Monday, August 30, 2010

Sashimi & Sushi

Sashimi and Sushi are the most representative dish in Japaness food. They are also the favorite food for japaness.

Sushi is a kind of Japaness snack. It consists of cooked vinegared rice that is topped with other ingredients, for instance fish , seafood, thin omelette , preserved radish and so on.

Sashimi consists of fresh raw seafood, such as salmon , Tuna,Octopus, and Sea Urchin etc., which are usually sliced into thin pieces and served with soy sauce with wasabi.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Amber Gemstone

Amber is the resin of Conifer. When the tree resin dropped into the ground and pass a long period , they fossilized. This is the Amber. Its color is yellow with transparent. The one contains insects can be a decoration, such as ant, fly, spider and mosquito etc.
The most superior amber is extracted from the Baltic Sea along the coast. The handicraftsmen in Republic of Lithuania are famous for creating amber gem. European believe that amber possess magical power which can repel evils. 

Amber is composed of 79% of carbide, 10% of oxygen and 11% of hydrogen . It`s hardness on Mohs scale is between 2.0 and 2.5. It will melt and spread the flavor of rosin when heat the amber get up to 150 degrees centigrade.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Koala

Koala is an unique animal in Australia. They also known as Tree-kangaroo. There are three different categoris.

The baby Koala will follow their mother at the first year after giving birth. No matter where their mother goes, the baby Koala will go with their mother. Similarly, the mother Koala will carry the baby Koala
on the back and go around.

The shape of the Koala is round with fat. Their motion is slowly. Koala need over 15 hours of sleep a day. They are very critical about food, so they eat the leaves of eucalyptus. The eucalyptus is composed of 50% of water, 18% of fiber and 13% of poison. The leaves of the eucalyptus could make human died. However, Koala has a long long intestine and they can detoxify through their digestive system. Therefore, they will not get toxication.