TOEIC

I have had TOEIC test today, it is the first time for me. Of course, I have not prepared anything to measure my actual level, but it is boastful.
The listening part was hard because the speed was not adjusted and natual, there was not enough time and got into next one while selecting the answer.
I tried to answer for reading part with my best speed but the remaining time was only 5 minites when I was done. The volume of reading test was too much.
The contents of the reading test was very hard for students because most documents were from business scene.

I hope it is lucky if I get 600th but I guess I will get 500th.

Meat & Vegetable Curry

I still have several Curry powers in my home which I bought at Indian Town in Great Los Angeles area when I was in USA. One of them is “Meat & Vegetable Curry, and I tried it. To make it colorful, I used Chicken, Tomato, Onion, Broccoli, Yellow Paprika, Carrot, and Shimeji Mushroom. Finally the photograph was the result. The taste was very light and was not satisfactory rich tast, but it was enough hot and suitable for hot and humidity summer season in Japan.

Don Julio (Tequila)

It has been 1 year since I returned from USA. I have a bottle of Tequila from my colleague. It is a Tequila made by Don Julio. The bottle is in a cardboard decorated box, and there is a brass plate on the front bottom of the bottle, and message is on the plate. By referring to the information from the internet, it is famous Tequila in Mexico and mine was made as 60th anniversary. It is more than 15,000JPY in Japan. I will enjoy it soon.

Japanese Fulan Orchid

Japanese Hulan blossoms on the Chinese black pine on my garden which was attached on the tree by my mother. By Wikipedia Japanese edition, it is a one of Japanese origin Orchid, a kind of aerophyte belonging to Liliopsida Orchidaceae. The wild one is assigned as vulnerable by IUCN, and it is assigned in red list in Japanese Ministry of the Environment. After checking several pictures through internet, my gardens one seems to be fine.

Taco rice (Taco Bowl, topping contents of taco on the steamed rice)

Frankly speaking, I did not know Taco Rice that is very popular in Okinawa in Japan.
When I lived in LA, my friends recommended us to enjoy topping the contents of Taco on steamed rice, and I tried it. It was wonderful. I did know Taco Rice in Okinawa later. They say that American soldiers, who were in American base in Okinawa, brought Taco in Okinawa that was the root of Taco Rice in Okinawa. But the Taco Rice in Okinawa is far from the Taco because Okinawa Tako Rice includes Catsup and Chilｌi source. I personally feel it strange.
My home Taco Rice is basically a kind of Taco Rice Bowl with topping of American and/or Mexican Taco contents on the steamed rice. For example, the pictured Taco Rice is built with steamed rice in the bottom, then topping with cooked ground beef with MacCormik seasoning, carved lettuce, fried egg, guacamole with MacCormik seasoning, Chilli beans bought at 99c shop in USA, salsa bought at Costco in Japan. It is wonderful.