Root Vegetable Soup

Hiya! How are you guys?

 A few weeks ago I made root vegetable stew it tasted so good! So I thought it would be a good idea to share it with you guys. I've never really been a fan of soup and have never made it! So when I realized how easy it is and how nice it tasted I wondered why I have never made it before! Also the recipe is healthy and filling!






Here is the recipe (4 servings):
2 onions
4 carrots
1 parsnip
1 swede
2 cloves of garlic
500ml chicken/vegetable stock
1 tsp of italian herbs
Coconut oil
Dash of Maggi sauce
Pinch of aromat all purpose seasoning
Pinch of sea salt
Pinch of black pepper
Pinch of curry powder

Method:
Cut the carrots, parsnip and swede into small chunks
Dice the onions and one glove of garlic
Heat the oil to medium heat and throw in the garlic, cook for 1 minute
Throw in the onions and fry until browned
Add all the cut up vegetables into the pot, cook for a further minute
Add the vegetable stock, cover and cook for 5 minutes
Add the clove of garlic and all the herbs and spices. Lower the heat and cook for a further 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
Take off the cooker and let it cool for 2 minutes
Pour the broth into the blender and blend until desired consistency, I like mine a thick so I blended mine for minute and a half. If you want the soup a bit more thin then add some water and blend some more!

I garnished mine with some chili, but coriander will also do!


Some Photographs

I'm tying to still get the hang of photography. Taking photography seriously while trying studying for my final year studies is quite hard. But NO EXCUSES! I have set myself to post twice a week for for weeks! Lets hope I stick to it!










Angela xx

Photography Practice

Beware! There are no exciting photos in this post, its actually the same subjects appearing over and over again. I'm posting these pictures, so I can analyse these photos and see how I can improve. If you have any suggestions please let me know! It will be very much appreciated.

I am currently reading a photography book (featured in my last post). There are assignments at the end of each chapter, one of which was to use the programmed modes and compare it with the automatic mode.



 I can definitely see the difference between the landscape mode and the auto mode. Auto modes uses flash and increases the shutter speed. There are also more shadows as well. Landscape mode uses a higher ISO setting but this due to the lack of flash and lighting. Landscape mode looks more natural.
Both pictures have the same settings except the shutter speed, there is slightly more light in the second picture. I can see how much half a second makes in a photo.


 Automatic mode underexposes and increases shadows. Not a very good picture.
 I increased the aperture to f/22 and increased the shutter speed to 30s compensate the increase in aperture. In comparison to the bottom picture where there is a lower f stop and lower shutter speed, it makes a hell of a difference. Much more colorful and vivid.
A close up of the chair, there is a lot of noise, due to the high ISO setting. However by this time it was dark and I did not want to use the flash.


I've missed so many good photography opportunities because I forgot to take my camera! Now whenever I go out, my camera is coming along with me!

Photography

 
I have always been interested in photography however, actually taking pictures and learning more about it has been non-existent. I have had this book on my Wish List for a while now and finally took the plunge last week and bought it. I am super excited and cannot wait to finish the book. I have read the first chapter and I've learnt more about photography in the half-hour I've read it than the 7 months I've had my camera!

I have also decided to turn this blog into a photography blog, as I feel this will best fit my purposes of taking photography and this blog seriously. I have debated about this idea for a long time now, but I feel I will be able to increase the amount posts I make, and also it's a nice way to document my progress. There will still be random posts about my thoughts and feelings but mainly photography.

I can't wait to take you on a journey with me this year!

Angela x

Notting Hill Carnival

Last week I went to Notting Hill Carnival with a bunch of my friends for my birthday. Many people I've spoken to are a bit apprehensive of going because of the things they've heard. However if you stick with your friends and watch the floats go by, enjoy the atmosphere and dance along to the music you'll be surprised at how much fun you are having!






We arrived quite late, so we didn't see all the glitzy costumes. Although the man in the mask did quite spook me a bit!


I don't think the baby particularly liked it too!

It was a brilliant day! Can't wait till next year!

Titles are for dickheads.


I have nothing to say. By the end of this, you'll probably realise I'm just talking a pile of sh*t. I should have a topic of some sort to talk about. But I can’t for the life of me find anything to say. I just want to write. Write. Nothing to point out, to make you think. Nothing to tell a story about. Haha.

Too many thoughts buzzing through my mind. A thousand thoughts per minute. Constantly reappearing, changing morphing into something else. So unpredictable. Unpredictable. Tell me something, let me think; dwell on it for a while. Ask me what I think about it, expect the unexpected. Too many thoughts buzzing through my mind. Yet my mind is clear.  Thoughts become white noise to me. I'm just living. Living. Living in my own reality. Angry at the imperfections of the world, which make it perfect. Anger is white noise. I'm just living. Living. Reflecting on the past, simultaneously looking to the future.  I'm not in the Now. Yet my flesh is. My body is. My presence is. My mind is in some alternate reality. Perfectly happy. Perfectly Happy. Phased out. Passed out. Unconscious. Asleep. Awake. Confused.

Angry. Frustrated. Annoyed. At what? I can't even say. I want to live. But I'm living. I want to experience. Yet I'm already experiencing.  Picking out holes in an imperfect perfect world. Move! I'm stuck. Moovveee!! I'm stuck! Moovvvee! I'M STUCK! There's no where to go but here. Patiently waiting for life to get a move on. Living in the future. Living in the past. But not Now. Now is good. Now is all you have.

Clear your mind. Stay. No thoughts but existence. Stay. No worries. No f*cking worries.
Stay. Just stay in existence. Embrace. Live. 

Scream. Let go. Do something.

Be happy.


Angela x

Fake Females

If you thought this was going to be a post about fake females you thought wrong! Mwhahaha! Then again I don't blame you though it is in the title. It would have been juicy though!

I lured you in *creepy smile*
Anyways here's a fun fact to leave you with. You eat at least six spiders every year in your sleep. Don't worry they're really small.

I won't leave you hanging, here's a lovely article about female friends.
(Beware it's VERY crude)

The Woman Code