My kids are taking a vacation to the Philippines
this Summer 2011.
I interviewed them to find out what they felt about
taking a vacation to the Philippines
and what they think they'll do once there.
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Sunday, June 05, 2011
Potato, Bacon, Sausage, and Cheese Omelet
I cooked this Omelet for Breakfast at a recent Camping trip.
Mind you, not for myself but for the kids I served breakfast for during the trip. For health concerns , I can't touch this. But for my two sons and their friends it makes for a sumptuous breakfast served with Pancakes or with rice.
Camping conditions are less than ideal than when cooking in a home kitchen setting considering that outdoors has lots of wind you have to contend with. Sloping cooking surface means that the its hard to spread the omelet on a griddle. Its also harder to regulate the heat off of a Camp stove.
It took 5 minutes from the time I put this Omelet on the table to the time the plate was empty.
Here's my recipe:
Servings: 6 Ingredients: - 6 large eggs - 4 pieces of bacon chopped finely - 1/2 cup Pizza Sausage - 1/2 cup grated cheese (Mozzarella or Monterrey Jack) - 3/4 cup cubed potatoes (boiled for 5 minutes to soften it)
Utensils used: -flat Griddle -Wire whisk -spatula
Cooking Directions: 1. Place the eggs in a bowl.
2. Using a whisk or fork, beat the eggs and season with table salt.
3. Heat the Griddle and spread cooking oil on the flat surface using a spatula.
Note: Make sure the griddle is on a horizontal even surface. If you have to use a Bubble Level to make sure its horizontal and even if you have to or simply eyeball it. This is a challenge in a Camping setting , specially if the campsite is on a sloping surface.
4. Pour the egg on the griddle surface.
5. Use your hands to evenly spread the ingredients on half side of the egg surface: sausage, bacon, potato, and cheese.
6. Using a spatula, lift and cover the half end of the surface to make your Omelet.
7. Use the spatula to transfer the Omelet to a plate and serve with rice (with Ketchup) or with Pancakes.
We went Camping at Agua Caliente Hot Springs Campground for the Memorial Weekend to celebrate Justin and Trevor's Birthday. Agua Caliente Campground is about 20 minutes drive East of the town of Julian, here in San Diego California.
We brought along Tyler, his Mom, and brother, Cong, Casius, Marcello to the Camping trip. Kristen wasn't able to come join us for the Camping trip.
The kids enjoyed the trip pretty much. Its a testosterone filled adventure I suppose. We went hiking through steep rocks, they played Tomahawk Ax throwing. In a sense i'm glad Kristen didn't come along. It was hot-warm during the daytime but really cold and windy at night.
Mind you, these kids had a good appetite to match their active physical activity. I had to deliver on their diet needs. Tyler's Mom helped with the cooking so that was a big help.
Its the first time I hosted a camping and cater to seven teenagers with good appetites.
Among the dishes I cooked in Camp were Chicken Fajitas, New York Steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, grilled corn, charcoal grilled burgers, Pancakes with bacon-sausage-potato omelet.
Before we left Camp, Justin gave me a hug and expressed his thanks for hosting a memorable Camping for him and Trevor.
Its my pleasure to deliver and I'm glad Justin and Trevor had a good time.
Its 2 AM on Monday, May 16, 2011, staying up late, probably not going to sleep till dawn of the new day arrives and go straight to work.
Here I am sipping black coffee to keep me awake and I keep thinking about you.
Alam mo, while I'm staying up late burning my Midnight candle , and while writing our class Case Study Report, I keep playing this song by Aerosmith - I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing in YouTube.
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing Watch you smile while you are sleeping While you're far away dreaming I could spend my life in this sweet surrender I could stay lost in this moment forever Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
Don't want to close my eyes I dont want to fall asleep Cause I'd miss you baby And I dont want to miss a thing Cause even when I dream of you The sweetest dream will never do I'd still miss you baby And I dont want to miss a thing
Lying close to you feeling your heart beating And I'm wondering what youre dreaming Wondering if its me youre seeing Then I kiss your eyes And thank God were together I just want to stay with you in this moment forever Forever and ever
Don't want to close my eyes I dont want to fall asleep Cause I'd miss you baby And I dont want to miss a thing Cause even when I dream of you The sweetest dream will never do I'd still miss you baby And I dont want to miss a thing
I dont want to miss one smile I dont want to miss one kiss I just want to be with you Right here with you, just like this I just want to hold you close Feel your heart so close to mine And just stay here in this moment For all the rest of time
Don't want to close my eyes I dont want to fall asleep Cause I'd miss you baby And I dont want to miss a thing Cause even when I dream of you The sweetest dream will never do I'd still miss you baby And I dont want to miss a thing
Don't want to close my eyes I dont want to fall asleep I dont want to miss a thing
Classroom setting using Linux Applications and architecture (from Linux Bible 2010 Edition book, page 27-28)
Cost savings, flexibility, and a huge pool of applications have made Linux a wonderful alternative to proprietary systems for many schools. One project has been particularly successful in schools: the K12 Linux Terminal Server Project (www.k12ltsp.org).
K12LTSP is based on the Linux Terminal Service Project (www.ltsp.org) and Fedora (www.fedoraproject.org), but is tuned to work particularly in schools. With K12LTSP, you centralize all your school’s applications on one or more server machines. Then you can use low-end PCs (old Pentiums or thin clients) as workstations. With thin clients starting under $200 or old PCs already hanging around your school, you can service a whole class or even a whole school for little more than the cost of the servers and some networking hardware. Figure 2-5 illustrates the general steps you would go through to confi gure a Linux LTSP sever to manage multiple workstations.
By centralizing all the school’s software on a limited number of servers, K12LTSP can offer both security (only a few servers to watch over) and convenience (no need to reinstall hundreds of Windows machines to upgrade or enhance the software). Each client machine controls the display, mouse, and keyboard, whereas all the user’s applications and files are stored on and run from the server.
Figure below: Configure LTSP on the server, and then boot up workstations to work from that server.
The K12LTSP distribution contains many battle-tested open source applications, including full GNOME and KDE desktops, Evolution e-mail, Firefox browser, OpenOffi ce.org offi ce suite, and GIMP image application. They also add DansGuardian (open source Web content filtering) and educational software (such as Gcompris).
If the Windows application you are looking for is not available in Linux, you can almost surely fi nd a similar Linux application. Many schools in Oregon have adopted K12LTSP, including those attended by Linus Torvalds’ children in Portland, Oregon. Adoption of K12LTSP has also begun in Atlanta, Georgia and many other cities across the United States.
