Blueberry Muffin

Step 1: Dry ingredients
1 1/2 Cups SR flour
1/2 Cups sugar
Step 2: Wet Ingredients
1/2 Cups oil
1/2 Cups milk
1 egg
Step 3: Combining
Add blueberries (to liking)
Put in oven 180° (Preheat) until top is golden

Macaroni and Cheese

Step 1: Macaroni
Boil macaroni (1:2 cups water per cups macaroni) - Till soft
Drain using colander under cold water
Step 2: White sauce
1 Tbsp butter
1/2 cup flour
Mix in milk till thick, watery texture (add cheese)
Step 3: Combine
Combine boiled macaroni with the white sauce, mix, then place in tray
Put in oven at (pre-heat) 200°C for 15 mins

Reflection;
So i was working with myself, and my main focus was making sure nothing would burn. I also didn't want to fall behind, so multitasking. I've made mac n cheese before, but it's not really a dish I'd cook when I'm hungry or something, in other words I'd rather tomatoes and pasta. 

My Holiday - Chill

My Holiday

I had a good Holiday. Kinda wished it lasted longer, but the experience was fun nonetheless. When the holidays started, I didn't really do much but chill at home and browse the web.
Though, once my cousin started his holidays, we all went out to my aunties house in Kaikohe to celebrate Christmas - and at the end of the day, me and my sibling went to my nans house which is just a bit further from Kaikohe.

My nan adopted a dog, called Putty (Patch), which was so small when we first met it - Now, He's about the same height as me if it were to stand up on its back legs. He's huge. Also, while we were at my aunties, she had a little dog with white fur named Max, aka, Psycho dog. He's a biter, but it's playful - and surprisingly I'm not allergic to him. YAYAYY

We stayed up there for 2 weeks - doing absolutely nothing but cook, drink tea, chill, and clean. I also watched some t.v, this show that my nan watches everyday after work, which isn't that bad. The 'American Pickers'. She also has a sweet tooth for fruit cakes, and she makes a really good steam pudding.

After that, we came back to Auckland, and it was HOT. One thing that I miss from up there, the cold.
So, after coming back, I chilled at home, my home cannot live without my brother, and did my normal. Which usually consists of... chilling. I played dnd, wrote things, I actually don't think I did much but chill - except yesterday - yesterday was death in an oven.

Goals... I just wanna set things up, maybe like my room, a way of income, ways to look after my niece, maybe boost my confidence a bit more - need to find a way to make income that doesn't involve getting a job. And just do better at school, just school in general, because i did a school fail last year. 

Huriata - YikeBike: Business/Economics

I studied an innovative product, the ‘YikeBike’, in class today! It’s a non-pedalling, fast and easy to used bike that you can fold up and carry.

It’s main advantage is being capable of travelling long distances with little to use effort and energy. You are able to sit up as if it were a moving chair (literally), it can swivel and move smoothly; and it can prevent being stolen from a thieve with its particular locks on the wheels.

Personally, I don’t like it and I wouldn’t I support it, all I could say to the person who made it is, “Kudos!”. I wouldn’t recommend it to friends or family - it all depends. And I predict it to have small sales because everyone would either have a car… or a bike, a normal one. 

Maze Game and Flappy Bird - DigiTech: Huriata

What types of blocks and codes did you use in the games.

I used many demand blocks, like; direction blocks; sound blocks; If blocks; display blocks and repeats.

What did the blocks and codes enable you to do with the Games?

By putting movement blocks, sound/display blocks and if blocks with in the repeat block, it enables the game to play in a certain way to prevent failure/death. With the movement block, the character is able to move, the direction block allows the character to face or turn in a different direction. When put in a repeat block, it will continue to play through those commands until stopped. The display and sound block let you add characteristics to the game. 

What did you learn from this exercise?

I learnt how to use this program and how to make codes work... to some degree.

SOS - Entrepreneurial Skills: Huriata

My strongest entrepreneurial skills that I have are: Creativity, independence and work-ethic.

My comment of being creative in my own way is having many ideas, to complete something or make something creatively is fun to me; It's the best way to be productive in my opinion. For this skill, I ranked myself at an 'A', the reason I gave an 'A' was because I do have a lot of ideas, and many appreciate them. More of the artistic spectrum. 

I can be very independent, depending on the situation. I can work by myself for long periods of time  and complete/ almost complete work, and I can do most things own my own given the tools. I rated myself at a 'B', meaning I may struggle from time to time and need someone to lean on.

Work-ethic really depends on my attitude. I put a lot of my time and effort into art/drawing rather than academic work. For that, I rated myself at a 'B', this is because I make poor decisions for what I should be putting work into; such as the two listed.

My weakest skill has to be self-responsibility. Meaning I can't be responsible for myself, for a lot of reasons. - 'C'

What have you been successful in this past year, 2018? - SOS - Huriata

What have you been successful in this past year, 2018?

I don’t know if I’ve done anything considered to be successful to me.I guess, my tolerance. My tolerance has never been so high before and I think that would be successful. I’ve been able to say “yes” more often, but I still know when I feel the need to say “no”.

Chocolate Cake - Cooking: Huriata

Chocolate Cake

Pre heat 180 degrees

• 2c srflour
• 1c sugar
• 1/2c oil
• 1c milk
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cocoa

Add all ingredients into the bowl and mix thoroughly. Put in cake tin and transfer into oven.

My experience is, I've cooked chocolate cake many a times :D, but if I were to create my own recipe I don;t think I could do it. So I do appreciate this recipe and it could help my improve my understanding of cooking a cake.

Nacho - cooking: Huriata

Nacho

ingredients:

• onion 
• mince
• bake beans 
• sauce
• cheese
• corn chips

Methods - 

1. Dice onion and fry until soft 
2. Add the mince and fry till cooked
3. Add bake bean, sauce and cheese, boil for 4 minutes on low
4. Serve on corn chips.

The onions were well prepared, and to speed up the process I continuously stabbed the mince to make the pieces smaller.It was pretty quick, and it tasted good. 

Chocolate Muffin: Huriata

pre heat oven 180

1. 2c self raising flour
2. 1c sugar
3. 1/4 c cocoa
4. 1/2c oil
5. 1c milk
6. 1 egg

Combine all ingredients in bowl.
serves 12 muffins

It may be less sweeter than your average muffin, but it is still enjoyable, maybe with a tea.
I mucked up the first time because i misread the instructions, so next time when I'm confused i'll ask the teacher for help.

Chocolate Muffin: Huriata

Chocolate Muffin:

Preheat oven to 180°C

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 C of SRF, 1/2 C of sugar  
• 1 egg
• 1 C of milk, 1tsp vanilla
• 1/2 C of oil, chocolate chips

Steps:

1. Add all ingredients to bowl
2. Mix thoroughly and add one spoon of mixture to the muffin tin 
3. Put in oven till the cupcake has fully risen

Experience:

Nothing new, I just cooked with someone. 

SOS - our small world tokelau: Huriata

'Our Small World' - Reflection of problems:

Our small world features Tokelau and how they live and communicate. A problem that they seem to have and is noticeably a struggle, is the decrease of the tokelau population.

Because of the type of state they are living in, they have to send their youth (16+) to further their education overseas, to study abroad. The problem with this is that it is hard to influence them to come back to the village because they may be with a lover, or elsewhere, resulting with the older group taking the jobs of the young. In one result, someone came back to Tokelau but couldn’t settle because of the way they’ve been in another country.

Thank you for reading

Technology T4W4

Pancake 

We made pancakes today, and I think i did pretty good! For the first time it didn't taste like eggs. I went with the flow till the last minute when we started to bake the mix in the pan, that's when they went funny.   

INGREDIENTS

• 1 1/2 cup of S.R.F
• 1.2 cup of sugar
• one egg
• 1/2 cup of milk
• Oil to fry the pan cake

METHOD

• Add dry ingredients and mix
• Add wet ingredients
• Mix until well combined
• heat pan (element 5-6) add oil
• use serving spoon to size amount on pan
• Wait for bubbles to rise/ golden sides then flip
• Add toppings

Writing; Cure Kids - Huriata

Room 10 participated in a kelly sport event to support ‘Cure Kids’.

Cure Kids charity is an institute supported by Rotary since 1971, and is known as a ‘Health Research Foundation’ who help and provide those in need; such as those with particular illnesses. This means they help by researching (doing projects) and providing information, they help the kids find cures and are able to fund them, and make sure that kids can be healthy and stay healthy.

An example of this is ‘Auckland Uni,' a research team who have come to a school (T.P.S) to collaborate in order to achieve a study/ project based on our urine - to see the effects of sodium inside a child's body, and the harm that it could inflict. This is done by getting volunteers to help with the research - in which they follow a task to 1; keep a journal and write which foods they have. And 2; pee in a large container. And to keep track of how much water they take. The effect of this could help the foundation in succeeding to find what children should be doing, to help benefit in the children's health.

Today I participated by doing the red nose day and giving a foundation of a dollar. That means it will go to the ‘Cure Kids’ in hopes of supporting kids and funding children’s health research. An example of a game I played was called ‘Capture the flag’ which involves kids retrieving cones to their side, with a defender and attackers.

By supporting Cure Kids I hope that my foundation was able to help someone.     

    

Term 4: 1st blog of the term - Huriata

Nau mai, hoki mai ki taku rangitaki. Ko tenei te wahanga tuawha o te tau! Kei te pehea tu hararei?

My personal goal for 2k17-
Managing my time and environment, this means keeping my work area clean and being prepared for upcoming events. I am very disorganised and untidy, so lately I've been... trying to leave my room 'well kept'. And to organise my papers at the end of the day.

One thing I am looking forward to this term is-
DINE AND DANCE! Because I get to hang around with friends, see others in unique clothes and have free food. Last year was a really fun year because I got to listen to some of my requested music (which didn't last through the full length) and  I always had dibs on the drinks no-one else really liked, like lemon water. I didn't like wearing the dress at all, and I wish, If I could change something - would be to let students wear proper, formal clothes (that aren't specifically dresses and tuxes)  

To fully enjoy these end of year opportunities, I will need to remember to have a positive mindset towards things, and to at least give things a try. Whether it be during learning, eotc or inside school events - and to participate in ways that I am involved.

GOALS RELATING TO HOBBIES: Literacy (Careers/ Skills lesson) - Huriata

GOALS RELATING TO HOBBIES: WALT: Identify and plan goals to achieve!

A skill I want to develop or improve: Is managing time and being more productive with my skill/ hobby. I need to be able to draw constantly and making sure it's at a good quality, so it can be sold and I can get money (To do other things/ buy stuff I want)

Ways I could develop this skill: Manage and plan events/ tasks. I need to sort activities separately (free time, school time, fam time) things like dates and set time frames so I'm well prepared and aware of what I'm doing (no waste time on unnecessary things) I think I'd be more successful if I have this type of mindset and skill.

Food Technology Reflection - Huriata T3W8

Cinnamon & Jam Muffins

(preheat oven: 180°C)

DRY

• 1 and a half cup of flour
• half cup sugar

WET

• one egg
• one third of cup oil
• half cup milk.

TOPPINGS

• 1 tsp of brown sugar
• 1 tsp of cinnamon
• 1 tsp of jam

The first method to making this dish was to add the dry ingredients with the wet, until it was thoroughly combined. When the mix is thick, transfer a spoon full into a cupcake tin (When they are all filled but some mix is still there, use it on the ones that might need some filling). Once the mix is all done, get your toppings and using the back of your spoon, scoop some jam and place it in the middle of your mixture inside a cupcake tin, then the cinnamon (also using back of spoon) and then brown sugar. Mix it a little, turning the jam over and then sticking it in the oven. Wait for 15 minutes and check if the top is a golden brown crisp.

ENJOY  

Food Technology Reflection - Huriata T3W7

Oreo Milkshake

Ingredients:

• 1 pack of Oreo's
• 2 cups Milk
• Whip-Cream
• Chocolate sauce

Tools:

• Blender
• Cups

Method:

First you get 1 pack of Oreo's and 2 cups of milk into the same blender, then mix until there are no big chunks of oreo left. Get your cups (serves two) and pour an equal amount in each. Swirl whip-cream on top and depending on whether you want your milkshake to be sweet or not, only counts on how much chocolate sauce you put in your drink. 

Now it is ready to drink. 

Reflection

I paired up with Rosemary that day. We had lined up outside the cooking class/kitchen and when we came inside we were told the rules, safety precautions and tools that we may need during the time spent in food technology. There are 8 tables, me and Rosemary seat at the 7th. When it came to cooking I had immediately (with Rosemary) gone up to the table with ingredients to grab the Oreo's, Rosemary making sure to get dibs on milk. I hurried back to my station waiting upon Rosemary to bring back the milk. I ripped the packet of biscuits open chucking all the Oreo's in while Rosemary inserted the milk. She started the blender but with a mere mistake of not holding the the lid down so it doesn't shake (not a fact, just logic) and the milk travelled everywhere in every space of our bench, I advised her to hold the lid whilst I cleaned the bench and the problem did not excel further 😌 There were 4 blenders, meaning we had to group up with table eight to share the blender. I didn't mind but my god did it take forever for them to clean a bench and a blender. When me and Rosemary's drink were fancy and done, I really expected the drink to taste just like water - but I was wrong, it was actually really good and tasted my like Oreo. I suggest if you like a sweet milkshake, mix and combine the drink rather that having the ingredients separated. The cream at the top makes the sweetness more subtle and the chocolate sauce is like a liquefied sugar.  

Pink Straw: Mine - Purple Straw: Rosemary

Huriata - DARE: Session 2 Reflection Task

Reflection: Huriata

Reflection

Today I just wanted to sleep in - which is what I did. I found out something too, when I woke up I though that my cousin had gotten up to go in the lounge since his bed was empty - but then I kept hearing him "Don't touch that, Karma" or "Give me that" and the funny thing was that karma was in MY room, so I was clearly confused. I looked around my room again. His bed is still empty, he's not under the desk... He's not anywhere. Until, I saw the tiniest movement of the blanket that was on the bed. But the blanket is literally flat and his blanket was left messy till... POP. I had realised that my cousin is so SKINNY that he can mould himself into object and be completely invisible, He was in the blanket that covered 1/4 of his entire bed. 

Oh, and I'm doing Moa hunting tomorrow.