So I had to attend this event for my intro to American government class and as you can see I attended it over a month ago; so I am going to try my best to remember what went down in the webinar. The webinar had two speakers who were both former congress members Greg Walden… Continue reading Event Response Political Science Webinar 10/26/21
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Event Response: UNI HD Webinar 11/30/21
Mr. Hovy presents information about migration called “Population migration and refugees”. Migration is a hot topic in today’s world so it’s good that we get to hear an argument by someone who is an expert on it. He states that forced migration is only a small fraction of global migration. He talks about how how… Continue reading Event Response: UNI HD Webinar 11/30/21
Tea Culture in Japan
It is amazing how ingrained tea is in Japanese culture and how different it is from other countries with a deep tea culture. One of the most interesting things about Japanese tea culture is the emphasis on the lack of repetition. You are not supposed to have pictures of birds or flowers when serving tea… Continue reading Tea Culture in Japan
Tea is Serious Business
A few weeks ago I knew that tea was one of the most popular drinks in the world (and still is) and the economic backbone of the British empire. I did not know how hardcore the tea industry. Tea was no joke; it was serious business. For my essay about tea in Europe, I talked… Continue reading Tea is Serious Business
Spiky brown things
So when we to the garden I chose to write about the spiky brown balls which I now know are called sweet gum balls but I am just gonna call them brown spiky balls. I also learned that they are not sweet and are actually poisonous to human so change the name. The reason why… Continue reading Spiky brown things
Tea Tasting
In this tea tasting we were supposed to smell and touch the tea leaves but I could not smell anything from the tea leaves and I did not touch them because that would be weird. The first tea I had was the white tea which was not white it was yellow so the name should… Continue reading Tea Tasting
Tea Poem
The different origins of tea
The first sentence I chose was, “At that time it was indigenous peoples of the southwest who picked the leaves o f the wild tea plant (Camellia sinensis; native to what are now the provinces o f Yunnan and Sichuan, and also northern Myanmar)” (Wilkinson). The second sentence I chose was, “Later on, a bush… Continue reading The different origins of tea
George Orwell is a tea snob
I never thought someone could be such a stickler for something as mundane as tea but I was wrong. George Orwell has a very specific way of preparing his and if you do anything different when preparing your tea then you’re preparing your tea wrong. He believes that if you add sugar to tea you… Continue reading George Orwell is a tea snob
Cat Peril
Just like this cat I have made mistakes and have learned from them. That cat will never go under that dresser again I will never go shopping with Joe again.