Nothing to be amused: Just Sushi and Smoothie

Life is kinda short, but we can make it sweet and fun. We can occupy our time by enjoying doing things that we like. A few days before, I experimented on two fun and easy-to-do teeny weeny treats of my delight. Both of them turned out to be successful(to the fact that it is easy)-I considered these as an achievement because most guys like me are not fond of cooking and cooking for me only means preparing anything edible to stuff your stomach. I managed to prepare a conventional, Malaysian-style sushi and an enormous cup of banana milk smoothie. Okay, enough for the intro, I hereby present you the recipes for making delicious sushi and smoothie:

A Simple yet mouth-watering handmade sushi 

What you need:

• some wide seaweed (nori) sheets
• Japanese calrose rice (cooked)
• fresh lemon (per 3-5 sushi rolls)
• a flexible sushi-making bamboo mat
• strips of carrots and cucumbers
• strips of fried eggs                     

Steps:

1. Squeeze some lemon juice from a lemon cut half.
2. Prepare some cooked calrose rice. Mix the cooled calrose rice with a few drops of lemon juice in a bowl. If you want your sushi to be more sour, mix more lemon juice into your rice. Normally 4-5 drops are enough for a roll of sushi. The rice is now soft enough for making sushi. 
3. Place the seaweed/ nori sheet on a bamboo mat. On one of the sides of the nori sheet, add the calrose rice mixed with lemon juice onto it. Flatten it evenly and make sure it only occupies not more than 1/3 of the nori sheet.
4. Place the strips of carrots, cucumbers and fried eggs side by side on top of the added calrose rice. You can use other materials instead of these, for example strips of crab-meat stick or cheese and some fish eggs if you like.
5. After all materials have been placed, roll the sushi by rolling the bamboo mat. Do apply much energy in rolling the sushi to prevent the materials inside from leaking out. Please be caution and do not loosen your grip when you hold on to the sushi until it is completely rolled into a cylindrical shape. If you fail to do so, your sushi will be ruined!
6. When you are ready, gently remove the bamboo mat without spoiling your sushi's shape and place it on a clean slicing board. Using a sharp knife, slice it into equal sizes. The ones at the ends are usually misshapen but the ones at the center are those you want. Place it on a plate and your sushi is now ready to be served.

Tips:

• Vinegar can be used to replace lemon juice
•  Serve with green tea and season with the spicy wasabi or the Japanese soy sauce

A Simple yet Sophisticated Banana Milk Smoothie

What you need:

• 1-2 bananas (per person)
• Full cream Milk 
• Some ice cubes
• A blender

Steps:

1. Peel off the banana. Then cut it into small pieces. Depending on the size of the banana, determine the actual quantity of bananas required to produce the cup of smoothies. In this case, I used two small bananas to make a person's serving.
2. Put the peeled banana pieces into the blender. Add about25-35ml of full cream milk and 4-5 ice cubes into the blender. Blend the ingredients altogether until it is completely crushed. Your smoothie is now ready to be served.