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Capstone #4

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Planning:

When I was planning my interview I had a hard time finding who I was going to interview. When my mom’s friends came over she told them about my capstone project on interior designing. Luckily, one of my mom’s friends had a brother who was an interior designer. His name is Mj Ringor, and I think that he is the best interviewee for my capstone, because he started interior designing because of HGTV. His friends started asking him to renovate some parts of their houses, and he made money off of that and started a small business called “Mundo” from the money his friends gave him. Now, his business is very big and gaining more success every day. If you would like to see his website, click this link: Mundo Design + Build

Sending the Questions:

When my mom told me about him, I was so happy because I knew he would give me so much information. Because my friend’s brother lives all the way in the Philippines, I couldn’t meet him in person, and I couldn’t call him either, because of the time difference in the Philippines. So, I emailed him my questions and waited for him to answer. Most of my interview questions have something to do with HGTV, and the best part is, is that he started from HGTV. It is very difficult to interview him because he is very busy and I’m not really sure when he might answer my questions.

Getting the Answers:

When I finally got the answers, I was so excited! I read all the answers and they had a lot of information. For each question, the answer was 1-4 paragraphs, and I was not expecting that. I am so glad that I got the answers because I don’t have to worry about when he is going to email the answers or if I’m going to get the answers on time. I learned many new  is things from making this interview, like expanding the questions a little more. I also learned many things from an interior designers perspective about how HGTV is influencing the design industry. An important thing that I learned from Mj Ringor is that HGTV is really affecting interior designers and the design industry.

I am so happy that I finally finished my interview and my site visit, and I can’t wait to move on to the next step of my capstone!

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Passion Project #4

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Yesterday I baked coconut macaroons. I was very nervous at the start, like always, but it turned out pretty good. I asked my family how it tasted and they said it was, “baked to perfection”.

I think the easiest part of baking coconut macaroons is measuring, because since I baked the blueberry muffins, I got really comfortable measuring all the ingredients. The hardest part of baking coconut macaroons is either mixing all of the ingredients together, or putting the dough onto the pan.

I thought it was hard to mix all of the ingredients, because the dough started to get really heavy because of the condensed milk and the coconut flakes. I thought putting the dough onto the pan was hard too, because I couldn’t just scoop the dough and dump it onto the pan, because that will give the dough an ugly shape, so I really had to press the dough onto the side of the bowl to get a nice shape. The coconut macaroons were so fun to make, and it helped me develop more as a baker.

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