Chocolate Oatmeal Porridge

This is one of those breakfast meals that I have grown-up with. This is definitely my all-time favorite. And now that I am already a parent, my kid like it too. Every afternoon at home, I will cook this dish for her and she will behave like a really cute tiny puppy. 

We can also substitute rice over oats. The preparation of this meal is not that difficult and the details is listed below: 

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup hot water2 cups milk
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup steel cut oats (just bought an original-flavored oatmeal pack from the grocery store)
• 5 tablespoons honey

Directions:

Dissolve cocoa powder in hot water in a saucepan; add milk and bring to a boil. Add salt and oats; simmer over low heat, stirring constantly, until oatmeal has thickened, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in honey.

Happiness Today

                                                 7:00 pm of April 10, 2014 CT

                                           http://joycemeyer.org/Articles/Devotional.aspx?sf2424162=1

                                                      Looks like spring is really here :)

GOD thinks good things about us. Nothing is just a circumstance. Nothing is just an accident. I saw smiles everywhere and it was such a really great day. Thank you for helping me and please continue to help me with my work, LORD JESUS.  

(Correction: this post was for yesterday, April 10, 2014. Today, I just realized that the Wifi connection got disrupted yesterday and it was not posted properly) How can I enhance my Eng skills? ;( 

                                                    There comes the rain. 11.April.2014

What Evansville, IN Can Offer?

Whenever we are given the Grace from Above, we should not let the opportunities slip away. I've had wonderful memories from visiting truly wonderful places and I am looking forward to see some more. Bringing my awareness to a new place, I am encouraged to explore a diversified but more of a historic atmosphere. I am in an area that is the far east side of Evansville and is very close to all of the east side shopping. It is also minutes away from Eastland Mall, many restaurants, Best Buy, Super Wal-Mart, Target, Circuit City, Home Depot, Lowes, movie theater. There are nice quiet streets in this area and busier streets. Evansville also happens to be the cultural, financial and medical hub of southwest Indiana, and one of the most commercially vital cities in the Illinois-Indiana-Kentucky tri-state area.

I would like to check them myself and see how to recommend this city for anyone who is looking for a fun weekend get-away. Google map says that the city is located between Illinois and Kentucky on the Ohio River. Evansville offers a great number of things to do and attractions to see. 

There are literally hundreds of stores with great shopping in Evansville, with the Eastland Mall home to many of them. There are plenty of specialty shops as well. To top that is an oriental store that an Asian like me should first look for if I need to rush for cooking ingredients. If eating is a main priority, then Evansville will fill the bill. There are so many great restaurants in Evansville and it is hard to choose which one to try first. I was informed by my co-workers with many nice restaurants to visit like Turoni's Pizzery. It is a place-to-go for a delicious thin-crust pizza. 

Evansville offers a lively nightlife with plenty of bars, pubs and clubs. There is also a comedy club and is only a short distance from attractions like the Museum of Art, History and Science as well as the Mesker Park Zoo.

I am looking forward to seeing great things about the place. Thank LORD JESUS for the wondeful blessing of being in this place too.

http://www.visitevansville.com/attractions

1. Mesker Park Zoo $8.50 opens at 9:00am

2. BURDETTE PARK- $8.00, opens at 7:00am

Operating Hours
Burdette Park is open 7 AM to Midnight year round. The Park Office is open from 8 AM to 4:00 PM daily Memorial Day through Labor Day. After Labor Day , the Park Office is open from 8 AM to 4:00 PM weekdays only. The Aquatic Center is open 10 AM to 6 PM Monday through Thursday and 10 AM to 7 PM Friday through Sunday. Miniature Golf is open noon to 7 PM daily weather permitting Memorial Day through mid-September. After Aug. 8 , 2014 the Aquatic Center and Miniature Golf will be closed Monday thru Friday and open weekends only through Labor Day.

3. Evansville Museum - $7.00, opens as 11:00am, Monday-Closed

4. Evansville Museum Transportation Center (EMTRAC) Monday-Closed 10:00am

5. Evansville African American Museum

6. Main Street/Downtown Evansville, IN

7. cMoe - Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville

8. Swonder Ice Arena & SK8 Park

9. Evansville Visitor's Center - The Pagoda

10. Angel Mounds State Historic Site

11. Turoni's Pizzery & Brewery - Evansville, IN

12. Zuki Japanese Grill & Sushi Lounge - Evansville, IN

               [photo not mine]

Santa Claus, IN!!!!! So cool!! I wanna go there :( 

http://www.holidayworld.com/rides/mayflower/

http://www.holidayworld.com/rides/the-voyage/

June 20, 2014:

It's been more than 3 months now and still I have not gone to any of the following places I listed here. I have been to Vanderburgh Public Library in downtown and USI Burdette trail but still wishing I could visit some before I fly back home to my homecountry. 

June 27, 2014

I went to AZZIP pizza parlor for a Roasted Chicken veggie-topped treat. :)