Day 12: Hippo milk

Did you know that hippo milk is pink? 

Hippo milk at it's best. Nah, just kidding.

...but does it taste like strawberries? huh? Kinder Hippo is white on the inside. But it'll be more fun if it represents an actual hippo milk color.

Did you ever milk a hippo? Any zookeepers out there?

Day 11: Gogi Berries

What are Gogi berries? I've never heard of them until I saw a bag of Gogi berries at the supermarket. They looked interesting to me so I bought a bag. I did some research and found out that they're high in antioxidants and might protect the body from cancer cells. Well I will try anything if it's not harmful and the benefits are high. They taste like dry fruit but not like any other fruit that I've had. They're red in color and look almost like raisins but the taste is sweet and sour.

Gogi berries can be consumed on their own, with cereal or made into tea.

They have seed inside

 I made my own tea and it was not bad at all. I let it sit for 10min and then I drank it. The gogi berries became soft and I enjoyed eating them.

I added cinnamon to my gogi berry tea. They doubled in size when I added hot water.


I read that caution should be taken if Gogi berries are used while on medicine because eating too many Gogi berries might thin the blood. Check with your doctor if Gogi berries are good for you.

Day 10: Learn Japanese Word

I love <3 anything Japanese, their food, culture, people. I've never been to Japan but I will visit one day soon. Japanese seems like such a difficult language but I decided to learn one word. I know it's not much but it's a start. I looked up the word love and how to write it. I don't know how right it is. If anybody out there speaks Japanese let me know if it makes any sense. For now I'm satisfied with learning a simple word but I can't wait to experience this beautiful country.

The word is Ai which means Love.

My 1st attempt. How right is it? I have no clue but I tried to copy it as close as possible. I just hope it's nothing inappropriate:)

My 2nd attempt at making Ai. Is it any better than the first attempt?

Day 9: How to make money

Seriously, who doesn't want to make more money? I will share with you 5 ways to make extra cash. I have tried a few of these ways and I've been successful at it. You can try it too especially if you're a stay at home mom, a student or simply want additional change.


1. Sell your stuff on the internet. Sites like e-bay.com, souq.com, dubbizle.com are great way to generate extra income and clean out your closets.
2. Make an youtube video. If it's popular you can make money.
3. Sell at a Flea Market in your own city. It's easy to set up and affordable.
4. Start your own website. If you're good in something you can sell your services.
5. Make mobile apps. If you don't know how, go to odesk.com or elance.com and give them your idea for the app., pay them to create the app for you. If it's popular you'll always money from this application.


Good luck and let's make some money.

Day 8: Riddles

It walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon and three legs in the evening. What is it?

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Man (or woman). Crawls on all fours as a baby, walks on two legs as an adult and uses two legs and a cane when they're old.

Riddles from : http://dan.hersam.com/riddles.html

Day 7: Learning a joke

I've never been good at telling jokes because I can never remember them. I love to laugh and like to make people laugh. However I know that my funny bone has been on holiday lately. Time to change that. Here it is:

"I was in the restaurant yesterday when I suddenly realized I desperately
needed to pass gas. The music was really, really loud, so I timed my
gas with the beat of the music.

After a couple of songs, I started to feel better. I finished my coffee,
and noticed that everybody was staring at me....

Then I suddenly remembered that I was listening to my iPod."


I tested out this joke on  my friend and failed. lol She tried to laugh but at the end she said it wasn't that funny. Time to look for another joke, I won't give up.


I got this joke from http://www.jokes-best.com/

Day 6: Tabouleh Recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup bulgur

1 1/4 cups water

4 cups chopped parsley

1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes

1/2 cup chopped mint leaves

1/4 cup chopped onions

For the dressing

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

Pinch sea salt

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

Directions

Bring water to  boil, add bulgur.Stir, cover, and remove from heat. Leave it for 25 minutes or until bulgur is fluffy and tender. Throw extra liquid.

For the dressing. Whisk lemon juice, garlic, salt and oil.

In a  salad bowl, mix parsley, onions, tomatoes and mint. Then add bulgur. Add dressing and season to taste.

Enjoy. It's healthy and wonderful tasting salad.