Today was a different learning experience
where we went on a tour at Bollywood farm
(and had some very delicious snacks).
This was a nice wrap up before I embark on another phase of my life,
the very stressful (and dreadful) PRACTICUM.
For now,
shall we just feast our eyes on some photos?
It is friday afterall! 🙂
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So many things to do, so little time.
We have to do a comparative study on coffee,
specifically iced mocha,
from the various popular cafes in town.
The most challenging task is to put together a magazine of around 10 odd pages.
That’s right, a MAGAZINE.
It is indeed an uphill task when none of us knows how to use photoshop.
The past few days have been filled
with last-minute trial-and-error
fiddling with the different functions of photoshop
and it is really unnerving.
A peek into our cover.
(pardon the mediocre work, this is the first time I am making one!)
Was searching for online jewellery commercials and I came across this
UBER romantic one.
Too bad it is more than 2 years ago and
so it’s a bit dated to be used for my assignment.
Anyhow, just gotta share this with you!
Love how the commercial can bring out how simple a proposal can be
without the use of words
but merely relying on very good acting and music.
*Swoons*
Was searching the internet for money management issues for my lesson plan
when I chanced upon this website which teaches kids
to start saving at a young age.
http://www.bananamana.com/money-champ-financial-freedom-education-for-children-o475-en.html
Indeed, it is vital to teach our students the importance of saving so that they
“will (1)gain better understanding of the value of money;
(2)plan and save for their own toys, candy and the whole lot;
and (3)gain financial freedom as soon as they start earning their first pays.”
I’m glad my parents instilled the virtue of saving and
that I am able to afford something which I never thought I would be doing at this age:
A flat of my own (to be ready in 2015)!!!
Picture credits to h88.com.sg
The thought of saving for a flat can be rather daunting at first
and so I strongly subscribe to the idea of having good money management skills from young!
A Food for Thought:
Are you making plans on saving for your long-term goals yet?
I’m back!!
S0 sorry for the long hiatus.
This second term in NIE is an extremely short and stressful one,
with assignment(s) due every week!!!
For these six weeks before I embark on the scary practicum,
we gotta do a few major projects such as an entrepreneurial project
and a comparative study of 5 products.
My friends and I were brainstorming ideas on what to sell
and the pictures below are some of the crazy ideas we had.
Picture credits to absolut-lollipop.blogspot.com
Picture credits to rwapplewannabe.wordpress.com
Haha, it’s easy to guess we were thinking about setting up a stall like those we find in night markets! 🙂
We also thought of car-washing,
and Meizhu asked if we need to dress up like some car-wash girls you see in charity events!
Please throw us with ideas!
We are in desperate need of a plan!
Will be back with more! 🙂
I guess many of you would have heard about Ministry of Sound,
but Ministry of Food?
(Note: I’m not talking about the Japanese restaurant MOF!)
I am talking about Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food–
“I want to inspire you to get in the kitchen and cook meals
for yourself and your family from scratch,
whether you’re a complete beginner or a good cook who likes simplicity.”
I love Jamie Oliver’s cook shows because they are different from the ones we always see on TV;
he advocates healthy and responsible eating in this fast-food-consumption society.
He is especially concerned with the obesity epidemic in the UK and
has since tried to improve the food served in High Schools.
Visit his site for healthy and easy recipes!
Click and read on one of his food revolutions.
One of which I thought was very interesting–
recipes for school canteen food.
School Food
Maybe you would be interested in one of his turkey recipes!
Timely for Christmas!
I’ll probably bake this!
Apple tart with lavender cream!
Such an interesting one!
Somebody buy me his books!!!
After 3 months of spending our Thursday evenings in school for our textiles classes,
we are finally done!
Although every lesson was tiring and draining,
I thought we’ve come a looooong way to be where we are now!
Remember I didn’t even know how to thread a sewing machine before!
A photo of all the mini projects we have done.
The last textile class was a scrapbooking workshop.
That was my favourite lesson so far because
I have always loved walking into scrapbooking shops,
going ga-ga over all the lovely yet expensive materials!
I was sooo excited when we got to choose the kind of letterings we wanted on our canvas!
And it was a HUGE box of materials I would say!
My best piece of work!
It’s sitting happily on top of my Dad’s subwoofer in the living room now!
YEAH!
Just a sneak peek of the last three microteaching dishes.
I promise I will do an elaboration after clearing my last few assignments!
My group’s topic on High Protein Diet:
Group 5’s seafood theme:
The final group– Vegetarian!
A display of dishes from the various races!
Ending on a high note:
A Mango Mirror Cake!
I love how we decorated the mango strips into a rose!
Feed good food,
Cause no child should starve in a world of Happy Meals.
When I saw this placemat,
I love this place already.
Food For Thought is a cafe set up by the tuition centre
which has innovative materials for teaching.
(Though I have forgotten the name of the centre)
I love the concept of the cafe where some of the sales proceeds would go to charity
and they have interesting placemats that advocate a cause.
That’s what I call– eating for a cause.
FFT @ 8Q is the sister branch of the one @ North Bridge Road.
FFT @ 8Q
Love the hanging bottles on the ceiling!
We couldn’t wait to get down to our food and after looking thru the menu…
a similar menu clip like the one @ 15 minutesWhile waiting for our seats~
I have been raving about the banana and walnut pancakes after I tried it!
Look at how lovely and light the whipped cream is!
And the pancakes doused generously with gula melaka!
I'm sooo craving for it now!
*GAHHHhhhh
The other dishes paled in comparison after we tried the pancakes!
Nonetheless, they were good!
We shared a tomato and beef goulash,
mushrooms with onion and bacon and
a house special with creamy scrambled eggs!
our food for the daycreamy scrambled eggs with homemade brioche~
More placemats that I love~
Inspire kind acts.Make poverty history~
Even though i'm not Christian, I liked what was written on the wall.
On a side note, I thought the photo below would make a good MOE advert!
(Kidding!)
Another new haunt and love added to the list! Yeah~~~
A teaching inspiration for my future classes:
Integrating practical lessons with real-world issues! (Reminds me of ICT!)
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