Easy Butter Cake

I love to bake alot but considering our family health, I decided to create my own healthy recipe. Yup, it is sure a very daring and very meaningful experience for me. And I'm very very happy with the outcome ^^

The ingredients are:

200g cake flour/plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1/2tsp salt
200g unsalted low-fat butter
100g castor sugar
3 eggs
1/2tsp vanilla extract
70ml fresh milk

1. Sieve cake flour together with baking powder and salt, sat aside.
2. Beat the eggs and sat aside. Normally, they use 5 eggs but I reduce to 3 eggs.
3. Beat the butter well. Then, add in the sugar. Use medium speed and beat it until light golden colour. I reduced the sugar from 170g to 100g. So, if you have a sweet tooth, perhaps you can add in more sugar.
4. Add in the beaten egg into the mixture and beat well (add in little by little, about 3 to 4 times) then only add in vanilla extract.
5. Add in the cake flour into the mixture and beat well (again add in little by little, 3 to 4 times).
6. Finally, add in the fresh milk and mix well.
7. Preheat oven at 160 degree for 10mins,
8. Bake for 20 mins at 160 degree, take out and use a knife to slice a little bit at the middle of the cake. Then, put it into the oven again to bake for another 20 mins. (You want to omit the slice part, it is okay..then, you have to bake the cake at 160 degree for 40 mins.

Some people found it kinda hard but it is up to my taste. Anyway, you can try it as it is much more healthier than any other oily butter cake. Happy Trying! ^^

*We do not guarantee your outcome.

Orange Jelly

As it is hot these days, we decided to make some orange jelly. It is very easy to make and of course, the kids loves it so much.

The ingredients are:

5 BIG orange (with thick skin)
10g Jelly powder
600ml water
400ml orange juice
7tbsp sugar
a little salt
2tbsp Sunquick Oren (for colour effect)

First, cut the big orange into half and squeeze out the juice. Then, dig out the flesh. After that, pour the water, orange juice, sugar, salt and jelly powder in a pot and bring to boil. Then, add in the Sunquick Oren for colour effect or you can leave out this step. Finally, pour it into the orange skin. 

The kids enjoyed scooping from the "orange bowl" ^^

过动症 (ADHD)

注意力不足过动症 (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)简称过动症 (ADHD)是一种神经生理失调状况，以儿童为主但也会在成人身上出现。

根据美国心理学协会(American Psychiatric Association)，过动症分为三类；

• 注意力散涣主导型(mainly inattentive)
• 活动量过多或自制力弱主导型(mainly hyperactive-impulsive)
• 混合型(combination)

过动症主要症状包括：

• 容易分心，注意力不集中
• 记性差，丢失重要的物件
• 无法遵照指示
• 处事马虎，粗心大意
• 无法按时完成课业
• 不爱思考，拒绝完成靠脑力的工作
• 活跃过度
• 无法长时间坐下或安静用餐，喜欢上课时随意走动
• 将周围搞得乱七八糟
• 常常坐立不安
• 无法安静地玩游戏
• 说话喋喋不休
• 冲动
• 无法耐心等待
• 问题还未问完就急于回答
• 常打断或打扰他人
• 缺乏组织能力，无法把自己想说的话，想做的事具体地表达或规划出来
• 读写困难，包括写错字（常多一画或少一画，拼字错误等），阅读时会跳行或无法理解文意等

有些孩童冲动与缺乏注意力但没有过动的症状，他们患有注意力缺陷障碍(Attention Deficit Disorder, ADD)。ADD于ADHD不同，ADHD孩童的过动症状比较明显。

若您的孩子都有以上的症状，请不要马上断定您的孩子是过动儿因为这些症状在正常的水平以及ADHD水平之间很难辨认。加上，孩子必须在两种不同的设置下为6个月或以上被观察。

家长应该询问您们的儿科医生或家庭医生建议您们到儿童及青少年精神科医生，以便提供孩子一个全面的评估，并且诊断以及提早治疗此症。备注：过动儿也可能有其他精神疾病，如品行障碍，焦虑症，抑郁症或躁郁症。这些孩子也可能有学习障碍。

没有适当的治疗，孩子可能会在课业上落后，社交也可能会受到影响。治疗方面可包括：

• 认知行为训练（可帮助孩子建立自尊，减少消极的想法，提高解决问题的能力）
• 行为矫正训练（可帮助孩子控制侵略，调节社会行为，并提高工作效率）
• 社会技能训练（可帮助孩子学会待人处事，沟通技巧，并提高人与人之间相处能力）
• 家长教育（可帮助家长学习管理技巧，控制负面情绪，提高亲子之间的互动）
• 药物治疗（可帮助孩子提高注意力，集中力，目标导向行为和组织能力）

本人不鼓励以药物治疗，一者可说药物没有问题，二者可说药物含有副作用，三者可说药物有害人体。药物治疗因人而异。

目前，没有一定的原因可造成过动症但是，它被认为是涉及遗传和环境因素之间的互相作用。莫些情况下，被认为感染或脑创伤。

*此文的内容可随着时间的转变和科技的发达有所不同，有待参考！谢谢。