The Art of Cooking Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza Sativa(Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia. It is the grain with the second-highest worldwide production, after corn, according to data for 2010.Since a large portion of maize crops are grown for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important grain with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. That is information is from the encyclopedia now Aim going to talk the way Puerto Ricans cook rice specially the way I cook it, when it comes to white rice I follow a Chinese method were one may cook it with little or no oil but you most watch the rice cook all the way through and most lower the heat as the water evaporates till there is no more and put the lid so it finish cooking be it self.
Now the way we cook rice with something else like beans, meats or veggies will varied from household to household in the Island but basically is all the same. The real secret is in the 'sofrito' a mix of garlic, onions, green and red peppers and cilantro the mixer should be cook in some oil in the bottom of the pot but not fully just enough so the juice come out 'sofreir' once that is done just throw in the ingredients beans, chopped meat or veggies add water salt and pepper to taste and a small package  of 'sazon accent' Spanish annatto with flavor, bring it to a boil pour in the rice once the rice start to stick you move it around and mix it all together and reduce the heat little by little till the is no water then put the lid on it fifteen  minutes later rice is done.  

My lemonade! when lives gives you lemons make lemonade! is the old saying but even for that one still needs water and sugar or other wise all we have to show for is lemon juice, so all we can really do is make the best from the worst which is better then nothing. I lost my cat last year in a very awkward situation and that kind bombed me out for a good while but now where a live there are a few strays and I kept to habit of feeding them and even do they don't live with me I get the satisfaction of looking  at them and the joy I feel also has come back and in all honesty the way I see it is like having a friends with benefits in this case the cat minus the litter box which is a very good deal. Live gave me the lemons and with my attitude "water&sugar" Aim making my lemonade.      The good thing about life is hope because hope is the force that keeps us dreaming about that better future the place we know we will be because we all ready there. 

One of my co workers back stab me and the crazy thing is that it back fire on him. This guy had the guts to talk behind my back after all the things I had help him in the past. Having nothing better to do he decided to talk about me with my Boss whom has me in very good regards, but my Boss was not sure about the gossip and decided to approach me later to talk about the situation this guy created, but before we could that conversation this guy started to spread rumors about the Boss him self and there and then is that things got complicated for him 'the back stabber". He said something to someone whom at the end told my Boss about it, and after a long analysis of the situation he came to the conclusion that this guy was trying to frame my first divided us second and cut my Boss thought third. Tomorrow he is getting fire not for that, but for some dirt we dugout from this guy, my advise is grow eyes in the back of your head because it is a 'dog eat dog' life far from a doggie life!    

I forgot to blog about a incident that happen to me on January, 26 2014 and this is why I been writing about the word lately. On that Sunday I went to visit a Spanish Christian Center on Bumby Ave near Down Town Orlando a friend of mines Ricardo Zeno who is a  Christian Pastor for over 30 years been asking me to visit for mounts all ready and I finally had sometime and decided to visit that Sunday morning. Its a small Congregation with a Pentecostal background the  Pastor Dionicio and His wife are from the Dominican Republic and are great people and servants of God, so every thing was normal my friend Ricardo was delivering the message that morning and after everything was said and done he has a last minute announcement and there is where I got involved. He started to tell the Congregation that I was a Teacher  in the word of God and about the extend knowledge that I have. When I realized the all ready had railroad me to being the Congregation Bible Teacher and the crazy thing is that I accepted and now Aim the new teacher at Centro Cristiano Vision Nueva! 

I can't believe January is all ready over, where is time flying? all ready the 7 of February and this is a short month by time we realize it be over to. There is a prophecy in the Bible that talks about days being shorten specially in the days of Tribulation what Jesus spoke about in Mt Olive lets take a look at what He said:  
³ As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”
⁴ Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of birth pains.
⁹ “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. ¹⁰ At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, ¹¹ and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. ¹² Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, ¹³ but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
¹⁵ “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’^[a] spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. ¹⁸ Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. ¹⁹ How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! ²⁰ Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
²² “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. ²³ At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. ²⁴ For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ See, I have told you ahead of time.
²⁶ “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. ²⁷ For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ²⁸ Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
²⁹ “Immediately after the distress of those days

“‘the sun will be darkened,
    and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
    and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’^[b]

³⁰ “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth^[c] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.^{[d] 31} And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

³² “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. ³³ Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it^[e] is near, right at the door. ³⁴ Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Some people ask them self How can this possible? Very simple the one Whom made the Earth go around the Sun and turn around on it axle, is the same One the will make that happen.

This whole thing about dieting and drinking less is paying off big time, I all ready feeling great about my self and every thing that surrounds me. Sometime life like the planets align it self and one can feel the gravity pull in Our lives weather is faith or destiny it just seems to come together. One thing is for sure and real Aim loving it to the max, I guess it was about time and it was over due. Thanks to this new class "Introduction to Nutrition" with Thameshwarie Singh I been able to make better choices when it comes down to food and thanks  to Prof Erika I can blog about it.