Monday, October 08, 2007

group j: elisa



This image calls Fried Rice.


Hi!! I know that the photo I've chosen is a bit strange but it represents some aspects of my personality.

The first reason is the most obvious: I really love rice!! It can be cooked in all the way you want, but I always love it! When I am alone at home and I must decide what to eat I often cook rice even if it requires a bit of work. Obviously, I cook it often also for my family and they always appreciate it.

The second reason is linked with the first one because I love cooking. I cook every day for my family but it is not a problem for me because when I cook I feel relaxed and I don't think to other problems or things that I have to do. I love cooking everything and I often make some "experiments" with my fantasy and using the food I have at home in that moment...I admit that they are not alway a success!! However, I think that I can be considered I quite good cook!
There's also another reason why I have chosen this photo and it is that I love water and, as you all know, rice grows in the water. I really love everything related with water. For example, I am not a sporty type but the only sport I like is swimming. Moreover, I love the sea, the sensation of the water in the skin and the sound that you hear when you are under water. When I find beautiful sea or lake landscapes I cannot resist to the tentation to take a photo of them!
The web sites that I use the most are those of the university but the three I suggest you to have a look at are:
The first one is a collection of links which are useful for the learning of foreign languages. You can choose the language you want to improve and than it gives you links for every kind of exsercises (grammar, oral, writing, radio stations, newspapers etc..)
After your work you can relax with a bit of shopping! In this site you can find a number of kinds of dresses, shoes, bags and accessories. Sometimes I do shopping here and I can guarantee the reliability of this site. Moreover, here you can find goods which are not easy to find in Italy because the are sold only in other countries.
The third one is a collection of recipes. The are well organized and well explained. Sometimes I search here a new idea for cooking something that I usually cook only in one way.

5 comments:

vale said...

Hey elisa!nice picture the one you chose..especially for the many colours of that fried rice..mmm that must be pretty nice!!Like you I really like cooking(and eating as well..eheh!)..any kind of food..so thanks for the website..i'll definately have a look at cooker.net and search for new recipes!!

Alberto said...

Hi!
What a strange picture!
I like swimming too, but I'm a bit (just a bit?) lazy, so it's ages since I last went to a pool...
Your family is lucky, since nobody here loves cooking...I tried to prepare a cake few days ago, but the risult wasn't very hopeful.
I hope that an experienced cook like you, can at least appreciate my good will!
See you!
Alberto

Serena Santi said...

Hi Elisa!
Your family is so lucky! I must confess I’m a disaster in the kitchen. My mum has forbidden me to enter this room and try to make what she calls “my dangerous experiments”. Good will is not enough. So I’m a bit envious of your ability. I’ve learned very early how to survive and I started to go and have lunch or dinner with my grandmother as much as I can. Please let me know if there is a secret in the mysterious art of cooking. Because if there isn’t I think I have no hope.

alicev said...

Hi Elisa,

like Serena, I must confess that as cook, I'm a total disaster... However, I appreciate very much the fact that young ladies, like you, who unluckily are the exception rather than the rule, still enjoy cooking!
Suggestion: Since nowadays young ladies like me, are able to injure the reputation of young cooks in spite of their skills, every time we set foot in the kitchen and do any cooking; next time, please, post an easy but tasteful recipe (for rice for example!): you will help us to work it out!
Thanks!

Alice

Giovanna S. said...

Dear Elisa,

We like your post very much because you introduced yourself in a clear and interesting way, so we could understand your tastes and your personality. Sarah, however, asked us to help you finding out some points that you can improve, so we will give you our advice and we hope you can appreciate it. Here are our corrections:

-‘I’ve chosen’: chose

-‘is a bit strange but’: is a bit strange, but

-‘in all the way you want’: in any way you want

-‘I must decide what to eat I often cook’: I must decide what to eat, I often cook

-‘even if’: it is better to use 'although' because 'even if' is used with hypothetical clauses

-‘I cook it often’: I often cook it

-‘for my family and they always appreciate it’: for my family, and they always appreciate it

-‘I cook every day for my family but it is not a problem for me because when I cook I feel relaxed’: I cook every day for my family, but it is not a problem for me because, when I cook, I feel relaxed

-‘I love cooking everything and’: I love cooking everything, and

-‘and I often make some “experiments” with my fantasy and using the food I have at home’: and with my fantasy I often make “experiments” using the food I have at home

-‘they are not alway a success’: they are not always a success

-‘I can be considered I quite good cook’: I can be considered quite a good cook

-‘why I’ve chosen this photo and it is that I love water’: why I chose this photo: I love water

-‘in the water’: in water

-‘I am not a sporty type but the only sport I like is swimming’: I am not sporty, but I like swimming

-‘rice grows in the water’: rice grows in water

-‘I love the sea’: I love sea

-‘the sensation of the water in the skin’: the sensation of water on the skin

-‘tentation’: temptation

-‘those of the university’: maybe it is better to add ‘of Padua’

-‘the three I suggest you’: the three websites I suggest you

-‘and than it gives you links for every kind of exsercises’: and then it gives you links to every kind of exercises

-‘a number of’: in this case it is better to write ‘different’

-'the are sold': they are sold

-‘the are well organized’: they are well organized

-‘I cook only in one way’: it is better to write ‘I cook only in one particular way’

We hope you will find our comments useful,

See you soon!

Giovanna S. & Elena V.