Saturday, June 21, 2008

21 June: Shortest Day

Today, 21 June is the Winter Solstice or the longest night and the shortest day. Pero sa dito lang yang sa down under. Sa US, Canada and the rest of the northern hemisphere, longest day–shortest night naman. This is supposedly the start of winter in here in the bottom half of the world but simultaneously summer sa itaas.

Winter spell. Although officially, June ang simula ng winter, ngayong pagkatapos ng shortest day pa lang ang talagang simula ng lamig. Sabi ng kasama kong kiwi, brace yourself for the next 6 weeks coz this is the coldest time of the year. He reckons that this is shorter than it used to be. Siguro epekto ng global warming.

The fun only starts now so let’s all enjoy it. Keep cool… and warm.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

we're waiting for it to snow here uli,yun ang balita this coming week. Sana ordinary day paralibre trabaho ng isang araw.

Anonymous said...

hi jinkee, daming sale sa fox outlet ng winter gear galing kami kangina

jinkee said...

@ mark and malou,
i'm sure by this time sagana na kayo sa snow. ingat lagi lalo na sa driving.

@ madbong,
corry sa late reply. naging busy ako lately. napunta kami sa Fox nung isang araw. Nakakainis, napabili na naman ako :)

Anonymous said...

mare eto recipe ng banana cake

2& half cups flour
1 cup caster sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
4 eggs
1 cup cooking oil
5 - 6 overripe bananas (mashed)
1 teaspoon vanilla
crushed walnuts or any nuts (optional)

mix all dry ingredients, then add remaining ingredients. mix well (1 direction only). bake at 180 degrees for 45 to 1 hour. note you should lower temp to 160 when the sides are cooked already. check once in a while with toothpick if middle is done already.

for icing (optional):

3 tablespoon cream cheese
1 tablespoon apricot jam
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 pat of butter

just mix all together and put on top of cake.

that's it, happy baking!!