Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Memories of Wildlife

One of the things that I like most about Canada is its amazing Wildlife. I remember my endless OOOOOO AAAAA YYYYY emotions when I first time saw a deer through the kitchen window three years ago during my first visit to Canada!!! Of course there are a lot of deer in Lithuania but the only place I saw them was in the Zoo :).
In addition to deer, I have seen other wild animals here. And (ups, Scott doesn’t let us use this at the beginning of the sentence :) not only seen… I remember very strong emotions when I was chasing a moose around a barn for the very first time in my life! That guy had antlers which made him even more exotic to me.

Other animals that I have heard a few times but have never seen are coyotes. Their howling froze my blood a few nights… They are not the ones that I would like to meet at night :). I could say the same thing about bears. Last summer, when I went on a camping trip all throughout Alberta and British Columbia, I had good chances to meet those fuzzies. I’m grateful I didn’t! On the other hand, I saw a lot of small animals, the most memorable were gophers. What stupid things they are! Standing on the highway and just waiting to be driven over. Yikes! Luckily, I haven’t seen them yet this year.

What about your experiences, my Dear Readers?


PS I took all of these pics through the window :)



Thursday, January 25, 2007

Skanaus :)) (Bon appetite en lituanien)


Hello, guys!

Is there anybody who needs to gain some weight.... :)? Cause today I'm gonna teach you how to cook LABAI Å OKOLADINIUS KVADRATÄ–LIUS or in the language you can understand - VERY CHOCOLATE SQUARES. If you knew their taste, you’d be literally running to your kitchens right now. So where is your Yeahhhh! Yahoo!!! and all the other exclamations showing your excitement??? :) I'm excited too because I am cooking them at the moment :)
PS. I think our friend Mohammad should be excited most of all because he expressed a wish in his blog to learn how to cook something more than just an egg… hee hee :)

First of all, take a glance at my picture! There you can see all the ingredients you need for squares (PS how do you like my snowman?):
  • 1 container of sweetened condensed milk (I know, I know it contains a lot of calories, but…. :)

  • 130 g. almond hazelnut butter (you can substitute it with butter if you don't have the required one),

  • 160 g. dark chocolate,

  • 200 g. crushed biscuits,

  • 100 g. ground walnuts.

Melt chocolate with butter and poor it into condensed milk. Don't stick your finger in the mixture :) Anyways, if you did it just lick it well and go back to work :)

Now is the time for the biggest fun :) Roll up your sleeves and pour the nuts and biscuits to the sweet mixture. Stir it well!! Yummy :)

After that, make sure your oven has reached 180 degrees (Celsius). Then, put your mixture into a cooking pan 20*20 cm. I usually cover it with wax paper. Cook it for no longer than 20 min. After that – take it out and leave to cool down for a while. When it finally gets to the room temperature, take a sharp knife and cut your cake into small pieces. SMALL, guys, cause it’s too good to give your guests them in big chunks. Hee hee :) and…

Oh my God, I just gave away one of the best recipes in the world!!!!

Friday, January 19, 2007

My first post :)


Hello :))

Blogging is one of my hobbies, therefore I'm very happy to create this blog!!! And this time it's in English :) I wrote "this time" because I already have a Lithuanian blog which I update every week. In that blog I write to my friends in Lithuania telling them about my life and studies in Canada.
Talking about the English blog, it is dedicated to my classmates, instructors and readers from all around the world. Most accurate to say - it's dedicated to You, my Dear Reader :) I hope you won't be bored with my stories and long poems too much... Just joking! I'm not a poet. I just like sharing with others what's going on in my life, showing how I see this world through my pictures (how do you like my fuzzy sheep? :) and... reading others' blogs!!! I think every person has a lot of good stories to tell. B.Clinton said something similiar in his biography "My way" and that's one of those rare things that I agree with him:). Ohhh, let's not bring politics in here! I studied it for four long years of my life and I think it's more than too much :) On the other hand, as we say in Lithuanian, "never say never"... so maybe I'll change my opinion one day :) But before that beautiful day comes let's have some fun here, my friends. And so... I say - let's get started!!!!
PS. your comments are always welcome. It's actually for your own good sake...That magical word grades... :)