Christmas free colouring pages
11/30/2010
10/21/2010
Taipei International Flora Expo
SINGAPORE (October 13, 2010) –
Transforming Taipei into a city of blossoming parks and gardens, the Flora Expo is the first internationally-recognized event of its kind to be hosted by the Taiwanese capital. Running from November 6, 2010 to April 25, 2011, the Expo aims to promote floriculture within Taipei and inspire both residents and international visitors to adopt sustainable living practices to help preserve our natural environment.
The theme of the Expo is 'Rivers, Flowers, New Horizons'. Fourteen exhibition halls across more than 90 hectares will house floral displays and showcase advances in environmental sciences, green technology and horticulture. The Expo will inhabit the Yuanshan area, including the Taipei Fine Arts Park, Yuanshan Park, Xinsheng Park and the popular recreational spot, Da-Jia Riverside Park.
The Expo site takes in some of Taipei's most high-profile cultural venues, with displays that range from the historical to the high-tech. All 14 exhibition sites offer visitors something educational and inspirational. The following is a selection of event highlights travelers should be sure to catch.
Story House. Taiwan's only Tudor-style building is set in a classic English garden and will have 700 Taiwanese antiques on display, offering visitors a snapshot of aristocratic life in 19th-century Taiwan.
Pavilion of New Fashion. This high-tech hall – dubbed the 'FE ecoARK' – is made entirely of recycled garbage, including 1.5 million recycled PET bottles. Visitors strolling through its quiet, airy passageways can reflect on the unity of 'heaven and humanity' and experience the elements of light, wind and water.
Pavilion of Angel Life. This pavilion combines art with life, featuring design that integrates holistic practices and aesthetics. A large theatre projects high-definition images of Taiwan – a great introduction for first-time visitors to the country.
Pavilion of the Future. This is an innovative exhibition zone with a greenhouse powered by green energy. Here, visitors can witness the role of technology in creating a more harmonious existence between humans and the environment.
Pavilion of Dreams. Located in Xinsheng Park, visitors here are given a 'technology dream bracelet' that projects a holographic flower. 3D movies and virtual reality displays engage each of the audience's five senses.
Celebrity's House: From the late '60s through to the 80s, the late Teresa Teng was one of Asia's leading female singers and today she's a Taiwanese icon. In this exhibition, Teng's life is interpreted through art and technology – guests can listen to her music, attend seminars by local artists and celebrities and create their own floral arrangements, a practice believed to still the mind and promote oneness with nature.
To best experience what is set to be one of Asia's most stunning and enjoyable eco-events, Agoda.it has secured a selection of hotel deals in Taipei.
For more information about Agoda.com, contact PR@ Agoda.com. To learn more about the 2010 Taipei Int'l Flora Expo, visit
Taipei International Flora Expo
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Note to Editors
About Agoda Company Pte Ltd:
Agoda Company Pte Ltd (www.agoda.it)is a leading Asia-based, online hotel reservations company, which specializes in securing the lowest discount hotel prices. Agoda.com is part of Priceline.com (Nasdaq:PCLN). Agoda's network includes over 8,000 hotels in Asia-Pacific and more than 130,000 worldwide. The multinational staff of 450 professionals, located throughout the world, provides a first-rate reservation service that uniquely combines local knowledge and local connections to provide the best hotel deals to both business and leisure travelers.
In addition, Agoda customers participate in the Agoda Rewards Program, earning further discounts and free stays. Unlike programs that limit travelers to a single chain, the Agoda Rewards Program allows customers to redeem Rewards Points at thousands of hotels around the globe, at any time. A member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Agoda's aim is to promote travel by making it more affordable and more accessible to more people.
Transforming Taipei into a city of blossoming parks and gardens, the Flora Expo is the first internationally-recognized event of its kind to be hosted by the Taiwanese capital. Running from November 6, 2010 to April 25, 2011, the Expo aims to promote floriculture within Taipei and inspire both residents and international visitors to adopt sustainable living practices to help preserve our natural environment.
The theme of the Expo is 'Rivers, Flowers, New Horizons'. Fourteen exhibition halls across more than 90 hectares will house floral displays and showcase advances in environmental sciences, green technology and horticulture. The Expo will inhabit the Yuanshan area, including the Taipei Fine Arts Park, Yuanshan Park, Xinsheng Park and the popular recreational spot, Da-Jia Riverside Park.
The Expo site takes in some of Taipei's most high-profile cultural venues, with displays that range from the historical to the high-tech. All 14 exhibition sites offer visitors something educational and inspirational. The following is a selection of event highlights travelers should be sure to catch.
Story House. Taiwan's only Tudor-style building is set in a classic English garden and will have 700 Taiwanese antiques on display, offering visitors a snapshot of aristocratic life in 19th-century Taiwan.
Pavilion of New Fashion. This high-tech hall – dubbed the 'FE ecoARK' – is made entirely of recycled garbage, including 1.5 million recycled PET bottles. Visitors strolling through its quiet, airy passageways can reflect on the unity of 'heaven and humanity' and experience the elements of light, wind and water.
Pavilion of Angel Life. This pavilion combines art with life, featuring design that integrates holistic practices and aesthetics. A large theatre projects high-definition images of Taiwan – a great introduction for first-time visitors to the country.
Pavilion of the Future. This is an innovative exhibition zone with a greenhouse powered by green energy. Here, visitors can witness the role of technology in creating a more harmonious existence between humans and the environment.
Pavilion of Dreams. Located in Xinsheng Park, visitors here are given a 'technology dream bracelet' that projects a holographic flower. 3D movies and virtual reality displays engage each of the audience's five senses.
Celebrity's House: From the late '60s through to the 80s, the late Teresa Teng was one of Asia's leading female singers and today she's a Taiwanese icon. In this exhibition, Teng's life is interpreted through art and technology – guests can listen to her music, attend seminars by local artists and celebrities and create their own floral arrangements, a practice believed to still the mind and promote oneness with nature.
To best experience what is set to be one of Asia's most stunning and enjoyable eco-events, Agoda.it has secured a selection of hotel deals in Taipei.
Ambience Hotel – 4 stars
Agoda promotional rates from USD 87. Stay 4 nights, pay 3 nights. Valid until December 30.
Ambience Hotel
City Inn Plus – 4 stars
Enjoy modern design and quick access to fashion street. Agoda rates from as little as USD 64.
Cuty Inn Plus
Howard Plaza Hotel – 5 stars
Agoda rates from USD 128. Early Bird Rate: book 20 days in advance and enjoy 10% discount.
Valid until January 11, 2011.
Howard Plaza Hotel
Royal Palace Hotel – 4 stars
Agoda rates from USD 91.
Royal Palace Hotel
For more information about Agoda.com, contact PR@ Agoda.com. To learn more about the 2010 Taipei Int'l Flora Expo, visit
Taipei International Flora Expo
###
Note to Editors
About Agoda Company Pte Ltd:
Agoda Company Pte Ltd (www.agoda.it)is a leading Asia-based, online hotel reservations company, which specializes in securing the lowest discount hotel prices. Agoda.com is part of Priceline.com (Nasdaq:PCLN). Agoda's network includes over 8,000 hotels in Asia-Pacific and more than 130,000 worldwide. The multinational staff of 450 professionals, located throughout the world, provides a first-rate reservation service that uniquely combines local knowledge and local connections to provide the best hotel deals to both business and leisure travelers.
In addition, Agoda customers participate in the Agoda Rewards Program, earning further discounts and free stays. Unlike programs that limit travelers to a single chain, the Agoda Rewards Program allows customers to redeem Rewards Points at thousands of hotels around the globe, at any time. A member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Agoda's aim is to promote travel by making it more affordable and more accessible to more people.
6/03/2010
5/12/2010
Window Farms: a new gardening era!
Window Farms are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.
All you need is a southerly facing window and some information about Hydroponics. If you are interested look at this website
Window farms
All you need is a southerly facing window and some information about Hydroponics. If you are interested look at this website
Window farms
5/03/2010
Recipe: Apple pie
Materials needed:
measuring cups and spoons
large sauce pan wooden spoon rolling pin (marble works the best)Ingredients and Directions: 1/3 to 2/3 cup granulated or caster sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Dash of salt
6 cups thinly sliced peeled green or tart baking
apples (approximately 8 medium apples)
2 TBLs Butter Flavor Crisco
Preheat your oven to 425°. Prepare the pastry for
a double crust as desribed below. Mix together the granulated or caster sugar, flour,
cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice and salt in large mixing bowl. Stir
in the thinly sliced apples.
2/3 cup Butter flavor Crisco
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
5 to 7 tablespoons cold water
Using pastry blender, cut shortening into the flour
and salt, until the mixture resembles crumbs. Stir in the water with a
fork until desired moisture is achieved. Add more water if necessary.
Divide the pastry in half, making a ball to roll out into the crust.
Place the ball onto a lightly floured surface and roll out thin with the
lightly floured marble rolling pin. Roll up the crust onto the rolling
pin slowly and then place over the pie tin to cover evenly. Fit the
crust into the tin and then cut around the edge with a knife to make a
neat edge. Sprinkle the bottom pie crust lightly with granulated or
caster sugar.
Pour in apple pie filling from above and then repeat
rolling out the rest of the pie dough for the top crust. After dotting
the apple pie mixture with dots of Butter Flavor Crisco, place the top
crust over this mixture. Take a sharp knife and cut air vents into the
crust. Pinch the edges of the dough around the rim of the pie between
your thumb and closest finger using the same finger on your other hand.
Repeat this until all the crust in joined and crimped together. Lightly
sprinkle more granulated or caster sugar over the finished unbaked pie.
Bake at 425 degrees F for an hour or until the
apples are tender. You can check the tenderness by piercing the apples
through one of the vent holes with a knife and see if it easily goes
through the apple.
Let the pie cool off for at least 30 minutes to an
hour then either serve warm or refrigerate to serve later cold. This of
course tastes great with vanilla ice cream melting over it while it is
still warm or whip cream to garnish if served cold.
apples (approximately 8 medium apples)
Preheat your oven to 425°. Prepare the pastry for
a double crust as desribed below. Mix together the granulated or caster sugar, flour,
cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice and salt in large mixing bowl. Stir
in the thinly sliced apples.
2/3 cup Butter flavor Crisco
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
5 to 7 tablespoons cold water
Using pastry blender, cut shortening into the flour
and salt, until the mixture resembles crumbs. Stir in the water with a
fork until desired moisture is achieved. Add more water if necessary.
Divide the pastry in half, making a ball to roll out into the crust.
Place the ball onto a lightly floured surface and roll out thin with the
lightly floured marble rolling pin. Roll up the crust onto the rolling
pin slowly and then place over the pie tin to cover evenly. Fit the
crust into the tin and then cut around the edge with a knife to make a
neat edge. Sprinkle the bottom pie crust lightly with granulated or
caster sugar.
Pour in apple pie filling from above and then repeat
rolling out the rest of the pie dough for the top crust. After dotting
the apple pie mixture with dots of Butter Flavor Crisco, place the top
crust over this mixture. Take a sharp knife and cut air vents into the
crust. Pinch the edges of the dough around the rim of the pie between
your thumb and closest finger using the same finger on your other hand.
Repeat this until all the crust in joined and crimped together. Lightly
sprinkle more granulated or caster sugar over the finished unbaked pie.
Bake at 425 degrees F for an hour or until the
apples are tender. You can check the tenderness by piercing the apples
through one of the vent holes with a knife and see if it easily goes
through the apple.
Let the pie cool off for at least 30 minutes to an
hour then either serve warm or refrigerate to serve later cold. This of
course tastes great with vanilla ice cream melting over it while it is
still warm or whip cream to garnish if served cold.
5/01/2010
A mother's love determine how
A mother's love determines how
We love ourselves and others.
There is no sky we'll ever see
Not lit by that first love.
Stripped of love, the universe
Would drive us mad with pain;
But we are born into a world
That greets our cries with joy.
How much I owe you for the kiss
That told me who I was!
The greatest gift--a love of life--
Lay laughing in your eyes.
Because of you my world still has
The soft grace of your smile;
And every wind of fortune bears
The scent of your caress.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon
We love ourselves and others.
There is no sky we'll ever see
Not lit by that first love.
Stripped of love, the universe
Would drive us mad with pain;
But we are born into a world
That greets our cries with joy.
How much I owe you for the kiss
That told me who I was!
The greatest gift--a love of life--
Lay laughing in your eyes.
Because of you my world still has
The soft grace of your smile;
And every wind of fortune bears
The scent of your caress.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon
4/30/2010
Rose Cake
A cake with rose water
Before vanilla became the dominant flavoring in cakes, cookies, and other confections, rosewater (made from rose petals steeped in water)was the common flavoring. Here's a cake recipe fit for royalty,
transcribed into modern English, from "The Queen's Closet Opened" an
eighteenth century cookbook
To make a cake with rose water,
the
way of the Royal Princess, the Lady Elizabeth,daughter to King Charles the First
Take
half a peck of flour, half a pint of rose water, a pint of ale yeast,
and a pint of cream. Add to it a pound and a half of butter, six egg
yolks, four pounds of currants, one half pound of sugar, five
tablespoons grated , and a little salt. Beat it very well and let it stand half an hour by the fire. Then beat it again and make
it up [into a baking pan] and let it stand an hour and a half in the
oven. Let not your oven be too hot
Before vanilla became the dominant flavoring in cakes, cookies, and other confections, rosewater (made from rose petals steeped in water)was the common flavoring. Here's a cake recipe fit for royalty,
transcribed into modern English, from "The Queen's Closet Opened" an
eighteenth century cookbook
To make a cake with rose water,
the
way of the Royal Princess, the Lady Elizabeth,daughter to King Charles the First
Take
half a peck of flour, half a pint of rose water, a pint of ale yeast,
and a pint of cream. Add to it a pound and a half of butter, six egg
yolks, four pounds of currants, one half pound of sugar, five
tablespoons grated , and a little salt. Beat it very well and let it stand half an hour by the fire. Then beat it again and make
it up [into a baking pan] and let it stand an hour and a half in the
oven. Let not your oven be too hot
4/29/2010
The language of flowers
Acacia
- hope
Alyssum -
Worth beyond beauty
Amaranth -
fidelity
Amaryllis -beauty, pride
Aster -
Daintiness
Azalea
Temperence
Baby's
breath - happiness
Bay Wreath -
reward of merit
Carnation
red - admiration
Carnation
white - pure love
Cedar leaf -
I live for you
Chrisanthemum
red - I love you
Chrisanthemum
white - truth
Chrisanthemum
yellow - slighted love
Daffodil -
regard
Daisy -
innocence, patience
Edelweiss
- daring and noble courage
Everlasting
- constancy
Fennel -
strenght
Fern -
sincerity
Fir - time
and elevation
Forget me
not - ... forget me not
Gardenia -
joi, friendship
Geranium oak
leaf - friendship
Geranium
rose - preferenza
Gladiolus -
strenght of character
Heliotrope -
devotion
Hibiscus -
delicate beauty
Holly -
foresight
Ivy -
friendship
Iris - I
have a message for you
Jasmine
yellow - grace and elegance
Lavender -
constancy
Lily white
- majesty and purity
Lily of the
valley - return of happiness
Magnolia
- splendid beauty
Mimosa -
sensitivity
Narcissus -
self esteem
Nasturtium -
patriotism
Orchid -
beauty, charme
Pansy -
thoughts
Peony -
bashfulness
Phlox -
Sweety dreams
Poinsettia -
be of good cheer
Primrose -
young love
Rose
christmas - peace tranquillity
Rose musk -
capricious beauty
Rose pink -
friendship
Rose red -
love
Rose white -
I am worthy of you
Rose white
and red - unity
Rosemary -
remembrance
Salvia, blue
- I think of you
Snapdragon -
presumption
Spearmint -
warmth of sentiment
Statice -
lasting beauty
Sweet
William - perfection
Sweet basil
- good luck
Sweet pea -
delicate pleasure
Thrift -
sympathy
Thyme -
courage
Tulip red -
declaration of love
Tuberose -
dangerous pleasure
Zinnia -
healing
- hope
Alyssum -
Worth beyond beauty
Amaranth -
fidelity
Amaryllis -beauty, pride
Aster -
Daintiness
Azalea
Temperence
Baby's
breath - happiness
Bay Wreath -
reward of merit
Carnation
red - admiration
Carnation
white - pure love
Cedar leaf -
I live for you
Chrisanthemum
red - I love you
Chrisanthemum
white - truth
Chrisanthemum
yellow - slighted love
Daffodil -
regard
Daisy -
innocence, patience
Edelweiss
- daring and noble courage
Everlasting
- constancy
Fennel -
strenght
Fern -
sincerity
Fir - time
and elevation
Forget me
not - ... forget me not
Gardenia -
joi, friendship
Geranium oak
leaf - friendship
Geranium
rose - preferenza
Gladiolus -
strenght of character
Heliotrope -
devotion
Hibiscus -
delicate beauty
Holly -
foresight
Ivy -
friendship
Iris - I
have a message for you
Jasmine
yellow - grace and elegance
Lavender -
constancy
Lily white
- majesty and purity
Lily of the
valley - return of happiness
Magnolia
- splendid beauty
Mimosa -
sensitivity
Narcissus -
self esteem
Nasturtium -
patriotism
Orchid -
beauty, charme
Pansy -
thoughts
Peony -
bashfulness
Phlox -
Sweety dreams
Poinsettia -
be of good cheer
Primrose -
young love
Rose
christmas - peace tranquillity
Rose musk -
capricious beauty
Rose pink -
friendship
Rose red -
love
Rose white -
I am worthy of you
Rose white
and red - unity
Rosemary -
remembrance
Salvia, blue
- I think of you
Snapdragon -
presumption
Spearmint -
warmth of sentiment
Statice -
lasting beauty
Sweet
William - perfection
Sweet basil
- good luck
Sweet pea -
delicate pleasure
Thrift -
sympathy
Thyme -
courage
Tulip red -
declaration of love
Tuberose -
dangerous pleasure
Zinnia -
healing
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