Help me raise money for Japan

In one of my earlier posts, I did a paper on the Heian Period of Japan. This post is going to be slightly related, but isn't a writing post. I need your help. That's right, I very much need your help. My biggest dream in the world is to visit Japan. It has been since I was in 10th grade, when I started getting into Anime and Kpop. However, it costs a lot of money to go and I am very poor. I need to raise 4500 USD in order to pay for everything and have an emergency fund in case something goes wrong. I'm going to link my GoFundMe, which is where you can donate money for me. Throughout the fundraising period, I'm going to research the culture, mannerisms, and history, as well as become more advanced in the Japanese language. While in Japan I plan to visit an Art Museum in Hiroshima, different Temples and Shrines in Kyoto, visit the Hitachi Seaside Park, and visit Shibuya and Harajuku district. I want to stay at family owned hotels and get to meet some new people. I plan to keep everyone updated as to how much I've earned so far and other fundraisers I will be doing.

My GoFundMe can be found here: http://www.gofundme.com/p4o4ks

Also, you can help me raise up money by checking out my Vinted closet and buying some clothes from there.

Chicken Doria Recipe

I like to dabble with different recipes from time to time. I own this manga series called Kitchen Princess, where at the end of every volume, provides legit recipes of the food featured in the chapters. One of the volumes had a recipe for Chicken Doria which originated from Italy but was introduced to Japan during the Early 1900s. The recipe I used was simplified, but was still very good.

Chicken Doria
Serves 4

Ingredients

• Rice
• 1/2 onion
• 1 tbsp butter
• 4 bowls cooked rice
• 1 chicken breast
• 4 tbsp ketchup
• Some Salt and Pepper
• White Sauce
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tbsp flour
• Some Salt and Pepper

Instructions

1. Cut onion into small pieces. Remove skin and other fatty parts from the chicken and cut into 1/2" squares.
2. Melt butter in frying pan and fry the onion over medium heat. Once it turns transparent, add chicken and fry some more.
3. Once color of the chicken changes, add rice, salt/pepper, and ketchup. Stir well. After it's done, put into a casserole dish.
4. In a separate frying pan over low heat, put in butter. Once butter melts, add flour (little by little) and mix well.
5. Add the milk, little by little, avoiding the creation of lumps. Once the mix is smooth, add salt and pepper.
6. Pour the white sauce over the rice and toast it in a toaster oven for 10 minutes.

I made this recipe on Thursday evening for supper with my college roommates, and we all agreed that this recipe was very good, so I hope you all try this out sometime and enjoy it yourself.

Sunrises

Sometimes I am unable to fall asleep at night. Today was one of those nights. So I'm going to be really sleepy writing this.

Right now, it's 6:54 AM here. I get to be curious at times and I was curious as to whether the sun was rising or not. With my good luck I have been having, it was rising. Sunrises are some of the prettiest things to see in life. Since I have depression, it's a little bit more difficult to see beauty in things. However, I'm always happy to see the sun rise. Sunsets are also just as pretty, but it's morning right now, so I'm going to focus on that.

With sunrises, it's the symbol of a new day. For me, a new day symbolizes a new beginning. Just because yesterday may have been bad, it doesn't mean today will be.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the photos I will be sharing of the sunrise from my view.

View 1. (c) Carlee Em 2015

View 2. (c) Carlee Em 2015