Making Sushi

 Today in groups of 3 we made Sushi in HCG. We created,examined and tested our Sushi and overall I am happy with what my group and I have produced. 

To make Sushi: 

1. Boil 1 cup of rice + 1 ½ cups of water. Allow it to simmer for 15 minutes once boiled.

2. Once the rice is ready to the rice add a ¼ cup of water, 1 sachet of sugar and a sprinkle of salt.

3. Cut up your veggies or any other ingredients you would like to add to your sushi, place them in the cooler to chill.

4. Once everything is prepared, place your ingredients of a sushi nori (seaweed). First add your rice and make sure it is evenly distributed across your seaweed followed by all your toppings.

5. Use a sushi mat to roll all your contents together and wet the edges to close up the sushi roll.

6. Cut your sushi using a long knife and start plating.

Why do we need to be careful with rice? 

Because rice carries bacteria in the starch that could cause food poisoning if the rice is not cleaned properly.

How does sushi vinegar reduce bacteria?

Adding white vinegar to rice makes the ph level drop which makes the rice acidic. By making the rice acidic it helps reduce the chances of bacteria from contaminating the rice.

The name of the bacteria that lives in rice is called bacillus cereus.

The symptoms of food poisoning is vomiting and diarrhoea.

Karate Kid - Violence

 

Theme - written as a sentence “ Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper violence to a night already devoid of stars “	5 keywords linked to the theme Pain Lonely Abuse Violence  Suffering	Author and title of the text Director -John G. Avildsen ‘ The Karate Kid ’

Karate Kid Film Studies

 The Karate Kid is a film about a boy named Daniel Larusso who moves to Southern California all the way from New Jersey with his mum. On Daniel's first day at his new apartment he meets and befriends a boy named Freddy Fernandez and is invited to a beach party that same day. Daniel enters his apartment when his mom tells him that the faucet is broken and to go and see the maintenance man, Mr Miyagi. Mr Miyagi tells him that he will fix the faucet soon, not giving an exact time, Daniel leaves to attend the party. At the party Daniel meets a girl named Ali and takes an interest in her.  When Ali's jealous ex boyfriend suddenly shows up with his crew. He and Daniel end up exchanging fists with one another which leaves Daniel with a black eye. Since that night Daniel has been the target of a group of bullies who happen to study karate at the local Cobra Kai dojo. Everyday Daniel finds himself getting into altercations with Johnny and his crew everyday but is always outnumbered and unable to stand up and fight for himself. One night at the school dance Daniel provokes a fight between the Cobra Kai's and himself by pranking Johnny in the bathroom stalls. Outside the school Miyagi spots Daniel defenseless whilst being beaten up by the angry group of boys. Miyagi quietly approaches the crew and takes them all down. After the fight Miyagi takes Daniel to his home and aids Daniel. Daniel then asks Miyagi if he would be able to teach and help him master karate . Miyagi takes the idea into consideration and finally agrees to take Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate and preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai. The next day Miyagi takes Daniel to the Cobra Kais Dojo to confront the sensei about the recent fight between Johnny and Daniel which ends with the two agreeing on battling against each other at the upcoming Karate Competition . Everyday Daniel went to Miyagi's house learning new karate skills and different defense tactics that would benefit him in the competition. Soon enough the day of the Karate Competition had arrived. Miyagi takes Daniel and Ali to the event and signs Daniel up for his first match. He was very nervous because he was going up against students that had more experience than him, though he succeeded and fought his way to the finals. Daniel now faces Bobby from the Cobra Kai in the semi finals. Before the two opponents begin Bobby’s sensei instructs him to kick Daniel in the knee ( which is illegal ) but Bobby tries to argue with his sensei as he didn't want to be eliminated from the competition. He reluctantly obeyed his sensei's orders and prepared himself for the match. The two opponents both enter the ring and greet one another then get into their stances. Bobby takes the first opportunity to strike Daniel in his left knee leaving him badly injured. Bobby was immediately disqualified . Meanwhile in the medic room Mr Miyagi uses his healing power known as the “Reiki” to ease Daniel's pain as he wishes to continue the fight. Daniel returns back out to the ring with a positive mindset to win his final match against Johnny. Coming towards the end of the match Daniel uses the “Crane kick”  tactic to finally defeat Johnny. Mr Miyagi, Ali and his mom congratulate Daniel as he has now won the Karate Competition.

My favourite character is Mr Miyagi because he is a very wise and humble person. Mr Miyagi is a very respectful and well mannered individual. Mr Miyagi is also a great role model to Daniel and others and is never really negative towards anyone or anything.  He is a very calm and collected man and knows how to react to unpleasant situations. Also he has a great sense of humour.

An event that surprised me was when Mr Miyagi jumped the boys that were beating Daniel up because well I didn’t really expect that. I was shocked at the scene where Ali punched Johnny. I was definitely horrified when Bobby struck Daniel in the knee as his injury seemed really sore. A scene that made me laugh was at the beginning of the competition where Ali and Daniel told a staff member that Mr Miyagi could not speak fluent English therefore Ali was his translator, but she didn’t understand what he was saying in Japanese at all.

I would recommend this text to other teenagers because it is a thrilling movie with some sort of romantic details in it which teenagers these days are really engaged in watching. Plus it has a really good motive behind it. Similar scenes in this movie really show how serious bullying is and how kids feel when they are looked down on. It also shows that someone being there and supporting a victim of bullying can help them grow confidence and build up courage to face their bullies. A message from this movie is “you cannot give up, you need to get back up”. Our failures and downfalls only teach us valuable lessons which make us a stronger person.

Globalisation word art.

  This is my word art about globalisation with a few simple words that relate to globalisation and what it is about.

About me

My name is Emma I go to Bay of Islands College. I'm Maori,Scottish,European and a bit German.I have five siblings and I am the middle child.I am good at some things if I focus properly. I enjoy  playing the guitar because it’s fun. My goals for this year is to try and complete all of my work to best that I can. This year I am looking forward to making new friends and learning more everyday. I look up to my older sister because she is very smart and helpful.

Windy Wellington!!

In week 5 the Yr 7&8’s went down to Wellington for camp. We left school at 9:30 and made our way down to Auckland. Our flight was at 3:00, first we checked in and went through security. I thought the plane ride was going to be scary but it wasn’t so bad. We arrived in Wellington at around 3:30 then hopped off the plane and went down to the baggage claim and grabbed our baggage. Next we waited for Aunty Prue and Mrs Lindsay to bring the vans around. Once they brought the vans around we hopped in, we then started to make our way to the marae which wasn’t far from the city. We arrived at the entrance and jumped out of the vans then lined up to walk onto the marae and be welcomed with a Powhiri. Once we were welcomed onto the marae when got to talk more with the staff that were there and got to know them better since we were staying there for a week. We then grabbed our gears out of the vans and settled in inside the marae. Throughout the week we went to cool places such as the Te papa, The University, Mt Victoria, Cable car museum, The Library, Westpac stadium, the park and Parliament. My favorite thing about this trip was going to the Zoo because I got to see lots of interesting animals and got to go behind the scenes to see how and what the zookeeper's fed all there animals. My favorite animal was the giraffes because I found I found them satisfying because they were so tall and big. I don’t know if I might go to the university in Wellington, but I hope so.

Athletics training

For the past three weeks the senior classes at Paihia School have been prepare themselves for athletics day. Every Wednesday and Friday we rotate in our groups and take turns at each obstacle. We have five groups and five obstacles. The obstacles are discus, shot put, sprint/relays, high jump and long jump. So far my group has done shot put and discus, discus is probably my favourite at the moment, my arm technique is good but now I need to focus on learning how to bend my knees to get a perfect launch from my legs. In discus I learnt that if I want more force to make the discus go further I need to push off a bit stronger with my legs and in shot put I have learnt that the harder you push the ball and aim it in the right height level the further it will go.  I am really looking forward to sprints with Matua Pep because it looks really fun. I can’t wait till athletics day because I know it is going to be awesome.