly was a very beautiful woman, just like my mommy "sunali," but my mommy was prettier than her. then they kept the parrots safely on the balcony and they lived happily ever after. love, maia recipe: roses out of gum drops the first thing you will be needing 5 red gum drops, 1 green gum drop. you need a cutting board, sprinkle some sugar onto your board so that the gum drops do not stick to the cutting board. the first thing is you put one gum drop to this cutting board. you sprinkle some sugar on the red gum drop and then roll it out until it is an oval shape. once it is done, you roll out the remaining four red gum drops. then you take one red gum drop and hold it between your thumb and pointer finger then you take the next gum drop and overlap it and then you continue these steps until you finish all the red gum drops. now take your green gum drop and follow the steps we did in the beginning to rolling out the green gum drop until it is nice and long. when it is nice and long, take a leaf cutter and stamp out some leaves out of the green gum drop, first you put one leaf on your counter top, put the rose on, take the rest of the leaves and slide them under the rose. and then your rose is done. love, maia

28 May 2012 - Monday


title: the boiling desert

once upon a time in the sahara desert there was so much of sand. no one used to go there because of the sand. because if you stand in the sand, you can not realise that you are sinking. so not even a single camel goes there. thousands and thousands of years back in the sahara desert a group of travellers arrived. they were shocked to see an amount of sand and then when the group of travellers stood, they did not sink. but luckily something magical happened in the ground, it stopped people from sinking and then camels came and scorpions and the slide winders the snake, the thorny lizard, the geckos and the desert tortoise all came back because they would not sink.

--the end

love,

maia

21 May 2012 - Monday




recipe: how to make icing

go to the grocery store and pick up your regular white icing. 

ingredients:

white icing

a nice large bowl

a spoon

some food colouring

method:

get your white icing and put it into a large bowl. add how many ever drops of food colour you like. go one at a time. you don't want to add 6 drops at one go. because if you put 6 or 10 drops at one go, you never know your icing could be dark or light and if you don't like that colour your icing will go waste. put just two drops into your bowl and start to mix. if you don't like this colour, you add another two drops and keep going like that until you get your desired colour. after you are done with your desired colour, start to stir it. 

--the end

maia

recipe: chocolate fudge

ingredients: 

-butter

-any chocolate

-condensed milk

- any dry fruits

method:

get a sauce pan on the stove and put in your chocolate it can be how much ever you want. stir it until it does not stick to the sides of the sauce pan. after its done, check it, if it is thick it is done and you know it is ready. after it is completely ready, remove it from the stove and let it cool for 5 or 10minutes. you will need a nice square tray before you put the fudge on the tray, line the tray with wax or parchment paper and then you take little bit of butter and apply it on the paper so that the fudge does not stick to the paper. add the fudge to the paper along with the dry fruits. then put it inside the refrigerator or freezer. after a while you remove it from the fridge, lift the paper from the tray and put it on the counter top take a nice big knife so that you can cut through the fudge.

--the end.

--maia

20 May 2012 - Sunday


recipe: fondant flowers

ingredients:

cookie cutters - you don't need the thick cutters, you want the thin ones

fondant 

a small rolling mat

a small rolling pin

vyners 

tools: eg: ball tool, cutting tool and the decorating tools you get

a little icing in a small bag which you make out of paper. for example: parchment paper, wax paper or reusable bags

method:

on your counter top, put your rolling mat, put the fondant on the rolling mat, but before you put it on the rolling mat, make a nice ball and put it onto the mat and press it down so that it is easy to roll. roll it until its not too thin or too thick. if you have made your fondant too thin and it is falling apart, we roll the fondant again and make a ball, put it on the mat, press it down and roll until it is not too thick or too thin and then take your cookie cutter but make sure if your cookie cutter is the single petal ones, then you stamp out petals. if its the full ones, its better. you don't have to overlap them. this is just so simple, you get them out and start decorating them and your flowers are done.

after you have rolled the fondant out, take your cookie cutter and then you stamp it into the fondant and shake so that all the excess fondant gets out. then you lift the cutter out and put it on to a plate or your counter top. if you are putting it on your counter top, it is best if you put the fondant flour or granulated sugar so that the flower does not stick to the counter top. after you have stamped the flower put the flower onto the granulated  sugar or flour and then you take your ball tool, put the ball tool on one of the petals and go round in a circle and put pressure. but don't put too much of pressure because it can break. after you have done using the ball tool on all the petals, you start decorating with any decorations you like. 

i hope you enjoyed this recipe and please feel free to send me your comments.

maia

18 May 2012 - Friday


recipe: the raspberry ice cream

to make the raspberry ice cream, you'll be needing,

just 1 can of raspberries with its own juice. you can

get as many raspberry cans as you need. you will

be needing a large strainer and a nice big glass bowl.

you'll be need a spoon to get any excess liquid out of 

the strainer. you will just be needing, your regular

vanilla ice cream, you can get a pack or just a

container of ice cream. it's your wish. 

you will need a container, in that container, you

put in your vanilla ice cream then take your

glass bowl and put it on the counter top, get 

your large strainer, put it inside your bowl, put

the berries into the strainer along with its juice.

and now you strain the juice and leave the 

raspberries in the strainer. 

use your spoon, hold the glass and the strainers

handle together and start to stir the berries. we

are stirring the berries so that any excess juice

can get out easily. then you put the juice

into the ice cream and then you make pretty swirls

and waves and then you put it in the freezer. 

leave it over night and then the next morning

you can eat it.

MAIA

19 May 2012 - Saturdy


recipe: how to make a beautiful wedding cake

ingredients:

tips for decorating, icing bags eg: parchment paper, wax paper, re-usable bags

you can also use paper ice cream cones which should be made out of

parchment or wax paper.

you will need a beautiful 3 layered iced cake.

you will need 2 kinds of frostings.  one is your white frosting and pink frosting. it is up to 

you, you can use any colours but try to make sure you don't use 3, 4 or 5 colours.

you will be needing short cones which are kind of fat.

method:

the first thing is open your bag and then you are going to be adding just a little, pink frosting and then the rest white frosting, and then push the icing down. so when you are decorating, the pressure is there so you get a combination, before you add the icing put any tip, but i prefer the straight tip. the second step is, you start making beautiful lace on the three layers. after you are done with the lace, you get one cone which has a nail at the bottom so you can turn it around and make any flower you decide to make. we are going to be making a rose. the first thing is to get your cone use the straight tip and create a tear drop pattern. keep continuing this untill it makes a beautiful big rose and then you put it onto your cake. you start from the middle and go on the side. it is up to you, you can go anywhere you like, but for me, this is the perfect design. and then you keep making how many ever flowers you like.get green frosting and put it in a bag which you can make out of wax or parchment paper. and then you get a nice straight tip. you just snip a pinch off. it depends how you are going to be using the green icing and then you take it and then you start making green leaves and then your cake is ready.

--maia

15 May 2012 - Tuesday


title: the happy marriage

once upon a time in new zealand, there was a couple named

"the summers." the wife's name was, marlia summer, the husband's

name was jackli summer. okay everybody, do not think summer

is the summer we have when it is hot and humid. and once jackli

summer and marlia summer got married, marlia summer was

pregnant and in 2003 marlia summer had a new born baby. what

do you think everybody?? it was a baby girl. i hope you like

a baby girl. so marlia summer and jackli summer were

very happy because they had a baby girl. they love baby

girls, they don't like baby boys. so they named the new

born baby, crystal summer. everybody, do not think it

is the real crystals on your crown okay and then crystal

lived happily ever after.

the end.

MAIA

title: the real adventure on an elephant mountain

one day, there was a foreigner uncle named arunji uncle,

my mother sunali and me maia went to the foot of the

mountain and the next day my father came too. i went

to the summit of the mountain. when i was climbing  up,

i was falling down and then arunji uncle a strong brave

man, turned around and put his stick out so that i

could grab it and then he pulled the stick and i came

up and then my mother was the last one with her

own umbrella and started to walk up and then she

stopped for a moment and then arunji uncle said,

you need help??? then mom said.....ya it's tough

to use an umbrella.

 and the 2nd day when we

reached the summit of the mountain, my mother

had got a stick. she did not bring her umbrella and

then we reached the top of the mountain and we 

sat on the mountain and ate some snacks and when

we were going through the mountain, we found a

beautiful space full of nature.......trees, grass, butterflies

fluttering their wings. it was an amazing trip to

the elephant mountain. we really enjoyed that day.

when we reached the summit, we looked down and

we saw the swimming pool of the ettimadai campus 

and we were like wao .........what a distance and

then we came back and we started to go home, we

really loved that day. to me it was a really special

memory. i really had fun with my group.

the end.

MAIA KUMAR  .