Article Review

For my article review, I would like to comment on the article " China outshines Germany in solar power industry". In my opinion, this is a great achievement for Asia, as we are able to outshine our European competitors, which we have not been able to do for a long time. Other than that, I also feel that this achievement by Asia, namely, making the prices of solar cells more affordable, has made a great impact on the world. By making the solar cells more affordable, the number of people buying them would most likely increase, as most people would like to install solar cells but find it too expensive at $1.01 U.S. dollars per watt. Therefore, with China's solar companies producing cells at lower prices, more and more people would turn from fossil fuels to this new type of green energy, thus, the pollution released every year will be greatly decreased and our Earth will be greener and more environmentally friendly.
Solar power is energy gained from the light and heat of the Sun and are renewable, wheras fossil fuels are none renewable and causes pollution, like air and water pollution due to the burning of the fossil fuels. Thus, with China's breakthrough, we are able to make the planet more environmentally friendly and try to decrease the rate of Global Warming and air pollution.
Basically, this achievement is only achieveable due to the dwindling silicon prices, which are used to create solar cells. German solar companies have tied themselves down to silicon companies by signing contracts with them , thus resulting in German companies paying a fixed amount of cash for silicon parts every year. Unlike their German counterparts, China solar companies search the market for the cheeapest silicon deals and thus are able to produce much cheaper solar cells.
From this article, we can learn that we should not tie ourselves down to something because it seem s good at that time, times change and we should move along with it so that we can achieve greater things. A saying goes," when one door cloes another opens" thus, we should always try to move with times, only till than can we be successful in whatever we do.

My Favourite Food

My favourite food are Sushi and Sashimi. Both are traditional Japanese food with a history that goes a long way back. These two exotic food are prepared to not only please the eye, but also to make mouths water just by their smell. Sushi usually comes with a topping, such as Unagi (Seasoned eel), Ebiko (Prawn roe) and other special toppings. The sushi also comes with a ball of rice placed at the bottom which is meant to fill the stomach and seaweed wrapped around it to contain the rice. Sushi comes in many different forms, example, normal sushi (the one I described earlier), rice balls and many other types which are made to suit the locals taste.
Sashimi is basically a few slices of raw seafood, example tako (octopus). These are arranged tastefully and are usually adorned with "props" like a mini paper ship or plastic grass to make them seem more tantilising. Like Sushi, Sashimi also comes with many types, like raw octopus, raw salmon, raw Japanese Freswater Lobster etc.
Sushi comes in many grades, for example, those found in the restaurants are of better quality, in restaurants, the topping of the sushi is uaually very fresh and the rice brings out the taste of the topping. The rice also melts in your mouth and the seaweed crunches in your mouth like a crunchy cracker. The toppings in restaurants are also very fresh and have very vibrant colours, for example, the Unagi in restaurants have a darker hue of brown, thus highlighting the higher quality of the eel. In normal supermarkets, the sushi there is still rather nice, but the toppings are not as tasty as those in restaurants and the rice are stone hard, unlike thoe in restaurants which melt in your mouth, also, the seaweed found on those sushis also appear damp and soggy.
Sashimi also comes in different grades, for example, I have eaten a sashimi, bought from a really high-classed restaurant in Malaysia, the flesh of the Japanese Freshwater Lobster was so sweet and the flesh was so tender and chewy, the taste of the Lobster was so strong that it lasted in my mouth for hours even after I finished my meal. Normal Sashimi, however, is sometimes hard and the taste also seems dilluted due to the extended time being kept in the freezer.
Ultimately, I feel that both Sushi and Sashimi are both very tasty and you should give them a try too!