My New Job

Yesterday was my first day of work ever! I am working at the American Embassy in Bangkok and a Summer Only employee. I have one of the better jobs that you could get. I basically help plan trips, parties, and events for the employees here.

The American Embassy in Bangkok

Yesterday after two hours of briefings I got to start. I made flyers for and up coming biking tour, prepared for an event on Friday were I will be reading to little kids then doing arts and crafts, and many more things. I was so busy yesterday and I am busy today too. Today I met the Ambassador, all of the summer employees were shuffled into a big conference room, then we had to wait for fifteen minutes for security to check the room. The Ambassador was very nice, she even has her own twitter account.

I work eight hour days with one hour for lunch. I have to get up at 5:00, just to get ready. This job is mentally exhausting, but it's also really fun. I realize tat I am very lucky to even have a job, and I really am enjoying every minute if it.

What are you doing this summer?

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It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Benjamin Franklin

Cherry Pie

      It must be summer because I made Cherry Pie! Sadly, I didn't take any pictures of it. I gave the pie to my neighbors who will be moving out on Saturday. Both of my next- door-neighbors and my neighbors across the street are moving this summer. I made brownies to the ones that left last weekend and I plan on making a little somrthing for when the others leave in a few weeks. I don't think anything says love like home baked goods.

  

Pie Crust Recipe

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups of All- purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1cup shotening
• 1/2 cup of water

1. Combine flour  and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix in shorteninguntil mixture resembles coares crumbs. Then, stir in water until mixture forms a ball. Now, divide dough in half, and shape into balls. Wrap in Plastic and refrigerate for 4 hours or over night.

2. Roll out dough, but be careful not to over roll it!

3. Now you can use as directed in you pie recipe.

Cherry Pie Filling

Ingredients

5 cups cherries – cut in half and pitted
2 tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. almond extract
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 cup honey
egg wash (1 egg, beaten with a fork)

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Step 1 – Prepare your cherries (this takes a little time, but you can always do this in advance).

Step 2 – Combine your cherries, sugar, salt and honey(in a large mixing bowl. Mix well.

Step 3 – Pour your cherries into your pie crust.

Step 4 – Put the second crust over the top of your pie, and pinch the edges together all the way around. You can use a fork if you want it to look pretty. You can also get creative.

Step 5 – Don’t forget to cut a vent in the top of your pie so steam can escape!

Step 6 – Using a basting brush, brush a light coat of egg wash over the top of your pie.

Step 7 – Place the pie in the oven and bake for approximately 45-60 minutes or until the fruit juices start to bubble in the pie.

Step 8– Cool on a cooling rack, slice and serve.

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Sorry I've missed two days I haven't been feeling all that great.

Kung Fu Panda 2

While the rest of the world was seeing The Hangover 2, I was seeing Kung Fu Panda 2. I much prefer seeing movies that are aimed at little kids, than seeing over sexed comedies. I really liked the first Kung Fu Panda, and enjoyed the sequel even more. It is cute, funny, and deals with important issues. The prevalent issue in this movie was coping with being adopted. That is an issue close to my heart, because my father was adopted.  I thought that the movie got it's message across without being too preachy. I would definitely recommend this movie.

Have you seen any good movies lately?

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