Weathering for Climate Change

Weathering for climate

I read an article on Scientific America related to prevention methods of global warming by pulling carbon from the air. The article writer cited process of weathering for prevention of global warming.

According to this weathering process, farmers will spread silicate rock grains in soil. There would be some heavy duty system involved to ground silicate rocks to mix with soil. As the theory is mixing rock silicate grains will speed up the chemical process with carbon dioxide in the air and produce phosphorus and potassium to increase the growth of the plant.

But in my point of view, this method of prevention will help firstly by absorbing carbon dioxide for a chemical reaction. And secondly, the grown plants will increase the chances to cool down the temperature of the earth. Though no idea of the dark part of this prevention method despite the one I know is the cost of grinding silicate into grains.

 Further studies are awaited for the dark part of chemical reactions of this technique. But up till now this seems to aid this warming earth

Reference: 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-search-is-on-for-pulling-carbon-from-the-air/

Greenery Color of the year 2017

Greenery!

The colour of the year 2017 has been announced by Pantone. This vital colour is chosen because of its harmony.  This is one the colour has a neutral harmony of nature and revitalization also widely known for hope. This world needs in the current era to rejuvenate, revitalise and unite on social and political grounds. Human innate nature is to praise the beauty and live comfortable in the beauty of the environment. This announced colour is a satisfaction for both physical and inner desires.

The vitality of the colour is complete life towards positivity of Hope, Charm, Expression, rejuvenation, exploration. You can explore the world in this shade with the innovation of colour.  Be an icon of fashion in the year of greenery. Make you interior green and nature has also decorated with plant exterior of your lovely home. You can also draw this beauty with devotion to work at your workplace. Give to make up a new style of energy in cosmetics pallet.  Taking Green on the food table along with drinks and green salads in green platter will increase appetite for food in nature’s beauty.

Let us celebrate 2017 in greenery.

For further: https://www.pantone.com/press-release-pantone-unveils-color-of-the-year-2017-pantone-15-0343-greenery

Microwave Brownie

A quick  Brownie can be prepared in 4-5 minutes in the microwave.

• Ingredients
• ·         Flour 60 Grams
• ·         Cocoa Powder 60 Gram
• ·         Baking Powder 1 Tablespoon
• ·         Egg 3
• ·         Butter 100 Gram
• ·         Sugar 225 Gram
• ·         Vanilla essence few drops

Recipe

Sieve all of the dry ingredients and mix well.

Beat slightly Butter and Sugar. When fluffy add egg one by one.

Add Vanilla essence.

Now add dry ingredients in little portion and fold lightly.

Put the mixture in a greased Microwave bowl and put in Microwave 4 minutes.

Elsa Einstein's Wife

Elsa Einstein's Wife

Elsa Second wife of famous Einstein was part of his fame. She proved herself as a good companion and maintained the dignity of her life being a wife and her husband’s life as a scientist. Elsa was also in the limelight because her husband was the most famous scientist. Her role as a wife was also featured along with scientific work of Einstein as she was fond of him. Her public conversations, interviews and discussion reflect her care for him.

Your part for Climate Change

Your part for Climate Change

Climate change, you know this term is widely spread and has become a concern for every single person living on this earth.  Different awareness programs are running to educate everyone. Everyone needs to initiate a step to stop it or minimise it. According to a concept, there is no critical science required to learn and implement for saving this earth from climate change disasters.

• Pay a little attention to you part and convince others around yourself for that whatever is possible you can go for that at least once in a while.

• Grow a Plant even in a small vase.

• Use shared public transport once in a week in your schedule of going to office, University, or college.

• Use minimum electronics where possible.

• Do not litter.

• Though the idea is ridiculous, yet design a mechanism to give a little break in heavy industries.

• Utilize natural resource to fulfill necessities rather the processed one.

• Prepare small awareness sessions for children and professionals at schools and offices.

• Advertising small tips on television can also help.

• Waste materials from industries even from cottage industries should be perished properly.

How children manage to avoid

How children manage to avoid

How children manage to avoid; I realised this sentence when I was teaching in a school. This is the story of midterm examination; one of my colleagues was checking papers of grade 5. She handed over to me a paper and asked me how I should mark answer of a question written in that. The question was: Write a dialogue between aunt and you discuss studies on the telephone.

Follow Santa as he makes his journey

Christmas train! This is an initiative, can help to respect believe of others and aiding the idea of equal rights on the basis of humanity in Pakistan.

Pakistan railways announced a Christmas train in Christmas days. It is a very healthy step from the government of Pakistan to fight against racism and against differences of religion.

The train is decorated according to Christmas traditional lights and Santa Claus. Snowman is also there on the train for celebrations of the season and will move to Pakistan.

It was launched with full honour for the grieving nation. May this action become a sign of success and remove difference among the people. 

Chicken Burger

This recpie contains very less oil and red pepper is optional 

Ingredients

Burger Buns

Chicken

• ·         ½ Kg Chicken with bones
• ·         1 Teaspoon salt
• ·         ½ Teaspoon black pepper or White pepper
• ·         ½ Teaspoon Garam masala
• ·         ½ Teaspoon red pepper
• ·         1 Tablespoon Ginger Paste
• ·         1 Tablespoon Garlic Paste
• ·         1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
• ·         1 Tablespoon Ketchup
• ·         1 Tablespoon cooking oil

Omelet

• ·         1 egg for each burger
• ·         Pinch of salt
• ·         Pinch of red pepper
• ·         Oil for frying

Garnish

• ·         Lettuce
• ·         Ketchup
• ·         Mayonnaise

Recipe

Take chicken in a pan and add all of the ingredients Salt, Pepper, Garam Masala, and Ginger & Garlic Paste. And cook on very low flame until the chicken softens.

Take out cooked soft chicken in a plate and separate from bones.

Now add soy sauce, ketchup and oil in the chicken and cook for another five minutes.

Slightly warm Burger buns.

Take egg in a bowl mix salt and red pepper and fry in little oil.

Put cooked chicken on the burger bun, place omelette, lettuce, Ketchup and mayonnaise.

Memorable day at School

From the first breath of this universe, children must be the same; innocent, mischievous, naughty, playful and youthful. I guarantee for sure children must be the same like dawn and dusk from Stone Age to this present era of information communication technology. Schools are the places where children learn manners, learn to live life, learn to make friends and learn to think and many has written about the memorable day of school. My early school was St Andrew’s church high school 15 empress roads Lahore. I remember I use to go to school very happily and on public holidays my parents had to put extra efforts to assure me for the holidays.

This is about the day at school could not erase from my memory. How can I say something pleasant when someone asks me to talk memorable day of school. I was studying in class three, entered in the school along with my siblings on that day. Bell rang all of the children came in ground for assembly prayer and after that went to their classes. We started our studies teaching I was sitting with one of my class fellow Adeela(the name I don’t remember exactly that could be Tanzeela too)but not with my best friend Mehak Kamil. Mehak Kamil was living in my near neighbourhood and we talk a lot when we sit together that is why teacher changed our seats. Now I had to wait to see my best friend till recess so I waited till then for chit chat with her.

Class started again after recess and hardly two periods were gone, a teacher came in with a lot of worries. She was shouting that neighbouring school Government Muslim League High School for boys has received a threatening call that there was a bomb in the school and could explode anytime. The main target was not only Government Muslim League High School for boys but also my school St Andrew’s church high school along with two other buildings of Pakistan Railways headquarters and Pakistan Railway Karen Hospital Lahore.

Teachers started evacuating the main building and taking us to the ground in the back of school since this place was a little far from the neighboring school.  They could not take us out of the school on the main road. A miserable thing on my part happened was my bag got stuck on the desk and it took so long to take that out. A teacher on round came and scolded me we are worried for your lives and you are worried for your bag. She helped me to go out in the ground there every single child was crying.

 I sat with my brothers, my friend Mehak Kamil and her brother. We came to know that principal has called for our parents to pick us. My grandfather came and after few formalities, we were ready for our homes. But Mehak Kamil and her brother started crying to take them to their home as well. They were pleading as their father was out of the station. Teachers allowed them and we dropped them to their home on the way to ours. Outside the school, there were doctors, nurses and ambulances giving a horrible sight of the noon. Every single person outside was thankful to God that bomb was successfully disposed and there was no damage.

But you know what major damage was. The damage to innocent brains and thoughts that have started thinking a little bad about school which should happen at any cost.

The Bride

I could recall when I was not more than a 5th grader. Early in the morning during summer vacations of late 80’s a good time for sleeping till late, I got up with the sound of a distant firecracker. Oh, Great this was the hint of wedding celebrations as per tradition. There would be Bride and groom both of the looking very beautiful. How happy everyone would be on the occasion.

 Usually, firecrackers shoot before the barat (relatives and friends meet with the groom to take him to brides place) is ready to go, Barat reached the place of the bride and especially when barat come back with the bride.  

The sound of firecracker tickled me either does some groom is getting ready for an outstation Barat or does some bride has arrived home after travelling last night from another city.

Though it was an early time I barely remember that someone at home was up and I was a little wary if someone is up would call me to recite Quran so I hold my breath and started imagining that how pretty the bride would be, She must be wearing Henna, lots of makeup, beautiful jewelry, amazing wedding dress and slept again. 

When I woke up on my routine of late hours sleep during summer vacations nothing was going on my memory about the sound of firecracker and nothing to imagine about the bride.

This was a very usual morning up till now if I cast shadows of my memory. I had my favourite of that time breakfast of Mango milkshake and Roghni roti (bread made of dough kneaded with a lot of ghee and cooked on cast iron tawa pan). After breakfast, I started my homework and my grandparents were reading newspapers my mother and phupho (paternal auntie) were busy in domestic chores. 

Later sister of my amman (grandmother) came and started gossiping there was just a light chit-chat over tea and some vegetable to cut for lunch.  She told that there was a blast at 05:00 AM on Pakistan Railways Station Lahore. Many have been expired, many have been wounded and many were scared and traumatised now the morning was not usual like the other mornings. The morning was unusual that is why I am writing about it.

She was somehow an eye witness of that incident as she was one of the passersby after some time of explosion when saw a disturbance on the spot she visited the place and saw one of the miserable sights of her life according to her words.

 She also told a bride lost her life in the incident. But I realised how imprudent I was to think of a wedding celebration rather think of a blast and pray for wounded to get their health back soon. I must pray and recite Quran may everyone live long and started thinking again how the poor bride would be.

Dorayaki pancakes Christmas recipe

Dorayaki pancakes Christmas recipe

Ingredients

• 2 Cup Bisquick Pancake mix
• ¾ Cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 Tablespoon Honey
• 1 Tablespoon Cold water
• ¼ Cup Cooking Oil
• 1 tablespoon ground Sugar Optional

Recipe

Take eggs in the bowl.

Mix ¼ Tablespoon oil in eggs and beat well.

Add ¾ Cup milk in egg and oil mixture and mix well.

Now add 2 cups of pancake mix and Sugar in egg, Oil, Milk mixture and keep the mixture in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to bring smoothness at the good level.

If the consistency is not good to add 1 tablespoon of water in the mixture.

Now grease the pan heating on a moderately low flame and drop a full spoon of mixture in the middle of the pan.

Slightly turn the cake when the bubble appears. Repeat the procedure till mixture is finished.

Now pour you favourite Jam, Maple Syrup, or cream on a pancake and put another one on top of it.

I have Haribos berries inserted on toothpick and pinned the cake to decorate for kids.

Christmas Quotes

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