From cooked to raw foods

Learning how to cook while living on my own … school edition

Cucumber with smoked salmon or chili Thai tuna

Chili Thai pan fried potatoes with herbs + spice

Kale and lettuce with sprouts and mushroom dressed in homemade Cesear inspired sauce

Raw chocolate mousse – made from avocados, cacao powder, and honey

Stir fried eggplant with basil

Stir fried chicken breast with frozen veg

Ethiopian inspired lentil and onions + lots of spice

Spinach and Kale with carrot and beets

 
Kale and spinach with shrimp and mushroom

    
Bruschetta on whole wheat bread

Oven roasted sweet potatoes

 
Greens, tomato, feta, and balsamic vinegar

Shrimp and mushroom stir fried with spice

Stir fried chicken with spice and Thai chili

 
Dragonfruit

 
Salad with fruits

Oven roasted kale chips

 
Pork chop with mushrooms

  
Shrimp taco with Greek yogurt and veg wrapped in corn tortilla

Green curry with rice

 
Carrot soup

Mango shaved ice with matcha powder

Korean style potato and carrots

Perfect 10 guacamole from YouTube

 
Sushi with smoked salmon

Rice noodle with ground beef, cheery tomato and smoked salmon

 
Rice noodle with ground beef and chili

 
Curry potato soup

Udon noodle with stir fried egg and onions

 
Pizza with salmon and spinach

 
Banana leave with sticky rice and dates

Green tea latte

Green tea frappacino

 
Chicken leg drums with Korean spicy sauce

Fried rice with Korean spiced tofu with cabbage

Insect Taxonomy Field Course OUPFB 2011

For the past 2 weeks, I went to the Queen’s University Biological Station to do a Field Course on Insecta – it was mind-blowing. The experience was phenomenal and inspirational. Marvin (prof) and Dave (TA) made the course so fun + engaging. I learned alot and played a lot at the same time. It definitely brought back a lot of childhood memories of me capturing insects in my courtyard with my friends.

For anyone that wants to take  a biology field course, I highly recommend this one – you will NOT regret it. Marv and Dave will show you the wonderful world of insects and my fear for those creatures definitely disappeared. I truly appreciate their beautiful existence.

Below are some of the pictures that I captured of …
- us capturing insects on the field
- food that we ate at QUBS
- my insect collection: physical + digital, which included
- Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae,  Formicidae, Vespidae
- Diptera: Syrphidae, robber fly,  Tachinidae
- Odonata: Libellulidae,
- Homoptera: Cercopidae (Froghopper)
- Lepidoptera: Noctuidae (Simyra insularis -Cattail Caterpillar), Lymantriidae (Orgyia definita – Definite Tussock Moth), Notodontidae (Heterocampa, Walnut, Datana ministra ), Arctiidae, Geometridae,  Sphingidae, Milkweed tussock caterpilla,  Papilionidae,  Saturniidae (Automeris io), Monkey slug
- Hemiptera: Aphids,  Belostomatidae
- Orthoptera: grasshopper
- Neuroptera: Chrysopidae
- Mantodea: Mantidea (Praying mantis)
- Phasmida: Phasmatidae
- Hemiptera: Assassin bug, Pentatomidae
- Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae,  Chrysomelidae, Cerambycidae (long-horned beetle), Coccinellidae (Lady bird beetle), Meloidae (Blister beetle), Cicindelinae (Tiger beetle)
- Araneae: Araneidae (Orb-weaver spider), crab spider
- Opiliones