Chocolate...

Monday usually is a boring day...furthermore we are going to have final exam next week~ no mood for anything...

while we are having our last OB class, suddenly Chef Loke came in and asked us to move to Pastry kitchen right after class..

first thing come to my mind was "I got no CAMERA!!!!" T_T

cut the crap and zoooommm...we are in pastry kitchen~
we dont really know why are we there..but it has something to do with chocolates..
not "Kampong Shokolat" (French style) but Belgium Chocolate!!!!!
wh-wh-WHAT??!!! B-Be-Bel-BELGIUM??!!!!
am I dreaming or what??

this is Chef David from France, but he came over from China to launch Belcolade's Starter Pack (I guess so)..didnt really pay attention to his presentation at the beginning due to all the chocolate floating in my mind~

he told us about the process of chocolate, what is good chocolate, best temperature for chocolate...etc etc~

as what the purpose of this starter pack is "everyone can make chocolate"
before this Belcolade's main target is only hotels, restaurants,chocolate outlet and pastry outlet.
But now they are moving on to public!!!! Today is the official launching of this starter pack~

"hey!!! I did listen to what he said..." =_="

something in the starter pack...

preparation...nuts for filling....

melting chocolate for several times and it have to be stirred from time to time...

finally...voila!!! Nice warm Belgium Chocolate...hmmmmmmmmm~~(we haven't take our lunch at this stage, but the aroma of chocolate calm us down a little)

for decoration~ red colouring + cocoa butter (1st layer), white colouring + cocoa butter (2nd layer), ganash (melted choc as 3rd layer), on a plastic sheet
setting in fridge and roll it like California roll and set in fridge again...
Tadaaaa!!!(3rd pic)

he also made a chocolate lollipop..seriously, it is damn easy!!!!

this is our favorite..looks like the chocolate we bought in the market, but this is freshly made!!!(there are hazel nuts and Picasso nut inside)
he said that normally chocolate need to be set for 1 day...but these demo is only few minutes..as we hold it, it starts melting...as I took a bite on it...
UhUhhhh~~~this is HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! (anyway, this is only 50% cocoa..but still feels great as this is PURE BELGIUM CHOCOLATE~)

raisins, hazel nuts and Picasso nuts....(we are going to the climax at this point!!)

then he took a big mixing bowl filled with melted chocolate, add in abit of water...show us the changes of texture. Then he asked "there is only one thing we can do with this..which is??"

someone "eat!!"

chef "no..we throw it" (he poured the chocolate in the rubbish bin!!!! OMG (o_O)
yes, he did bring us down from climax back to zero.. haha

what a great day before final exam...we woke up from dream and back to normal after that..

Chocolate is the best!!!

ps: all these photos provided by JJ, if not I wont be able to blog about it here. So, Thanks JJ!!

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anyway, mum planned to buy new camera!!! yeah yeah!!!! (putting high hope on it, it should be happening by next weekend..hehe)

happy and sad...

It has been a week since I last blogged.

many things has happened..and I got 1 more week to final, 2 more weeks to industrial training..EXCITED!!!

Friday was William's 19th birthday..so we went to Station One at Tayton to yum cha...
unfortunately we got no cake for him..so...

ya, we ordered sliced cake for him...
not one piece...but

4!!! we told them to put all in 1 plate..unfortunately they dont understand us..nvm~

one is cheese cake and this is flourless choc cake..
can you believe it?? flourless??!!! how to make a cake without flour..
all of us are clueless...until the arrival of Kelvin!! ( he came late due to rushing his assignment..making 3 layers wedding cake!!!)

as a student of MIB ( Malaysia Institute of Bakery)..he do the food tasting
note: this scene happen right at the end..notice the amount of cake left on the plate

so conclusion..there is no flour in this cake and it is fully chocolate~ (this is from me, not the pro..haha)

alright alright..rewind back before the arrival of Kelvin~
so we start eating cake...but sadly..
when our Mr.Lim is celebrating his 19th birthday with 4 pieces of cake...there are about 6 tables singing happy birthday song 1 by 1 with big cakes and candles..
we kena "tapau" by them... =_="

after some cake eating..we start playing cards as usual..

**at this point, I got nothing better to do..

punishment for each round is eating these cakes...

and while we are all having fun...something unusual happened...

we saw something...we were shocked for a moment..

ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Ah Zan is back~ (Zan Zi is her name in a ghost movie if not mistaken)
after settle down..we continue with our activities...

somewhere around here...Andrew throw us 3 weird IQ questions..said it is for some job interview~

1st : dividing gold for a worker
2nd: 4 prisoners, 4 caps
3rd: 10 bottles of pills, 1 bottle replaced with poison pills.

just summary of the questions..heard before?? ha-ha-ha~

then we took a pic (Kelvin is not here yet, we got this by putting the camera on the chair's head)

then we continue..and continue..talk non stop~
and my nightmares arrive...

dont know what is she thinking...I didnt notice that until i look at this pic.. =_="

anyway, beside celebrating William's birthday, it was also my last chance meeting them before going for industrial training~ will surely miss you guys always!!!

come Penang find me!!! (will surely entertain you guys if you come at the right time...)

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next day, went to MidValley watch movies..(my first time since watching Next at Pyramid..)
watched 2 in a row... Enchanted 4.45pm and Bee Movie 7.00pm~ tiring..
but it was a great evening...THANKS!!! haha
(my last time to go out due to study week has arrived...STUDY STUDY STUDY!!! cannot screw up my sem 5!!!)

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3 bad news happened yesterday, 1 before watching movie and other 2 after watching movie..

no.1

a friend of my aunt has passed away. Uncle Tian Sung is what we normally called him, he is generous and kind to all of us...I was shocked when got the news from my bro..life is so fragile.
R.I.P. Uncle~

no.2
something happen to my camera..after deleting 1 pic, suddenly "System Error" and it is not functioning anymore..need to send it back to factory for repairing..
but can the camera make it before I leaving KL?? No camera no life!!!!
I am so lost now...should I buy another 1?? but will be using quite alot of money in Penang..so, this idea is not a good 1..
what I can do now is kept fingers cross and hope my camera will be fixed in time and follow me to Penang..I need it for all the beaches and sun set!!!!

no.3

Man United lost 1-0 to Bolton Wanderers at Reebok Stadium..
now United are 3 points behind Arsenal who have 1 game in hand.. T.T

no nice scenery pic for some times..
might not be blogging for sometimes due to exam and training..I will blog if I can online in Penang plus if time allow..

so, for now take care everybody!!!

achieving your childhood dreams...

After plenty of food, random blog of mine...today, I want to share something nice with you guys..this doesn't mean that all the blogs before this is not nice, just that this is slightly...informative?? haha

few days back, got no class until 10.30am. Before leave my place at 6.30am (leave so early to avoid traffic jam and get free parking), grabbed all yesterday newspaper and head to college. As usual, reach there have my breakfast in car and relax...then I pulled out Sin Chew Plus (1 of my favorite section beside entertainment and sports)

On the cover, there is a big title " Still remember your childhood dreams?"

so i took few minutes to read the article..

It is about a guy named Randy Pausch from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a Professor in the university and in USA, every lecturer who is going to retire will give a chance to have "The Last Lecture"...but in Randy's case, it is different.

He will be giving his last lecture because he has been diagnosed with Terminal Pancreatic Cancer and was told in August 2007 to expect a remaining of 3 to 6 months of good health.

Given this opportunity to have his last lecture, he did not talk about cancer nor his family future. But he chose to talk about "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"(watch it here)

In this 1 hour plus talk, Randy will talk about how is he going to achieve all of his childhood dreams. This talk was modeled after an ongoing series of lectures where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk", for example "what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?"

this talk has motivated many teenagers like me who have forgotten about childhood dreams..maybe it is time for me to achieve it~

if you cant change the fate, why not face it!!!
the wall is not stopping you, it wants you to show how much you want it...it only will stop those who dont really want it, but it surely will push you forward to get what you want.

randomly..

Did a quick test at facebook on which hero you are in Heroes (my favorite series..)

after answering 7 questions..guess who am I??

yes, I am Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia)...the strongest hero in the series!!! woohoooo~

You are the most powerful hero there is, which is cool because you're also nice, smart, and good looking. Damn you. Ever the reluctant protagonist, you play a perfect foil to the show's villain. And your awful family. Who you of course love anyway because you're that darn heroic. (this is what the result tells)

potential right?? haha~

I am have multi-super power just like Peter~

I can be invisible...hide myself in the green wall~

I can stop time...

I have special forces (to make people laugh)

I can paint the future...

I can heal myself(not immediately)

I can read people's mind...(you guys must be thinking I am crazy...)

I can even fly..(in my dream)

OMG!!!! I am so similar to him...nowonder~

I have to save the world.. =_="
anyway, if you want to watch Heroes season 2 online...click at the link on the left side of this blog "heroes" (it update weekly and have Prison break season 3 as well)

Good day~

yesterday was Housekeeping practical exam, we have to use 30mins to inspect the room and point out the mistakes and use another 30mins to write it out with solutions...well, all of us got not enough time to finish it~ sigh..

after exam, as planned...went to find my so called 'beloved' sis, Joanna.( always kena bully by me..haha)
long time no see, so we went for lunch..

she said got 1 very nice fish ball noodle at Jalan Tayton...
by the time we reach there..opps!!! I ate before~haha

this is deep fried fish paste...nice!!

my dry noodle with 'yu piu' and fish balls(they are huge!!!)

this is Joanna's soup noodle...(told you they are huge!!!)
then we chit chat awhile on life..(just to keep updating)

then we took a pic..surprisingly, without planning...so coincidently we both wear blue T~ =_="
guess this is what you call like brother like sister...haha

me and Joanna in blue..aikz!!! ( she with her weird face~)

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today is a big day...MICE final presentation plus OB midterm test..

guess what?? we won!!!!
erm...this assignment is to be an organiser for a charity gala dinner for Malaysia Aids Council (MAC). So, we have to create a event company and bid to organise it..
finally, we won...and our prize is getting 30/30 for MICE!!! second place got 29%
yahoooo!!!!!

this is my company logo...(yes, I am the CEO aka founder~)
copy a logo from google and edit...haha (wording is all ori okay?!!!)

as what ms. Sue Yii said, we are more realistic then the other finalist although they have animation during presentation which impress all of us...
guess that simple is the best..haha

at here, I would like to thank my group members, Joon Jiet, Jin Min, Charles and Kok Foong...without them, SeaNiche will not successfully bid to organise the event...(anyway, we are not going to organise it, just to make the assignment more exciting)

is it tornado or what?? neh...just an effect made by the nature~

Basin Vegetables...

traffic jam to the max??!!!!

went to college and pyramid...leave around 3.40pm

everything goes smoothly until i pass by bukit jalil...
before reaching Astro~

guess what~ I jam for 1 hour plus in that short distance...(choosing the wrong way back home)
NPE toll to KL have road block~

then only I realise..Lynn D told me something about today...

the funny thing is, all the while i sit inside my car...all the djs in every radio stations like having group holiday...playing songs all the way,wanted to check out traffic update also cannot...

6.45pm have to reach uncle's place for dinner...but 5.50pm..i still jaming~(outside techno park only) [ I even seen people changing drivers in a very relaxing matter...]
this shows how serious the traffic jam is...

I nearly miss the dinner...when bro called me and said they are leaving...
but after traffic back to normal after tasik selatan...some how they wait for me~
but i am nearly 30 minutes late...thanks for waiting!!!!

head to sg Buloh...thats far~~

where is Sungai Buloh??

well...you go all the way to Ikea..then somewhere around there you turn in..
go all the way...turn left turn right..turn here and there..go further down more...after passing by few traffic lights...you will somehow come to a kampung place..named, Sungai Buloh...after some bumpy roads~

and some turning again...then you will see this
you will be wondering..go until so far, eat what??

ofcourse not going to eat normal chinese dishes~
please dont be shock on the next photo you are about to see...

Voila!!!!! "Poon Choi" is what we called...or direct translate as "Basin- Vegetables" sounds weird...haha

this is a low cost "poon choi" which only consist of, chicken, duck, fish, prawns, mushroom, sea cucumber, abalone musroom, chicken feet, "mui choi", "dao gan", pork, pig leg, broccoli, cauliflower and a Sabah flag...."huh??? what is that Sabah flag doing there??"

we..we dont know the answer, probably this restaurant's owner is from Sabah..
anyway, this basin cost 100 to 200 bucks if not mistaken...

well, the high cost basin surely have high cost ingredients such as abalone..and it cost 400 bucks according to my aunt.

anyway, they gave the wrong plate...this plate is too small!!!

we took 1 hour to clear up the basin...
but not fully cleared...(everything turn into same colour..cause of the gravy)

I would say that this is an unhealthy meal...you ate it once and thats it...no second time until maybe 1 or 2 years later..but, I guess you guys should give it a try..(if you can find the way there)

plus, there is limited vege in this "basin vegetables"...should they call it "basin meats" aka "Poon Yuk"?? hahaa

if you cant find it..maybe this huge tree could help...(successful rate 0.0002%)

this is my cousin sis, Jocelyn's hand...this happen every deepavali..haha (just giving her face to post it up)

actually we have this dinner to celebrate my another cousin sis, Ellaine's birthday...
so, we head back to their place to eat the cake..

oh well..not properly cut.. =_="

by the way, I had a bad flu through out the whole day...suffering!!!
and I pass my virus to Jocelyn.."sorry~"
my wantan making process stop after that night...phew~
I must save the world!!! stay healthy and stop wasting tissue...aikz~

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good news!!! Ronaldo struck twice pass Blackburn to gain 3 points at home!!!! We are now at the top of the table leading Arsenal 3 points by playing 2 games ahead...home Arsenal will drop points soon...

yesterday (sunday) , Linkin Park were having concert in Bangkok...tomorrow (tuesday), they will be having it at Singapore...so close yet so far~T.T
ARGHHHHHhhHHHHHhhhhHHHhHHHhHHhhhhhhHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

nevermind, 1 day they will surely come back to Malaysia again...if not, I will save money and catch them live at somewhere else!!!!

missed year 2003 when I first time saw them live at Dataran Merdeka...sob sob..

hey!!! this year, Man United cancel friendlies at Malaysia and Linkin Park choose to skip pass Malaysia and have concert at both of our neighbour country..how sad is that??!!!!
damn!!! damn!!! damn!!!! (stop cursing edward...)

my biggest dream besides those good fortune, secure career...bla bla bla...
it has to be visit Old Trafford and watch them play as well as attending Linkin Park's concert!!!!!

ahh...anyway, life must go on...

everytime when the sun goes down...final exam is getting closer...Penang is nearer day by day...SWE is on its way~ "freaky!!!"