Sunday, December 13, 2009

How to make Olives Oil

Producing olive oil takes long time and it is difficult process but if you follow the steps it would be fairly easy and you will make a very good quality oil.

First, olives harvesting need to be between September or December becuase it's the best season for it and the harvesting need to be done by hands or with sticks and rakes to give a better quality oil becuase if you used a machine or any other minor the olives could get bruised . After that, the olives are collected in nets beneath the trees next the leaves and small stones and sand are removed from the olives and then the olives are, run though a washer to remove any impurities befor crushing. then, within 24-36 hours of picking the olives are crushing by granite millstones. The olives paste obtained by layered on mats which are put under pressure from the screw or hydraulic press. After that, the liquid oil is collected and put though a centrifugal separator to separate the water and the impurities from the oil that we produced. Finally, after centrifugation, the oil is obtained.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The UAE & Brunei

In this essay I am going to compare and contrast two countries, Brunei and the UAE.

First of all let's talk about the similarites. Both Brunei and UAE are Islamic countries and they both have hereditary monarchies. In addition, Both countries are very rich becuase of the large-scale natural resources of oil and gas. One more similarity is that both countries have national airlines, modern airports and well-developed infrastructures.

Now it's time to discuss the differences between UAE and Brunei. First and most obvious is geographical location. The UAE is in the Middle East whereas Brunei is a tropical country in the Far East. Another difference is climate. The UAE has winter and summer, but in Brunei the weather is largely the same all year round. It also rains a lot more in Brunei and , as a result the tradition is to build houses on stilts. Another difference is the currency, dirhams in the UAE and ringgits in Brunei. Furthermore, people drive on the right in the UAE but on the left in Brunei. Secondary education in single-sex in the UAE but co-educational in Brunei. A final difference is dress; people in Brunei do not wear dishdashas or ubayas.

I think I prefer UAE to Brunei because it's where I grow up, but from what I heard Brunei is as good as UAE.

Reflection 4

Compare & contrast essays should consist of:

A brife introduction saying which two things you are going to compare ( similarities) & contrast ( differences )

A paragraph in which you discuss differences. Again there should be at least 3 or 4.

A conclusion in which you state some kind of prefernce for one over the other. It dosen't have to be black and white i.e. one is good and the other is bad you can positive about both things.

Reflection 3

When writing a process essays you need to be careful with the use of the passive. Basically, process essays involve the present passive usually is/are with the past participle.

It's important to know that with some verbs the simple past & past participle are the same, but with other verbs there are 2 separate forms. e . g. go, went & gone.

The same linking words can be used: first, secondly, next after that, finally.

Reflection 2

Writing a narrative is more likely easy for people becuase you can use your imagination to write the paragraph.

You have to write three paragraphs, the first paragraph has the introduction of the story and the complete is in the body but the conclusion have your recommendations of that story and what did you feel, that's must be more than words.
if we don't try to write and imagine many actions will be boring.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Reflection 1

In writing procedure I think getting a full mark is an easy task because you have a guide to follow step by step.

You need to write three paragraphs which are an introduction and the body, where you need to write the steps giving with more details, and finnaly the conclusion.

The first paragraph needs to have about 25 words and the second paragraph needs to have more than 100 words and the last paragraph needs to have less than 30 words.